Hi Folks: This year's National N Scale Convention in Pittsburgh, PA was well worth the 12+ hour road trip and many bathroom pit stops along the way (due to the need for large amounts of caffeine!). George, founder of the TroveStar N Scale Model Train DB, is taking it all in and reporting back (big ScaleTrains.com announcement, new Fox Valley Models releases…and more) all the latest and greatest happenings at the Convention. To see pix from the Convention, learn about new product announcements, other highlights and see layouts, please visit our TroveStarTrains facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/TroveStarTrains/ Here is the link to our album: 25th Annual National N Scale Convention, June 2017. https://www.facebook.com/pg/TroveStarTrains/photos/?tab=album&album_id=472448139762677 We are updating our FB page often. Please check back!
George made it back from Pittsburgh safe and sound and with just a few n-scale items he couldn't resist while at this past Convention. He wrote Recap of 25th National N Scale Convention. Here is the first paragraph of the blog. Day 1 On Wednesday morning (June 21) I hopped into my pick up truck (which had a back seat full of T-Trak modules) and headed toward the 25th Annual National N Scale Convention in Pittsburgh, PA. With visions of N-Scale in my head and plenty of coffee, I strong-armed a 12+ hour drive from Woods Hole, MA across Pennsylvania (through four tunnels, five construction-related traffic jams and two flash floods) and arrived in Station Square in Pittsburgh. I was exhausted but excited to be back in my college town where I would experience all things n-scale for a short few days! I checked into the Sheraton hotel. There I met up with two friends (Peter and Roland) from my local Northeast NTRAK club and we headed over to the Opening Remarks event. You can read more in our Blog section. http://www.trovestar.com/generic/blog.php?Article=132
Thanks for the blog and photos George -- you had a fine time it appears. The convention's pickle-in-a-gondola car also made me recall what I think was on the back cover of the Allman Brothers Band's Eat A Peach LP from 1972. At the time I thought the art was cool and it remains so.
Thanks for the positive comments and sharing this pix. A watermelon...perfect for the hot, hazy days of summer.
