{"id":2358,"date":"2009-01-27T23:31:21","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T04:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/?p=2358"},"modified":"2009-01-28T16:59:04","modified_gmt":"2009-01-28T21:59:04","slug":"springfield-show-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/?p=2358","title":{"rendered":"Springfield Train Show Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

January 24, 25, 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n

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While at the Springfield train show last weekend I took a few pictures, well, 650 to be precise.\u00a0 I narrowed that down to 50 or 60 of the more interesting ones, which I will post here.<\/p>\n

This is a collection of what I saw and did at the show.\u00a0 There is much I missed, as this is a huge show and covers lots of space.\u00a0 When I did manage to get away from our booth, I took a few pictures.\u00a0 All the images are clickable for a larger version.\u00a0 If you are on a slower connection it is best to wait until the entire page has loaded.<\/p>\n

Enjoy.<\/p>\n

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We got there early on Friday morning.\u00a0 I really wanted to beat the set up rush, plus I was hoping for some time to wander around.\u00a0 When we set up we were pretty much the only ones there.<\/p>\n

Here, Clark and I are setting up some of the track on my layout.<\/p>\n

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Doing a bit of socializing while setting up.\u00a0 Talking here with the owner of Allied Model Trains<\/a> in California.\u00a0 One of the nicest people you will ever meet.<\/p>\n

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The Bronx Terminal all set up.\u00a0 This goes quite quick, takes about 45 minutes.\u00a0 Currently.<\/p>\n

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Around this time all the other vendors and displays were starting to show up.\u00a0 This layout, in the back of a pickup, started out as a summer scene.<\/p>\n

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Fast Tracks booth all set up, ready for the hordes.<\/p>\n

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With the booth all set up, I did a bit of a walkabout.\u00a0 Not far from us was Scenic Express, their booth was very interesting to browse.\u00a0 Lots of scenic stuff, mostly O scale, and very cool.\u00a0 They must have set up very early as it was completely up when we arrived.<\/p>\n

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This O scale brass lift bridge model was built in 1938!\u00a0 Could be as old as the prototype.<\/p>\n

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Hundreds of bugs<\/p>\n

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The cows seem to be enjoying the show.<\/p>\n

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I thought they were going to use these instead of golf carts to get around.\u00a0 They didn’t.<\/p>\n

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The Dry Hill club modular layout.\u00a0 A very impressive set up with a HUGE yard, capacity for several hundred cars.\u00a0 This modern layout was very well modeled, they managed to capture the look of this scene perfectly.\u00a0 Don’t think I have seen roads accurately modeled, but they managed to do it right.<\/p>\n

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Clever…<\/p>\n

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They were kind enough to set up tents between the four buildings.\u00a0 Saved people from having to walk outside.\u00a0 They were nice deep freezers.<\/p>\n

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A nicely lit model.<\/p>\n

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The required fire scene on every layout.<\/p>\n

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A very nice collection of vehicles for sale.\u00a0 I was surprised to see at the end of the show that not too many had been sold.\u00a0 I thought $45 each was pretty reasonable.<\/p>\n

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Early Saturday, the crowds arrived.<\/p>\n

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Clark, Terry and Andy showing off the tools.\u00a0 Clark froze, every time the front doors opened we got a blast of frozen air.<\/p>\n

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Some of the crowd early Saturday.\u00a0 This was one of four buildings.<\/p>\n

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A few people having a look at the layout.<\/p>\n

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Ted(?)<\/span> Lew White, from Tony’s Trains Exchange had a great model of CNJ 1000, the oil electric locomotive that worked the CNJ Bronx Terminal for several decades.\u00a0 He was kind enough to let me display it on the layout during the show.\u00a0 Its very well done, painted correctly and had a DCC sound decoder installed.<\/p>\n

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I left my brass loco with one of the installers from Tony’s, he will be installing a sound decoder in it for me.<\/p>\n

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A good summary of the mood.<\/p>\n

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Me photographing Clark photographing me photographing him.<\/p>\n

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Back to the Dry Hill layout.\u00a0 This time with rolling stock.<\/p>\n

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A great model from Seaport Model Works<\/a><\/p>\n

I bought one for the layout, looking forward to getting started on it!<\/p>\n

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Its the Turbo Tree!<\/p>\n

Thanks Turbo Tree!<\/p>\n

The Narragansett Bay Railway & Navigation Company.\u00a0 A fantastic On30 modular layout.<\/p>\n

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It took a while to realize why I liked this layout so much.\u00a0 It was because they have used Fast Tracks turnouts!\u00a0 I thought I recognized the design of the ties.\u00a0 I drew them.<\/p>\n

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With the show over, and 19,200 people through the buildings, we started the tear down.\u00a0 With all the extra help we had, this was done in less than an hour!<\/p>\n

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We all decided to have dinner after the show at a local Mexican restaurant.\u00a0 A good time was had by all.\u00a0 Jean and Dan from Rapido Trains joined us for dinner, their table was right next to us at the show.<\/p>\n

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They are making guacamole fresh at the table,\u00a0 very tasty!<\/p>\n

That pretty much wrapped up the show, except for the 7 hour drive back home.\u00a0 The drive was uneventful and boring….<\/p>\n

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There was a long reunion with the dogs upon our arrival late Monday night.\u00a0 All was right with the world.<\/p>\n

-T.<\/p>\n


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