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MGRS September 20th Auction Update

 The MGRS Auction and Annual Meeting will be held on Sunday, September 20th at Noon.   The auction preview begins at 10am. This is an outdoor event, so please bring your own chair. If you have any questions, please contact Terry Norton at  BL2GSCALE@gmail.com  or  207-748-3009  

John L. Middleton Riverside Carhouse Dedication at Seashore Trolley Museum

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Yesterday (August 29, 2020) the Seashore Trolley Museum dedicated a car barn to John Middleton in a ceremony at the museum.  Forty or fifty people attended, despite the rain, and celebrated John with stories of his enthusiasm, skills, and unflagging energy.  Here is a picture of the ceremony as well as one of John with Dick Rubin, and one of John in the inaugural run of the museum's popular Montreal open trolley.  (Pictures and article by Scott Gould .) John on the initial run of the Montreal Open Trolley Stories of John Middleton                                                         Dick Rubin and John Middleton John brought his Timesaver Switching Layout to the Mt. Ararat Show in Topsham several times.  Here he is explaining it to an interested attendee. He also participated in the setup and operation of the Holiday Trai...