2015 N scale Convention, Sacramento June 24-28

[cfritschle]

Trainworx is almost starting a new hobby: collecting 1:160 trucks!

I certainly hope that will happen!   

There are a lot of HO scale vehicle collectors that do not even own a model railroad item.  If Pat's trucks can create a similar market for 1:160 scale trucks, N scale model railroaders will definitely benefit from it.

Carter

[cfritschle]

daniel,

That tanker looks like a late 50's to early 60's mo-gas trailer. I drove transport for Chevron in Albuquerque late 1960's to mid 70's and used to see many trailers like that used by distributors and jobbers for delivery to the typical "small mom and pop" type service stations of that era.

Just my guess really.

Carl

Carl,

I think Daniel was referring to the 40-foot bulk tanker. 



This was shown at the National Train Show last summer, and according to description given, it should handle food grade liquids.

Carter

[arbomambo]

Seriously,
If this is all the news that's coms out of this convention....
I really hope that there were plenty of N scale layouts there, because, otherwise, the news out of Sacremento has been 'underwhelming' to say the least...
Bruce

[Mark5]

Was Athearn there?

[kschmidt626]

Good Morning,

Had a great time in Sacramento CA.  But it was a bit HOT !!  One, if not the best attended public shows.  Congratulations to the NSE for another great convention.

Athearn was not in attendance.  Kato wasn't there either.  Arnold had the SW1, looking good. 

Keith

[carlso]

Carter,

you may be correct but I thought he was referring to the tanker in one of the pictures posted from this years show. Why ask about last years announcement? Has that bulk trailer ever been produced? I sure could use some of them if they have been but I have not seen any poop put out about a release. Let me know if they have been, but of course they would all be snapped up by now.

Carl

[arbomambo]

I'm hoping next year's convention will be better, and better attended also...regardless, Kansas City is ALWAYS worth a trip, just for the railfanning alone, if not solely for the excellent dining and entertainment in abundance there! Perhaps more vendors will show up.
~Bruce

[ljudice]

Seriously,
If this is all the news that's coms out of this convention....
I really hope that there were plenty of N scale layouts there, because, otherwise, the news out of Sacremento has been 'underwhelming' to say the least...
Bruce

Indeed...   I ask again - what about the "manufacturers breakfast" - this is when the announcements used to be made....

[asarge]

Indeed...   I ask again - what about the "manufacturers breakfast" - this is when the announcements used to be made....

We're not special enough to be "in the know" 

I reality, the breakfast seems to be more about what they are working on instead of hard announcements. I'm sure there will be some goodies at the next big show in a month or so.

[Rich Businger]

Good Morning,

Had a great time in Sacramento CA.  But it was a bit HOT !!  One, if not the best attended public shows.  Congratulations to the NSE for another great convention.

Athearn was not in attendance.  Kato wasn't there either.  Arnold had the SW1, looking good. 

Keith

Kato was in attendance.


Rich

[cfritschle]

Carter,

you may be correct but I thought he was referring to the tanker in one of the pictures posted from this years show. Why ask about last years announcement? Has that bulk trailer ever been produced? I sure could use some of them if they have been but I have not seen any poop put out about a release. Let me know if they have been, but of course they would all be snapped up by now.

Carl

Carl,

The 40-foot bulk tanker was shown last year, but has never been announced.  Pat will release all of the exquisite models he has tooled in the coming years.  This has been a very time consuming and expensive under taking for him, and as always, he wants to make sure everything is just right before announcing and releasing the models.  We will all need to be very patient!   

Carter

[sdodge]

Sdodge:  Seconded on the log trucks.  Personally I'd prefer a Kenworth, but both were very common in the Northwest, and I'll take it!

$50 +/- for a movie tractor/trailer was more than I could justify, but I NEED the log trucks.

Indeed...The operative word is NEED! I'll take them all.

[NSEGeorge]

The contest Photos are up!

http://s40.photobucket.com/user/nsegeorge/slideshow/Sacramento%20Contest%20Photos?sort=9

To those commenting that the contest room is always too dark for photos-  we rarely get ANY control over what the lighting conditions are in a given hotel room. This year we selected the room based on security first, light second, and convenience third. it was a little out of the way because of it, but we wanted to give all the entrants a fair chance. We do the best we can with what space we are given. The problem is, we can't bring enough extra light to do all the models in the room, as having photo floods all over the place would make the models hard to see and approach, not to mention the heat. As we do not allow people to touch the models while they are on display, we can't set up an area just for photos, so the solution has to be an overall one. Hopefully you will volunteer next time so that you can show us how to do it better. We are always open to good ideas.

To the Railwire heads of the 500 attendees who we were there, I thank you. I had a great time, as did our crew. Very much looking forward to Kansas City Kansas next year. For those who didn't, we will be posting the photos of the event over the next couple of weeks. Hopefully you will all be able to join us in KC.  Yes, we want Railwire stickers on your badges!  We can offer a place a registration to pick them up if someone can send them ahead.

Best-

NSE George

[ryan_wilkerson]

Thanks for posting the contest photos George. I had stopped by the room once but it wasn't open yet and with all the other activities, I missed getting back to check it out. Some really nice work including some that I've seen on TRW.

[Santa Fe Guy]

Great line up of excellent models in the modelling competition. Thanks for posting NSE George so us guys down under get to see some of this neat stuff.
Rod.