There is a train show on 10/03/09 in High Bridge NJ which I plan on attending. If anyone else here would like to go, please let me know and we can arrainge to meet. Details follow:

We are pleased to officially announce the second annual Northeast Fallen Flags Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet which will take place on Saturday, October 3, 2009, at the LH Taylor Firehouse, 7 Maryland Avenue, High Bridge, NJ 08829. The hours are 9 AM until 6 PM; Admission is $20.00 at the door the day of the meet; An Italian food luncheon is included with your admission, and door prizes will be raffled during the meet.

High Bridge is easily accessible from Interstate 78, Routes 22 and 31, and County Road 513, and is not far from Routes 202, 206, 46, I-287 and I-80. While there is no Saturday service on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line to High Bridge, there is service to Somerville and/or Raritan so if you would like to take the train, please let us know so that we can try to arrange for volunteers to provide transfer service between Somerville or Raritan and High Bridge.

As with all RPM meets, the main focus of this gathering is for modelers to get together and bring any models they are working on or have finished, for display, discussion and of course, learning. In addition to the model display, clinics by well known modelers are planned on modeling topics as well as prototype information. Select vendors will be in attendance to offer their wares as well.

Scheduled Presentations Include:

Dave Goessling: Dave will present an update on his self-guided tour of the High Bridge area from last year, identifying local railroad and industrial landmarks; the station, wye, Taylor Wharton plant and railroad, etc. and is also working on the Pittstown and Musconetcong branches of the LV.

John Koenig: Modeling NY Harbor tugs in HO using the Walther's kit.

David Ramos: An update on his New York Harbor layout, and how he operates his busy HO scale layout.

Jay Held: Erie Railroad NY Harbor operations

Jerry Dziedzic: Jerry will share with us how he is rebuilding his HO scale NY&W/L&HR layout, and tell us about why he chose to build a new layout, and what he's learned in the process.

Sam Reynolds: NJ Zinc Co. operations in northeasten PA and northwestern NJ.

Scheduled Prototype Model Vendors Include -

Stella Scale Models (prototype-based structure kits in HO)

Shortline Products (Northeastern prototype RR models and parts in all
scales)

Speedwitch Media (Proto-specific plastic and resin HO car kits)

BEST Trains (prototype-based structure kits in HO)

Bethlehem Car Works (proto-specific car kits, parts, vehicles, etc.)

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Directions to the Firehouse will be posted on the Yahoo! site as well.

We hope to see you on October 3rd!

I may just go there. I'll bring my CNJ 4-8-0 That I'm still working on.

That would be great, I'd like to see you again.

Gary, check your PMs.

Well, it was fun, and the models were great. I do have to say though, those tugboat models really helped me "see" them. I know most of those tugs that Mr. Koenig built, and they are all sticking out of the mud off of staten island in real life. The "Lackawanna" and "Pocono" are there, along with some PRR tugs and maybe a Lehigh Valley one (though it could be a Moran tug).

here are some sites relating to them, and you can find them in a couple photos, though i think a couple of the railroad tugs have finally collapsed. there are a bunch of Navy Sub Chasers and rescue tugs in there as well-

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I also saw a couple Lackawanna MU cars that i loved. Those were the Island Model Works cars, and i'm glad to see people buying his stuff. If you model any commuter operation, go to <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.islandmodelworks.com">www.islandmodelworks.com</a><!-- w --> . You'll probably find it.

E-paw's 4-8-0 camel back was also an epic piece of work.

all in all it was a good day, despite being a small event.

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the catered lunch was nice too.

There were also some nice door prises there . I believe that everyone from the Gauge won something. I won an inter-mountain milk car. Here are a few more pics from the show.[attachment=3186]

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The power point presentations were also very cool, but I did miss the last one . I will probably check it out again next year.

It was nice to see Steve and Chris at the show. The presentations were good for the most part, tho I had to leave early so missed one on modeling NYC tugs from the Walthers kit. I was hoping to see that one. The model tugs on dispaly were very nice, as were many other nicely built and weathered models on hand. I saw some nice structures in displays by manufacturers too. One I would like to buy when I get a job is in this link:

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I really like the two cranes included, I was told the gantry crane would be made available seperately, but I don't see it on the web page yet.

I also saw a passenger station that would work nicely at the yard scene I've been working on, just teh right size and appearance, but a hefty price so I don't know if I'll be buying this one:

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Steve's camelback is really sweet. I like the way the front axle is spaced differently than the others. The only time I remember seeing something like that is on some 4-6-0's where the last axle is pushed further back under the firebox. It just looks cool.

Gary

jglfan Wrote:It was nice to see Steve and Chris at the show. The presentations were good for the most part, tho I had to leave early so missed one on modeling NYC tugs from the Walthers kit. I was hoping to see that one.

It was alright, though in my opinion, it was interupted a little to much by the crowd, lol. He'd get about 5 sentences in before someone would either contradict him or start a big conversation about some other brand of tug model, lol. If you had a specific question about a particular model, i could probably remember what it was. I'm not sure he got to deeply into the actual construction as he'd like.

Hi Chris, was there a hand out like there was for the other presentations? If so I'd love to get a copy of that. Someday in the very distant future I plan to model the 60th street yards, with one carfloat.

jglfan Wrote:Hi Chris, was there a hand out like there was for the other presentations? If so I'd love to get a copy of that. Someday in the very distant future I plan to model the 60th street yards, with one carfloat.

I'm pretty sure there was, i know i saw it, but i can't find it right now. i'll keep digging.

I only have the hand out for the harbor operations and the susie Q layout. I don't remember seeing one for the tugs...

Chris. your post made me laugh, and I'm not making fun of you, I am notorious for not being able to find things! Perhaps there was no handout for this presentation, as Steve notes. I have the two handouts he mentions, and didn't take the one for the walking tour of High Bridge. I hate to be negative or impolite, but I wanted to slit my wrists while attempting to hear that presentation! I eventually built up the nerve to get up and walk away, made more difficult by being trapped in the center of a row.

I have intentions of modeling the 60th street NYC yard (greatly reduced in scope) someday, and so the NYC tug was of interest. By the time I get to it I'm sure I'll have the info!

You got to face it some of the topics can get a little dry, But I did enjoy the NYC harbor operation and layout presentation. I can't remember his name right now but his Mothra comment and other anecdotes helped to keep things light and less stuffy.