I had no idea I took this many photos at Trainfest....

These are the photos I took with my DSLR - there are going to be quite a few photos that look the same as my cell phone shots.

I've never been to Trainfest before, so when I heard that MRH wasn't going to have a booth this year I begged, whined, and pleaded for Joe to send me solo. 

So here I am, with cameras in hand. 

New announcements this morning include the revealing of Value Trains USA's first product, the PS-2 4427 in N scale from Athearn, and Rapido will be producing the US standard SW-1200 in HO (including the SP model with full light package) . Yes, Rapido has an SP fan on staff. 

Without planning it, I saved the best for last.

Why do I say that the Ocala Model Railroaders Historic Preservation Society - HO scale is the best?

Because theirs was the layout that had this plaque on it:

On a sad note, the layout also had this on it:

The Ocala Model Railroaders Historic Preservation Society has two modular layouts, one in N scale and the other in HO. This N scale layout took 2nd Place - Group in the module contest. They were also in Orlando.

This railroad probably came closest to my looking at the photos and going, "Who?" They really didn't have any signage, and I'll admit I like signage.

I did find a piece of paper that explained it all. Here is what it said:

The Story of the MZ&D, Big Bridge Railroad

The Miami Valley Modular Railroad have been at some recent National Train Shows, at least I know I've seen them before. They actually had one of the larger layouts here.

I believe there were several groups involved, or at least elements of several groups, but only two had billboards:

A new modular layout to me was the Colorado Rail Link, an HO scale layout that seemed to be BNSF oriented, with a focus on modern operations -

This is a club that I've seen twice that I know of - because they won awards in Anaheim in 2008 and Orlando 2017:

Frankly, when I looked at these photos I realized that I had no idea who's layout this was. But I see that the T-Trak page on Facebook is noting that they had an HO layout there as well and a namebadge of someone sitting at the layout that I caught in the corner of a photo indeed said T-Trak on it.

So here it is: