Tiny and I were scheduled to run trains this morning and we picked a great day! Severall other members joined with us including Carl, Mac, Terry & Sue, Paul & Rachel, Dick Cosgrove, Scott, Hunk& Betty plus Symon & Keith representing GGP Mall Management and James our associate member all to
welcome the Maine Veterans Home of Scarborough residents to our layout at the Mall. The Veterans have visited us 4 times over the summer at Carl's. Today they watched our trains and then they met Santa Clause (who is also a member) and he
presented them a gift from MGRS. A ready to run G scale train set for their Game Room to add a little fun and decoration around their tree and as a reminder that MGRS appreciates them and is looking forward to seeing them again next year. Santa Claus made a very sincere and excellent presentation. They loved him and they all got there picture taken and hugs from Santa. It was a very heart warming display of affection. If you watch all the small video clips, together they cover the full ceremony. There are also some pictures of today's trains and MGRS members.
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Our day concluded with lots of conversation with on-lookers. Some very interesting and knowledgeable train buffs. Lots of Lionel remembrances out there, and it is where most of us got our start in trains. Maybe next year we can add a loop of O27 track. Tiny and I left around 3pm as we turned over the controls to Carl, Mac and Mike. Hope you have a super evening of trains and people! Yes, it was a very good day.
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