MGRS Considers Building Modular Exhibit

The MGRS has decided to explore the possibility of building a G-Gauge modular exhibit. Carl Churchill has appointed Scott Gould to chair a committee whose initial members include Carl, Scott, Ernie Packard, Mack McLaughlin, and Earl Richards. If you have ideas or experience you would like to share with the committee, please post a comment on the MGRS blog, or contact any committee member.

These pictures show a possible approach, in which tables can be arranged in a variety of ways to fit the available exhibit space. We look forward to hearing your ideas.

Evening on the Vaguely Wiscasset & Quebec

It's a late summer evening on the Vaguely Wiscasset & Quebec. The 6:10 from Machias is arriving at Columbia Falls even later than usual. A couple of disgruntled VW&Q employees were evidently standing on the tracks.

Labor difficulties are nothing new for the VW&Q. Ed quit when Barry wouldn't let him run the train, and now Barry has to stoke the coal and man the throttle.

And here are those employees who were on the tracks. "There can't be another railroad on the planet that makes it employees sweep the ballast," mutters Ray to Brenda. Sounds like Ray is giving up dreams of management to become a union man.

Meanwhile, down on at the barn, Farmer Brian and his aging father are tending the livestock. Figuring that food costs will keep on rising, they've switched to plastic pigs and styrene steers. "A bit chewy," says Brian, "but cheap."

And here's Kris, Farmer Brian's mom. Looks like she's going to get some bull.

So ends a summer evening on the Vaguely Wiscasset & Quebec. Hope yours was just as beautiful and a bit more peaceful.

Crew Talk

Next time you get to shovel and I get to be engineer, says Ed to Barry.

Railfans visit the VW & Q

MGRS members nearly missed seeing the morning freight on the VW&Q as they pondered a map on the hood of John's new Ford. You think they'd know you can't get there from here.



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