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2007 Show Photos ©by Doug Scott

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Thursday night: arrival of the modules

Above and below: Doug Scott's module coming out of the truck.
Module by Doug Scott.



Module legs with the ABEL trailer in the background.

Connecticut River bridge on its feet.
Module by Patrick Kubala

Gary Munsey's modules



Rich Houghtaling's Nuke Plant module without the nuke plant

modules arriving strapped together for safe transport.
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The red cart

Leveling modules

Steve Belforti checking level

Patrick Kubala has an interesting system for joining track between the East Deerfield Yard modules - premeasured pieces of rail are stored in holes drilled in two by fours and labeled with track numbers. Here Patrick can be seen removing the covering over the holes in one such two by four.

Joining rails between East Deerfield Yard modules.
Module by Patrick Kubala

More modules on their legs - Doug's module in the foreground.

Above and below: Clark adds a wiring harness to a module as Alan supervises.







Will this module have scenery by showtime?

Setting up East Deerfield Yard. I think I see a track that isn't on the track plan.
Module by Patrick Kubala

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Above and below: Gregory Maas and Phil Johnson sorting car cards



East Deerfield Yard all set up.
Module by Patrick Kubala

Above and below: Musconetcong Tunnel
Module by Doug Scott



Westernport
Module by Gary Munsey

Port Arcadia
Module by Stan Slowik

Westernport
Module by Gary Munsey

Port Arcadia
Module by Stan Slowik

Dana Bock, Steve Belforti and John Bock setting up Bayard modules.

Alan Rice reviews the layout plan.

Above and below: I'm not sure but I think this is Hampshire. Note all the earth moving equipment.



Gregory Maas and Tom Lowry sorting car cards. A good sit down job at setup. There are always more cards to sort.

?, Joe Albano, Jr. and Arthur Martin
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This module isn't familiar - wait a minute it's not on the ABEL layout.
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Nor this.
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Nor this.
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Nor this.
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Musconetcong Tunnel, with trains running, finally.
Module by Doug Scott

Musconetcong Tunnel, with lots of activity trackside.
Module by Doug Scott

Musconetcong Tunnel
Module by Doug Scott

Nuclear waste train pulls into a siding at Bayard.
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Waterford Nuke Plant
Module by Rich Houghtaling

CR tower
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Jeremy and Christine Bedson at Prescott Valley. Note that the only two passenger stations on the layout are at Prescott Valley and two modules away at Sullivan's in the forground.
Prescott Valley Modules by Jeremy and Christine Bedson

Module by Jim Whitman
Jim Whitman's house on fire module

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