Hey Trackers!
I was talking to the station agent today about setting up a 10x16 ft layout in the Austin Amtrak station next Sat, May 7. It is National Train Day. He put me in touch with his supervisor, Jesse Padilla. He was very interested and said he would get back to me. After a couple of hours, he called me back and said to iron things out with the station agent. Tomorrow, David and I will go to the station to discuss arrangements with him.
Is anyone interested in attending this event? We don't expect any kind of crowd like we saw in Hearne. But if we spread the word, who knows what might happen. The station is off the beaten path so to speak, but I think we might be able to draw some interested folks down there.
We can probably set up Fri evening before 8:00pm. They lock up the station soon after. That way, we will not have to work around the people arriving in the morning to catch the train at about 9:30am. I suspect we will be there till after the evening train arrives at about 6:30pm. We'll know more after tomorrow.
Please let us know ASAP who is willing to be a part of this worthy endeavour.
Thanks,
Rick