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