Mark you calendars! Looks like the weekend of July 5-7 is available for myself, Al, and Stan.
More details to come, but if you’ve been here before, you know the drill. If you haven’t, please come!
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Looking forward to it. Checking the campground now, but might be tough being the weekend of the 4th!
UPDATE: The Campground near Bob (Spacious Skies: Minuteman Boston) still has a few sites left. It’s a really nice place. We booked to come in early on Wednesday and maybe do some sightseeing in Boston.
Sure hope we can make it! (We may be moving…)
Sure hope you and Jean can make it. It’s been too long since we’ve seen you.
Moving? Where to???
We are considering it too, but expect it to take us 2 years to clean out this house 
Right now we are on the list to move to Greensprings Retirement Community Not cheap at all, but Jean is NOT doing all that great so I think it will be better for her!
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Sure wish we could make it!
Eric
Only about $900 round trip. 
Linda and I have booked a BnB in Chelmsford, so Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we’ll be there!
What is TrainOps? (Don’t know the drill for 20 characters)
It started when I invited a bunch of LSCers to come to my house and help me finish my RR. I invited them back a couple months later for an ops session. A few years of that, then Stan Ames invited everyone to come to his impressive layout on Sunday, and then Al Pomeroy invited people to come to his RR on Friday.
So its a weekend of railroading. Friday is “run at Al’s, or come to my place for run-what-you-brung. Saturday is an ops session here until everyone is tired. Sunday is at Stan’s place”
Its really fun, even though I dont get to operate on my own RR.
I’m so pleased that Linda and I can finally come!
Bob’s layout is amazing, in my on-site opinion. Truly beautiful. I’ve not been to Al’s, but from what he and others have posted, it is wonderful as well.
Stan and Deb have almost a (real) mile of track, wandering through many “towns” down their hillside. They also have numerous locos and wireless throttles; and they hand you (engineer and conductor partners) a clipboard showing your loco, and what cars it needs to move where.
Here’s the video I took of their stupendous layout… I was only trying to record what I’d seen, for my memory… I don’t sound or present well at all here. And yet, simple as this video is, I’ve gotten 36k watches of it. Go Deb and Stan!!
We’ll be driving, yay! So that means we can bring my only battery-powered loco, a wonderful Shay by Bruce Chandler, for Bob’s and Al’s.
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@rmccown-admin Bob - can I ask for a simple mod? There are lots of Operations sessions mentioned on this site, and it’s tough to tell which one you are talking about [I thought this thread was about Andy’s RR.]
Just add a prefix or suffix so it is instantly clear which Ops session you are talking about, please? TrainOps-Bob-Al-Stan 2024 would work, or whatever.
Bringing this back up to the top. We’re a few weeks away from TrainOps 2024! Three days of operation on three different layouts. Friday is generally at Al’s, and my place later in the afternoon. Saturday is a full day of operations here, and Sunday is over at Stan’s.
Please come, even to just watch and take pictures!
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Marilyn, Shadow and myself plan to be there, Arriving Wednesday the 3rd to Minuteman Campground just a few miles down the road from Bob’s for an extended stay. Probably making a run to Merimack NH on Thursday to look at a travel trailer if they still have it in stock.
Will be at Al’s, Bob’s & Stan’s. Heading home Monday the 8th.
Camper’s Inn? Don’t expect to get any service if you buy from them.
Yes, but wasn’t planning to buy there. They have a model we are interested in on hand. Also at their Raynham , MA store. We want to check it out before ordering from my local dealer where I bought our current unit. I think they are probably the only ones that will take my 17 year old trailer on trade. I don’t want to sell privately - too many issues to explain!
Linda and I will be there. We’ve got a BnB booked in Chelmsford, and will attend as we can figure out how to.
I will try to meet up @ Bobs Friday after work …
Put most of the buildings out. Did a bit of maintenance at Williamsport, needs a bit more but getting there.
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