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Here are pictures from the Bay Area LEGO Train Club (BayLTC) layouts at various train shows. BayLTC is a special interest group of the Bay Area LEGO Users' Group (BayLUG). We are looking forward to more Great American Train Show (GATS) and other public shows.

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BayLTC Museum Show, Decmeber 2004

Posted April 15, 2005 00:09 | Category: Train Shows | #

Last December, BayLUG and BayLTC put on a display at the Museum of American Heritage in Palo Alto, CA. This was our second long-term exhibit, after the one in Pleasanton in June of 2004. Here are pictures taken both during and during tear-down after the show.

I took the pictures taken during the teardown phase while suffering from a terrible fever and flu, so I don't remember much about it! But the pictures speak for themselves anyway...

Visitors admire our train layout
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Great American Train Show, November 2004

Posted December 8, 2004 16:06 | Category: Train Shows | #

Originally posted November 30, 2004 23:39
Updated December 8: added captions; removed blurry or redundant images; reordered images

On November 27-28, 2004, we participated in the GATS in Pleasanton for the third time. We won third place again!

Our layout Saturday morning as we are finishing setup
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BayLTC Museum Show, July 11, 2004 (tear-down)

Posted July 12, 2004 18:31 | Category: Museum 2004 06 | #

Turn out the lights, the party's over...

Sunday, July 11 was the last day of our month-long display at the Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society and Museum. After the museum closed at 4pm, we took down the "sneeze guards" and table skirts for a photo shoot, culminating in a group photo.

Taking down sneeze guards
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BayLTC Museum Show, July 3, 2004 (parade)

Posted July 5, 2004 06:34 | Category: Museum 2004 06 | #

For the penultimate weekend of our month-long display at the Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society and Museum, we put together a 4th of July Parade. Only problem is, the museum is closed on the 4th. However, I took these pictures on the 3rd:

Parade approaching down Main St />
Russell converted his Sept. 11 monument to a parade float for this display.
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BayLTC Museum Show, June 26, 2004 (new models added)

Posted July 5, 2004 06:34 | Category: Museum 2004 06 | #

These pictures, taken two weeks after the opening of our month-long exhibit at the Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society and Museum, show some of the models added during that time.

On the left, one of Bruce's new stock cars making its way around the
layout.
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BayLTC Museum Show, June 12, 2004 (post-setup)

Posted June 14, 2004 01:30 | Category: Museum 2004 06 | #

BayLTC was invited to put on a display at the Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society and Museum. This is our first long-term installation, lasting from June 10 to July 11, 2004. These pictures were taken on June 12, just after setup was completed.

BayLTC layout
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Train Collectors Association Show, March 2004

Posted April 2, 2004 02:31 | Category: Train Shows | #

The Train Collectors Assocation had their "Cal-Stewart Spring Meet" convention at the Santa Clara Convention Center on March 27-28, 2004, and BayLTC was invited to display our layout in the vendors' hall.

Layout, Saturday 1 of 5
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Great American Train Show, February 2004

Posted March 1, 2004 21:59 | Category: Train Shows | #

On February 28-29, 2004, we returned to the site of our first GATS, the Cow Palace near San Francisco. We got a third place ribbon.

This shows the side of the layout where the yard is />
  In the
  foreground is Mark and Ross Benz's mission and mountain, Russell
  Clark's lighthouse, my Gringott's Cafe, and other smaller models.
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Great American Train Show, July 2003

Posted July 21, 2003 20:53 | Category: Train Shows | #

Pictures from the Great American Train Show, July 19-20, 2003, at the San Mateo Expo Center in San Mateo, CA. Our layout won second place in the contest!

Laying out this corner was my responsibility.
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  The large white and red building is Ross Benz's Mission San Jose
  California all 4th graders are required to build a model of one of the
  Spanish missions.  This was Ross's entry.  When I was his age, I
  wanted to build it out of LEGO but didn't have enough bricks.  I think
  I used sugar cubes instead.
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Great American Train Show, November-December 2002

Posted December 2, 2002 23:04 | Category: Train Shows | #

Pictures from the Great American Train Show, November 30-December 1, 2002, at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, CA. Our layout won first place in the contest!

Vendors & Layouts 1
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Last updated: 09/19/2007     William R. Ward, bill@wards.net