Van Wert 2012 Railroad Heritage Weekend...

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Van Wert 2012 Railroad Heritage Weekend...

Postby bnsf8000 on Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:47 pm

The Van Wert Railroad Heritage Weekend Model Railroad Show & Swap is coming up on July 14-15. There will be 5 or 6 operating layouts: N scale, HO scale and Lionel. Ranging in size from 4x12', 30'x30' and around 10x60foot. There will be many vendors again and there will be food & drink available. Admission is still $2 and if you would like a table/tables contact Larry webb at 419-203-5779. Tables are $15. Dealers/vendors must stay set up til end of show. Hours are Saturday 10AM- 4PM and Sunday 11AM- 3PM. Dealers may set up Friday before show or Saturday morning before show. Located at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds 1055 S. Washington St. on U.S. Route 127 on the southside of Van Wert. General info contact Jan Dunlap at 419-238-4207. Hope too see there!

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Re: Van Wert 2012 Railroad Heritage Weekend...

Postby berkmeister on Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:41 am

I'll be there again wih a table of mostly N-Scale, some HO. Went there for the first time last year, did very well sales-wise both Saturday and Sunday. Good location, easy to find, one nice big building to house the vendors and layouts. Neat to have a train show in this area in the summertime! :D Berkmeister
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Re: Van Wert 2012 Railroad Heritage Weekend...

Postby bnsf8000 on Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:35 pm

Looks like our biggest show yet after the meeting we just had. Still with 5 weeks to go. If you get chance come and check us out!

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Re: Van Wert 2012 Railroad Heritage Weekend...

Postby bnsf8000 on Wed Jul 11, 2012 5:16 pm

It's almost here!. This Saturday 10-4 and Sunday 11-3. This will be our biggest show yet. We're at 100 tables or more. We're happy with the way we're growing each year. Stop by and see our N scale 2 1/2' x 6' layout. We'll also be taking it to the Dayton trainshow at Hara Arena in November. It's built on a 6' folding table. We're at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds, 1055 S. Washington St./ U. S. 127 in the Commercial Building. It's the biggest building on the fairgrounds. Stop by and say hello. Admission is still $2 which goes to the Van Wert County Historical Society. Hope to see you there. Plenty of vendors and 5 or 6 operating layouts large and small and food.

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Re: Van Wert 2012 Railroad Heritage Weekend...

Postby bnsf8000 on Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:02 pm

The show is almost here! We will have 116 tables this year. We bumped up quite a few this year. Lookin' good. We have vendors from Pennsylvania including Philadelphia, South Carolina, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. At the Van Wert County Fairgrounds, 1055 S. Washington St./ US 127 in the Commercial building on the southside of Van Wert. Admission is $2 and food and drink are available. Hope to see there!

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Re: Van Wert 2012 Railroad Heritage Weekend...

Postby A No.1 on Thu Jul 19, 2012 9:12 am

I never made it to this show. Any Feedback? I heard there was lots of American Flyer and Lionel. Not much HO. Was this accurate?
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Re: Van Wert 2012 Railroad Heritage Weekend...

Postby bnsf8000 on Thu Jul 19, 2012 5:05 pm

There was a good amount of HO good amount of N and there was more Lionel this year. Wayne from Train Central had very good prices on HO engines $169 on MTH SD70Aces he even had the Kato SD90MAC in Indiana RR. I bought a book from him as usual. Always has a nice selection of books. It was another good year for the show. I think maybe The Lionel guy from last year did real well and the word got out on that. Was our biggest show yet. Had a couple of layouts pull out at the last minute because of health concerns. Still had 5 layouts. We were pleased with the show overall.

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Re: Van Wert 2012 Railroad Heritage Weekend...

Postby A No.1 on Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:10 am

Cool, Thanks for the report.
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