Ugg South Station Boston Christmas model RR people

If they were your trains on the layout, you'd probably think a little differently. When you're doing a show for the public, you never know what is going to happen.

Not me...I'd never think that way.  IMO if you do you shouldn't be running your stuff at shows.   I've never run at a show but have had many kids (son's class) over to my house over the years to see/run the layout.  There are always touchy kids and there are far better ways to address the situation than yelling at a child.

--Greg  

If you're  that worried about your stuff, you shouldn't take it to shows. We (The Ocala Three Railers ) do four to five shows a year. We have our layout at a height where the kids can see the trains and we run our less expensive stuff. We don't want things broken but that is a chance we take.

    Ed 

The only time I had to yell at kids was when I caught two of them trying to spit down the stack of one of my steam locomotives as it passed by.  Their parents were nowhere to be found.

The only other incident was when I had to be rather forceful with a parent to tell him that my module wasn't for his son to play off-road with his Hot Wheels on.

Rusty

Other than the questionable way to correct a child, what is the display like? Is it right in South Station? WHo's running / sponsoring the layout?

All the best,

Paul

It's easy for a modular railroader to panic when he sees someone approaching the tracks as a train is quickly closing in. I wonder what your definition of "yelling" is? Why do some of you feel that the people who set up these layouts "should not care"?

My biggest fear during a show was: kid's hand on tracks, train falls on kids foot, parent sues modular group.

That was the first question I was going to ask.  One man's "yell" may be another man's "admonishment."