G-Scale Items for Sale

.Richard Young has G-Scale items for sale. Prices start at $30 for engines, $20 for large cars, and $10 for small cars. Offers are welcome.  Most items are USA Trains or LGB. You can contact him via email at richyoung2@gmail.com or by phone at 207-807-8727.

 Saturday Evening Post/Norman Rockwell box car

 SOLD--Union Tank Car

 SOLD-Budweiser boxcar

Budweiser boxcar new  in box

 SOLD--Smucker's Preserves and Jellies boxcar

 

 LGB 205 Small Passenger Car with removable roof

SOLD-- Pair of LGB 544-02 small box cars

SOLD-- Sesame Street Gondola

 DR 90-60-57 Gondola

SOLD--DR 90-60-55 Gondola

Great Northern 948 Engine and Tender

SOLD--Christmas Train Engine

SOLD--Christmas Train Gondola

SOLD--Christmas Train Caboose

SOLD--Christmas Train Boxcar - plays a Christmas Car

SOLD--Christmas Train Flatcar with Load

SOLD--Christmas Train Boxcar

SOLD--Christmas Train Bubble Machine Car

Dinosaur Transport Car - roof opens to show dinosaur

Flatcar with load

Old Style Work Car

Bumpers

Short Trestle

Signal Bridge #1

Signal Bridge #2

Windmill

SOLD--Three new LGB streetlights

SOLD--Two short and one tall street light

Two LGB switch controls

Wireless camera kit - tiny camera goes in the nose of the engine

Maine Model Railroad Tour on September 19-20 and beyond - see layouts online

The Maine Model Railroad Tour will take place on September 19-20. Kris & Scott Gould's layout is part of the tour. You can also see the layouts online before and AFTER those dates. Please register online to visit in person or from your home computer

Please go to Maine Model Railroad Tour. When the web page appears, click on Register as shown below. Then fill out the form and click on Submit. You will receive a username and password by email if you have it or by phone if you do not.

Questions??
--about Registration - Peter McKenney 776-2033
--about the Tour - Jeff Jacobs 729-2252

Moose River Railroad in Bar Harbor, Maine - video

Come along for an engineer's view perspective in this video tour of the Moose River Railroad, an HO scale model railroad featuring Maine Central, Boston and Maine, and Bangor and Aroostook and New Haven themes. The layout, built by Earl Brechlin, is located in Bar Harbor, Maine. Thanks to Lawrence Nuesslein (Goodkebo on youtube) of Bar Harbor for inspiring some of the camera angles and for Bob Gervais for suggesting I put my gear pro cameras on the trains

Video of Moose River Railroad.

Gould Open House September 19th

Kris and Scott Gould invite members and friends of the Maine Garden Railway Society to an open house on Saturday, September 19^th, from 10:00 to 5:00 at their home at 25 Hunts Point Road in Cape Elizabeth.  We will have burgers, hot dogs, chili and refreshments.  Bring a folding chair and, if you wish, a dish to share.  If you can’t join us on Saturday, you are welcome to come on Sunday from 9:00 to 4:00, when we will be participating in the first annual Maine Model Railroad Tour.  Call if you have questions:  799-9799

Gorham House Visit 8/24 will be re-scheduled to September

The Gorham House visit scheduled for 8/24 will now be re-scheduled to some time in September.

Piko Factory Open House and New Product Videos

Here is a video of the Piko Factory Open House in Germany held on June 20, 2015. This only happens every other year.

Piko Factory Open House

A second video shows new products from Piko America from the Big Train Show on June 6-7 in Ontario, California.

Piko New Products for 2015

Gorham House Visit Changed from August 17th to August 24th

The Gorham House visit to the Overlook Garden Railway has changed from August 17th to August 24th.

A Great Day on the Bagley Mountain Division

A Great Day on the Bagley Mountain Division

Yesterday, August 15, Paul and Brenda Smith entertained a large turnout of friends and garden railroaders at the Bagley Mountain Division of the Maine Central R.R., located at their lovely home near Lincoln, Maine.  The manicured grounds and flower beds around the Smith home were worth a drive from anywhere in Maine, whether or not you came to see the trains.  Brenda says she loves to garden, and that love is reflected everywhere one looks.  Judging by the bird houses, the grounds at the Smiths are favored just as much by birds.  Then there is the Bagley Mountain Division, a large G-scale layout Paul began five years ago.  Its features include a beautiful pond and waterfall, designed and constructed by Paul and Nancy Norris (famed columnist of Garden Railway Magazine).  The Japanese red maple and dock house have been featured in the magazine.  Long-sweeping curves allow Paul to run long consists of 1:29 trains.  These operate on a clever loop that runs around the pond, past a small town, and up, over, and through a mountain.  The layout features several bridges, each constructed with the same care as the Smiths have lavished on the surrounding grounds.  Paul has also built a beautifully-detailed HO railroad in his basement, featuring Maine Central engines and rolling stock, a town that looks like Lincoln, and a model of the farm where Paul grew up.  A highlight of the day was a potluck lunch, including among several memorable dishes a blueberry pie Brenda made from blueberries she had just picked. 

Thank you Paul and Brenda for a great day enjoyed by all.

Neville Lewis Sale Items updated 1/12/2016

Updated with new items on 8/23/15. They include rolling stock, engines and accessories.

Rolling Stock

LGB Cars at $40 each

Budweiser box car White/ black lettering

Rio Grande caboose Red 4 wheel

Denver & Rio Grande Western Refrigerated box, yellow

Cable car 4 wheel

SOLD-Merchandise Service PRR Box   Rusty red

SOLD- PRR Hopper with coal load red

SOLD-Reading Hopper with coal load

Charles Ro $25 each or all five for $100

Denver&Rio Grande Western cattle car black

Box car black

Box car green

Bangor&Aroostook Box car Red

Boston and Maine Box car rusty red

Engines

Engine and Tender Marked Dutchess  by HLW  $75

Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad Locomotive #18 by LGB,  in good condition, $225.

Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company Shay #11, converted to battery power and can be converted back, $125

SOLD-LGB #2095 Red Diesel electric $125

SOLD-Two LGB #102 Engines and five passenger cars. A neat train for $200.

Accessories

Six electric switches. 3 left and 3 right, $25 each or $125 for all 6.
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Box of people and box of farm animals, $2 or less in quantity

Misc. small building kits, fences, etc. Other stuff that is cheap and cheerful. Some is free. Come and see!!

Everything is in good condition. Most items have been on an indoor layout. All couplers are hook  and loop. Please contact Neville about items you like or to set up a visit to see them. He can be reached at207-354-8055 (home), 207-650-3510 (cell), or email barometershop@roadrunner.com. Directions and a map can be found athttp://www.barometershop.net/directions.htm

Maine Garden Railway Society Annual Outing Held on Saturday, July 25, 2015

We had a fine time at  our annual outing this past Saturday at the Overlook Garden Railway in Buxton, hosted by Carl and Pat Churchill. It was cloudy in the morning, and the sun came out around mid-afternoon.

On arrival you saw some well-known helpers at the gate
-Mac MacMillan for parking and moving things in
-Terry Norton for check-in, voting, and door prize tickets
-Art Handman selling raffle tickets for the very nice railroad quilt made by Sue Hoffman
-Ernie Packard selling tickets for the 50/50 raffle

Entering the Annual Outing

Then you could move on to coffee,  talk "garden railway" with friends, check out the auction items, and take a look at Norman Waycott's circus display. He has some new 2 'x 2' modules this year, and we may have as many as 14 at this year's Holiday Train Display.

looks a lot like Entering the Circus

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Lunch started coming out to the coolers, and the call was made to line up. We had the usual excellent meal with lots of choices and  additional courses announced as they arrived. Thanks to Pat Churchill  Sue Norton, Sue Hoffman,  Donna Latino Ellie Garth, Heidi Mills,  Robin Goodrich and others who helped and brought food for this potluck.
 
Then it was Auction Time! The semi-famous comedy auction team of Terry Norton and Frank Howard took us through bidding and laughing about the items and the crowd. They were ably assisted by designated hecklers Donna and Bob Latino. During the auction there were drawings for the Door Prize, Railroad Quilt and 50/50 Raffle. Those tickets were drawn by Deidre Libby. A secondary  market for some items, notably metal signs, developed during the auction. The auctioneers also bid on items they were trying to sell, and some starting bids were less than what the auctioneers were asking. Just another part of the fun! Thanks to  Mary Garland who recorded the bid number of each auction item winner

Terry Selling a Small House

Frank Talking Up the Price on a Grab Bag

Raffle Winners
-Door Prizes John Sharp, Art Handman, John Middleton, Phil Lentz
-Railroad Quilt: Phil Sypek
-50/50 Raffle: Art Handman

Desserts were offered just before and during the auction. The crowd of MGRS members could not fully conquer the endless dessert table. Maybe we should auction the desserts next year!!

A brief Business Meeting was held after the Auction.
1. In this morning's balloting, officers and directors were re-elected with one exception.  Tiny Lee has chosen to leave the board of directors, and Norman Waycott has replaced him.
2. Jeff Jacobs spoke briefly about the Maine Layout Tour coming up on September 19-20. Scott Gould is participating.  More information has been posted on the blog.

After adjourning the business meeting, it was time for the auction winners to line up and pay up for their winnings, and for everyone to say goodbye and head for home. Some cars had trouble fitting the riders back in around all that auction loot....

August 15 Bagley Mountain Open House Updated

Paul has provided more details along with pictures and video.  The updated post can be seen by clicking on

Bagley Mountain Open House Details