Category Archives: Trains Shows

NCLTC at LEGOPalooza 2009

NCLTC will exhibit a LEGO Train layout at LEGOPalooza 2009 at Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill, NC.  More details will be posted over the next couple weeks, if you are interested in participating, contact Mike Walsh ASAP!
LegoPalooza 2009
Location
Morehead Planetarium, Chapel Hill, NC
Set up

Friday, Jan 30, 12:30pm-9pm

Show

Saturday, Jan 31, 11am-4pm
Sunday, Feb 1, 1pm-4pm
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What’s going on with NCLTC?

Nothing!  Unfortunately it is fairly accurate.  We don’t have anything lined up for this coming Holiday Season but I haven’t really been seeking anything out either.  We won’t be doing a LEGO tree at Tinsel Town, at least not with a train, there was too little disregard for the train and it took a pretty [...]

NCLTC is very quiet these days

Ever since the demise of GATS, there hasn’t been a regular train show in the Raleigh area for NLCTC to participate in. The Nuese River Valley Railroad Club puts on a show in November but it falls on a weekend which I have a prior commitment and until I am finished with the Y-Princess [...]

NCLUG / NCLTC Christmas Tree at Tinsel Town

The joint NCLUG/NCLTC Christmas tree is on display at Tinsel Town at Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary. The tree is near the walkway down to the ice rink, next to the Wake Med tree. The tree looks really nice and is getting a lot of attention from Tinsel Town visitors.
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No Train Show this Holiday Season

For the first year in about 5 years, NCLTC will not have a train layout on display during the Holiday Season.  We had contacted a couple local malls to see if they were interested in hosting our layout but none responded.  NCLTC will join forces with NCLUG to decorate a tree at Tinsel Town.
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NCLTC Modular Neighborhood Standard

I have resurected the NCLTC Modular Neighborhood Standard and added it to the new NCLTC site. This was originally created several years ago in preparation for a GATS show. It had fallen off the web when the NCLTC site moved from PostNuke to WordPress.

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NCLTC at LEGOPalooza

Next weekend NCLTC will have a small layout on display at LEGOPalooza at the Morehead Planatarium in Chapel Hill. LEGOPalooza is a 2 day event this year jointly run by NCLUG and Morehead Planatarium. LEGOPalooza runs from 12-4 on Saturday and Sunday, stop by and see some amazaing creations.Â
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SHM Holiday Layout Ends

This morning I turned the trains off and the 2006 SHM Holiday Layout is officially over. The layout was supposed to run until the 20th of January but SHM Management decided to close Holiday Junction early.Thanks to everyone who helped contribute to the layout and to all of those who came out to see it.
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NCLTC at LEGOPalooza

Details are still a bit sketchy but NCLTC has been asked to set up a layout at LEGOPalooza. LEGOPalooza is an annual (this will be the 3rd) event run by NCLUG and hosted by Moorehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill. This year LEGOPalooza expands from 1 day to 2 day (Feb. 3-4). More details to come [...]

SHM Holiday Commercial

While I haven’t seen it myself, I understand the SHM Holiday Commercial is running regularly between midnight and 1 AM on WRAL-TV and the NCLTC layout is featured prominently. Time to break out the TiVo!
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