Folks,
The South Shore Model Railway Club is having our annual Spring Train Show & Open House this weekend in Hingham, Massachusetts on both Saturday, March 20th (9:00-4:00) and Sunday, March 21st (10:00-4:00)
http://www.ssmrc.org/events.htm
The Train Show is being held at the South Shore Country Club while the Open House is at the South Shore Model Railway Club across the street in Bare Cove Park.
We are also close to the West Hingham MBTA commuter rail station. The station is actually between the Country Club and the Model Railway Club, but be advised that it’s about a 3/4+ mile walk to the Model Railway Club from the MBTA Station as we’re at the end of the Bare Cove Park driveway. The weather is supposed to be extremely nice this weekend, however.
Located in the former USN Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot, the Open House will showcase our 10,000 sq. ft. building, in which we’re building our 6300+ sq. ft. HO-scale layout. We’re about 1/3rd complete, and construction on the next 60’ leg of the layout has just started. We will have up to 8 trains running at the same time on our Digitrax-controlled layout.
Adults are $5, children ages 5 to 12 and Seniors 65+ are $2. Under 4 & under are free. Parking is free.
The Model Railway Club will have refreshments available, including soda, coffee, cookies, and the like, as well as bathrooms and our White Elephant Table.
The Country Club will have two floors of dealers with over 50 total dealer tables plus an operating modular layout or two.
If you want to find me, I’ll probably be dispatching, walking around, or selling tickets. Just look for the bearded guy wearing a hat.
Paul A. Cutler III
