The two open houses in November went well. A little busier on the Saturday, but still a good turnout both days. Not everyone signs in, and some groups only have one person sign in, so it was tough to get an accurate count, but I had about 50 people on Saturday and about 35 the following Sunday.
This year I had a helper on the Saturday open house, Ken K. from up in New York. Ken has a similar modeling interest and had visited my layout last Spring. Ken plans to model the D&H in the same basic time period as my layout. Ken was looking for another visit as he is planning and working on his layout, and I jumped at the chance to have another operator on hand during the open house. Usually I get busy answering questions and socializing and it helps to have someone else running some extra trains (in addition to the 2 running on loops) and keep an overall eye on things. It also gave me a chance to run some trains with Ken when things were not too busy.
Another benefit was that Ken took a few pictures during the day, something I almost never get a chance to do. I always want to get pictures of visitors, but once the conversations get going, I totally forget to snap a few pics. And never any pics of me eitherSo thanks Ken for these photos!!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddlEZETF5q_t7TiiA2yaiuQtQZcXQgpI-sDV4kLBXN-XZA_V5_2X42iocorm-pjv8c7ehv7WbgZpfe0units1nGFA4CViFiUtNbWTTQ-BP8LS5Nthrvue_ewrpdVEdrphiU1K/s1600/image1.JPG) |
Some Q and A about the layout. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nnwS3m7N2gAcwHew8maHqNUg-pG-_V4qGqGJEyuoDfCTZvnmTurW53GOie_B3iQFjQSQigUYz_fBoxsYGapc1qWhLXtX5SV0KRf2N0eb6SypDs-NPe1UlpDLVfpTgTaakRFC/s1600/image2.JPG) |
One thing I enjoy about these open houses vs. NMRA events is that you get a lot more spouses and children out to see what the hobby is all about. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJM5hUbFKEOgRZrw_qYjd2P6Q8t3gAcsHZqvdT4Zn1okUoowna7qEMYoctmX5SLhxqauYklTTtXpJsy24DOZQw8Fx6PnfOh-pF-3woFbCxL8VAxj_rnS6-prFn8cquq-fi2uY/s1600/IMG_5032.JPG) |
Some questions about St. Johnsbury yard |