Trainfest 2019 this weekend come join SGMA and play trains

see you there ! I'll be in the LCCA booth next to Lionel

I'll be bouncing around the show this year as I am now the Superintendent of the WISE Division that puts on Trainfest.  Carey, I cant wait to see what you brought to run.  Bob, I will try to stop by and say hello.

Are any of the operating layouts at Trainfest 2 Rail O Scale?  I see that there are some 3 Rail O Gauge layouts and some narrow gauge O scale layouts but I couldn't tell if any of the others are 2 Rail O Scale modeling standard gauge.  NH Joe

In the past there have been 2 rail / over head traction layouts for O scale ....the Milwaukee Model Railroad Club has had an open house on Saturday,night,...great vintage 2 rail huge layout ...club has been in same location since 1936....a must see ..

Cheers Carey 

Carey Williams posted:

SGMA layout will be in the annex so please come and visit. Oiling up some trains to run ...the Jerry Brown Green Diamond and a Rich-Art Bipolar pulling some Randalls .

The "annex" Carey refers to is the "trolley barn", which is located about 100 yds to the north of the main exhibit hall.

Bob Nelson

Looking forward to it Carey!

Hope your space is a bit bigger than last year.

Bob Nelson are you coming this year?

Bill,

Not this year, maybe next!

Bob Nelson

Carey Williams posted:

Hello all ...another year has flown by ...Trainfest up in Milwaukee this weekend 

https://www.trainfest.com/

Some say train shows are shrinking ...ha ... Trainfest has added another hall ...some 20k + in attendance ...lots of families ...come see for your self ...model trains are hip ! 

SGMA layout will be in the annex so please come and visit. Oiling up some trains to run ...the Jerry Brown Green Diamond and a Rich-Art Bipolar pulling some Randalls .

See you at Trainfest 

Cheers Carey 

 

Carey,

Those are some great locomotives that you will be running, particularly the BiPolar!   Of course, I love all things Milwaukee Road, which is why I own and run a rare set of four Jerry Brown Hiawatha cars behind either a JAD Hiawatha Atlantic steam locomotive or a Lionel Hiawatha Baltic (Hudson) steam locomotive.

Bob Nelson

PS.  Please take and post a bunch of photos and videos of the SGMA layout at Trainfest!

I will be at TrainFest 2019 on both Sat & Sun.  I will be serving as a Model Monitor at the Burlington Route Historical Society's booth at Celebrate a Railroad.  

Stop by & see 

3rd Rail CB&Q E5A with 2003 Lionel plated aluminum California Zephyr

MTH RailKing CB&Q Pacific 4-6-2

Lionel Heavy Mikado 2-8-2

See you there !

I'm going to be at Train Fest Sunday. I'll be with Ron Schlict and his American Flyer layout also representing the Badgerland S Gaugers.

Ray

Carey Williams posted:

Hello all ...another year has flown by ...Trainfest up in Milwaukee this weekend 

https://www.trainfest.com/

 

Some say train shows are shrinking ...ha ... Trainfest has added another hall ...some 20k + in attendance ...lots of families ...come see for your self ...model trains are hip ! 

SGMA layout will be in the annex so please come and visit. Oiling up some trains to run ...the Jerry Brown Green Diamond and a Rich-Art Bipolar pulling some Randalls .

 

See you at Trainfest 

Cheers Carey 

 

 

Carey,

How would you rate the experience of setting up and running a SGMA layout in the "trolley barn" verses setting up and running a SGMA layout in the main exhibit hall?

Bob Nelson