 | Come enjoy the ETEGL's European-themed HO scale layout at the Michigan State Pavilion as part of Michigan's largest model train show on Sunday, November 10. Admission is only $8 with show hours from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. See you on November 10! |
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 ...coming up very soon! The ETEGL will be educating the public on European trains and transport via our modular layout at the Great Train Show in Novi,. Michigan on January 20 & 21, 2024. Show details, along with a coupon for discounted entry, can be found here:
https://www.greattrainshow.com/gts-show-landing-pages/novi-01-24 Not long after, we're attending the AAMRC show in Saline, Michigan on February 17 & 18. This is a perrenial favorite of the chapter, with lots of merchants including the occasional Marklin, Roco or Fleischmann collection. Details on that show are available here: https://www.hvrrhs.org/annual-train-show.html We look forward to seeing all our chapter members and chapter friends at one or both of these great model train shows! This past weekend's exhibit at the Bavarian Festival in Frankenmuth was a great success! Our European train display and layout was well received by the public, with lots of compliments and kind words. A few pictures from the layout are below. Please contact the ETEGL if you have questions about the layout or the chapter, or wish to invite us to your train show or European-themed event!  From June 9-11 the Great Lakes Chapter of European Train Enthusiasts will once again be exhibiting at Fischer Hall during Bavarian Fest. Opening times are 10:00 - 6:00 on Friday and Saturday, and 10:00 - 3:00 on Sunday. As always, admission is free, with donations gratefully accepted!
If you are a non-member and wish to confirm that we're not all a bunch of whackos before joining the chapter, reach out to Carsten Ramcke at [email protected] for details on how to join us for either event.
 It's 2021, and the ETEGL is ready to return to normal! That's not to say we haven't made the most of the changes 2020 has brought. For example, our monthly chapter meetings have continued, with an average of more than a dozen members joining since July. The development of the new module specification continues, and we have set a date for launching the new layout: Frankenmuth Bavarian Festival in June 2022.
We look forward to resuming our in-person lunches this summer (fingers crossed), as well as continuing the virtual meetings to allow members near and far to join. We also look forward to setting up an 'assembly line' to build the frames for our new modular layout. Please stay safe, and we look forward to being together again soon! Want to stay a part of the ETEGL newsgroup? Trying to find us on Yahoo Groups? Well, with Yahoo announcing the end of Yahoo Groups we have moved the chapter email server to groups.io.
If you would like to join us at groups.io, please follow this link to enroll.
Our virtual meetings take place on the first Saturday of the month at noon, lasting about an hour. We are open to presentations by our members, so please reach out if you have a topic you'd like to present, whether it's a layout tour, a pictorial of your trip across the Alps on the Albula line, or my personal favorite, a slideshow entitled 'KOPLOPERS IN ACTION'.
ETEGL members, keep an eye on your email inbox for call-in and log-in information for our next monthly get-together. We hope to see you in an upcoming Zoom meeting soon! |
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