@colorado hirailer posted:Pre- COVID, at a large show in NE Ohio, l was startled (should l have been?) to pass a table of HO with a vendor with a young boy at his table , both dressed in that familiar garb. Which l understand has variety. I was thinking "electricity"? I have seen "black-bumper Mennonites", not allowed to have flashy chrome on vehicles. In Pa. or ?, are these denominations, maybe first two, active in trains?
Sounds like the show in Mt. Hope. I try not to miss that show as it is one of the largest in the tri-state area and an easy day trip from the Pittsburgh area. Once, at that show (Mt. Hope), I witnessed an Amish buying a Lionel MPC-era Amtrak set. At a later show, I asked a Mennonite I was chatting with while waiting in line about it, and he said the Amish in that area were allowed to use items like this as long as they were not in the house (in other words, kept in the barn) and were powered by battery or windmill driven generator. Others with lots of experience in dealing with Amish have told me that the rules governing the use of electric items can vary from congregation to congregation, but the common denominator is no connection to the electrical grid.
Back to the original topic, I have been to the Choo Choo Barn twice. Once as a kid in the early 80's, and once again as an adult in the mid 00's right before I got back into trains -- who knows, maybe that visit is why I am here right now. 
I hope that they can find someone to take over and keep it going, and in the mean time, I hope to get back there again some day to see it from an in-the-hobby perspective.
Andy
