Fw: Railfair & Festival 2003

["Steve Wise" <swise@aoot.com>]

More Railfair info from John Pearce.  Note the directions to the building...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pearce, John A." <jpearce2@ix.netcom.com>
To: "Leland Stewart" <lstewart@mwiusa.com>; <Bostet@aol.com>; "Steve Wise"
<swise@aoot.com>; "Kim Saign-swbell" <ksaign@swbell.net>;
<4luke@earthlink.net>; <BJS786SP@aol.com>; "Robert W. Schoen"
<traindoc@texas.net>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 8:41 PM
Subject: Railfair & Festival 2003


> Hi All,
>
> John Luke (Z scale):  if you can make it, GREAT.  If not, we will miss
> you.  Information for you in either case.
>
> I have just returned from vacation and waded through about 250 email
> messages (about 170 of them Viagra or porno ads etc. ...).  Anyway,
> Railfair is just around the corner.
>
> I have spent the day in Burnet (Monday 8/18) and this is the latest news
> -- trying to get to all of your questions answered.  Sorry not to be
> able to answer them until now.
>
> The Dollar Store now has water (in the back room) and a mop & bucket.
> We had a little trouble with the AC power today, but that should be
> resolved by Friday.
>
> The address is: 225 S. Pierce St. (on the square across from the court
> house).  It has a back alley access to the roller door: turn right off
> of Jackson St. just before you get to Rebecca's Antiques on the corner
> (i.e. heading towards the Square from the Civic Center on Jackson St.).
> The rear door lifts up from the inside relatively easily, but must be
> unlocked from the inside.  The loading door is 12 feet wide and 22
> inches above the floor, with 36 inch wide stairs in its center.  I think
> that move in from the rear loading door will not be difficult.  Move in
> from the Square through the front door will be OK, too.
>
> The relatively rough floor (some pock marks, no real holes) is in the
> area I marked out for the Tinplate Trackers on the building map (Steve,
> you may have to adjust leg heights some -- Bob, you should be OK), but
> most of the rest is relatively smooth sealed cement.  No linoleum or
> tiles on the floor.
>
> There are 6 (only) tables available (sorry Steve), each 30" by 8 ft --
> one for each club plus 2 extras to distribute among the clubs as
> needed.  There are two smaller tables which we can borrow in a pinch.
> The HO club from San Angelo will not be able to attend this year, so
> some extra space is available in the store.  About 20 chairs will be
> available, most are padded.  We will have to move these items from the
> Country Store next door on Friday afternoon.
>
> The Dollar Store will be open on Friday from about 12 Noon to 8 PM -- I
> will be there then.  Saturday AM I will open it at about 8 AM.
> Operating hours are 9 to 5 on Saturday and 10 to 4 (4 PM teardown) on
> Sunday.
>
> Hope we have a real fun set up.
>
> John Pearce
>
>