Took the boys to their first train show, the Greenberg Train Show on Nov. 28 in Edison, NJ. I hadn't been to one in many years, decades in fact. It was a real treat and we had a great time. The Edison expo center was huge, with an entire wing dedicated to the big layouts that you can see in the photos below. The Jersey Central N-Trak club was there with an "M" shaped modular layout. It also included a module of the USS New Jersey (BB-62), which was very cool and the 10-year-old in particular loved.
The main area of the show was full of stuff to buy, which was one of the main reasons I wanted to go, to pick up some "show priced" pieces. As you might guess, a good 60% was O scale/Lionel, but about 10% was N scale, which was still a ton of inventory to look through. We came away with several modern era freight cars, a building that could pass for Civil War era, tunnel portals, and a modern era factory/industrial building.
The trip was a success in all ways.
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| The huge N scale staging yard. |
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| USS New Jersey (BB-62). |
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| The boys admiring the N scale layout. |
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| This was just one part of the layout area. |
Your N scale ACW train looks fabulous! I host a monthly zoom meet with members from our civilwarrailroadsgroups.io I'd like to invite you to join us sometime. And if you'd be interested, present your work at one of our meets.
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
Thom Radice