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As for opening up the convention vendor hall to the public, I believe it has happened where things were stolen and one time a locomotive went missing. I know this is a rare possibility but still one

JGGK wrote: Germans manufacture quite a bit of TT; I frankly don't recall whether it is actually congruent with the TT3 common in Britain. East German influence? I seem to recall that TT was popular

Regarding the convention, in 2010 we sold one day memberships in order to have insurance coverage. Same a few years ago in Buffalo. We found out after the fact that regardless of membership, an

You might also add On2 to the list. Two things about this list and the subsequent discussion jump out at me. 1. The existence of a number of variations in any given scale is not limited to S. We often

I'm on the committee for the 2026 convention, and at the moment we don't have a specific policy regarding fees for non-NASG members.? But we can certainly put it on the agenda for discussion.? We

I have no opinion on what is going on with the USPS. I am not about to blame an administration as some here have. I do know that things happen to the best of intentions and we all survive. I mailed

The German, and eastern Europe, TT is the same as American. Like I said 3mm is a British thing. Talmadge C 'TC' Carr Sn42 and Mn42 in 1923 group_list@...

There were a few HOn30 modelers even in the mid-1960's. I didn't have much time or money right then for trains, but I did buy a both sets of the AHM MIni-trains with the hope of converting them to

Something I had suggested in the post I just wrote before I saw this. JGGK ________________________________ Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 9:46 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject:

When the matter has come up before, I have argued that opening to the general public creates additional problems, such as greater risk of pilferage from vendors or the contest room and too many

Do you mean to suggest Bill Lane starves his wife to fund both trains and his dogs? JGGK ________________________________ Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 9:15 PM To: [email protected]

It used to be easier; 4-5 (?) years ago ebay stopped categorizing train listings by scale and just threw them all in the same broad dump. Their really dumb techies didn't realized scale was important

Germans manufacture quite a bit of TT; I frankly don't recall whether it is actually congruent with the TT3 common in Britain. JGGK ________________________________ Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 10:24

Interesting that TT scale comes up. I dabbled in TT back in the mid '70s; purchased an E7, some cars and some of that terrible HP track from a full page ad in RMC. I think the seller might have been

This is an interesting topic. I have been chairman for three Fall S Fest’s and the 2014 NASG convention held in Oconomowoc, WI. Since most of these were held in Hotels, we would get occasional

Typically a convention may have a Saturday Public day where non-members and/or the general public can come visit to see S in action. Just requires a general entrance fee but no membership is required.

Maybe someone who is actually involved in the planning of the 2026 convention can fill us in on their plan for handling non-members interested in 'checking out' S. As it stands right now, when you go

Although a possible downside is that the crowds could be so large that it was difficult to get around, I think that is highly unlikely. Three upsides -- we might attract some S gaugers who are not

Andrew, The idea wasn't to make NASG conventions "all-scale".? It is to encourage non-NASG members to attend our all-S convention.? Where better to get a feel for S than to walk through our all-S

I attended my first NASG convention in Oak Brook (Chicago) waaaaay back in 1987.? Even attended the banquet.? I wasn't a member of NASG and nobody kicked me out...? I didn't join NASG until several