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Merseyside MRS Exhibition, end October 2010 This page shows photos of Mauch Chunk taken at its first Exhibition. We exhibited on home turf for the first one, making transport and organisation easier. On the whole the layout ran very well: Nearly every problem could be solved by cleaning track or wheels and Paul's electrics proved robust and faultless. We inevitably 'shorted' the track many times by running into switches set the wrong way so Paul will modify the system to reduce this. We were running a number of non-CNJ locomotives (including some BLI Mikados that will be turned into CNJ M3s at some point). The sound-chipped Mikados and F3s proved very popular with the visitors and may have been the clincher in our winning the visitors' cup for the public's favourite layout (of 12) at the Exhibition! Here are some of the visitors enjoying the experience and reading the information sheet...
This is Chris and Steve being presented with the cup by the Chairman, Mike McManus, and a couple of photos of three of us (Chris, Steve & Paul) with the layout. Dave wasn't present on the Sunday when the photo was taken and Paul was much occupied with the Exhibition Catering. We were ably helped out by Bob Powell and Bill Fry from other club layout groups.
And a selection of photos of the layout over the Exhibition weekend. Note that the central support will be removed for future exhibitions and the backscene and associated buildings will be prepared anew. Starting with the view from the back and sides - and Chris doing running repairs. Then working from left to right... |
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