Show recap

[scott a smiley <sc.smiley@juno.com>]

SAMRA Show was last week end.  Many members participated.  We got a new
member in David Gold who joined and ran with us.

WE used an L shaped layout with the new corners.  One new jumper power
cable was used .  I did not hear about issues with voltage losses around
the large layout.

Lots of people attended the show so there were always people around
enjoying the trains.  Also talked to several other potential members.

There seemed to be some issue with the TIU but I did not get into that
issue so others will have to discuss.

Scenery was great around the layout. Every available straight module was
used by Scott , Ricky and Ira.  Scott finished a new farm scene for a
corner.

On takedown, we had the trailer loaded and rolling in 45 minutes from the
end of the show.  That is a record especially for how large the layout
was.  Everyone pitched in and the trailer was accessible continuously
during teardown so it was loaded as things were broken down.  The trailer
setup really allowed multiple things to be going on at the same time so
loading went fast.

Scott