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