You Are Invited to a Member Social at the Mall on Saturday, December 1st at 5pm

Members and families are invited to join us at the Holiday Train Display on Saturday, December 1st at 5pm.

This is a chance for everyone to visit some old friends and make some new ones.

At 6pm we will head over to the Old Country Buffet to dine together.

And there are some new things to see

New Circus Wagons



Patriot Tool and Die

 

Tank Cars Rolling by the Skating Rink





Packard Lumber Log Delivery

 

Video of G, HO, and N Scale Trains from the Great Falls EXTRAINANZA Event

Here is video by the Lewiston Sun-Journal of the annual EXTRAINAGANZA event for children at the Great Falls Model Railroad Club. Its shows G, HO, and N Scale trains with several cameo appearances by our own John Middleton.

EXTRAINAGANZA Nov 2018

Mall Setup Almost Done - please sign up to help once we open

 

As of this evening the MGRS setup for the Holiday Train Display is nearly complete. All the train lines and buttons for the kids are working. And the buildings have been put in place. On Tuesday afternoon the Mall Staff will begin putting up the fence around the layout and getting the rest of "Winter Wonderland" ready to open on  Friday.

Please sign up to help when the trains are running between November 16 and December 24. They will be running every day except on Thanksgiving when the Mall is closed.

Shifts are 10am-3pm and 3pm to 8pm Monday through Saturday, and 10am-6pm on Sunday.

You can sign up by clicking on the Sign Up button on the Blog.

The first thing you will see is the schedule for the current month - as shown below.

 

Below that is a form for you to sign up for time. Fill in your information and click on the Submit button

 

 

Here are some pictures of the 2018 Layout.

 

Traffic Jam at the Mall Today

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Thomas and Percy Platform


North Conway Station and Village


Mountain Train

Patriot Tool and Die

 

Village Mall beside main lines and trolley track

 

 

Horse Tent at the Circus

EIMSKIP Containers with Campground Area
behind to be set up

Operator Area with Jackson Drawbridge Up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mall Setup Report for November 1-2

Setup began at 10am on Thursday, 11/1 with the arrival of Terry with the trailer. We unloaded the trailer and brought in the buildings loaned by Ernie Packard for the Holiday Train Display.



Bill Goodrich, John Middleton, Norm Waycott, and David Blue



The tables were ready and work began with added the new "over the rail" split jaw clamps to each track. Members took sections to work on once the John Jackson Drawbridge was in place to provide a starting point for the main platform.
Dennis-Thomas and Percy
John M - Inner and outer main lines
Ben- Mountain Track
Norm - Circus
Peter - Trolley
Terry-transformer, button box, and electrical setup



Terry Norton and Ben Braithwaite

Setup crew included Terry Norton, Ben Braithwaite, Dennis Farrell, Peter Richards, Norm Waycott, Bill Goodrich, Jeff Jacobs, David Blue, Carl Churchill, Mac McLaughlin and Sam Carr.

Dennis Farrell and Peter Richards

This layout will be left in place once we close so it can be used next year. The club will purchase new track for other events.

Setup continued on Friday 11/2 with Terry Norton, Ben Braithwaite, Peter Richards, and David Blue. By noon all tracks were complete. Terry and Dave were putting in electrical runs for tracks and buttons. Dave made excellent use of the "creeper" dolly he brought to the Mall.