The Virginia Train Collectors Open House Run!

Yesterday my club, the VTCA had what we’re hoping to make a regular event, an open-house display of various layouts of all scales and sizes. We had a ball! And quite a few people stopped in to admire the trains and layouts. A number of young families too, which was quite gratifying. Here’s some shots I took of the going’s on.

The front door. “Come on in!”


Guess who showed up?

Pre-War, Post-War, Modern Era, we’ve got it all!

From Standard Gauge…

Down to N Gauge

The N Gauge layout’s one I built back in the 90’s and donated to the club. Here’s a couple of close-ups…


One of my own trains on a run.

A superb donated HO layout.

And some assorted shots of the various layouts.




Quite a turnout!

And if any of you reading these words stopped by yesterday thanks for coming!
And for those of you living in the Richmond VA area our next open house will be February 22d from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Location is Westchester Commons Mall, 313 Perimeter Drive (Left of Target) Midlothian VA. Admission is free so come and join the fun!

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Wish I didn’t live so far away. Great photos!

Rich

Thanks!

thank you for sharing, there are no train clubs or train shows in my area closes one is 2hr. away.

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You’re welcome, and my sympathies about your living in a club desert.
I can understand, there’s some shows I’d like to go to like the Amherst Society show up in Massachusetts or the Greenberg Edison NJ show but I just can’t justify the travel. The TCA York show is pretty much my limit.

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Thanks for sharing. It looks like a good time was had…

David

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We did! And I’m amazed how fast the day went by. I was there at 9:00 for the show prep and the next thing I knew it was 3:00! The hours just flew past!

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Awesome

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Thanks much!

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Keep up the good work! :grin::+1:

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We’ll do our best!

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