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Garden Railroading in Indiana.
The Modular Layout will be appearing at the Back to the Fifties Festival in the Boone County 4-H Fairgrounds.
Members interested in helping setup, cleanup, and run trains are encouraged to reach out to James Driesbach.
We will be in Lebanon for the Back to the fifty’s festival September 16th and 17th, set up on Thursday and or Friday 14th and 15th. Thanks, James H. Driesbach MGC | 2/13/23
Saturday August 5 from 10AM – 4PM and Sunday August 6 from 10AM- 3 PM, there is a Central Indiana Division of the NMRA Train show at the Johnson County Fairgrounds, 250 Fairgrounds St. Franklin, IN 46131.
Admission is $7. Our Modular group will also have a layout set up at the show so don’t forget to look for the group. This show is quite large using multiple buildings so there is a lot to see.
Hope many of you are able to join us.
Organizer information: https://www.cidnmra.org/services
There we will be in Franklin Indiana for the NMRA show August 5th and 6th, set up on Friday the 4th. Thanks, James H. Driesbach MGC | 2/13/23
The Annual Upland Strawberry Festival and Train Show will be held at the downtown Railroad Depot Park in Upland, IN. from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. The public is invited to participate in this popular summer event to enjoy live music, food, a variety of tempting fresh strawberry desserts, the restored Upland railroad depot, and of course, the great G-scale Train Exhibit put on by our own ILSR Club’s Modular Division in the Exhibit Hall.
This event makes a great “Wander Indiana” road trip drive north to Upland, which is also the home of Taylor University and the ever-popular Ivanhoes. You are welcome to drive through the university campus located on the south edge of town, in case you have never done so on this Saturday as well. This event makes for a fun-filled getaway Saturday for the whole family.
Club members, be sure to watch for an email update from James about setup and operation details.
Our next show is in Upland June 10th, set up on Friday the 9th. Thanks, James H. Driesbach MGC | 2/13/23
Greetings to all Indiana Larger Scale Railroaders. The winter months make difficult to do a lot with Garden Railroads in Indiana. So if your needing some model railroading time you may want to check this out. The Great Train Show is at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, Saturday February 12, 10AM – 4PM and Sunday February 13, 10AM – 4PM. Our Modular Railroad group will also have the ILSR modular layout set-up. So if you have some free time you may want to make a trip out to the State Fairgrounds. If you are interested in helping set-up the modular layout contact James Driesbach, the set-up will begin on Friday if you are interested.
I look forward seeing you this Spring as we start events for the season with our Spring Banquet – information will be available in our April Newsletter.
Dave Wheelock
President
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2/2/22 – Okay guys, we are just 9 days away till set up for the train show. According to my paperwork, set up times for the layouts is 1:00pm to 6:00pm on Friday and 7:00am to 10:00am on Saturday. We need to try to be there by 12:30pm on Friday to get ourselves measured and ready. Also remember, after I get as many parking passes as possible from the manager on duty, I will take a head count and the club will buy what we need so everyone there on Friday that will be coming back Saturday and or Sunday, especially Sunday will have a parking pass. Tear down is at 4:00pm on Sunday at the close of the show. Please let me know when and what days you can make to the show. Once again, I want to thank all of you for helping to keep this modular layout going. I want to give a special thanks to Geoff Schwartz for being able and willing to help me get the trailers to the fairgrounds. I am bringing trailer #1 from Avon and Geoff is bringing trailer #2 from Marshalls there in McCordsville so we will have the full layout. Thanks, James H. Driesbach–MGC
1/15/23 – Okay guys, we are 26 days away from our next show. This is just a show reminder to help keep us all focused. I will have our set up info in about a week. Show is February 10th, 11th and 12th with the 10th being set up day. I will send out my usual before the show email at the end of January with details. I appreciate all of your hard work and dedication to keep this layout going. Thanks, James H. Driesbach–MGC
The Indianapolis 2022 Great Train Show is coming up! Read the notes about this event on the events page.
Open House – Event Info
As a reminder, Randy and Jacquie Banks will be hosting an open house this weekend Saturday September 11, from 1 – 4 PM. They are located at 7621 Fall Creek Parkway, Indpls. Randy wants us to either park in his driveway, his neighbors’ driveway to the south or the Pines neighborhood across the street, please do not park on Fall Creek Parkway. It looks like the weather will be great for this event so I hope to see many of you Saturday.
Modular Event – Event Info
The club will be setting up our modular layout at Boone County Fairgrounds on Friday and Saturday September 17 and 18. This is an annual event in Lebanon, called Back to the Fifties and attracts many people from the area. There is a lot to do for the entire family including, a Car Show, food vendors , Children’s fun park, Merchants building, and bands all day Saturday, see the attached flyer for details. In addition to the items listed there is an AKC dog show and an antique bottle show on the fairgrounds on Saturday. All events are free of charge so it’s a great time to see the modular layout and enjoy a day of fun.
Save the Date October 9 Open House – Event Info
In the month of October Dave Beck is hosting an open house on October 9 from 2 – 4 pm. Watch for more information in the upcoming newsletter.
Hope to see many of you at our upcoming events.
Dave Wheelock
VP of Events
We are halfway through June now and have one event down and one event upcoming. But note that the event on the 26th has been changed:
The open house at the home of Randy and Jackie Banks on June 26th has been postponed till a later date. Instead, we will be meeting the same day, at George’s Grill at 11:30 AM, June 26th.. George’s Neighborhood Grill is at Binford and 71st street, actual address is 6935 Lake Plaza Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46220. We are planning on having a brief meeting, social time, and a brief presentation of some of the layouts and activities at the National Garden Railroad Convention recently held in Nashville Tennessee.
Sorry for this late change in our schedule I hope many of you have a chance to come out for this event. All families and guests are welcome.
Dave Wheelock
Event Vice President
Thanks to all who made the Upland Strawberry Festival event happen with the modular layout. Attached are a few of Brandon & Sandi Carney’s and Bill Duncan’s photos.
2021 is here and it’s time to get the trains out. The spring newsletter has been added to the website and more importantly, the events calendar is posted. The first two major events are in June are bound to be fun. Starting with Strawberries at the Upland Strawberry Festival where the modular layout is set to be set up. Then Randy and Jacquie Banks are hoasting an open house to show off their beautiful garden and layout. You won’t want to miss it!
Speaking of the modular layout, James has scheduled a meeting to prepare in May. All club members are welcome to attend.
The rest of the schedule still has details being ironed out, so be sure to watch the Events page for updates.
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