Its hard to post new stuff when time gets away from you every now and then. Drove to Gosford NSW to the National Narrow Gauge Convention the Tuesday before Easter and had a great drive until we got caught in a traffic jam in Sydney's outskirts that took us 45 minutes to drive about 6 Km.
Anyway we had a great time caught up with some N Scale folk from past years, met some really nice folk at and during the convention and took part in an ops session on Friday morning on Gerry Hopkins fantastic RR.
Negotiated a deal with my Fun & Finance manager to purchase a new D&RGW HOn3 K27 and a caboose which made the trip just a tad more expensive than planned.
Together with ,I drove Bill and Peter to the layout tours on Friday afternoon and to and from the convention venue and we all had a ball, lots of laughter and good times. Dinner with mates old and new friends.
The convention was well attended with nice display layouts and some really good vendors.
Here is one of the home layouts we visited on the Friday afternoon. A beautiful HO layout.
Some from the convention hall.
And since coming home with the flu I have managed in between sneezing and coughing to complete the Cimarron Depot and a two stall Boiler Kit for the Monarch Branch.
So that's it for this post.
Rod.
Sounds like you had a great trip in spite of the Sydney traffic. I will be attending my first Narrow Gauge convention later this year in Sacramento. Our Japanese layout has been invited to set up in the roundhouse of the California State Railroad Museum.
ReplyDeleteYep a good time was had except had the flu since, now going on for four weeks.
DeleteGood news about your Japanese layout that's a credit to you.
Some of the folks here are trying to talk me into going to the NGC however the cost of airfares, accommodation is very high, long way to go for 3 days.