So we engaged the Haverill Middle School gym. We invited 30 vendors, sold them tables. Trailered the club modular layout up and unloaded it. We gotta recruit some younger members for this club. We had a good turnout for setup, but the bulk of the membership is getting too old and infirm to jackass the heavy modules out of the trailer and set them up. Let alone grovel around on the floor adjusting leveling jacks and hooking up electrical connections. In fact the entire model railroading hobby is suffering from a lack of new blood. When the doors opened on Saturday, the bulk of the attendees were elderly. A few grandchildren who loved every minute of the show. Very few young guys (or girls).
So I checked out the vendors and bought the makings of three new fun projects. I found a heavy freight steamer to pull my freight trains, a baggage car for my baggage and mail train, and a tank care for my tank train. For not much meney, I have the makings of hours of pleasant shop time.
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