Friday Night at Springfield: 
Every year late in January or early in February, the Amherst Railway Society holds its Railroad Hobby Show at the Eastern States Exposition Fairgrounds in West Springfield Massachusetts. More than 25,000 have attended the show each of the past three years. 
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Feb. 17, 1980 - In 1980, the “Big RR Hobby Show” had its first N-Trak modular layout along with displays and more.  At this point in time, the show was still a 4 hour, one day show. 
   
On the Friday night before the show I decided to walk around with my selfie stick and iPhone… Enjoy.   

Train Hits Limo: A limousine stranded on the tracks near New Paris, Indiana was struck by an oncoming train. 
The video shows a man attempt to warn the train of the oncoming hazard by waving a red flag at it. (As if the train would be able to stop.) 
The Saturday crash occurred after the limousine got stuck on the tracks while carrying a group of teenagers celebrating a birthday.
Everyone was able to scramble to safety before the train hit, but the limousine suffered damage when it was pushed sideways down the tracks by the train.

Ron Klaiss has been a long time supporter of the show and was excited when his new AML t-shirt arrived.

Check out his YouTube channel here: ​https://www.youtube.com/user/myowngod2

We met Chris Atkins from Denton, Texas at the 2015 TrainFest show in Milwaukee… Very cool !!

Chris is a big supporter of a ModelersLife and was featured in Episode 23. He became famous with the fans as the guy with the Texas and Pacific section house.

Chris is currently involved in achieving superfan status and likes puppies and kittens.