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Setup will continue  on Sunday 11/8, starting at 9 am. The main and Thomas tracks need to be finished, and the bridges for raise tracks will go up today. Friday  we made good progress with track laying. It turned out that everything had been moved to the Mall and unloaded on Thursday. We also have another four feet of table space at the Bon Ton end, so the layout is now 66 feet long. Todays Railroad Section Crew included Tiny, Mac, Carl, Tice Leonard, Jim Jenkins, Norman Waycott, and Andy Hendrickson. Here are few pictures from the end of the day Gorham Station - where the Circus Comes to Town Control Area and Drawbridge Main Lines and Bridges Thomas Area with main lines behind it North Conway Station and bridges across control area

The trailer was loaded today (Thursday 11/6) instead Friday, 11/7 as originally planned. So setup at the Mall will now bgin on Friday, 11/7 at 9 am

Jeff Jacobs offers this link to a fellow modeler’s operation in Australia. If you think you are out of control with acquiring model trains, just take a gander at this video. It will make you feel like you do not have it so bad after all. Imagine a whole house devoted to trains, both operating and display, with a full-time maintenance person to keep them running. The post is almost 9 minutes long. https://www.facebook.com/ModelTrainAddicts/posts/1106357416045191

The December 2015 issue of Garden Railways has an article by Paul Smith. The title is  "An N-Scale Garden Railway, building a downsized railway in a flower pot." You saw it here, back in March  in the post Plant Pot Railway from Paul Smith

More on Narrow Gauge and G-Scale steam in Australia thanks to Gary Newton There were three Baldwin  Fairymead locos used at the Fairymead Sugar Mill in Queensland,  Australia. Of these two were scrapped but there is one remaining.  This has been rebuilt and is in use at the at the Lake Macquarie Light  Rail in Toronto New South Wales Australia. Narrow gauge Baldwin, "Fairymead"and 0-6-2 Perry, No.7 at Lake Macquarie Light Railway, Toronto, north of Sydney Argyle Locomotive Works - Live Steam Garden Gauge Railway s I have been dealing with them for 20 years or more, good sales  service, they know what they are talking about. Argyle Loco Works Live Steam "NA" Model The  Great Southern Steamup or GSSU  is an annual Garden Rail  Event that is held at Emerald in Victoria Australia. Folks come from all over for this, always very good and has been going for  about 10 years or so. Great Southern Steamup Part 1 Great Southern Steamup Part 2 Great Sout...

The schedule for the Mall is now up to date. I apologize for the confusion caused by the delay in this initial update, and will send email directly to those affected. Here is the "Agenda" report, which shows each day from November 7 through December 26 along with who is working each day Schedule by Day from Nov 7 to Dec 26 2015

To all at MGRS,   My name is Gary Newton and I am from Ballarat Victoria Australia.  I have been into Garden Rail for 30 plus years, starting with a second  Mamod loco in 0 Gauge and most recently 2 Accucraft 7/8 scale locos,  a Fairymead and also the Emma. These are both terrific. Over the years  I have found quite a few locos and made much of my own rolling stock.  In recent times I came across the amazing videos by Eric Schade on You  Tube and I must say that I am very impressed, he certainly does a good job. I would very much like to get in contact with someone over there who has  similar interests to my own. I am sending some pix of what I have been up to.     Best Wishes from Gary Newton Ballarat Victoria Australia CTRL + Click to follow link">garynewton42@bigpond.com Accucraft Baldwin 4 4 0 with Bachmann Rolling Stock   Argyle Loco Works Bantam Home Made 0 4 0 loco Gidgee in 0 Gauge My Station Roundhouse Darj B Loco and Brass...