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The tables when yours
truly arrived. A bit overwhelming.
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More empty tables.
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NALUG people hard at work with the
frantic setup.
It is about 5:00pm at this point and we
only have until 10:00pm.
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The NALUG sign is built out of
red, white and green basic bricks.
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The second place ribbons
won by NALUG. The blue one is from GETS in 1999
and the white one is from Supertrain.
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Our Supertrain award.
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Center section
of the layout with the elevator,
high speed line, and the highway. The
two right tracks belong to the large
loop and the two left tracks are part
of the smaller loop between the town
and the port.
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The blue Via train approaches on the
high speed mainline, which
intrigues a
curious onlooker. The town and elevator are
visible in the background.
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Another view of the layout.
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Another view of the layout.
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Another view of the layout.
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Another view of the layout.
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Another view of the layout.
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Children's Play Area before
the invasion.
About 10000 pieces are on each table
in the blue tubs.
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The very busy play area.
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The NALUG town. Most buildings
were built by James, and some by Chris and John.
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One of James' excellent houses.
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A train station at the
far edge of town.
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The police station is
a modified version of set 6386.
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James Jessiman Memorial Park.
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Closeup of the
James Jessiman Memorial Park.
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John's warehouse with
attached office.
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Warehouse closeup.
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Michel's grain elevator
that was mechanized by John.
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James' Mountain interior.
The two tunnels
allow clearance for 8-wides, which
complicates the support structure.
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Mountain exterior that used
about 15000 bricks.
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Mountain and track.
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Three versions of a CP engine.
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The large engine is known
as "big red".
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Rolling stock.
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Blue Via train with Metroliner cars.
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Yard
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Yard and an amused AFOL
in white shirt.
Yes, there is still some LEGO
in the bins under the tables.
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Yard
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Closeup of the modular containers.
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Bird's eye view of the yard.
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