Trainfest 2018

A look around the layout operations portion of the show.

Well I just got home from Trainfest in Milwaukee last night. A great five days packed full of layout operations, visiting Kalmbach Publishing, Walthers warehouse and of course Trainfest. I was part of a group of 13 NFR members of the NMRA that manned the Craftsman Corner booth. This was the groups10th time attending the show and my first...more on the show shortly...George Dutka

Turning around and taking a second shot shows one the size of the building and the amount of layouts and shoppers.

Our group trip to the Walthers warehouse found almost everyone coming away with something. They have a lot of heavy discounted items and on top of that you draw for further discounts. They also offer one a card which gets hole punched and worth $50 when full.

Eric Roth working on his engine house roofing. A lot of shingles were added through the show.

The gang.

Surprising there was a bit of New England for sale in the Midwest.

N Scale layout in a guitar case.

Tichy offering.

A rail spike bottle opener offered at the Model Railroader booth.

On this N scale sectional layout was a tornado scene which featured the middle section which was spinning around, and were else a trailer park. Some of the trailer were modeled as flattened. A neat little scene for the young ones to check out.