Location

Jack Walton's house in Westlake (Ft. Worth), TX.

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Attendees

We had 32 attendees from 3 states (KS, OK, and TX):  Steve Amitrano, Craig Brantley, Paul Cleveland, Mark Gardner, Mark LaChey, Ken Neufeld, Joe Norman, Ron Proffitt, Wes Proffitt, Gary Rush, Bob Shirley, Randy Smith, Keith Stamper, George Wallace, Jack Walton, Clark Womack.

Clinics

Steve Amitrano gave a clinic on scenery detailing and the thought processes behind it.
Craig Brantley and Barry Bogs gave a demonstration of the Phoenix Sound System.
Chuck Lind gave a slide show about a lost and found sawmill.

Layouts

Although there were no official layout tours, attendees were treated to Jack Walton's large Sn3 layout (pictures below and at (http://www.northtexasnarrowgauge.com/jackwalton/index.html)

Pictures

Ken Neufeld (hidden), Randy James, Towne Comee, Ron Proffitt, Frolin Marek, Wes Proffitt, Barry Bogs.
Back: Randy Smith, Chuck Lind, Steve Amitrano, Jack Walton, Don Culbertson.
Front: ?, Craig Brantley, ?, Joe Normal, Paul Cleveland, Clark Womack.

(Photo by Frolin Marek)

Front: Ken Neufeld, Towne Comee, ?, Mark Gardener.
2nd row: Randy James, Frolin Marek, Barry Bogs, Craig Brantely, Clark Womack, ?.
3rd row: Ron Proffitt, Wes Proffitt, Joe Norman, James Sullivan, ?, ?.
4th row: Chuck Lind (standing), ? (behind projector), Paul Cleveland, Gary Rush, ?, George Wallace (standing)
Back: ?, Marc LaChey

(Photo by Frolin Marek)

When Steve Amitrano makes a point, the point stays made!

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O and G scale locomotives demonstrating the Phoenix DCC sound system.  The G scale locomotive was scratchbuilt by Barry Bogs.

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Our host, Jack Walton, in his Sn3 empire!

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Jack's layout plan, drawn in 3rd PlanIt.

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Jack Walton, Randy James, Towne Comee, and Joe Norman.

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Steve Amitrano does a little track work.

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The Durango yard, with a Gary Rush backdrop.

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More Gary Rush artwork.

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Rock work by Gary Rush.

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More rock work by Gary Rush.

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