I'm back from the NMRA Convention safe and sound. I had a great time and will be posting a more detailed report later. We ran six "official" Op sessions. They went really well. My thanks to all that participated. All were very gracious. I didn't hear one complaint and I saw a lot of smiles.
Thanks also to my fellow ACWRRHS SIG members for their help in unloading, setting up and taking it down. Also, Paul Dobbs was very gracious as he provided security for the ACWRRHS Room for almost the whole convention.
I think the ACWRRHS SIG had the best display at the con. We were practically the only group to bring any trains. Members of our group also gave a number of talks on the ACWRRing. Of these, the talks I went to were well attended. I didn't get to too many clinics as I was tending to the road show.
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| (L to R) John Bopp, Rob Hinkle (Conductor) and John Bazzaitas ran the first op session. |
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| (L to R) Stephen Brooks (Conductor), Andy Keeney and Sam Shepherd were the second crew. |
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| (L to R), Seth Neumann (Conductor), Chuck Place and Ken O'Brien took the third session. They were very efficient and finished in 45 minutes. |
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| OPSIG Journal Editor Steve Benezra stopped by for a visit. |
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| (L to R) Dave Foster (Conductor), Bruce Faulkner and Mike Tylik ran the afternoon session on Thursday. |
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| The staff from Model Railroader Magazine and Kalmbach stopped in for a lengthy visit. (L to R) David Popp, Neil Besougloff, and Kevin Keefe. |
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| Dave Hoffman did a clinic on his upcoming HO locomotive products |
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| (L to R) JF, Les Halmos, Joe Fugate (Conductor) and Patty Fugate ran the Thursday evening session. Patty was our only female operator. |
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| Joel Salmons poses by his N Scale civil war display layout. |
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| DC Cebula set up an impressive collection of prototype hardware and paper work. |
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| Paul Dobbs manned the slide show and information desk. |
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| The HO engine gurus ran a nearly continuous clinic on Mantua General 4-4-0 rebuilding |
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