(M)all's Well That Ends Well

Last Monday many members of the MGRS met at the Mall to take down the Holiday Train Display. Carl Churchill reports that the volunteers worked so well together that they finished the job ahead of schedule.

That kind of cooperation has marked this whole event. By now most MGRS members have heard just how successful the Maine Mall display has been. If you weren't one of the many volunteers who came to run the trains, you've probably read about the display in the Press Herald and other newspapers.

Almost every MGRS member who participated in this event has remarked that a highlight was our ability to become acquainted with each other. Even Santa got to know the MGRS members, and became one himself. We also managed to introduce tens of thousands of Mainers to the joys of garden railroading.

Many, many MGRS members deserve credit for the success that the Mall display enjoyed, from the volunteers who came to run the trains on an almost daily basis, to those who brought trains to run from the far reaches of the state. But the greatest credit goes to the members of the MGRS board, and to Carl Churchill and John Jackson, without whose tireless energy and enthusiasm this wonderful event would never have started, let alone end so well.

Thanks and congratulations!