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 Posted - November 14 2016 : 8:50:44 PM
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Trainfest 2016 in Milwaukee Wisconsin was awesome, for those of you who couldn't make it, here are a few pictures of the big event....
Here are some pictures of the main building...
The show was so huge, it spilled over into a second building!!!
The venue was large enough to accommodate a live steam sized indoor railroad!!!
Several G scale layouts were displayed...
This was just one of several huge HO scale layouts...
The smallest layouts fit inside suitcases!!!
There were several areas where children could run model trains, these signs were posted at locations that were offering "hands on experience"...
In this area, children could try their hand at switching using a G scale version of John Allen's "Timesaver" layout...
Or for the kids who wanted more excitement there was a Lionel "Train Race" layout!!!
And for those who wanted to take a break from all the walking, they could sit down and listen to live music...
And last but not least, there was a train composed entirely of rebuilt Tyco plug door boxcars running on one layout...
The picture doesn't do this train justice, here is a video of the same train...
All in all it was a great time, hope to see you at Trainfest 2017!!!
Scott Renchin
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Edited by - Srenchin on November 15 2016 12:46:08 AM
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Posted - November 14 2016 : 9:19:27 PM
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OOOO! I'd totally ask to see if I could drive that Live Steam diesels!
I bet they was battery powered 
I wish you could of got pix of the Level Crossings & signs 
Edited by - microbusss on November 14 2016 9:22:59 PM
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Posted - November 14 2016 : 9:45:19 PM
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| Anyone else notice the tyco being used?
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Posted - November 14 2016 : 9:55:02 PM
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quote:Anyone else notice the tyco being used?
Originally posted by bnsfIAÂ -Â November 14 2016Â :Â 9:45:19 PM
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No one noticed that the cars were old Tyco's until I told them, a couple people needed to hold them in their hands before they would even believe me!
The only thing that gives these cars away are their roof walks which most people didn't notice.
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Edited by - Srenchin on November 14 2016 9:55:53 PM
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Posted - November 14 2016 : 10:24:53 PM
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quote:Anyone else notice the tyco being used?
Originally posted by bnsfIAÂ -Â November 14 2016Â :Â 9:45:19 PM
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I did
Since 1 was a Old Dutch Cleanser & a couple were Auto Carriers hehe
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Posted - November 15 2016 : 12:55:58 AM
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Oh, I didn't notice the Tyco Cars in that staging yard! Good catch guys!!!!
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Posted - November 15 2016 : 09:52:24 AM
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| Great Vid, Scott, and a most remarkable project!
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Posted - November 17 2016 : 12:24:51 PM
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quote:Great Vid, Scott, and a most remarkable project!
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â November 15 2016Â :Â 09:52:24 AM
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Thanks Chops!
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Posted - November 17 2016 : 3:25:31 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Srenchin - November 17 2016 : 12:37:01 PM
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 super gimmies!!!!
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Posted - November 18 2016 : 11:45:09 PM
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quote: quote:
Originally posted by Srenchin - November 17 2016 : 12:37:01 PM
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super gimmies!!!!
Originally posted by microbusss - November 17 2016 : 3:25:31 PM
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Incidentally I spoke to a representative of Rapido Trains during Trainfest about making a "Silver Streak" version of Canadian Pacific's "Canadian" in HO scale. Interestingly the rep told me that Rapido has already approached the movie studio that owns the rights to the movie about getting permission to use the "AmRoad" graphics on some HO models. Sadly the movie executives wanted a ton of money for licensing fees which Rapido could not aford. 
I suggested that they keep negotiating with the movie studio or at the very least produce an unlettered version of the "Canadian" so that we modelers could make our own "Silver Steak" trains with home made graphics.
Will have to wait and see...
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Edited by - Srenchin on November 19 2016 12:02:06 AM
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Posted - November 19 2016 : 12:06:46 AM
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Here are few more pictures from Trainfest, I really liked these models...
Runaway Train
Silver Streak
Conjunction Junction
Movie and TV show prototypes are seldom modeled from scratch so these pieces are very interesting.
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Edited by - Srenchin on November 19 2016 12:08:27 AM
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