More details are becoming available about the club’s schedule for 2007. Keep checking back for updates!
- January 14, 2007 - MoAH Christmas display ends
- January 21, 2007 - members-only BayLUG meeting @ Dave Porter’s house, Woodside
- February 17, 2007 - BayLUG meeting #1 @ Fremont Main Library
- February 25, 2007 - BayLUG meeting #2 @ MoAH
- March 16-18, 2007 - TCA Cal-Stewart Spring Meet @ Santa Clara Conv. Center
- March 24, 2007 - NMRA Preplanning (members only) @ Mtn View Round Table
- April 15, 2007 - BayLUG meeting @ MoAH
- May 19-20, 2007 - Maker Faire @ San Mateo Expo Center
- June 17, 2007 - BayLUG meeting @ MoAH
- June 23, 2007 - NMRA Planning (members only) @ Mtn View Round Table
- August 2007 (date pending) - BayLUG Space meeting/display @ Chabot Science Senter, Berkeley
- August 5, 2007 - Vintage Vehicles and Family Fun, Palo Alto
- September 29-30, 2007 (unconfirmed) - BayLTC train show, Fairgrounds, San Jose
- October 14, 2007 - BayLUG meeting @ MoAH
- November 24-25, 2007 (unconfirmed) - BayLTC train show, Fairgrounds, Pleasanton
- December 8, 2007 through January 6, 2008 - MoAH Christmas display
MoAH - Museum of American Heritage, Palo Alto.
For the third consecutive year, BayLUG and BayLTC members exhibited imaginative LEGO trains and other creations for the holidays at the Musuem of American Heritage in Palo Alto. The exhibition of “Living LEGO-cy” was open for a month, closing Sunday, January 14th. Propelled by wonderful Bay-Area-wide media coverage, including multiple newspaper articles, web and radio event coverage, the last weekend brought more than 1300 visitors of all ages through the exhibit and musuem. The incredibly popular show again demolished the Museum’s attendance records, set the previous year by the last BayLUG/LTC holiday exhibit!
Once again, a common comment was “I didn’t know LEGO made trains!” The multi-track operating LEGO train layout featured both realistic and fanciful locales. Some of the more prominant LEGO entities shown were: the Calgary Tower, shown below, a large arch bridge, representations of the Island of Sodor, and several parts of San Francisco decorated for the holidays.
Surrounding the train layout were adjacent complemetary displays including a HUGE LEGO castle featuring a Harry Potter theme. Many technic construction equipment, cranes, cars, Mecha, an automatic trolley, and other interesting creations filled the display cases lining the walls.
Club members and Museum leaders were all very pleased, and also relieved as the popular exhibit drew to a close. As a result of its success, there may be a large display opportunity at MoAH for BayLUG/LTC coming this summer.
Calgary Tower, City and Layout Overview Thomas, Tunnels and Trains
