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The Bristol S Gauge Railroaders are dedicated to S scale (1/64 scale) model railroading. Formed in 1948, we believe we are the longest running S scale club in America!
Members are interested in most branches of S scale, including, but not limited to, Scale, Narrow Gauge (Sn3 and Sn2), Hi-Rail, and American Flyer operating and collecting. Our major goals are to learn from each other and have fun doing it.
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The next Club meeting is being hosted by Charlie Bachman at Potters Pond in Lexington, MA on Saturday, November14th. If you need directions, contact charlie at Charlie@bachman.com.
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Our next show is the Greenburg Toy and Train show the weekend of November 21 and 22nd at the Shriner's Auditorium in Wilimington, MA. http://www.greenbergshows.com/?587f43e0
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The Bedford Boomers Show is now a memory. We had a slight delay in setting up due to some recent changes on the layout, but eventually all was ready when the show began. Thanks very much to the small crew who helped setup and tear down at the event. I understand Michael Greene's assistance on Sunday morning was truly appreciated. This was an all layout event, no vendors at this show. We had interest from other clubs in our coal dump operation. Also the kids really enjoyed seeing Thomas the Train running around the layout with the big trains
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The October club meeting was held at Rob and Phyllis Siegers' home.They had completed a tremendous amount of scenery work on their layout. To help us find some of more interesting aspects of the layout, the Siegers gave everyone a short sort of treasure hunt list of questions. To answer the questions you had to search around the layout. Some of the questions wanted you to find out what was going on at the swamp area, determine which type of donuts the police force ate, and how many dogs were scattered around the layout. A fun way to get people to really see all the little details that had been added to this layout. There were prizes for the club members who got the correct answers too. Just like last year, we enjoyed some really good food, from hot cider to delicious desserts. Here are a few photos of the layout. Click on an image to see it larger.
The pumpkin patch at the farm. |
Another house being built. |
Maine Central passing thru. |
Makin' a batch of moonshine at the still behind the barn area. |
Guys working the cranberry bogs. |
What's happening at the swamp? |
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Our First show of the season, the Newmarket Heritage Festival is over. We had great weather on Saturday and despite showers on Sunday, had good attendance. Our location at the American Legion Hall is a perfect venue to setup and run trains. Thank you to our hosts for allowing us to use this facility. Since it rained on Sunday, we shared the hall with several musical acts who had orginally been scheduled outside at the Waterfront area.
The local newspaper, Fosters Daily Democrat, featured our layout in its write-up about the Sunday Festival events. Go to this link to view full article: http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090928/GJNEWS_01/709289965.
We had a wonderful military train set running on our layout at the Newmarket show. A series of flat cars had been meticulously loaded with military tanks, jeeps and other military gear. These cars had been donated by club member, Dan Lundy, who passed away in August this year. These cars were just a small portion of the trains and freight donated by Dan. We truly appreciate his generous donation and will miss him. Other donated items will appear at shows later in the year.
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September started our club season and what better way to start it than at the home of club President, Tommy Robichaud. He suggested a Western theme for this year's club meeting.
It was a surprise to see our club members had so many different western hats. Of the 25 or so I saw at the meeting, not one of them was alike! Tommy's now famous chilli was a key feature of the food provided for the club meeting and by mid afternoon all of the chilli had been eaten. Click Here to see Photos some club members in their Western gear at the meeting.
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Review the Club's Summer Picnic by clicking here.
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If you are interested in joining the Bristol club, please contact our Club Secretary, Dick Connors at flyingyankee@comcast.net.
Click the buttons at top of the page to see our schedule, projects, photos of our layouts and other club information.
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