 |
|
|
|
 |
|
Celebrating 34 years of fun
for the entire family!
2nd
Saturday in August, every year!
Boonsboro Ruritan Club
|
         
Next Rail Day will
be August 11, 2012 Reserve the date!
What is Lynchburg
Rail Day? click here
Vendors:
get your 2012 registration forms now!
(click here)
White Elephant
Table participants: get your 2012 guidelines now (click here)
Pictures from
Previous Years
Vendors! Food!
Displays! Tours!
 
 
 
 
photo credits Garland Harper & Matt Couch
Next Rail Day will
be August 11, 2012 Reserve the date!
      
Location
|
Lynchburg Rail Day 2012 will be
held at the Boonsboro Ruritan Club, just
off of U.S. 501 North near
Lynchburg, Virginia. Make the short
and scenic drive northwest of
Lynchburg to our biggest
location ever! There is plenty
of free parking and the building
is handicap accessible.
From out of town? Need accommodations?
Check out special rates available
at the
Kirkley Hotel (click
here). |
 |
Directions
|
FROM POINTS NORTH
(Charlottesville, etc.) - Follow
US 29 South. Do not
take the 29 Business exit
just south of Amherst but
instead stay on 29 south (a new
bypass) to US 460. Exit
onto US 460 West toward
Lynchburg and then later exit
onto US 501 North (Candler's Mt.
Road/Beuna Vista). After
two lights (mall entrance on
left), take the right-hand ramp
for US 501 North. Go about
3 miles to the light at Lakeside
Drive/US 221. See
italics at right.
FROM POINTS SOUTH
(Danville, etc.) - Follow US 29
North past the airport, under US
460, and into Lynchburg.
Shortly after the mall entrance
on the right, take the
right-hand ramp for US 501
North. Go about 3 miles to
the light at Lakeside Drive/US
221. See italics at
right.
FROM POINTS EAST
(Farmville, etc.) - Follow US
460 West to the US 501 North
(Candler's Mt. Road/Beuna Vista)
exit. Exit here and pass
two lights (mall entrance on
left), then take the right-hand
ramp for US 501 North. Go
about 3 miles to the light at
Lakeside Drive/US 221. See italics at
right.
FROM POINTS WEST
(Roanoke, etc.) - Follow US 460
East to the right-hand exit for
US 460 East Business
(Timberlake Rd.). Exit here and
follow Timberlake Rd. about 3
miles. Take the right-hand
ramp for US 501 North. Go
about 2 miles to the light at
Lakeside Drive/US 221. See italics at
right.
FROM POINTS NORTHWEST
(Buena Vista, etc.) Follow US
501 South over the mountain to
the village of Boonsboro.
Turn right onto Coffee Rd. (Rt.
644). Go 2 miles.
The Boonsboro Ruritan Club is on
the right. |
Continue straight on US 501
North through the light at
Lakeside Drive/US 221. At the
next light, turn left to follow
US 501 North, now called
"Northwest Expressway." At the
next light at Boonsboro Road,
turn left again to follow US 501
North. Go about 2 miles and turn
left onto Coffee Rd. (Rt. 644).
Go about 2 more miles. The
Boonsboro Ruritan Club is on the
right.
Printer-friendly version |
Times and Tickets
|
|
Doors open for
Rail Day 2012 at 9:00 am and the
show will run until 4:00 pm.
Concessions and lunch will be served
throughout the day.
Admission
for Rail Day is only $6.00 for
adults and can be purchased at
the door. Children 12 and
under are admitted free with a
paying adult. Bring the
family!
|
       
Lunch
and Concessions
|
Come
enjoy Rail Day and stick
around for lunch!
Members of the Blue Ridge
Chapter NRHS will once again be
cooking up several lunch items
available throughout the day.
All proceeds from our
concessions benefit the chapter
and its programs.
Samples from last year's menu:
Carolina BBQ Sandwich, chips, drink
Hot Dog, chips, drink
We'll
also have chips, sodas, water, and
coffee all day long. |
 |
Children's
Corner
|
|
Rail Day 2012
will continue and expand the children's train play area that was so
popular last year. We will provide durable Lionel electric trains
and plenty of track that children can use to create layouts and run
trains. The Chapter will provide experienced school teachers to
supervise the play area and assist the children in having an
enjoyable and successful experience with the trains. We do ask that
each family group have one adult remain with their children while
they enjoy the trains in the play area. |
Model
Layouts
|
(types of
layouts in recent years)
N-Trak Modular Layout
(N scale)
The LyNchburg Area N-Scalers will be bringing more than 20 N-Trak
modules assembled to make a large layout with a fully sceniced main
line loop and yard.
Family Layout Project
(HO scale)
The Simmons family had
the first module of the M&R Railway on display at RailDay 2008.
This is a family layout project that daughter, son and father have
continued to work on over weekends, and with the help of others, has
now grown into a 10' by 14' operating layout. They freelance so
they can model whatever they like, but the layout has a strong
Southern Railway influence.
Steam Locomotive
Servicing Facility
(HO scale)
Fred Mayer will display his model of a Great Northern locomotive
servicing facility with roundhouse, turntable and coal dock. The
scene will be completed with a selection of Fred's high quality
models of the road's classic motive power.
Railroad Model
Craftsman Magazine Project Layout
(HO Scale)
George Riley works for
Carstens Publications, and one of his jobs is to prepare the annual
train set supplement and build a beginner's layout to describe
therein. This year's project set out to demonstrate that a
complete 4' by 6' layout can be completed for less than $500,
including lumber, table legs, track, train set, structures, scenery,
and state-of-the-art DCC digital control system.
Rico,
Colorado on the Rio Grande Southern
(On30 Scale)
Gary Quale and George
Riley have been working on a series of modules compatible with the
James River Division of the NMRA's On30 modular layout project.
Three of the modules comprising a 2' by 10' yard scene will be on
display. On30 means that these models are built to O scale with
1:48 proportions, but operate on HO gauge track to represent narrow
gauge trains with just 30" between the rails.
N&W, Burkeville to Crewe (HO scale) P.J. Reed has been a
dedicated helper at past RailDays assisting in the operation of
various display layouts. This year, P.J. brings his own portable
layout, a 4' by 10' HO layout which allows the simultaneous
operation of two trains on interconnected loops. He captures the
spirit of operations on the N&W between Burkeville and Crewe, VA.
P.J. has a special talent for finding clever uses of common
household items in creating the scenery for his layouts |
N-Trak Layout
|
|
Photography & Modeling
Exposition
Calling
all railroad modelers and
photographers! Bring your
work to the Model Exposition at
Lynchburg Rail Day.
Scratch builders or Ready-to-Run
can join in the fun!
Awards will be given for:
Craftsmanship |
Originality | Popular
appeal
in the following categories:
Photo (8x10 color or b/w) |
Freight and Passenger Cars
Steam and Diesel Locomotives |
Structure
Diorama (model of RR scene)
Favorite Train (circus, passenger, logging,
etc)
Click here for specifics on entering
contest or more information
Special Note for Boy Scouts
Slide
Shows
Again this
year, various railroad slide
shows will be shown throughout
the day. These are a great way
to see some terrific railroad
photography as well as to learn
more about the railroad history
of our region.
More
information coming soon! |
QUICK
LINKS
 |
     
Vendors
|
Vendors are the
backbone of our show, and once again
a number of model railroad and
railroadiana dealers will be at Rail Day, including:
More information coming soon!
Vendors: Download a
Registration Form |
 |
|
Welcome New Vendor this Year
Laubisch Photos from Cincinnati,
Ohio. Photographic specialties include Railroadiana:
foreign and domestic. Jack Laubisch is member of the C&O
Historical Society and the Mid-Central Region/Division
7/National Model Railroad Association.
www.laubischphotos.com |
 |
 |
In
addition to our venders, the
Blue Ridge Chapter will
have a White Elephant Table
featuring all manner of model
railroad items as well as books
and railroadiana. Portions
of the proceeds from these sales
benefit the BRC NRHS and its
programs.
Download the White Elephant Table guidelines for 2012
here. |
|
History of
Lynchburg Rail Day
 |
For
34 years, Rail Day brought area
modelers and rail fans together
for a day of fun, clinics, home
layout tours, model contests,
and plenty of iron horse trading
-- all sponsored by our local
model shop, Trains Unlimited.
The show was organized in
1978 by Jim Revell, who held the
first Rail Day behind his store
on Lakeside Drive in Lynchburg.
Under his guidance the show
grew, moving into successively
larger venues to accommodate
bigger crowds and more expansive
modular layouts featuring all of
the popular scales. |
|
Blue Ridge Chapter members
helped from the start. They
manned display equipment
provided by the railroads,
including visits by the Best
Friend of Charleston, Norfolk Southern's exhibit car,
and variety of Amtrak passenger
cars over the years. Members
helped with set up, model
contests and clinics, and
eventually took over the food
concessions and organized a
"white elephant" table as
chapter fund raisers.
|
 |
|
When Jim Revell sold the shop to
Bill Cox in 1996, Rail Day was a
well established popular area
event operating in the Lynchburg
Builder's Association Greenstone
Centre. In 2003, Bill decided to
retire and sold the store.
Coincidentally, the Builder's
Centre was optioned to a
development. Both events
threatened Rail Day's future.
Wanting the show to continue,
Blue Ridge Chapter members voted
to promote Rail Day themselves
and have been sponsoring the
event ever since. Come
join us as we carry on an annual
Lynchburg tradition! |
|
Help Spread
the Word
Click here for a Rail Day Flier
For More
Information
Still have
questions? Contact our Lynchburg
Rail Day experts:
Barry Morefield (434-321-2174 before 9PM)
bmopar@verizon.net
John Tanner (434-525-1318)
flytrains@verizon.net
Norris
Deyerle (434-237-4912)
railcow@msn.com
For all inquiries concerning Railroad
Model/Photography Exposition Contest
contact:
Fred Mayer (434-384-2773)
barbalin@comcast.net
The small trains
on this page are used here by permission of Frograil.com.
Visit
Frograil's Train GIFs
page to download
your own!
|
|
|
CHAPTER |
Meetings |
Programs |
Events |
Members |
Rail Day |
Archives |
Photos |
Links |
Contact us
Blue
Ridge Chapter ~ Lynchburg, Virginia ~ National Railway Historical Society
Unauthorized duplication of website content is
prohibited. |
