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Here are pictures and video from this show, sponsored by the Great Falls Model Railroad Club WCSH Channel 6 had this video on their weekend news show Model Train Enthusiasts Roll in Topsham Here is a slide show of the operating displays from Great Falls, Maine 3Railers, the On30 Narrow Gauge Modelers, and MaiNe Ntrak. Click on the slides for  larger view with captions.

You are invited to offer tours  of your Garden Railway layout during the weekend of September 18-20, 2015. These tours are being planned by a group including Boothbay Railway Village Eastern Maine Model Railroad Club Great Falls Model Railroad Club Maine 3 Railers O-Gauge Model Railroad Club Maine Garden Railway Society Maine Model Works Maine Narrow Gauge Club MaiNe Track Model Train & Slot Car Shop Norm's O Scale Trains Seacoast Division NMRA Sheepscot Scale Products Sn2 Crew The initial layout tour area will likely be in the general territory between Portland, Auburn, Augusta and Boothbay Harbor.  The tours will be free and self-guided. They will be limited to members of the co-sponsors and their guests, and not open to the public..  If you want to offer a tour, please contact Jeff Jacobs, atlanticme@comcast.net, or (207) 729-2252

The Hookset Lions Train Show will take place on April 26 from 10am-3pm at the Hookset Cawley Middle School, Route 27, 89 Whitehall Road (1 mile off Route  30), Hookset, NH 03106. Adults $4, Children 6-12 $1, under 6 free, family maximum $10. For more information call 603-485-3881, 603-627-4662, or email  hooksetlionsclub@yahoo.com

The LCCA 45th National  Convention will take place from July 19-25 at the  Doubletree North Shore Hotel, 50 Ferncroft Rd., Danvers, MA 01923.  The Convention includes the LCCA Store, Train Layouts, and a Train Show in the Trading Hall (Fri-Sat). For more information please visit http://www.lionelcollectors.org/annual-conventions/

This is one of the larger model railroad shows in Maine, and is sponsored by the Great Falls Model Railroad Club, http://www.greatfallsmodelrrclub.org/

update from John on remaining cars. see previous post for prices and contact info Bachmann 81180 Pardee and Curtin Lumber Co. #6 Climax  $ 200.00 Bachmann 96201 Hand Car w/ Trailer  $   50.00 LGB 3150 Deutch Eisenbahn 1985  $   50.00 LGB 4067-K 01 State of Maine boxcar  $   50.00 LGB 30430 Grizzly Flatts Sightseeing Car  $   50.00 LGB 31440 Christmas Sightseeing Car  $   50.00 LGB 41120 Christmas Gondola w/ Trees- '96  $   50.00 L GB 45352 Coca Cola Boxcar w/ Sound  $   50.00 LGB 47400 Christmas Tank Car  $   50.00