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Reminder – We Need Volunteers – The ILSR will have a very special display at the March 4th thru 6th "Indianapolis Home and Flower Show". Call Andy or Jeff – further details here. Dayton Four Club Bus Tour – The date – Saturday, August 6, 2011 – has been confirmed and has been added to the calendar on the left side of this page. This is a major event for the club, a tour you don't want to miss. Initial info here. VP Don Davis – showed us last winter what he does to run trains while he is in Tucson. This year he sent us news about a big Tucson Garden RR Open House event. He forgot to mention how many of us he and Norma could put up (with) at their place: Dates: Saturday and Sunday, March 12 & 13, 2011 We Also Got This – very kind invitation from the Illiana Garden Railway Society: From: Albert Gengler [mailto:agengler1@comcast.net] (Posted 2-9-2011) Howz About a Peek – at one of the largest G Scale outdoor railroads in the United States? The completed Railway Garden at Taltree Arboretum in Valpariso, Indiana will cover 2.5 acres! The first phase opening is scheduled for Spring 2011. Sounds like a road trip to me. More here. Module Display Schedule – Has been added to the calendar on the left side of this page – see June, September and December (tentative). Updated – A New Way to Display – The ILSR will have a very special display at the March 4th thru 6th "Indianapolis Home and Flower Show". Further details here. Meet Even More New Members – Dick and Marty Fair of Indianapolis, Indiana are some more G Scale fans who heard about us at the Fairgrounds train show. Dick and Marty, we are glad to have you as ILSR members. We hope you, too, will send us some pictures of your outdoor layout with water and garden features. We look forward to meeting you at 2011 ILSR events. Meet More New Members – Michael & Nancy Romack of Anderson, Indiana also heard about us at the Fairgrounds train show. Michael and Nancy, welcome to ILSR. We hope you will send us some pictures of your outdoor layout for posting and also hope you will make it to our 2011 events. (Posted 1-21-2011) Meet Our New Members – Gene & Cheryl Staggs of Martinsville, Indiana. They heard about the ILSR at the train show. They are currently building an outdoor layout. Welcome Gene and Cheryl, hope to meet you at ILSR 2011 events. You will find a lot of folks to offer help with your layout questions. (Posted 1-15-2011) Snow on the Rio Grande – Sure, they can be run in any weather. Bud Hunter shows us how – here. Modular Display – The ILSR Modular Group put together the usual impressive display at the Indiana State Fairgrounds for the Jan 8, 9, 2011 train show. Andy Chester provided excellent photos and captions here. Garfield – As part of the "Indy Layouts" item on the menu on the left side of this page, I went to Garfield Park to take pictures of their Christmas display. I got there too late but did find a good looking blonde to give us a tour here. ILSR Newsletter Online – The excellent ILSR Jan/Feb 2011 Newsletter has been posted in the Member Pages. It is particularly spectacular in full color! (Posted 01-07-2011 Cheap Track SOLD – Need some cheap brass Aristocraft track to expand your layout? Too late here. New Member – Please welcome Lance Brockmann to the Indiana Large Scale Railroaders. He lives in Kokomo, IN and has both indoor and outdoor railroads. He heard about us at the train show. Hope to see you at an upcoming events, Lance. (Posted 1-1-2011) |
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Garden Railroading in Indiana.