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We had twenty Eggliners on the tracks at Doug Johnson's Garden  Railway in Gorham. Here is how it looked on video. The weather and the company made it an excellent afternoon.  Doug's visitors included Dennis & Agnes Farrell, Terry & Sue Norton, Jim Jenkins, Carl Churchill, Mac McLaughlin, Sam & Peg Carr along with Dan, Ann and Rivet ("The Hardware Store Dog" )Johnson.   Video Eggliners Rule in Gorham       Terry, Doug & Ann setting up with help from Ben's grandson Josi     Three Tracks of Eggliners     The weather was perfect  and the trains ran well. The Eggliners ran in groups because 20 is too much for the power on a single track     Watching Trains from comfortable seats     Wharf with a Seagull on the Lobster Traps   Biergarten at the top of the mountain     The "Lineup"     The Water Fall down to the Pond   "Bumblee on the Bridge"       Freig...

We had both a good crowd and good weather at the Mill Field Festival. The rain held off except for one brief shower around noon, and we had visitors all day. Kids had the chance to "drive a train" on either the main loop or the Thomas track. And they could push a button to run Percy on the trestle.  Apprentice Engineer Brennan Long running three trains   We also had a float in the 9:30am parade courtesy of Peter Richards and his brother. The float was built by their Dad Earl, who was also a member of the club   Garden Railway Parade Float Side View Garden Railway Parade Float Rear View   Ben Braithwaite & Grandson Josi on Crew Lunch Pirates at the Festival - and yes, that is a real Parrot!!     North Berwick Center   Thomas and Trolley with Percy on the Trestle   North Berwick Passenger and Freight Trains   North Berwick Fire Department had their salt and vinegar in hydrant-shaped holders   Trains ran from 10am-4pm. The evening rain held...

Our 3 rd annual visit to the Mill Field Festival will be on Saturday, August 18. Setup will be on Friday, August 17 starting at 10am, and Festival runs from 10am to 5pm on Saturday. We need your help on both days. Please call Terry at (207)-748-3009 and let him know when you can help. We will be running 5 trains and a trolley line. The Festival will be selling “Be an Engineer” tickets so the kids can run one of our trains. We may also have an entry in the parade with Garden Trains running on top of a car. Jacob the Engineer at the 2017 Festival Please join us for fun with garden trains. The Festival Hours are 10am-5pm with the parade starting at 9:30am. The address for GPS is 14 Market St, North Berwick, ME 03906.      Directions from the north are -Follow the Maine Turnpike south to Exit 19 in Wells -Turn RIGHT at the end of the ramp onto Route 109/Sanford Road -Turn LEFT onto Route 9A/North Berwick Road. It becomes Wells Street. You will   travel 6.5 miles to ...

Your Eggliners will be part of a contest for the Longest Eggliner Train . The contest will continue at other MGRS Events. An Eggliner in the Garden Please join us to socialize with other members and have fun with G-Scale! The event begins at 1pm . The address is 8 Lawn Ave., Gorham, ME 04038. Doug can be reached at 207-839-2946. Please park “head in” on the lawn & driveway. Drinks and some desserts will be available. Directions: Follow the Maine Turnpike to Exit 47 for the Westbrook Arterial/Route 25 ·        Turn LEFT at the end of the ramp onto the Westbrook Arterial/Route 25. It becomes William Clark Drive ·        Continue past Route 237 ·        Lawn Avenue will be your first right AFTER the Gorham Flag Center. ·       If you reach the turn to Route 202 you have gone too far

We had excellent weather for the club's annual event on Saturday, July 14th at the Overlook Garden Railway in Buxton.  Members and guests began arriving around mid-morning. Member check-in, officer ballots, door prize raffles, quilt raffles, and 50/50 tickets were handled by Terry Norton, Joanne Tarbox,  Sue Hoffman and Cheyenne Hoffman (Sue's granddaughter).  Terry Norton and Sue Hoffman  Joanne Tarbox  Cheyenne Hoffman      Important Sign at Registration Just past registration we found Norm Waycott with a Circus Modelers Workshop. A New Tent for the Circus   The next stop was coffee, visiting with other members, and both watching and running trains on Carl's new raised layout.  Philip Lentz, Frank Howard and Sue Norton Steam Train at Gorham Station  Freight and Seam Trains Passing the Overlook Hotel         Track Crew at the Section House   Our next stop was lunch with David Blue at the grill, assisted by Ernie Bay. Me...

The club’s annual cookout, business meeting, election officers and charity auction is coming right up on Saturday, July 14 th . The hours are 10am-4pm. Please plan to attend, bring a dish to share and items for the charity auction. Rumor has it that a member of the Auctioneers Hall of Fame will be making a special appearance this year.   Those helping with setup should come to Carl’s at 10am on Friday, July 13 th .   This spring Carl built a new section of raised layout, so there will be a place to run trains.    

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...