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We had a fine time at  our annual outing this past Saturday at the Overlook Garden Railway in Buxton, hosted by Carl and Pat Churchill. It was cloudy in the morning, and the sun came out around mid-afternoon. On arrival you saw some well-known helpers at the gate -Mac MacMillan for parking and moving things in -Terry Norton for check-in, voting, and door prize tickets -Art Handman selling raffle tickets for the very nice railroad quilt made by Sue Hoffman -Ernie Packard selling tickets for the 50/50 raffle Entering the Annual Outing Then you could move on to coffee,  talk "garden railway" with friends, check out the auction items, and take a look at Norman Waycott's circus display. He has some new 2 'x 2' modules this year, and we may have as many as 14 at this year's Holiday Train Display. looks a lot like Entering the Circus . Lunch started coming out to the coolers, and the call was made to line up. We had the usual excellent meal with lots of choices and  ...

Paul has provided more details along with pictures and video.  The updated post can be seen by clicking on Bagley Mountain Open House Details

Here is the information "poster" for the tours scheduled for September 19-20. Those wishing to learn more details of the layouts available and to get a free "ticket to ride" on the tour need to "register" when they visit the web site,  And t hose who don't have a computer, or experience difficulty with the site, should call Jeff Jacobs (729-2252) or Peter McKenney (776-2033) directly. Maine Layout Tours Poster

Paul and Brenda Smith invite members to their Open House on Saturday, August 15th. Their garden railway is located at 54 Bagley Mountain Road in Lincoln, ME 04457. They can be reached at (207)-794-6638. Here is more information from Paul. The Open House will start at 10am  I'll be providing burgers, hot dogs, and sodas. If anyone would like to bring a side dish or desert, that would be welcome. I'm opening the event to the local public. I usually get a few people that show up that don't stay for food If we have a rainy day, I'll move it to the 16th. Either way, I'll plan to be here both days to run the train if anyone stops by. Folks can call the day before to check on the local weather if they want (794 6638). Here are a couple of pictures of the layout and a link to a video Bagley Mountain Division Video

Remember the 25th for the Annual Meeting, pot luck meal and auction. Call Carl if you want to volunteer to help with setup on the 23rd or 24th.

This auction is for lifetime collection of model trains from the Robert Kiefer Estate. I There will be thousands of trains, model airplanes and toys to sell. This auction has some amazing items. Some of them can be seen at Webster'a Auctions on Jul 19 and 26 The pictures are a mix of O-Scale and Tin Plate with some G-scale mixed in. The listing says that a Catalog will be posted soon for the trains, collectible toys and airplanes. Webster's Auction Palace is located in Houston, Texas The site auctionzip.com offers online bidding on this auction at Auction.Zip Online Bidding for Webster's train, airplane and toy auction Here is a link to the help on the Auction.Zip web site. Auction.Zip Web Site Online Bidding Help The Webster's Auction site does not mention Auction.zip as a way to bid, If you do want to bid online, please contact Webster's Auctions at   http://webstersauction.com/contact-us/   first to confirm bidding via Auction Zip. You can contact Webster's A...

The  Granite State Chapter of the Antique Truck Club of America is holding their 29th Annual Show at the Star Speedway, 176 Exeter Rod, Epping New Hampshire 03042,. Details can be seen at  Granite State 29th Annual ATCA Show , or you can contact Don Smith at : 603-664-9761 Or you can visit their web site at  ATCA Web Site

The Inn at the Village will now visit the Overlook Garden Railway on Friday, July 11. This is a change from July 8th.

This layout is 185' long by 30' wide. It is featured in the July Train Collectors Quarterly. Pictures can be seen  NJ Hi-Railers at Silk City Station Photos The photos are grouped into slide shows which you can click on to view that group of photos. This layout is in a 3rd floor room 250' long by 50' wide with unobstructed views. It combines their original layout run at the Dover Train show with others purchased over the years.

In keeping with a blog tradition, this post is about celebrating 239th America's birthday. We always have patriotic music. So here, courtesy of Virginia Jackson, is a rare video of Elvis singing "America". Elvis Singing America There is also a long set of patriotic songs on Youtube Patriotic Song Set on Youtube Maine has a LOT of 4th of July celebrations . You can find them at 4th of July events in Maine On the same page is a searchable list of the 85 fireworks displays in in Maine If you erase the City name with the Backspace key and change the  County to ALL, all of them will be displayed at once Maine Fireworks Displays

6     Gorham House visits the Overlook Garden  Railway,  82 Carll Road,  Buxton, 11 am start  8    Inn at the Village   visits the Overlook Garden  Railway,  82 Carll Road, Buxton, 11 am start  14-18  Worldwide Circus Summit, Eastern States Exposition,  1 305 Memorial Ave (Route 147), West Springfield, MA 01089. This event involves  the entire circus    community,  including our circus modellers. For details please                               visit  http://worldwidecircusummit2015.com/ 17-19    Day Out with Thomas -Celebration Tour 2015 Part 1, Conway Scenic  Railroad,   38  Norcross Circle, North Conway, NH 03860. Ride with Thomas,  meet Sir Topham Hatt, welcome Percy, and much more. Please visit  conwayscenic.com. For tickets visit  www.ticketweb.com/dowt or...