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Sacramento N Scale Convention Report
« on: July 03, 2015, 01:17:09 PM »
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Hello everyone, Robin and I arrived in Sacramento on Saturday the 20th and left Saturday the 27th before the banquet (sadly). It was announced that the convention had 462 registered.
The hotel was nice and the California RR museum is worth the trip along with walking the Old Sacramento part of town. The dinner train was nice and it was the only trip we went on. I understand there were some great home layouts and Railtown tour was nice but HOT.

The welcome Reception was fantastic and loaded with humor and fun!

There were, I would guess, about a total of 40 or so entries in the contest room and some beautiful work but I did not get any pictures in there. The concept of ROOM SALES before the Swap-A-Rama was a new concept to us but was great fun roaming the halls of the Hotel on a daily basis looking at trains for sale.
Most of the folks moved on to the Swap-A-Rama (sale) room when it opened on Thursday. Lots and Lots of N Scale for sale! Some great deals as well. Saw many manufactures there like Kato, Intermountain, Trainworx, FVM, Arnold, Micro-Trains, Wheels of Time, North American Rail Car Corp., N Scale Arch., RSLaser, Digitrax, N Scale Kits, Atlas, Bluford Shops and I am sure others I forgot to mention but some major one were not there.

The Auction was well attended with lots of items and was a real hoot! May items sold and some went for large dollars! There were some bargains had there as well.

I have no idea how well the pubic attended the show but it looked like a pretty good turnout.

There were four layouts in the lower ballroom that included the Peninsula NTRAK, Silicone Valley FreemoN, San Luis Obisbo Model Railroad Club, and another group that had no name sign but a nice layout.

There were many clinics but the only one I attended was by my friend Karl Andraschko on the comparison on NTRAK FreemoN and other modular techniques and was very interesting on the different concepts.

The event was well organized and a very fun time meeting and chatting with ALL N SCALE folks and good time was had by all. In Fact a couple in the Peninsula group got married in the layout!
PS great modelers as well as a great couple!

I am linking to a folder with all the pictures I took.

http://s42.photobucket.com/user/mfifer/slideshow/N%20Scale%20Collector%202015%20Convention?sort=3


Mike & Robin Fifer
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Re: Sacramento N Scale Convention Report
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2015, 02:11:35 PM »
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Atlas and Bluford Shops were also there.  We were in the corner right when you entered the Swap room.

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Re: Sacramento N Scale Convention Report
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2015, 02:34:02 PM »
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Quote from: PGBowler2 on July 03, 2015, 02:11:35 PM
Atlas and Bluford Shops were also there.  We were in the corner right when you entered the Swap room.

Yes they were! How could I have forgotten that?
Thanks for fixing my error.
Mike
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Re: Sacramento N Scale Convention Report
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2015, 07:54:48 PM »
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Hey Mike!  it was great to you guys at the show, and thanks for sharing your photos. 

We are trying to collect as many as we can on the NSE site- would you mind if we added a link (credited of course) to your photobucket?

the link to the contest photos is:

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

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Re: Sacramento N Scale Convention Report
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2015, 09:34:57 PM »
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Quote from: NSEGeorge on July 03, 2015, 07:54:48 PM
Hey Mike!  it was great to you guys at the show, and thanks for sharing your photos. 

We are trying to collect as many as we can on the NSE site- would you mind if we added a link (credited of course) to your photobucket?

the link to the contest photos is:

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

NSE George

No problem at all George and good to meet you as well.
Mike & Robin
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Re: Sacramento N Scale Convention Report
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2015, 10:36:40 PM »
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Mike,
It was an absolute pleasure to get to see you at the show. It was great to get to talk and run trains with you on the FreemoN layout. I'm already looking forward to Kansas City next year. The people were the best part of the show. So many great N Scalers were there.
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Re: Sacramento N Scale Convention Report
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2015, 11:43:00 PM »
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Quote from: jpwisc on July 03, 2015, 10:36:40 PM
Mike,
It was an absolute pleasure to get to see you at the show. It was great to get to talk and run trains with you on the FreemoN layout. I'm already looking forward to Kansas City next year. The people were the best part of the show. So many great N Scalers were there.
Thanks Karl , we enjoyed meeting you as well as going to the clinic you put on .
Thanks for your effort , it was enjoyed by all.
Mike & Robin
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Re: Sacramento N Scale Convention Report
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2015, 12:33:34 PM »
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All y'all are posting these Photobucket albums, and they don't work on Linux.  This makes me sad.
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Re: Sacramento N Scale Convention Report
« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2015, 02:15:04 PM »
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Couple of videos fro Sacramento


This is how a foamer spends Fathers Day! 

Got to see some neat models and layouts, meet some new A$$hats: Marc, Hans, Karl A, Ryan W, Mike F, Doug N,  and ride some some awesome private varnish thru some of the most beautiful places in the western US With several other members of Modutrak. Looking forward to Kansas City KANSAS next year!
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« Reply #9 on: July 04, 2015, 02:22:58 PM »
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Mighty interesting DPUs in that first video!
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Re: Sacramento N Scale Convention Report
« Reply #10 on: July 04, 2015, 02:55:11 PM »
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Quote from: Iain on July 04, 2015, 12:33:34 PM
All y'all are posting these Photobucket albums, and they don't work on Linux.  This makes me sad.

Iain,  I tried with Chromium on Linux (OpenSUSE 13.1) and it works well.
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Re: Sacramento N Scale Convention Report
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2015, 01:07:56 AM »
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It was good meeting you Mike!

-Ryan
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Re: Sacramento N Scale Convention Report
« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2015, 01:12:56 AM »
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Quote from: ryan_wilkerson on July 06, 2015, 01:07:56 AM
It was good meeting you Mike!

-Ryan
Sacramento FreeMo-N

Ryan , you as well along with those fine young engineers of yours!
You all were just great !
Mike
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Re: Sacramento N Scale Convention Report
« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2015, 10:46:02 AM »
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Can't believe I wandered the whole show and didn't realize Fifer was there.  Was there a big sign, or do I just need to adjust my N scale eyes? Did chat with Kirk Reddie and Paul Graf a bit.

Show was very good, although I only went for the public show.  More great vendors and deals than wallet size, but I did manage to snag my shopping list at excellent prices. Only 3 N track layouts, was expecting a few more, I guess, but those and the contest models were well worth seeing.

Glad to have gone, and will try to arrange my schedule next year and beyond to attend a few days, when possible. My wife was there on Biz, so I tagged along.  Besides the show, we golfed, watched the US Senior Open, and went to the Sierra Railway museum and an old gold rush town, all well worth seeing before heading to SF to do the whole pier 39 and China Town tourist agenda......overall a great trip for me.
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Re: Sacramento N Scale Convention Report
« Reply #14 on: July 06, 2015, 12:10:35 PM »
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Quote from: Rossford Yard on July 06, 2015, 10:46:02 AM
Can't believe I wandered the whole show and didn't realize Fifer was there.  Was there a big sign, or do I just need to adjust my N scale eyes?


Robin and I do not go to sell but we do wear our shop and club badges everywhere at the show. Sorry we missed you , maybe in St Louis!
Thanks , Mike Fifer
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