Strawberry Festival

June 2023 Updates

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What great end spring and a great start to summer! And with the start of June, brings a few events and other updates. First don’t forget June 10th is the annual Upland Strawberry Festival! Be sure to check out some new modules on the layout while getting your strawberry fix. June 24th, Lance & Vickie Brock are hosting our first open house of the season. This open house will include a pitch-in lunch! See the event page for details. 

Also of note, there have been a few items and collections posted on the for sale page. Long time member Pauline Sparger is selling her entire collection before moving to Florida. She needs all items picked up by July 15th, so contact her if you are interested.

Great Train Show 2023 Recap and Upcoming Shows

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Our next show is in Upland June 10th, set up on Friday the 9th. Then we will be in Franklin Indiana for the NMRA show August 5th and 6th, set up on Friday the 4th. After that we will be in Lebanon for the Back to the fifty’s festival September 16th, set up on Thursday and or Friday 14th and 15th.  

Thanks, James H. Driesbach MGC 

Annual Upland Strawberry Festival – 2023

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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

June Event Updates

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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.

Time to kick off 2021!

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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.

CANCELED: Modular Setup at the Upland Strawberry Festival

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As you know, we continue to deal with the pandemic and the governors guidelines. I, along with the club president and board members have decided it would be best to not do the Upland show. Also, the Castleton Christian church has cancelled their September festival. At this time, unless we decide to do the Fort Wayne show, possibly in November, we will not be setting up until February of 2021. I have been in contact with Bill Grove (Great Train Expo) and they have been out of their office for the month of May and are just beginning to get back sometime mid to late June. The fall and winter schedule is not yet put together. if at all possible, I would like to try to do the Fort Wayne show to make up for the two we lost this year, provided the date works out and there is enough interest. We would be taking just the one trailer up and putting the layout we use in Upland. Last year they moved the date for the Fort Wayne show out of December and it was the week before Thanksgiving. I am continuing to look for possible new shows, when I find one of interest I will notify you by email. I know Dave Wheelock has been keeping you updated, but I wanted to make sure you guys knew I am working on getting us back on track.
THANKS, JAMES H. DRIESBACH–MODULAR GROUP COORDINATOR

Upland Strawberry Festival Recap

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Brandon Carney’s Amtrak E8Amtrak 411 zooms by the circus in Upland, IN.

The club had a fantastic time as always in Upland, IN at the 2019 Blooms and Barries Festival. Bill Duncan noted that 14 different trains ran throughout the day. As always there were many that enjoyed the display. I’m sure the whole group is already looking forward to next year’s festival for all the fun of running trains! Well, and fresh strawberries too. Okay, a few of us might mostly look forward to that part… myself included.

The next modular setup is on the schedule for September 21, at the Castleton Christian Church Palooza. Till then enjoy some of these photos from Upland.