Tickets
Parties
Shop
Directions#38 -December Status Report
December 2, 2009
This month I’ll show you some of the noteworthy new additions to EnterTRAINment Junction. For travelers coming north on I-75, there’s a new attention-getter. The picture of a locomotive “breaking out” of the wall in center of the building (Figure 1). This is not as impressive as the original architect’s concept of a full […]
Read More >#37 November Status Report
November 2, 2009
This month we continue the tour of recent changes to the EnterTRAINment Junction layout in the Modern Period. As you exit the tunnel from Oakmore, a new scene unfolds in the meadow of the “Balloon Area.” Since neither the balloons nor the method of hanging and animating have been produced yet, the empty meadow cried […]
Read More >#36 Status Report
October 2, 2009
This month we’ll take a small detour from the usual tour of permanent changes to the layout and look at some special items temporarily added to the layout for the month of July 2009 in celebration of Independence Day. The most noteworthy of the additions is 4th of July parade in the town of […]
Read More >#35 Status Report
September 2, 2009
This month the tour of recent changes to the EnterTRAINment Junction layout continues in the Middle Period, looking specifically at the engine servicing facility. This was the part of the layout which MVGRS initially offered to design and build for EnterTRAINment Junction, and so it’s gotten our special attention to make it as authentic as […]
Read More >#34 Status Report
August 2, 2009
This month the tour of recent changes to the EnterTRAINment Junction layout continues into the Middle Period. One of the areas that has seen significant development and addition of detail is the coal mine just to the right after going through the tunnel into the Middle Period. Figure 1 shows the mine and company […]
Read More >#33 Status Report
July 2, 2009
It’s been four months now since I’ve provided an update on the changes that have been made to the layout, and the changes have been many, with some being truly phenomenal. This month I’ll show you what’s new in the Early Period, but I’m going to go backwards through the layout, because I want to […]
Read More >#32 Status Report
June 2, 2009
(The Tale of Two Cities – Part 2) As promised last month, this is the second installment of the tale, showing you the development of the Middle Era City, which currently does not have an official name. The Cincinnati club’s Mike Crone was the original “architect” for much of the design, which, like most areas […]
Read More >#31 Status Report
May 2, 2009
(The Tale of Two Cities – Part 1) For this month I decided to take a slightly different approach to these articles, showing the progression over time of the development of two of the major scenic elements of the EnterTRAINment Junction layout, the two cities. That’s the reason for the title I borrowed from Charles […]
Read More >#30 status report
April 3, 2009
As in the past, work has continued on the EnterTRAINment Junction layout, with improvements both big and small. Lately the MVGRS team’s attention has been focused on subtleties – details to make it look better and more finished, even though some of the elements are just temporary. We’ve added building facades at the right […]
Read More >#29 Status Report
March 3, 2009
We had an amazing turnout for the November MVGRS meeting at EnterTRAINment Junction, and I hope those of you who came were not disappointed by what you saw in the layout. As you know by now from the previous articles, changes to the layout continue to be made as time goes on, and there […]
Read More >#28 Status Report
February 3, 2009
This report includes some follow up from last month’s article, shows some new additions and improvements, and provides you with views from some uncommon vantage points that may be of interest. Last month I described my initial efforts to use a more powerful photo flash unit to stop the motion of trains in the photographs. […]
Read More >#27 Status Report
January 3, 2009
Work on the layout continues, as new buildings are added to the Middle Era City, including a theater and a Woolworth store (Figures 1 and 2). Also a new addition is a drive-in theater next to the stairs to mezzanine (Figure 3). In the Middle Era Engine Servicing Facility, also next to the stairs to […]
Read More >