BayLUG News

The Bay Area LEGO Train Club (BayLTC) presented a 20′x20′ layout at the Cow Palace in Daly City on the weekend of February 28-29, with good crowds on both days.

We had a pleasant surprise on Saturday afternoon, when a young AFOL dropped in with his Challenger-class (4-6-6-4) steam locomotive model. When he surprised us at last year’s Pleasanton GATS, we only got video of this 56-stud-long loco and 27-stud-long tender in action, but this time we got video and lots of snapshots! Watch for these images, due to be posted later this week. Thanks again to William Armstrong for bringing the model for us to enjoy, and to his bigger brother Chris for giving all his black parts to William for this model!

If you missed that show, come see us at one of our upcoming shows; see the Upcoming Events for the latest information.

Getting Started with LEGO Trains
by Jacob H. McKee

Jake McKee is the LEGO company’s liaison with the community of LEGO fans, and an adult fan of LEGO (AFOL) himself. He is also the webmaster of Bricks on the Brain, a great online resource for LEGO fans, including the Building Instructions Portal.

This book will offer a broad range of information about how to build and run LEGO trains, including instructions for building several different train projects. I can’t wait to get a copy!

For more information on the book, or to view sample text from the book, visit the publisher’s site. You can also visit Jake’s book web site.

February 2004, 120 pp., 4-color
$14.95 (reduced from $24.95)
ISBN 1-59327-006-2