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Th is past Saturday Art Shean took his portable G-Scale layout to the Touch-a-Train event at the Washington Junction Yard in Ellsworth. With the help of his grandson Griffin and other family members they provided a neat operating layout. Art said that Percy the Small Engine along with coaches Annie & Claribel performed like a charm!   Multiple kids clearly recognized and appreciated having a Friend of Thomas on the layout.  Scavenger hunt for Mickey characters went over well.  My Grandchildren gave out over 150 Tootsie Pops.  MGRS at Touch-a-Train in Ellsworth Grandson Griffin in dark green T-Shirt Ground level and elevated tracks Layout with 470 Locomotive Parts at Upper Left He likes the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Logging Train Girls Like Trains Too Richard Glueck from New England Steam said " Your model layout was probably the biggest hit of the show!  This is going to come to you in two emails, because the images are so large.  I thought...

Thanks to Scott, Kris and the Gould family for having a great Open House this past Saturday. The company and food were excellent. Chef Dick Rubin was our grillmaster. And everyone got to look at and talk about garden trains. Thankfully those gray clouds rolled by without a drop of rain.... Lunch in the shade At the end of the line The Mill behind the Station Tracks across the Viaduct Trackside Pink Lady Slippers The guests included Terry & Sue Norton, Jeff & Kathy Jacobs, Ernie & Hazel Packard, Jim Jenkins, Dick Rubin (Chef for a Day), Walter Fossett, Dennis Farrell, Pat and Carl Churchill, Paul & Rachel Corbett, Ben Braithwaite, Paul & Rebecca Schell, David Blue & Grace Miller, Doug Johnson, and Sam & Peg Carr. Is Terry recruiting another Gould family member for MGRS? Summer Cottage by the Lake It is hard to refuse a good dessert..... And the "Train Chasers" video trailer Train Chasers - coming soon to a theater near you