Well tomorrow is the beginning of the second event of our Fall tri-fecta (sp?). This will be the debut of our new “Timesaver - Switchyard Puzzle”. It will be hooked to the end of the Gateway Garden Railroad Club’s modular layout. Stop by if you are in the area. Looking forward to a great weekend.
See you Friday!
Well, the show is over and I think everyone that attended had a good time. I’ll get some pictures posted shortly, but I’m afraid I didn’t take many other than of the “Timesaver”, Jon Dekeles has a good selection of photos over on LSOL.
Ric Golding said:Do I have to pay to see them ?
Well, the show is over and I think everyone that attended had a good time. I'll get some pictures posted shortly, but I'm afraid I didn't take many other than of the "Timesaver", Jon Dekeles has a good selection of photos over on LSOL.
So how did the Timesaver integrate into the rest of the modular layout?
Did everything go according to plan ?
So many questions, so little time.
Glad you had a good time.
Jon, Yeah, you would have to pay to see them on LSOL, nothing changes. 
“How did the “Timesaver” integrate into the club’s modules.”
(http://www.lscdata.com/users/rgolding/081005%20011.jpg)
I’m pleased. I know the picture isn’t has clear as what you guys take, but here in the Midwest we always have a haze hanging over the sky. “Did everything go according to plan?” I wrote it up on the fourth page of the rebuild in the Tracks and Trestles part of this forum. Few glitches, but overall comfortable with where I am and the changes that have to be made. Thanks for asking Jon, I appreciate your interest.
I’m interested too, Ric. Glad everything went well. Pictures would be nice though, for us guys far away…!!!
Morning Fred,
I’ve got a bunch of pictures in the LSC Track and Trestle portion of these Forums under the “Rebuilding the Trackage at John Allen” on page 4.
http://largescalecentral.com/LSCForums/viewtopic.php?id=9021&p=4
Had lots of fun and took absolutely no photos. I guess you’ll have to fire the photographer 
There were 4 big layouts, several vendors, lots of trains and almost no public. At 4:00 Saturday, when the place should have been packed with spectators, everybody was tearing down. The public missed out badly.
Long trains seemed to be in style. Larry Tennyson put 150 freight cars behind his Mallet. Rex Ammeran was pulling long trains with many of his beautifully bashed locos, and the Gateway layout featured a Mallet festival Saturday morning. The floor layout is always a hit with the kids.
I was volunteered to help judge the modeling contest. John’s form suggested what to look for, and with many beautiful models there, it actually wasn’t hard to pick out a first, second and third once I started looking close at details. Only in “Bashed Rolling Stock” did I dither about which would get my vote for first. Oh yes, I puzzled for a bit between a Northern and an E8 B unit. A teenager got 2 $500 first place prizes, and he certainly deserved them. Modelers, watch out for this kid!
Aristo’s new Consolidation is a treasure. It’s a little smaller than a Mikado and bigger than an 0-4-0, so it would have a place on anybody’s standard gauge layout. Lewis was also showing new NiCad and NiMH batteries with lower price tags and simpler chargers, aluminum, stainless and brass flex track, a 15 amp throttle, a 6 amp power supply, new switch machines and a new railbender.
I met the train-lee railbender guy from Switzerland. He’s got some beautiful parts for tweaking your trackwork. I loved his electric switch machine.
Rail Rite Industries http://www.railrite.com has the slickest loading ramps I’ve ever seen. You just plop cars on as fast as you can and all the wheels get nicely railed. A Mallet? Just give it a shove and all 20 wheels go right where they belong.
Applied Technical Solutions in Chicago http://www.railcam.net has the coolest onboard video systems.
Split Jaw was showing all their rail clamps and their roadbed. Just Plain Folks had a huge display of figures. The guy who builds those beautiful wood buildings and trestles was there, and one of his houses nearly followed me home.
Vendors had huge displays and were well stocked. Aristo Live Steam Mikados were selling for as low as $800.
Thank you, Ric. I saw them and appreciated your work. Looks like you had fun.
Tom;
It is too bad you didn’t get some shots of a few of the things you saw. The Aristo 2-8-0 would have possibly been a hit for people who are looking forward to a sensible short line loco.
In any case; thanks for the report.
Nobody took pictures besides John of LySOL?
I’d say we have failed miserably. How embaraskin!
Looks nice. Now to make it better, we need to move the bell in front of the sand dome, lengthen the stack, move the light to the center of the smoke box, and add a Belpair firebox. Aside from that, they hit it spot on.
Somebody posted a photo of the prototype. Let’s see…
(http://www.outsidetrains.com/mls/consolidation.jpg)
Will be interesting on how long it take to get this loco out to the public. If its like the rest of the new stuff comming out it’s then still a year away. Later RJD
I look for it in '09. Spring or early Summer.