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Monday, August 19, 2019

MGRS at Mill Field Festival on August 18th


MGRS made its 4th annual visit to the Mill Field Festival in North Berwick on August 18. layout was on a 16'x32' plywood floor under a tent top. Thanks to Mike McDonald (our newest club member) and his crew for getting it ready on Thursday.

Setup started on Friday 8/17 with the arrival of the trailer. We laid the green carpet over the plywood and began setting up tracks. There were two main loops along with a 3rd in "North Berwick Center" and the Thomas & Percy Loops in the far end. Tracks were tested and some buildings put out for final placement on Saturday morning. The setup crew included Terry & Sue Norton, Dennis Farrell, Jim Jenkins, Mike McDonald, Ben Braithwaite and Sam Carr.

On Saturday we started with a good breakfast at the North Berwick Fire Department. Then it was time to lay down roads, place buildings, and make up trains.

Mike Tarbox and Brennan Long laying roads


Making Up Trains

 

The Mill Field Festival Parade took place while final setup was being done on the layout.  Peter Richards brought his Parade Trailer with G Scale Trains running as it rolled along
 


Side View of Parade Trailer


Peter Richards and Parade Trailer
 


 
 

Monster Truck in Parade

Camp Meeting Trailer in Parade
 
 
Once the parade was over it time for fun, food and trains. WE had lots of visitors, and the folding chairs beside the layout had a lot
of use. Terry set up two places for visitors to run trains from transformers, and there were buttons to run Thomas and Percy.
 
 
Layout under the Tent
 
 


Terry with a young Engineer



 

Mike and Brennan during a short break in Engineer Training
 
Law Enforcement Engineer

Sparky the Engineer

 
Pirate Engineer
 
Parrot holding Terry
 
More Pirates making Balloon Animals
 
C3PO signing autographs
 
Five Eggliners running
 
Grizzly Flats Tourist Train


 
We had a large crew for both running trains and moving out. They included Brennan Long, Mike Tarbox, Terry Norton, Sue Norton, Dennis Farrell, Jim Jenkins, and Sam Carr along with Louisa Power (Brennan's Mom) and Laura Power (Brennan's Grandmother)
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 




 


 



 

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