The W&OD Division of the Atlantic Coast S Gaugers is the third division formed in the ACSG. This division first organized in Scott Brown's home in February 2000. Our first show was June 3, 2000 at the Manassass (VA) Railway Festival. We ran a 14' X 26' modular layout.
Our first show had many of the normal first show problems plus a few others. We did not receive power until 30 minutes after the show began due to poor communication among show organizers.
Our layout features lots of operating accessories which visitors are encouraged to operate, unlike other scales that visitors are only allowed to watch trains go around, and around.
Crowd favorites were the lumber mill, barrel loader, Mike Myers' (from the Virginia Central Division) smoking steam engines, Bill Novak's circus train, and Scott Brown's custom painted Pennsy streamliner pulled by David Horn's American Models GG1.
This show was in the parking lot of the Manassass train station so the layout was on a slight incline. Whenever the train uncoupled on the downhill grade we simply slowed the train enough for the cars to recouple then highballed again. We told the crowd it was a planned part of the show.
To join the W&OD Division of the ACSG contact Scott Brown at srbrown@suscom.net.
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