Silicon Valley FreeMoN at Central Coast Rail Fair

Silicon Valley FreeMoN'ers rocked the California Central Coast Rail Fair in San Luis Obispo this past weekend. Four of us drove down, with a large number of modules, and we set up in an approx 55' x 25' space. Quite a lot of visitors came through.

When we first arrive, things tend to look like this


But, after a few hours, a layout (never the same way twice) emerges

 

Having a room all to ourselves, we were able to turn out the lights and I was able to do "night" photography on the layout



Grossman's Deli finally got its interior light working


And even the A&W in the evening

 

SP 3304 was making a run around the layout.


It had a fairly new companion join it, and it appears its crew was getting it ready for Halloween



Some modern freight was pulling up alongside it, too.

 

3304 preparing to take on some water, after coming down from Devil Mtn (above)

 

The Silicon Valley Station was quite busy for a bit

 

And, an AT&SF Super Chief was seen, pulling through the ghost town of San Felipe out in the desert

 

We were set up at the Sands Hotel (on Monterey)

 

It is what I love about N scale - you don't really notice until the following day when you look at the photos! As I said -- they are preparing for Halloween

 

We didn't have huge crowds, but a good steady stream. We even let a number of kids run trains, until their parents got bored.