NER 2024

There were almost no vendors at the convention but the one that was there was interesting to see. Kevin Tully had his neat looking 3-D printed grain elevators and feed mill details on display and for sale.

Don and I took in a good amount of clinics on Thursday afternoon. Friday was spent railfanning at the Fairport viewing platform, once in the morning and again later in the afternoon prior to supper. The Erie canal is just across the street from the viewing platform which had a lot of action also with the lift bridge opening a few times an hour. It is the season boaters are leaving the great lakes for ports in the southern US and the Bahamas. 

We visited and rode the train at the Rochester & Genesee Valley RR Museum. Don or I will cover it in another post. We also saw one layout on our way home Saturday and also the Hemlock train show. I had to be home Saturday evening so Saturday was whatever we could see or do on our way home.

We were disappointed to not be able to see much of the contest room as models could not be displayed till Friday night and once again if you were there between 8 and 9am before judging. So is it turned out what we saw was maybe 6 or 7 models on display when we went through the room. Seeing these models is one of the favorite parts of conventions and RPM meets. Not sure why the time was so limited.

There was more to do and see than we could take in during our time at the convention but we had a great time there...George Dutka

The east end of CSXT yard on Thursday evening as the sun sets. I took this view with my phone of the the local switcher tied up for the day and the flat top van rider. We did run across the equipment earlier in the day passing the Rochester Amtrak station.

There was a free-mo layout being set up in the vendors room which seemed to take a full day to get up and running. This was one of the roadway scenes I liked. 

A mill complex to be judged. There was more photos to be judged than models when we visited the room.

A model to be judged in the contest room.

In the contest room this structure I believe is by Tom Oxnard although we did not see Tom at the convention.

The Hemlock train show was well attended which was held in a barn style structure at the Hemlock fairground. Although there was lots to see we kept our hands in our pockets as both Don and I have enough stuff already at home. I did see some great deals on B&M engines and brass models but I really did not need more.