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Post by MONSTERRAILROAD on Jul 14, 2014 15:49:09 GMT -8
It is official! I have FINALLY booked my 4 days at a hotel in Cleveland for the National Train Show. Adarius and I will be rolling into the city on Thursday night and staying until Monday morning. This will be my second National show attendance. I obviously went to the 2009 convention when it was in Hartford, CT (my home state). How many times have you attended the NMRA convention/train shows? This is going to be a daddy & son only trip and it will be fun! See you there!
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Post by Brakie on Jul 14, 2014 17:22:11 GMT -8
Yes,Three times.I attended Rails Alive in '75 (Dayton) Cincinnati (82/83?) and Columbus in IRRC '92.
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Post by alcoc430 on Jul 14, 2014 17:41:07 GMT -8
NTS only -Philadelphia 2006
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Post by roadkill on Jul 14, 2014 17:44:56 GMT -8
Never been to a national, and haven't been a member of the NMRA for over twenty years. I'll be at the show Sunday, I'll look for ya, Al.
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Post by MONSTERRAILROAD on Jul 14, 2014 18:08:11 GMT -8
No one CAN miss me but anyone CAN avoid me.  I am sure many guys will do that too, because they know who I am but I have no clue who most people are. Its all good though. |
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Post by dti406 on Jul 14, 2014 18:29:09 GMT -8
Attended Denver in 77, Detroit in 78 and Calgary in 79, after that got married and ended up in Alaska now back in Cleveland, but with kids etc, have not had the opportunity to attend.
Rick J
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Post by WP 257 on Jul 14, 2014 19:03:45 GMT -8
NMRA is just not my thing...had friends who were in it, but was never impressed by the magazine...never attended a show. No plans to do so.
I was a regular at Timonium for a number of years.
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Post by santafe49 on Jul 14, 2014 19:06:30 GMT -8
Went to my one and only in St. Louis in '01. When you live far from major population centers and work away from home, it's hard to make it to the majors.
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Post by TBird1958 on Jul 14, 2014 19:06:58 GMT -8
It's been in Seattle twice, plus Portland, OR and Long Beach,CA for me.
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Post by fmilhaupt on Jul 14, 2014 19:35:27 GMT -8
Columbus '92, Madison '97, Cincinnati '05, Philadelphia '06, Detroit '07, Hartford '09, Milwaukee '10, Grand Rapids '12.
And Cleveland will make nine.
Philadelphia in '06 was the only year I didn't also attend the Convention. Toronto in '03, I attended the Convention, but I don't think it was really an NMRA Train Show, and I had other obligations at the end of the week, anyway.
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Post by curtmc on Jul 14, 2014 20:57:39 GMT -8
So far...
1992 Columbus
1993 Valley Forge
1995 Atlanta
1997 Madison
1999 St Paul
2005 Cincinnati
2006 Philadelphia
... and should be in Cleveland on Saturday...
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Post by mlehman on Jul 14, 2014 23:20:57 GMT -8
Not yet, but looking forward to Indianapolis in 2017, is it? I think that's the year, whatever year it happens to be anyway. The layout will likely be open.
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Post by marknycfan on Jul 15, 2014 2:18:39 GMT -8
Portland 1994, Ft Lauderdale 2002 (?) and will be a part of Orlando in 2017
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Post by atsfan on Jul 15, 2014 3:38:01 GMT -8
4 of the national train shows.
Not the NMRA part
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Post by riogrande on Jul 15, 2014 4:26:12 GMT -8
Never been. During most of the last 20 years that I was aware of it, it seems like it has been in a city far away enough that I couldn't afford the travel expenses etc. Maybe some day.
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Jul 15, 2014 5:56:16 GMT -8
Detroit and Grand Rapids.
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Post by cannon on Jul 15, 2014 6:07:02 GMT -8
1977 Denver
1990 Pittsburg
1991 Denver
1992 Columbus
1993Valley Forge
1994 Portland *
1995 Atlanta
1996 Long Beach*
1997 Madison
1998 Kansas City
1999 St Paul
2000 San Jose *
2004 Seattle*
2008 Anaheim **
2011 Sacramento **
* supporting Cannon and Company at the NTS
** Being Cannon and Company at the NTS
So that is 15 so far. Cannon will be in Portland next year.
Dave Hussey
Cannon and Company
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Post by stevewagner on Jul 15, 2014 6:23:02 GMT -8
I've attended two of the train shows held in conjunction with the NMRA National Convention. The first was in Philadelphia, when I was visiting my parents nearby, I think in 1976. (That's when I first saw Atlas's first HO Alco S-2 switcher.) The second was in Boston, near where I live, in or about 1986. I'm sure I didn't attend the Philly convention itself. I'm not sure whether I registered for the Boston convention, but I did volunteer to be the guide for two of the layout tours by bus and ended up guiding four or five of them! It was fun.
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Post by valenciajim on Jul 15, 2014 6:24:02 GMT -8
2000 San Jose
2004 Seattle
2005 Cincinnati
2007 Detroit
2008 Anaheim
2011 Sacramento
Atended regional conventions in Pasadena in 1984 and Salt Lake City last month. Every one of them was a blast!
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Post by catt on Jul 15, 2014 7:03:45 GMT -8
One,Grand Rapids,MI. 2012. met some great people and put up with a few idiots like the one who insisted I put my Z scale layout on its side so he could see what I was using to make the trains move.  |
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Post by peoriaman on Jul 15, 2014 11:39:02 GMT -8
I'd like to go if there's a chance to meet that "Thumbz" guy. He was my kind of modeler!
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Post by bnsftcdiv on Jul 15, 2014 14:31:44 GMT -8
Did Madison,St Paul and KC as a member. Have worked volunteer on the NTS staff since 2001 in St Louis and have made every convention and show, except Toronto since.
Cleveland has been a blast so far-good clinics, amazing models in the judging,a fun city with good food, an amazing facility and the NS runs right in front of the hall-railfan while eating lunch or on breaks! Even had the convention commemorative engine here today.
Dave Burman
modeling the modern Twin Cities
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2014 20:42:40 GMT -8
Been a member of the NMRA since 1978. No national conventions.
I've been to one national train show - Chicago 1976.
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Post by John Sheridan on Jul 16, 2014 5:01:46 GMT -8
No one CAN miss me but anyone CAN avoid me. I am sure many guys will do that too, because they know who I am but I have no clue who most people are. Its all good though. Al, Don't forget to visit your good friends at Bob's Photos. You know how much they love you! Heh. Heh. Heh. |
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Post by bigzmn on Jul 16, 2014 5:53:36 GMT -8
I went to the National Train Show in Kansas City in 1998. I was on a road trip from Minnesota to Texas so I just stopped on the way on Saturday.
The next year in St. Paul I had models in the RPM room, a Santa Fe CF7 and a Santa Fe SD40-2. I went to the train show both days I think.
Chris Z.
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Post by jlwii2000 on Jul 16, 2014 6:59:26 GMT -8
This will be my first National. I've got everything ready to go, I'll be there at opening on Friday, July 18th from noon until 3pm or 4pm. I also have several other stops I'm making over the next week:
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Post by bigb6flyer on Jul 16, 2014 19:01:54 GMT -8
1 in the ATL last year 2013.
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Post by dtinut on Jul 24, 2014 16:48:12 GMT -8
Toronto (convention/not the NTS)
Cinci
Detroit
Hartford
Grand Rapids
Cleveland
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Post by MONSTERRAILROAD on Jul 24, 2014 17:35:19 GMT -8
I officially have 2 National Train Shows under my belt. I will surely NOT be going to the next year one since it is super far away and the year after it is too. So maybe in another 5 years I will attend a National Train Show that makes it to the East coast, Northern East coast too, NOT in the Miami, FL up to the Carolina's either. A 9 1/2 hour drive is just far enough for me.
Hey John, Was Bobs Photos there? I do not think so. Unless I missed them some how! The best part about their actions is I hear that the Amherst Society is siding with them! Unbelievable, but I have not heard from them yet.
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Post by bigb6flyer on Jul 25, 2014 4:06:36 GMT -8
I officially have 2 National Train Shows under my belt. I will surely NOT be going to the next year one since it is super far away and the year after it is too. So maybe in another 5 years I will attend a National Train Show that makes it to the East coast, Northern East coast too, NOT in the Miami, FL up to the Carolina's either. A 9 1/2 hour drive is just far enough for me. Hey John, Was Bobs Photos there? I do not think so. Unless I missed them some how! The best part about their actions is I hear that the Amherst Society is siding with them! Unbelievable, but I have not heard from them yet. Al, You're missing out if you don't come to the Carolinas...especially the good one (NC). SC is beautiful but a bit Bizaarro World IMHO compared to NC. Brad |
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