and for set-up and tear-down. It works really well and always
draws a crowd and lots of good vendors.”
“
So you have modular trains running and tree-making dem-
onstrations and stuff?
”
“Nope. We don’t do that. If we had more floor space, we would
sell more sales tables. Look, people can find trees and scenery
and weathering on the Web. Any time we spent on how-to clin-
ics would take time away from planning and building the lay-
out. It’s a big job.
“The NMRA organizes meets around here a couple times a
year. Some of our people get involved in those. People read the
magazines, they have videos, they have friends . . . “
“
But you’re not nurturing the next generation of model rail-
roaders . . .
“
“Well, we’re not hand-holding them. We’re not running model
railroader day care. We’re not in the entertainment business.
“But we have people driving a hundred miles for the op ses-
sions. They bring people with them. It’s not a day out for the
bambinos, maybe, but everybody who visits says they get some
new ideas.”
