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Fall Get
Together This was a very important event
for me when I first switched to S Scale. it was
where I was FIRST exposed to S SCALE. This was the only place that I could
run my new S Scale trains. I have not missed the event once since first
attending it in 1987. At times it has been about ½ of an NASG Convention in
terms of layout space, and attendance from venders and people. These
have been Good Times with GREAT People. Click On
The Photos To Make Them Larger 2003 My PRR
L1
Bill Banta’s Tables Howie
and the Hoagies I
miss Howie Greatly |
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Pennsy S Models Table Overview of the Layout
2004
The RARE B&O Wagontop Train
Bill Banta & Richard Bendever
A confused
Don Thompson Don
DeWitt selling out! A
Reading Train
2005
Overall Layout Pennsy S
Models
My PRR F39 Flat
Doubleheaded
B&O EM-1
Happy S People Donna’s 34th
Birthday
There is NO
Explanation!
2006
Moving The
Layout Mike &
Paul Anderson
The Mighty PRR
A Little
Photoshop Help
Hiram Graves
Dealers Row
2007
Sept 21st
and 22nd
This year was different in many
ways. The church hall is now being used as a Thrift Shop for most of the year. The for sale items were in the corner of the hall taking up
almost ¼ of the space. Because of this,
we turned the layout to be parallel with the stage. I finally got my 20’ long
yard module ballasted and put some ground cover on it. This was a major
accomplishment as it took an obscene amount of time to complete. We ran DCC only for the first time, which
will probably be the norm from now on. The layout ran pretty well considering
all the work I just did to my modules and the fact that we only had 1 DCC power
region for the whole layout. One short would shut the whole layout down until
the short was fixed. We even ran a wireless NCE ProCab handle thanks to Bob
Greengrove. I hope to have my own wireless cab and another power booster by
next year, which will also help with keeping the layout live if there is a
short on the other main line. Having the wireless ProCab made running the other
side of the layout very easy. I put the control panel on the outside of the
loop for the first time so it can be operated without low crawling to get
inside. We had no problems running 9 locomotives at once using just one NCE 5
amp system just before taking the layout down on Sunday morning. All in all it
was a great time as always.
We may
have some NEW modules at the meet next year!
Running on
the layout may have inspired others to build their new own modules.
Paul &
Mike Anderson The New Leather Vests! Hiram’s
Baldwin in progress
Cy
Bacchi’s Milk Train Running
on the Modules An ALL NCE
System!
B&O
Sharks & 2 EM-1 2 elevated views of the
layout
Look at
all that new ballast! My
B&O EM1 and Sharks The layout again from the stage
A new
Module technique
They are
so light we had to weight em down!
Updated 7-29-08
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