16th Annual WNYRHS Winter
Train & Toy Show 2007 Review
| We had a cool but not cold way to beat the winter blues, for the weekend of February 24th and 25th, 2007. It was a perfect weekend to go shopping and be entertained at our 16th Annual Winter Show! Over 4500 people came through the doors of the Erie County AgriCenter Building to enjoy the sights and sounds of Prototype and Model Railroading. With over 300 tables set up, there was plenty of things to see and do for the entire family. Of course we had had five huge modular layouts featuring everything from "N" Scale all the way up to some very impressive "G" Gauge main lines. Hundreds of tables of model railroading rolling stock, accessories, electronics and books on how to do it made it hard to decide what to buy! Skittles the Clown entertained the young and old with his Balloon Art. The "Flower City Tinplate Trackers" from Rochester had a beautiful display. We all had a chance to catch up with old friends and make many new ones. If you were not able to attend this show you do not have long to wait for our 26th Annual Greater Buffalo Show in November. Hope you enjoy some of the shots below of the show provided by Society member Robert Snyder. For those of you that came to this show, we hope you enjoyed yourself and that we will see you again! |
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 "Joe Kocsis and Bob Reynders. contimplate how to fill over 50,000 square feet of floor space! ©2007 Robert Snyder - Click to Enlarge (10K)-(70K)") |
 "George Specht and Bob Reynders wrestle with one of over 300 tables needed to be set up for the show. ©2007 Robert Snyder - Click to Enlarge (10K)-(70K)") |
 "The Events Center begins to fill up with tables. ©2007 Robert Snyder - Click to Enlarge (10K)-(70K)") |
 "Train Show Chairman Stephan Kocsis discusses table placement with Joe Kocsis and Dave Fleenor. ©2007 Robert Snyder - Click to Enlarge (10K)-(70K)") |
 "\"Engineer\" from \"Fun City Train\" sets up track. ©2007 Robert Snyder - Click to Enlarge (10K)-(70K)") |
 "Hundreds of visitors cram the Events Center lobby waiting for the show to open. ©2007 Robert Snyder - Click to Enlarge (10K)-(70K)") |
 "WNYRHS Life Member Don Owens in full uniform greets anxious show goers at the doors. ©2007 Robert Snyder - Click to Enlarge (10K)-(70K)") |
 "Mark Lewandowski and his son MJ Lewandowski Jr. man the Central Terminal Restoration Society table. ©2007 Robert Snyder - Click to Enlarge (10K)-(70K)") |
 "Don Boyd and other members of the Williamsville Depot Committee man the \"Chinese Auction\" tables. ©2007 Robert Snyder - Click to Enlarge (10K)-(70K)") |
 "Maureen and Jim Slominski work at the WNYRHS Store tables. ©2007 Robert Snyder - Click to Enlarge (10K)-(70K)") |
 "WNYRHS forefather Devan Lawton, entertains Tom Stackhouse and Joe Kocsis Jr., with one of his humorous stories at the \"Operation Lifesaver\" table. ©2007 Robert Snyder - Click to Enlarge (10K)-(70K)") |
 "WNYRHS Members Dave Fleenor and Jim Szymanski look at railroad history on a laptop. ©2007 Robert Snyder - Click to Enlarge (10K)-(70K)") |
 "Sandy and Art Toale, WNYRHS life members with Linda Hastreiter from the \"Iron Island Museum.\" ©2007 Robert Snyder - Click to Enlarge (10K)-(70K)") |
 "The Flower City Tinplate Trackers from Roachester had a beautiful layout! ©2007 Robert Snyder - Click to Enlarge (10K)-(70K)") |
 "L-R, Nancy Boyd, Rachel Kocsis, Mark Lewandowski and Al Olmstead watch Stephan Kocsis draw \"Basket Raffle\" winning tickets. ©2007 Robert Snyder - Click to Enlarge (10K)-(70K)") |
 "The Fun Time Train was running at full capacity almost all day long. ©2007 Robert Snyder - Click to Enlarge (10K)-(70K)") |
 "The Central New York Chapter of the NRHS had nearly every book on railroading at their tables. ©2007 Robert Snyder - Click to Enlarge (10K)-(70K)") |
 "The Utica and Mohawk Chapter of the NRHS also brought their Society Store to the show. ©2007 Robert Snyder - Click to Enlarge (10K)-(70K)") |
 "The Flower City Tinplate Trackers from Rochester had a beautiful layout! ©2007 Robert Snyder - Click to Enlarge (10K)-(70K)") |
 "Bill Quick and John Slater maned the \"Nickel Plate Railroad Historical Society\" tables. ©2007 Robert Snyder - Click to Enlarge (10K)-(70K)") |
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