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MGRS now has a Facebook Page

The MGRS Facebook page can be seen at  https://www.facebook.com/groups/664924060879765 You will need to have or create a Facebook account to view it, and the Sign In Screen for that will appear when you open the page.

Jim Jenkins Garden Railway Open House on July 28-29

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Jim Jenkins invites MGRS Members and families to a Garden  Railway Open House on July 28-29 .  Rain dates are July 30-31.   The hours are 11am-5pm. Please wear a mask, bring trains to run  and your own drinks. Address: The A&J Railway is located at 11 Adler Drive, Gray, ME 04039-9720 Directions:   Take the Maine Turnpike north or south to Exit 63 in Gray Follow either Route 26 or 26A (merges into 26) north to the traffic light where the Hannaford Supermarket is on the right.   Then take your third right onto Adler Drive. Jim’s house will be on the left. He can be reached at 207-657-9218. Be ready for big coal car trains!!!

Greetings to MGRS Members - Doug Johnson invites you to communicate about your G Scale hobby activities

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Greetings to the Members of the Maine Garden Railway Society.  How many of you have trains running and plants growing?  Let/s talk ,,,communicate with each other. What have you done, what is new, what problems have you solved? or not? Flat Car with Lumber Loads I think that my layout is about done. No more expansion.  Sawmill is in, I have a dust house, The planing mill has been partially enclosed.  The name of the lumber operation is *Twin Falls Lumber, Ltd.  My granddaughter helped with the design of the logo.   I don’t have a pipe to the dust collector yet. Saw Mill and Dust Shed The idea of making a tunnel out of hardware cloth to have a tunnel made by flowers seems to be working. The taller plants took a beating from the rains last week, But we will keep trying.    The small garden can get really colorful. Hardware Cloth Tunnel Photo of egg liners I have more equipment than I need and want to sort out some steam engines and have them all with...

Another Cancellation

Mill Field Festival has cancelled