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AMHERST BELT LINES

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HO Modular Railroad

a special interest group of the Amherst Railway Society, Inc.


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As with railroads, real, model and virtual, portions of this site are always under construction.
For other links, please return to the Amherst Railway Society home page.

2009 West Springfield Show Layout

Click on diagram above for detailed track plan in pdf format.

History
Modular Mumblings (the ABEL newsletter--Including up to date layout drawings)
Module Specifications (To receive module specifications, please fill out the application on the link below.)
"Red Sheet" (information and application for membership)
The 1998 layout at the annual Big Railroad Hobby Show
The Pictures from the 99 layout at the annual Big Railroad Hobby Show
Photos of the 2002 layout
Photos of the 2003 layout
Photos of the 2004 layout
The 2005 layout
Photos of the 2006 show
ABEL at The 2007 show
ABEL at The 2008 show
ABEL at The 2009 show
Links to other model railroad sites


2007-2008 Amherst Belt Lines Show Schedule

October 5, 2008

PSMRRC Model Railroad Show & Open House
Pepperell Siding MRRC, Pepperell, MA
http://www.psmrc.org/events.php

November 2,, 2008

24th Annual Model Railroad Exhibition
Bedford Boomers, Bedford, NH
http://www.boomers-rr.com/

December 6-7, 2008

New England Model Train Expo
HUB Division/NMRA, Marlborough, MA
http://www.hubdiv.org/index.htm

January 24-25, 2009

Railroad Hobby Show
Amherst Railway Society, West Springfield, MA
http://www.railroadhobbyshow.com/
Photos of past shows: http://www.amherstrail.org/show/show.htm

Feb 22, 2009

Worcester Model Railroaders, Auburn, MA
http://www.wmrr.org/show.asp

March 28-29, 2009

Nashua Valley Railroad Association Railfair – Shirley, MA

July 5-11, 2009

National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) Convention - Hartford, CT.
http://www.HN2009.org/home.html

July 10-12, 2009

NMRA National Train Show (tentative ABEL participation) - Hartford, CT.
http://www.HN2009.org/home.html

If you have any questions on participating, the event itself, or any other ABEL related topic, please feel free to contact one of the coordinators. Hope you had a great summer and we are looking forward to seeing at the upcoming shows.

Please add the above dates to your calendar... When we have more info, we will post it in an issue of Modular Mumblings.


Amherst Belt Lines Contact Information

Module Coordinators:
Sudro Brown
Clark Huber
Alan Rice
AmherstBeltLines@AmherstRail.org


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