Pittsburgh Garden
Railway Society
The Greenberg Train Show at the Monroeville
Convention Center on July 11 – 12 was a great success. The set up on
Friday at 5:00 went smoothly. In little over three hours all was up
and running .Many hands made short work of the task. Thanks again to
all who volunteered their time and talents. The theme of “Streetcar
Destination…A Camp in the Woods” was artfully carried off with
buildings and vignettes supplied by different members. The new track
layout gave the little trolley a front and center position, starting
in the red staging building and running in a crossover loop to
return and disappear into the building. After a few minutes it
reappeared and repeated the trip to the delight of the children
seated around the layout. Two tracks outlined the perimeter of the
layout with trains running in converging directions.
One of the venders across from our space came over on
Sunday and asked how we kept the children from not touching the
trains and display items. She remarked that they were constantly
reminding the children not to touch theirs. We had no idea! …you see
we didn’t put the yellow caution tape onto the fence as we usually
do. As such, the children could have walked into the display
unencumbered, but not a single one even bothered to try. When they
touched the fence stands, they backed up. We have no idea why this
was the very first time that we never had to remind anyone…Not To
touch The Trains.
At the end of the show on Sunday, many members were
present to help take down and put away all the trains. Thanks once
more members!!!
The attendance at the show was plentiful, with people
asking questions and commenting on the layout. A few membership
forms were handed out. A new building and three cars for our trains
were gifted by members during the show….Now we need a new trailer
more than ever…It is bursting at the seams.
Submitted by: Alycefaye
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