PGRS March
Meeting Minutes
Greenberg's Train Show
On February 14th and 15th,
the train club did our first Greenberg's show in quite a few
years, and “Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory” was the theme. It
just seemed right, being that the 14th was National Chocolate
Day and the 15th was National Gum Drop Day. Many of the club’s
members volunteered to help and the show ended up being a really
fun event. Numerous people stopped to asked questions, got down
on the floor with their children, and settled in to watch the
three trains. Percy was the outside track engine for the Candy
Cane Train, pulling two flat cars filled to the top with the red
and white delights. This train needed to be run at a fast speed
to keep little hands from plucking the candy canes. We did lose
a few, none the less. The second in from Percy was the Gum Drop
Train, with its special paint job on the engine reflecting the
many colors it hauled inside the four cars hitched to the 0-4-0.
The third engine was one of Thomas’ friends, James. Thomas
wasn’t feeling well, something about a bad bearing. He just sat
on the grass watching the Gumdrop people, the Chocolate Factory
(Jan Vogt donated), the Mushroom and Topiary forest teeming with
assorted candies, and of course the cars filled with many
chocolate candies that James was transporting. Little houses
with chocolate sidewalks were scattered through out the 10” X
20” layout for the gum drop people. Somehow a gumdrop polar
bear, two gumdrop penguins and their igloo, and a giant gumdrop
spider showed up. There were so many things to delight the eye
that many people just sat there for a long time in wonderment.
All our applications for membership were handed out to
interested people, and hopefully we will be able to welcome new
members as a result of all the hard work.
The feedback was entirely
positive. We are thinking of using it again for the Castle
Shannon Show on November 1st. That date just happens to be
National Candy Corn and National Candy Day. November is National
Model Railroad Month as you might know, so it will all fit with
our “Wonka” decorations.
The officers of the PGRS
would like to thank the people who showed up to help during the
show and its teardown. Without you there would be no reason for
the club. We would especially like to thank the people who did
the set up on Friday; showing up at noon, helping other railroad
venders unpack so we could get to our spot. Then setting up and
not leaving until long after dark, dog tired with only the
satisfaction of a job well done to warm them on their frigid
drive home. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You.
Submitted by: Alycefaye
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