In This Issue
Editor & Layout Design Carla Brand Breitner Web & Marketing Mick Spilsbury
Specials
Featured Layout: Petried Progress RR •Littleton CO
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Craig & Cherylene Evans, Proprietors
by Cherylene Evans
Celebrating Milestone Events: A Project Idea 16
Congratulations to the Class of 2024
by Lawrence Slater
A Waterfall that Dees Conventional Wisdom 17
by Mick Spilsbury
Loco of the Edition: Mike Lafond's Brooks Mogul 20
from a Bachmann Baldwin
The Safety of Steel Project Two:
Tunnel Portal 23
by Patrick McConnell
Review: Bowande Baldwin Saddle Tank 0-6-0 27
by Kevin Strong
Celebrating Milestone Events: 75th Anniversary 37
Maine's Gratitude Car from the Merci Train
by Nancy Norris
Mixed Consist Club Interchange
The Garden in Garden Railroading:
Cuyamaca Cypress 33
by Steven A. Berneberg
Article from: San Diego Garden Railway Society News January 2023
Regularly Scheduled
Seen On the Tracks: Photo Gallery 3
May We Suggest: New Products & News 4
Show Calendar, New Products, Company News & More
Club Corner by Bill Derville 15
Straight from the Iron Horse’s Mouth: Letters 38
Afliated Clubs 38, 39
Advertiser Index 40
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News & Notes GR News Original Content Garden Railroading News Page 4
MO-KAN Garden Railroaders hosts a 2024 Midwest
Garden Railroad Gathering over the week-
end of May 30 to June 2, 2024 in the great-
er Kansas City area. Tour garden railroad
layouts. Stoney Creek Hotel in Independence, Missouri,
will house workshops, vendor hall, model and photo
contests, ice cream social, and closing night dinner.
For info: www.mokangardenrailroaders.org
Finger Lakes Live Steamers welcome G-Scale railroad-
ers to a Garden Railway Picnic, Open Run
and Trunk Sale on June 9, 2024, 10am to
4pm in Marengo, New York. Info at:
ngerlakeslivesteamers.org
Riverside Railroaders Club sponsors the North
East Ohio Large Scale (G Only) Train Show
June 1, 2024, at the Warren OH SCOPE
(YWCA). Info at: riversiderr.org
Father's Day Summer Layout Tour on June 15, 2024,
from 10am to 5pm in the greater
Portland area. 11 layouts will be
open to the public. See rcgrs.com for details.
Miami Valley Garden Railway Society will be running
their modular layout again at the 2024 Rail Festival
at Carillon Park in Dayton, Ohio, on June22 & 23,
2024. Rail exhibits include train rides, histor-
ical and model train displays, rail vendors
and more. For more information, check:
railfestival.com and daytonhistory.org
A Sampling of Regional Meets,
Train Shows and Rail Fairs in June
The National Big Train Operators Club Con-
vention is "Back on Track" in Bird-in-Hand,
Pennsylvania from June 15 to 20, 2024.
Details at: bigtrainoperator.com
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38791 Union Pacic Bulkhead Flatcar
with Pulpwood Load
38514 WP&YR GE 25-Ton Diesel Switcher
38785 C&S Flatcar w/Stakes 2 Pack
Switchyard Variety from
PIKO America
Make up new consists to ship out behind the latest
switcher from PIKO America. PIKO adds a White Pass
& Yukon Route GE 25-Ton Diesel Loco to their GE
switcher family this month and expects a Denver & Rio
Grande Western version coming this fall. The latest
GE 25-Ton Diesels come with battery power, easy R/C
operation and realistic digital sound installed from the
factory. Known for their great pulling power relative
to the small size, these switch locomotives were the
best-selling diesel locos in America and exported to
other markets. Many are still in use today. The switcher
is also available in Pennsylvania RR, Santa Fe, Union
Pacic, US Army, KLW, and
Blue Goose livery, each with
its individual add-ons.
38795 D&RGW Bulkhead Flatcar
with Pipe Load
38774 Union Pacic Flatcar w/Stakes 2 Pack
To lengthen your train with some realistic and interest-
ing freight, PIKO has several new atcars available
to build out a train. A Union Pacic atcar hauls a
pulpwood log load, while a D&RGW atcar is load-
ed with large pipes for infrastructure work. There is
also an aordable C&S 2-pack of atcars, ready for
your layout’s unique load. The at car 2-packs are
also available in Union Pacic, Santa Fe, and Pennsy
brown. PIKO will be introducing a dark olive green
Pennsy 2-pack this fall. Add variety to your Operations
sessions with new freight options.
More information at: www.piko-america.com
For the latest catalog and new items brochure:
https://www.piko-america.com/pages/catalogs-brochures-and-yers
News & Notes GR News Original Content Garden Railroading News Page 5
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Georgia Garden Railway Society is planning a three-
day 2024 Southeast Regional Get-Together from
August23 to 25, 2024 including the 65th
Atlanta Model Train Show in Duluth, Georgia.
Friday night Dinner Get-Together will be a
picnic buet at the nearby Gwinnett County
Bethesda Park Senior Center.
Discounted rooms available
(through ggrs.info website) at
Embassy Suites, Atlanta NE/
Gwinnet Sugarloaf in Duluth.
The 2024 Southeast Region Get-Together Car is a USA
Trains 40’ steel box car available for pre-order. For
details and registration, go to: www.ggrs.info
San Diego Garden Railway Society will
host the 2024 West Coast Regional Meet
Saturday through Thursday, August 10 to 15,
2024. Most layouts will be open two days to
allow plenty of viewing time between visits to other San
Diego attractions. August 14 will be a day of garden
railroading clinics at Walter Andersen Nursery. A
Farewell Luncheon on August 15 will take place at Old
Poway Park, near the Poway-Midland RR, a narrow
gauge steam train ride. Details and registration at:
www.sdgardenrailway.com
The SurfLiner 2024 NMRA (National Model Railroad
Association) National Convention will tour Southern
California from August 4 to 11, 2024,
based in Long Beach, California. Details at:
www.nmra.org/conventions
Additional Regional Meets,
Train Shows and Rail Fairs
39024 LGB Halloween Car
Holidays Will Be Spooky or
Bright with New LGB Oerings
Plan ahead for the holiday season with LGB/Märklin.
Prepare for Halloween with a two-axle passenger car
imprinted with a haunted tree, soaring bats, a witch
ying across the moon on a broom, and scarecrows
guarding a pumpkin patch. Your
own ghosts can enter the nely
detailed interior through doors
that open and close.
Then celebrate the Christmas season with a holiday
train pulled by an LGB "Stainz" steam locomotive in
festive Christmas colors, reissued by popular demand.
The Christmas tree on the front bumper beam lights up,
controlled by the Mode of Operation switch which al-
lows for three dierent functions:
“All Power O,” “Power to Lights,”
and “Power to Lights and Mo-
tor.” Santa gure included.
Pull a consist of the new
Christmas Cars. The 2024
Christmas Car features a
colorful locomotive on its panel art.
36024 LGB 2024 Christmas Car
20215 "Stainz" Christmas
36923 North American Christmas Car
Locomotive
The exclusive-to-North-America Merry Christmas Car
side panel art shows Santa setting a toy train among
the presents around a tree.
More information at:
LGB.com or email customerservice@marklin.com
Accucraft UK Is Changing Hands
Accucraft UK Gauge 1 and narrow gauge locomotives
and rolling stock will be distributed by Andy and Alex
Probyn of Maxitrak, taking over for Ian and Sandy
Pearse, who are retiring. Graham Langer leaves to
grow his second-hand business, ‘The Model Railway
Clearing House.’ Maxitrak has over
40 years of miniature ride-on railroad
experience and has worked with Accu-
craft USA on numerous projects over the
years. Garden Railroading News looks
forward to a smooth transition.
Look in May News at Accucraft UK for more:
www.accucraft.uk.com/news
The National Steamup Symposium will
steam up on October 9 to 13, 2024 in Lodi,
California. Details at: www.steam-events.org
Email editor@GRNews.org with your events.
The 2024 California Central Coast Railroad Festival
sponsored by the San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum
is scheduled for October 4 to 6, 2024, with
some events starting in September and Mod-
el Railroad Layout Tours (including G-Scale)
beginning on Thursday, October 3, 2024.
Info at: slorrm.com/ccrrf
The Minnesota GRS traveling trains will appear in oor
displays at three County Fairs this summer, July 24 to
28 at the Scott County Fair in Jordan MN,
August 5 to 11 at the Dakota County Fair
in Farmington MN, and August 15 to 18 at
the McLeod County Fair in Hutchinson MN.
Each fair display starts with 25x40 feet of green
carpet. Add six to nine loops of trains running through
villages and towns all day long. Smiles all around.
News & Notes GR News Original Content Garden Railroading News Page 6
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Coming Soon in GR News:
The Safety of Steel Project Three:
Viaduct
by Patrick McConnell
Jerry Chapman 1944–2024
The railroad world will miss Jerry Chapman, the engi-
neer behind SplitJaw rail clamps, who passed away
on December 23, 2023, at age 79. Jerry brought
multiple good ideas to market to support and build
our railroad tracks.
Jerry joined the Rose
City Garden Railway
Society in Portland,
Oregon, in 1995 and
was a member the
rest of his life. He de-
signed the three-part
brass SplitJaw rail
clamp to ensure elec-
trical connectivity and
rail alignment and set
up a machine shop in
1996 to manufacture and market his clamps. He took
on Rocky Chisano's PVC roadbed and developed it
into a complete railroad support system. His carriers
and ramps made setting out trains easy.
Jerry and his wife Jan were always happy to answer
questions at their SplitJaw booth at train shows and
conventions. After Jerry closed down his business and
retired, David Bergmann started up his own Split Jaw
business in 2021 and began making split jaw clamps
for the hobby.
Jerry's family shared a few "Things We Could Learn
from Jerry." Buy toys big and small. Join clubs so
you can share your interests with others. Be loyal to
businesses that treat you well. Remember Chocolate
makes life sweeter! Tinkering keeps your mind busy
and young. Always have a project!
Kalmbach Titles Join the Firecrown Transportation Media Family
Firecrown, a Tennessee-based publisher in aviation, recreational boating, and supply chain analysis for the logis-
tics industry, has acquired the railroad and astronomy publications of Kalmbach Media. Craig Fuller, founder and
CEO of Firecrown, is quoted in a press release saying, “The rail titles are a perfect addition to our portfolio, not
just because of their business potential but also because of the shared passion and spirit of the rail and aviation
communities. We believe that ‘railfans’ and ‘avgeeks’ are kindred spirits.”
Ken Patterson interviewed Craig Fuller and David Popp, trains.com director, about plans for Kalmbach's railroad
publications on Model Railroad Hobbyist's podcast "What's Neat This Week in Model Railroading #275" at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mOrCTG11d4 .During the interview, Craig Fuller spoke about his passion for
model railroads and his belief that there is room for growth in print publications. He talked of plans to improve the
quality and content of the print magazines.
The oces for trains.com, Trains, Model Railroader, Classic Toy Trains, Classic Trains, Garden Railways (not aliat-
ed with Garden Railroading News)
, Astronomy, FineScale Modeler, and Kalmbach Books will move to a soon-to-be-
announced new oce location near Milwaukee. Stay tuned for further developments.
For more information about Firecrown and its brands, check their website at: recrown.com
For information on Kalmbach's railroad publications, check out: trains.com
Jerry Lee Chapman 1944–2023
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Celebrating Milestone Events: Maine's Gratitude Car 75th Anniversary GR News Original Content Garden Railroading News Page 37
I ran my Emma and Maine Gratitude Car at the 2024
BAGRS.org Annual Meeting. Now the car rests on my
new railway in Maine. The car is slightly shorter than
most merci cars due to the brakeman’s cupola, but I es-
pecially like that the prole matches my Emma engine, a
short industrial locomotive.
After some research, I put together a “science proj-
ect” type display for the "Drag 'n Brag" tables sponsored
by largescalecentral.com at the 2024 Northeast Large
Scale Train Show, nelsts.org. I displayed the story of the
Gratitude Train on its 75th Anniversary!
1870s: France orders short railroad boxcars (40 & 8s).
1914–1918 World War I: France uses so-called 40 & 8
cars to move either 40 soldiers or 8 horses; same
conditions for both animals and humans.
1947: Post World War II, American people send the
Friendship Train full of food to France and Italy.
1949: France lls 49 40 & 8 cars full of French treasures
donated by French citizens, and ships them to
New York City. The cars go to states on at cars,
because the gauge is different in Europe. All cars
have the same French provence shield decoration,
but a few of the cars are brake vans instead of
baggage cars. Maine gets one of the brake vans.
1949 to present: Restoration efforts have restored many
of the Merci cars in their home states. One burned.
Some rotted and have been discarded. Much effort
and expense is required to maintain these wooden
cars, which could be as much as 150 years old !
2024: 75th Anniversary of the Gratitude Train.
Maine’s Merci Car lives at
Boothbay Railway Village
“where history moves you.”
Where’s your state’s Merci Car?
Find yours at mercitrain.org
Thanks for chugging along with us.
Read more in Boxcar Diplomacy:
Two Trains that Crossed an Ocean
by Jane Sweetland
Above: Maine's Merci Car on display
Below: Some of the gifts from France in the Maine
Merci Car Collection at the Maine State Museum
In 2017, while driving around Maine,
I found Boothbay Railway Village and
Maine’s Merci Car right by the side of
the road. “Merci” means “thank you” in
French. In 1949, French people thanked
the people of the United States with 49 boxcars full of
donated French treasures, because regular U.S. citizens
got together in 1947 to gift starving citizens of France
and Italy with 700 baggage cars— lled with food !!!
The U.S. called the food train the “Friendship Train,”
and the French called their cars the “Gratitude Train.”
Remember, World War II had destroyed much of France.
Each state got a car, with the District of Columbia and
Hawaii sharing the 49th car of goods.
I stopped into Boothbay Railway Village [info at:
railwayvillage.org], brought pictures home, and hired
Dave Frediani to build me a ⅞ ths 2-foot narrow gauge
model of a brake van like Maine's Merci Car, a European
caboose with a cupola on the rear, to be pulled behind
my live-steam Accucraft Emma. My little model rep-
resents 150 years of train history. The complete story (so
far) may be seen at mercitrain.org/Maine, where I found
this photo of Maine’s Gratitude Train Car.
Celebrating Milestone Events with Model Trains!
Photos from MerciTrain.org/Maine
Letters & Afliated Clubs Outside the U.S. GR News Original Content Garden Railroading News Page 38
STRAIGHT FROM THE
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Letters
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Wiring a Locomotive for Radio Control
In response to Bob Ferguson's letter regarding radio control installa-
tion, Peter ornton approved republishing a set of articles he is cur-
rently writing for the Florida Garden Railway Society. Your editor is
working with FGRS newsletter editor, Paul Wagner, to bring Pete's
articles to you soon. Meanwhile here are a few comments from Paul.
Hi Carla,
Been meaning to send a shout out to you and the sta; the current
[March/April] issue is one of the best ever! Mr. Ferguson makes
some valuable contributions to Dave Smith’s article, although
obviously his remarks cannot be used as a step by step instruc-
tion either. And he doesn’t mention that many installers remove
and discard all OEM circuit boards, and just hook up the motor,
lights, and speaker to the decoder, simplifying the job, but often
omitting functions such as smoke, rebox icker, cab lights, etc. I
think a comprehensive article comparing all of the available sys-
tems would be interesting to many folks.
Paul Wagner
Florida Garden Railway Society Newsletter Editor
Paul noted that covering all the R/C systems that employ DCC inter-
face, plus Railpro, Revolution, and other popular non-DCC systems is
quite a list. Write to editor@GRNews.org to share your experience.
Yours, Carla Brand Breitner,
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BC ………… Black Mountain Railway Club
…………… BC Society of Model Engineers
…………… Fraser Valley G-Scale Friends
…………… Greater Vancouver Garden Railway Club
…………… Vancouver Island Garden Railway Club
ON ………… Bluewater Railroaders (formerly Ontario’s West Coast GRS)
…………… Burlington Model Railway Club
…………… Central Ontario GR Association
…………… Golden Horseshoe Live Steamers
…………… London Garden Railway Society
…………… Ottawa Valley Garden Railroad Society
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AUS ………… Garden Railway Club of Australia Inc.
…………… Australian Model Railroad Assoc QLD
…………… Australian Model Railroad Assoc VIC
DE …………… Club der LGB Freunde Rhein Sieg e.V
(Monchengladbach/Rheydt)
NZ …………… Auckland Garden Railway Group
…………… Christchurch Garden Railway Group
…………… Locos, Lads & Lasses
…………… Waikato Garden Railway Group
…………… Wairarapa Garden Railway Group
…………… Wellington Garden Railway Group
SWE ………… NTJ, Näsets Trädgårds Järväg (Varmland)
…………… Sveriges Tradgardsjarngar (Stockholm)
CH …………… US G-Scale Friends Switzerland
UK …………… G Scale Society United Kingdom
…………… Kent Group: G Scale Society
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Aliated United States Clubs by State as of 5/25/2024
AL …………… North Alabama Garden Railway Club
AR …………… Greater Hot Springs Garden Railway Society
…………… Northwest Arkansas Garden Railway Society
AR/OK/MO* … Ozark Garden Railroad Society
AZ …………… Arizona Big Trains Operators
…………… Central Arizona Model RR Club
…………… Gadsden Pacic Div. Toy Train Operating Museum
…………… Oracle Community Learning Garden Kid’s Railroad
…………… Sun City West Model Railroad Club
…………… Tucson Garden Railway Society
…………… VDO Garden Railroad Club
…………… West Valley Garden Railroad Society
CA …………… 1:32 Scale Group
…………… Bay Area Garden Railway Society
…………… Central California Coast Garden Railroad Society
…………… Del Oro Pacic Large Scale Modular Railroaders
…………… Diablo Pacic Short Line
…………… Fairplex Garden Railroad Volunteers
…………… Gandydancers
…………… Gold Coast Garden Railway Society
…………… Mendocino Coast Model RR & Navigation Co.
…………… Orange County Garden Railway Society
…………… Redwood Empire Garden Railway Society
…………… Sacramento Valley Garden Railway Society
…………… San Diego Garden Railway Society
…………… San Joaquin Valley Garden Railway Society
…………… San Leandro Historical Railway Society G&O Rwy
…………… Santa Clarita Valley Garden Railroad Club
…………… Santa Fe & Buthead Cove RR Train Group
…………… Shasta Garden Railway Society
…………… Southern California Garden Railway Society
…………… Upland Garden Railroad Society
CO …………… Denver Garden Railway Society
…………… Grand Valley Model Railroad Club
…………… Mile High Garden Railway Society
…………… Northern Colorado Garden Railroaders
CT …………… Boothe Memorial Railway Society
…………… Central Connecticut “G” Gaugers Modular Club
…………… CT ”G” Scalers
D.C./MD/VA* Washington, Virginia & Maryland GRS
DE …………… First State Model Railroad Club
…………… Shore Line Garden Railroad Club
FL …………… Emerald Coast Garden Railway Club
…………… Florida Garden Railway Society
…………… Gulf Coast & Central Florida RR Museum, Bushnell Stn
…………… Model RR Division of Florida RR Museum
…………… Tradewinds & Atlantic Railroad, Inc
…………… West Florida Railroad Museum
GA …………… Georgia Garden Railway Society
IA …………… Central Iowa Garden Railway Society
ID …………… Southern Idaho G-Scale Railroad Society
ID/WA* ……… Inland Northwest Garden Railroad Society
IL ……………… Chicago Area Garden Railway Society
…………… LGB Model Railroad Club of Chicago
…………… Midwest RAILS (Railroaders Active In Large Scale)
IN …………… Illiana Garden Railway Society
…………… Indiana Large Scale Railroaders
KS/MO* …… MO-KAN Garden Railroaders
KY/OH* …… Greater Cincinnati Garden Railway Society
LA …………… Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders
MA …………… Amherst Railway Society
…………… Rusty Rails & Rotten Ties
MD …………… Mason Dixon Large Scale Railroad Society
MD/DC/VA* Washington, Virginia & Maryland GRS
ME …………… Maine Garden Railway Society
MI …………… Lakeshore Garden Railway Club
MN ………… Minnesota Garden Railway Society
………………… Minnesota Friends of Garden Railroad & G Scale
MO/KS* …… MO-KAN Garden Railroaders
MO/AR/OK* … Ozark Garden Railroad Society
NC …………… Apple Valley Model Railroad Club
…………… Gibsonville Garden RailRoad Inc
…………… North Carolina Garden Railway Society
…………… Piedmont Garden Railway Society
NE …………… Rivercity Railroaders
…………… Starry Night Railway
NH …………… New Hampshire Garden Railway Society
NJ …………… New Jersey Garden Railway Society
…………… South Jersey Garden Railway Society
NM ………… New Mexico Garden Railroaders
NV …………… Las Vegas Garden Railroad Society
…………… Northern Nevada Garden Railroad Society
NY …………… Central New York Large Scale Railway Society
…………… Finger Lakes Live Steamers
…………… Genesee G Gauge Railway Society
…………… Hudson Valley Large Scale Railroad Club
…………… Long Island Garden Railway Society, Inc.
…………… Western New York Garden Railway Society
OH …………… Buckeye State Garden Railroaders
…………… Columbus Garden Railway Society
OH/KY* ……… Greater Cincinnati Garden Railway Society
…………… Miami Valley Garden Railway Society
…………… Northern Ohio Garden Railway Society
…………… Riverside Railroad Club
OK …………… Central Oklahoma Garden Railroad Society
OK/AR/MO* … Ozark Garden Railroad Society
…………… Tulsa Garden Railway Club
OR …………… Cascade Crossing Module G-Scale Group
…………… Medford Garden Railroaders
…………… Northwest “G” Railroad Club
…………… Rose City Garden Railway Society
PA …………… Lehigh Valley Garden Railroaders
…………… North Central Pennsylvania Mountains GRS
…………… Pennsylvania Garden Rail Society
…………… Pittsburgh Garden Railway Society
…………… Southeastern Pennsylvania Garden Railway Society
…………… Susquehanna Valley Garden Railway Society
TN …………… Crossville Model Railroad Club
…………… Knoxville Area Model Railroaders
…………… Mid-South Garden Railway Society
…………… Nashville Garden Railway Society
TX …………… Houston Area G Gaugers
…………… North Texas Garden Railroad Club
…………… San Antonio Garden Railway Engineer Society
UT …………… Color Country Model Railroad Club
…………… Utah Garden Railway Society
VA …………… Piedmont Railroaders
…………… Tidewater Big Train Operators
VA/DC/MD* Washington, Virginia & Maryland GRS
WA ………… Emerald Heights' Garden Railroad
WA/ID* ……… Inland Northwest Garden Railroad Society
…………… Puget Sound Garden Railway Society
WI …………… Kenosha Garden Railroad Society
…………… Wisconsin Garden Railway Society
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Accucraft/Live Steam Station ……… 22
Bachmann …………………………………… 14
Bridgewerks ……………………………… 32
Dallee Electronics ……………………… 24
EnterTrainment Junction ……………… 30
GardenLines.net ………………………… 30
Garden Trains Annual ………………… 32
Gary Raymond Wheels ……………… 23
G Scale Graphics ……………………… 29
G Scale Society – UK ………………… 36
Hot Wire Foam Factory ………………… 21
J.S. Woodcrafts …………………………… 19
LGB America ………………………………… 8
Live Steam Station/Accucraft ………… 22
Locolinc (Keithco Inc) ………………… 24
Model Decal Depot …………………… 28
Mostly GScale.com
…………………… 36
MyLocoSound …………………………… 29
National Steamup Symposium ……… 40
Only Trains …………………………………… 16
PIKO America …………………………… 32
RailBoss …………………………………… 29
RCS of New England ………………… 36
Reindeer Pass …………………………… 32
RLD Hobbies ……………………………… 26
Shawmut Car Shops …………………… 25
Southeast Region Get-Together 2024 40
Split Jaw Products/RailClamp.com 36
Sunset Valley Railroad ………………… 23
Train Installations ……………………… 28
Trainz.com …………………………………… 19
Valley Train Station …………………… 38
West Coast Regional Meet 2024 … 24
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2024 G-Scale Southeast
Regional Get-Together
Friday – August 23rd – Self-Guided Layout Tours
Saturday – August 24th – Vendor Hall
The 65th Atlanta Model Train Show • Duluth, GA
Sunday – August 25th – Self-Guided Layout Tours
Info at: GGRS.info