Autumn becomes winter

In a couple of weeks we set up the mall display. Please sign up for a time to run the trains.

Open House 2-4 PM TODAY at Amtrak Layover Facility in Brunswick

The Open House at the Amtrak Layover Facility in Brunswick will be from 2-4 pm TODAY, Saturday 10/22

It is located at 2 Turner Street in Brunswick. It can be reached from Route 1 via  Church  Road and from Stanwood Street. Here is a map.

This is short notice, but the hours were not published until Friday. More information at
Brunswick Layover Facility

2016 Holiday Train Display Opens Friday, November 18

The 2016 Holiday Train Display will open on Friday, November 18 at the Maine Mall. We are in our usual place outside the Bon Ton with a 12’ wide x 50’ long layout. Please help us provide fun for children of all ages by running trains at the Mall. And please bring your trains to run while you are there. See the bottom of this page to sign up. Everyone is welcome to help during setup and move out.

We also hope to have an evening when members can get together during a visit to the layout.

The layout includes the “Thomas” area along with a suburb around North Conway Station, a Village, an Industrial Park and the Circus. There will be six trains and four bridges on two levels.

The schedule is

Move In                    Monday, November 14

Setup                         Tuesday, November 15 through
                                   Thursday November 17

Opening Day            Friday, November 18 at 10 am

Running Days           November 19-30 but
                                   closed on Thanksgiving Day

                                    December 1-25 but closed  
                                    on Christmas Day

Move Out                 Monday, December 26 unless extended through January 1. Then move out will be on Monday, January 2^nd

The operating hours will be

10am-8pm                Monday through Saturday.
                                    Shift One 10am-3pm and
                                          Shift Two 3-8pm

11am-6pm                Sunday with Shift One 11am-6pm

Signing Up to run trains

Option #1: Visit the MGRS Blog at http://mgrsmembers.blogspot.com/ and click on the Sign Up button. Then fill in the Form and click on the Submit button

Option #2: Send email to Sam at secarr1@comcast.net

Option #3: Call Sam at 207-865.4467

Here are pictures of the layout, a three-dimensional side view, and the flyer announcing the event

Layout Section 1

Layout Section 2

Layout Section 3

Three Dimension Side View

Flyer

Trailer Voting

The Board of Directors met today and opened the returned voting envelopes. The results: 45 voted to buy a trailer and 5 voted not to buy a trailer.
The trailer committee will now try to locate a suitable trailer.
Thank you for all who returned their votes.
   Terry

G-Scale Items for Sale

Terence Roder has some G-scale items for sale. If  you are interested, please contact him at
207 844 8083 or 520 940 1163. His email is 1911govt@gmail.com

All are NIB (New in box) condition and have never ran.

The road names are uniform, Chicago and North Western (Route of the Streamliners) and in mustard yellow, dark brown livery.

USA Trains 1:29 F3 A and B Units

48 ft steel boxcar

50 ft baywindow caboose (lighted)

An assortment of other 1:29 by Aristocraft and and 1:22.3 Bachman rolling stock for narrow gauge operations, also an highly detailed Accucraft 1:22.3 flatcar, flat red, no road name but all stats silkscreened on unit.  A great standoff to any siding display.

Voting for Trailer

Ballots have been mailed to all members. Please vote and return your ballots in the enclosed, self addressed, stamped envelope.
The Board of Directors (BOD) will count the ballots at the next BOD meeting on OCT 15th. The members will be informed of the voting results by a post on this blog and email.

Terry Norton,  MGRS Secretary