Update...VIDEO added!!...PICTURES of the Mid-America 3-Railers meeting and layout tours on April 21-22

Alan,

 

Congratulations on having a great meet.  Know y'all had a wonderful time.  The pictures are teriffic!  Your hard work is paying off !

 

Best regards,

Frank

Hi Alan. I with i lived a lot closer to your location as i would certainly become a member.  Good luck to you and the new club.

 

jim r from bridgeboss.com

Alan:

 

You make me homesick for your wonderful layout. Congratulations on a very nice event.

Wow Alan really nice photos and looked like a

really nice time.

Thanks for sharing

 ALEX

Thanks guys!!  As you can see Alex has joined up with us and he lives in New York!! 

 

Brian...you too are a member and you know your "second" home is right here in Mountain Home!

 

Jim....you don't have to live close to be a member...as you can see Alex and Brian are a distance from my place but we now have folks from Maine to Texas that are members.  The goal is to get enough folks that we can have get togethers in other parts of the country a few times per year...

 

Alan

Great Pics Alan.  Fantastic group you have going!

Thanks Charlie...I always enjoy your posts about the Detroit 3-Railers whenever you get together!

 

Alan

Alan,

Thanks for posting this topic and all of the pictures. Also, thanks goes out to Robert for all of his great photos. I think this is what our hobby is all about, sharing the hobby with GREAT FRIENDS.

Hope you all have a great up coming week.

Good Day Alan,

 

Here is an idea for you.

 

Regard,

Frank

Roger, is there stil any hobbyshops left in springfield mo. Is jim at trainland still open and I heard a few years ago larry the owner of battelfeild station passed away. He was a very nice guy! Did some one who worked there keep it going? Maybe will plan a trip there soon and was wondering thanks.

Robert - Thank you for taking all the nice pictures.

 

Frank (Swafford) - Although you would think that there is no way that Alan could add anymore buildings to his layout, I would not be a bit surprised if in the near future he would not have found a way to add such buildings.

 

Alan - Thank you for posting the pictures, for the great picnic, and for the wonderful weekend.

 

Everyone had a nice time, and I am sure they are looking forward to the next visit to your layout to see how many more original and well executed details you have added.

  

Alex

Well done on the pics Robert and thanks for your generosity Alan.

These pics bring up a question, do we like eating or trains best?

Al

 

Thanks guys!

 

Hey, Lionelzw|2012...you are in our area....membership interest you???

 

Alan

Alan, looks like a great time.  This is what this hobby is all about!

Frank...great looking "world headquarters" building for the TLC.  I have something like this on the layout....I will post some pictures so on an update.  Love your CAD drawings!!

 

Thanks,

Alan

Alan, I live in columbia mo. Currently have two jobs and work every sat. Would love info though. Maybe I can get down that way soon.I used to live down that way. Was there about 10 years. Then moved here. Would love to go back. Why I never heard of you guys when I was there is beyond me. Thanks for the invite!

I agree.

Thank for posting the photos and video.

WOW! Alan that's some beautiful layout and train room

and what a beautiful train collection you have. I can see how

much work went into building that layout. I must say you have done

a wonderful job.

THANKS, ALEX

Thanks Keith and Alex...can't wait for you two to get together with us some day...hopefully soon!

 

Thanks to Robert for documenting our events....he has spent many hours taking pictures and videos and posting them.  All of us appreciate his hard work and support of our group through his actions.

 

Alan

Lionelzwl201

This club started about 4 or 5 years ago when some of us narrow gaugers got togather to form a breakfast group to talk trains.  As time went on we picked up more people via the layout tours hosted by the HO group.  We have a varity of scales in our group, ON30, Garden railroads, 3RS, and HO.  The forum brought more people into our fold, Alan set up the club and now we have what we see today.

That is my story and I will stand by it, until one of our members prove me wrong.

As most of us are retired and you are coming to town (Springfield) give us a call.

We will be happy to meet you and show our layouts.

Al, master of the neverdun.  

Sorry I wasn't able to attend. Really like your layout Alan. Buildings are amazing.

Lionelzw|2012......if you are asking how the Mid-America group started, then this is how I remember it (since I was kind of involved).  Encouraged by my friend Brian (Passenger Train Collector), I posted on the OGR forum a question of how many folks would be interested in joining a group that was informal, no dues, no officers, and made up of folks that were interested in building personal layouts and getting to know others that had the same interests.  The response was really great.  Several folks from the Springfield area that I already knew were very interested so Roger Wasson took my basic ideas of what the group would be about and designed a flyer that we made available at his, Vernon Hart, and Al Clair's table at the October 2011 OGR train meet.  Several folks had contacted me through the OGR forum just before the meet so we had already decided we all would get together for a lunch meeting to see if we could start up the group.  Al Clair was responsible for making the arrangements for our lunch so we would have a place for the meeting.  That is how the Mid-America 3-Railers got started.  Since then, several of the members are also members of other groups that we all interact with....the group to which Al refers is a separate group of model railroaders that the Springfield members knew before the Mid-America 3-Railers got started. 

 

Thanks,

Alan

Ditto.

Thanks Scott and "palallin"....you are welcome anytime, just let me know when you want a trip on the "Twin Lakes Central"

 

Alan

Alan, G R E A T pictures of the meeting and of your W O N D E R F U L Layout!!!! The Vid is also very nice. Great JOB Alan. 

Thanks Bill...I always appreciate your encouraging comments!

 

Alan