SMRF 2000 Recap

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The Southeastern Model Railroaders Forum third annual meeting was hosted by Bill Cox of the Trains Unlimited Hobby Shop in Lynchburg, Virginia on September 15-17. The "fest," as we SMRF'ers like to call it, was very well-organized, informative and fun.  Thanks to a variety of hobby publishers, manufacturers and distributors (see below), every registered attendee went home with a door prize this year! In addition to door prizes, attendees went home with new knowledge from clinics--on painting, stripping paint, decaling, researching prototypes to lobby manufacturers for their favorite model, and building transfer cabs or GP-40's--and inspiration from the many super layouts in the tours, and the southeastern railroad models on display or even for sale!

Let's take a moment here to thank those who put in hard work:

Organizer:

Bill Cox, Trains Unlimited Hobby Shop, Lynchburg, Va.

Layouts on Tour:

Mark Day: Norfolk & Western,  Bedford Division
Jeff Thaxton: Union Pacific, Blue Mountain Division
Jean Raas: Lynchburg O Scale Club
Chris Wiley: C&O Railway's James River Subdivision
Steve Blanchard: Virginia Piedmont & Northwestern
Roy Evans: Hamilton Bayview & Western
Bill Cox: Charlottesville, Riverton & Hagerstown
Bill Cox: Charlottesville, Monroe & Lynchburg

Clinic Presenters:

George Riley
Kevin Goodman
Bill Mosteller
Larry Puckett
Bob Harpe

Door Prize Donors:

Accurail
Digitrax
Highlands Station
Hundman Publishing
Intermountain
Kadee
Kalmbach Publishing
Red Caboose
Withers Publishing