mainegardenrailwaysociety2023

The Canadian Pacific Railroad is running two Holiday Trains this year.  The U.S. Train has stops in Hermon, Brownville, and Jackman Maine on November 21st. For the schedule and stop times please visit  U.S. Canadian Pacific Holiday Train

 Please contact Doug if you are interested in these. Just come by and pick them up

    MGRS annual meeting.  Carl's on July 15th,  If possible bring a side dish.  Society will supply the Hamburgers/ Hot dogs chips and soda.  No auction this meeting but will have a list of things for sale to purchase.

 The  Maine Garden Railway Society will be meeting on Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 1:00. Location is Valerie's Scratch Kitchen, 45 Boulder Way Unit B., Biddeford, Maine. Time of 1:00 to 2:00 grab a bite to eat and socialize. 2:00 is when they close and we can have our meeting. Valerie's has a website for the menu and prices. At this time dues for this year can be paid. We estimate 35 roughly. If you plan to attend please facebook, email or voicemail message me with your name and others coming with you. See you all there. Should be easy to find, on interstate 95 take the Biddeford exit. At the light go straight and take next right and right. Building is located on the other side of Atlantic Federal Credit Union. Peter Richards Email peterrichards33@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/664924060879765/

  New member David Hawk makes and sells railclamps for G Scale Track. Here is a picture of what he makes. His comment is "  I am working on 500 of the 1.500 long 4 screws. That's drilling 8,000 holes and then tapping 2,000 threaded holes. It's time consuming but I actually enjoy it."

The Northeast Large Scale Train Show will take place on April 28-29 at the Eastern States Exposition, 1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield, MA 01089. For details please visit https://www.nelsts.org/

 The Model Train Village has been part of the Northern Lights celebration at L.L. Bean for several years. The full program can be seen at the  Northern Lights Web Page .  Trains run 9am-9pm from November 15 through January 1. It is located in the Camping Department and can be seen from both inside and outside the store. Model Train Village and window to downtown Freeport It has three trains that run on timers along with lights, skating rinks, a model of the L.L. Bean Store in the 1930s-1940s, and a model of the Freeport Train Station which is now at Boothbay Railway Village. The Maine3Railers O-Gauge Model Railroad Club built and operates this layout. Here is a video with the train running. Trains Running at L.L. Bean

Mall Trains Track Level Video  

 Here are some more videos of the main line trains at the Holiday Train Display at the Maine Mall Main Line Trains Video 2 Maine Train Lines Video 3

This post includes pictures of the rest of the decorated trees at the Westbrook Festival of  Trees, https://www.westbrookfestivaloftrees.com/ . The festival is sponsored by and held at the Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church at 810 Main Street in Westbrook. The trees are donated by Westbrook businesses and decorated by local charitable organizations. Admission is free. All donations and proceeds go to the Westbrook Food Pantry  

 The Holiday Train  Display at the Maine Mall is sponsored by the Maine Garden Railway Society.Trains will be running daily from 10am-7pm through December 24th.  The Display is located in the lobby outside the JC Penney store. Here are some videos of trains in motion.                          Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends                                                   The Circus Train                                              Main Line Trains Main Line Trains Video 2 Main Line Trains Video 3

The Christmas Trees at the Festival are donated by Westbrook businesses and decorated by local charitable organizations.  Admission is free and all donations go to the Westbrook Food Pantry. Details can be found at  https://www.westbrookfestivaloftrees.com/   Here are some of the decorated trees at the 2022 Festival.

 Here are some photos and videos of the trains. Details about the festival can be found at  https://www.westbrookfestivaloftrees.com/ Heading for the Station Christmas Trees Stand Dogs Walking Away

 This link will take you to pictures and video about the CP Holiday Train stopping in Maine in 2022 CP Holiday Train in Maine 2022

  The Maine Train Lines G Scale Model Railroad is part of the Westbrook Festival of Trees at the Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook, ME   04092. The Festival is a display of Christmas Trees provided by Westbrook businesses and decorated by local charities. The trees and trains are open for public viewing on Saturday December 3rd from 8:30am-6:30pm Sunday December 4th from 1-7pm. Saturday December 10 from  9am to 6pm Sunday December 11 from 1-5pm For details please visit  https://www.westbrookfestivaloftrees.com/ The model railroad is sponsored by the Maine Garden Railway Society

  The Holiday Train Display by the Maine Garden Railway Society is up and running at the Maine Mall in the lobby outside JCPenney. Trains are running from 10am-7pm daily from November 25th through December 24th.       Here is a video from the 2017 Holiday Train Display 

More Railfanning the Maine Mall's Model Train Display Dec 18th  

2021 Maine Mall Display Railfanning  

  Click on the link to see the video Maine Mall Trains Dec 4 2021

Click on the link to view https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Asc06cvLo