Tag: Roger Farkash
October Overflow
TrainWorx Traingineers finished off an incredible October Overflow installing the custom TrainWorx layout for Railyard Hobbies, in Elverson, Pennyslvania. This is absolutely a definite MUST VISIT hobby store!
I say finish off because October in the TrainWorx studio was jam packed with great projects like:
- Railyard Hobby layout
- Lionel refurb section of Corporate Layout
- Lionel Dallas Toy Fair
- TM Video Shoot
- Ronald McDonald House | Trains at North Park Layout additions
- Lionel Big Boy Pedestal
Here are some behind the scenes pictures of our October Overflow – ENJOY!
2nd Annual Layout Festival … *Tremendous Success*
THANK YOU!
THANK YOU!
THANK YOU!
To all our attendees from near and far who converged at our TW TrainWorx Studio last Saturday and partook in all the *Fun Festival Festivities!!!!
Testimonials are flying in from all over the country and the resounding summation is…
W O W!!!
Without further ado, lets start the picture parade with a collage of the “outside” Layout Festival Atmosphere and move on below it for more pictures to share with everyone!
ENJOY!
7 Days until TrainWorx 2nd Annual Layout Festival!
The countdown is on as Layout Festival preparations are in full swing!
SEPTEMBER 14, 2013
TrainWorx 2nd Annual Layout Festival
2808 McGowan St.
Dallas, Texas 75203
This year doubles in size from last year’s layout line up… last count, there will be 16 TrainWorx Layouts (all in various stages of completion) for our Festival Attendees to experience. Seriously…we’re about to bust through the roof — > at this rate, we’re going to have to expand and get that new building up – P R O N T O!
On the program layouts include:
- BNSF Corporate Layout
- Lionel Corporate Figure 8 Module
- Houston, Wharton & Pecos Residential RR
- Ronald McDonald House Water Tower
- Railyard Hobby Store Layout
- Rooney Family Layout
- Lionel Towers
- Texas Special Modular
- LCCA Mini Layout
- Lionel Branded 4 x 8
- TrainWorx Hellgate Table
- Lionel Branded 5 x 9 Table
- Lionel Plano Modular Group
- Tennessee Roy Table
- Baggage Cart Layout
- 0 – 27 Table
*New this year are VENDOR Tables! Only two tables available: Grab YOUR vendor table here NOW: http://bit.ly/14Nk8E5
Along with the Layouts will be some absolutely fabulous organizations and their outstanding representatives:
- Museum of the American Railroad
- BNSF Corporate Headquarters
- BNSF Railroad Patrol
- Lionel’s Mike Reagan, Dir. of Production & Customer Service
- LCCA’s President Dennis Devito
- Ronald McDonald House of Dallas
- Lionel Plano Modular Group
Cooking up under the tent will be mouth watering BBQ by the renown Mama Faye’s BBQ!
**Door prizes, raffle prizes and special bonuses are in store for this year’s attendees – – guaranteed to be RIDICULOUS FUN!!!
There is still time to access attendee registration – click here: http://www.trainworxfestival.com Sign UP and be part of the 2nd Annual TrainWorx Layout Festival!!
Remember, cameras are…
ALLOWED!!!
I’m working on my Layout Festival…Absolutely…Crazy…Ridiculous…Value Packed…*Steal-of-a-Deal that *ONLY* Action Takers will have access to…more on that coming S O O N!
And truly, the best of the best about our Layout Festival is part of the proceeds benefit the wonderful Ronald McDonald House of Dallas – this organization serves SO MANY families as they deal with challenging medical issues.
That being said, a special THANK YOU to so many of you who’ve already donated while registering!!!
You are AWESOME 🙂
Here is the link again: http://www.trainworxfestival.com
Happy Tracks!
Traindame aka Dorcie Farkash
TW TrainWorx
(877) 881-4997
1.2 Million Pounds…On The Move
That’s right! The UP 4018 Big Boy was on the move yesterday on its way to Frisco, Texas where it will join the other Museum of the American Railroad trains!
Yesterday afternoon, Roger returned from the Lionel Customer Service open house to find out the move was on – so he got off the plane…jumped in the car…and tracked down the Big Boy just before sunset:
Get a load of these stats:
The Big Boy hits the scales at 1.2 Million pounds! Required 26 tons of coal, 25,000 gallons of water to be able to pull a 5 mile long train! Wowzers – that’s a BIG BOY.
I thought it’d be great to have the BIG BOY first make an appearance at our 2nd Annual Layout Festival but knew that’d be out of the question, however I’ve got the next best thing – representatives from the Museum of American Railroad will be on hand to share information on all the wonderful trains they have for their new Museum in Frisco. Plus we’ll have representatives from BNSF at the Festival who are the REAL TRAIN MOVERS getting the Big Boy to its new home!! Additionally – we will have a BNSF Railroad Officer here and I’m working on having a BNSF patrol car here as well…this just in – Lionel’s Mike Reagan is confirmed to be here!!
There are over 100 attendees signed up for this year’s festival and if YOU haven’t signed up yet, please do so right NOW! The date is Saturday – September 14, 2013 right here at our Dallas studio: 2808 McGowan Street
http://www.trainworxfestival.com
Here are some pictures from Lionel’s Customer Service open house this past weekend in Ohio. Enjoy!
2013 Layout Festival Flyer
SHARE! SHARE! SHARE!
Please let all YOUR *Friends, Family, Co-workers, Organizations, Associations, Churches, know about our Layout Festival!
To get Layout Festival *ACCESS – – All Aboard, RIGHT HERE:
http://www.trainworxfestival.com
SAVE THE DATE!
With no further adieu… please mark your calendars for the…
TrainWorx 2nd Annual Layout Festival – Saturday, September 14th, 2013!!
The Traingineers are in FULL PREPARATION mode for the *MUST* attend Layout Festival of a lifetime! New this year; Vendor Tables – so YOU will be able to
start YOUR Christmas shopping EARLY – Ho HO HO!
Festival hours are from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm. Once you’ve parked (for FREE)
here’s what to expect:
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Over 14 different layouts all in varying stages of completion that you will experience up close and personal! Thanks to our friends at BNSF we will again be featuring the train layout that Warren Buffett called “A Masterpiece!” Folks…this is the ONLY time YOU (the public) can experience Mr. Buffett’s…I mean BNSF’s layout!!
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Speaking of BNSF…there will be representatives on hand from not only BNSF but: the Museum of American Railroad, Lionel Toy Trains, Lionel Collector’s Club of America, Ronald McDonald House of Dallas…and more being added!
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10 Vendors will be on hand with unique train related goodies for you to start some early Christmas shopping!
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**Door prizes** **Chinese Raffle** **Food Trucks** **Live Music** **Lenny the Lion** **FUN-FUN-FUN**
Admission is $10.00/person – $20.00/family – Part of the proceeds will benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Dallas and there is a strong possibility that Ronald himself
will be making an appearance this year!
To gain access to ALL LAYOUT FESTIVAL details – this link is for YOU: http://www.trainworxfestival.com
Happy Tracks!
Traindame aka Dorcie Farkash
TW TrainWorx
(877) 881-4997
P.S. Feel Free to pass this link on: http://www.trainworxfestival.com to ALL YOUR Friends! Family! Train Buddies! Relatives! Co-workers! Church! The more YOU share, we will for sure blow last year’s attendance record (over 600) out the door!!! Get here EARLY, I promise there’s going to be even MORE going on this year!!!!
P.P.S. Stay tuned…I will be adding updates to the Festival Details as more Fun-tivities are ADDED!
Choo Chooing at the LCCA Convention in Chattanooga!
The LCCA’s week long Convention is now in full swing at the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel in Tennessee. Our Chief Traingineer, Roger Farkash with his Traingineer’s George and Roy as well as Lionel’s Tom Nuzzo were spotted just the other day… stopping this train!
On display in the hotel lobby is the World Famous Lionel Layout (designed in 2008 by Roger Farkash) where the LCCA Members get a close up (and in some cases) a hands on experience running trains!
Photo of layout in the lobby taken by Wes Schultz:
Please click on the link below to check out the video just sent in from this event:
Lionel Layout in the Choo Choo Chattanooga Hotel Lobby
Tonight (being July 17th ) at 7:00 pm, Roger Farkash will be giving one of his AMAZING and extremely educational seminars on “scenically making it happen on YOUR layout”… that would be my title of the seminar not sure the “official” title 🙂
Also on display at this year’s Convention is the Texas Scenic Modular Layout which incorporates the LCCA/Lionel Modular into a way cool layout which is catching on big time with modular train clubs across the country.
Here is a collage I did showing off our TrainWorx Modular *Coveralls:
I’ll be joining the Traingineers tomorrow and will be sure to update my blog with more photos and fun stories from my adventures at the LCCA Convention at the Choo Choo Chattanooga Hotel. (Don’t ya just smile at the name of the hotel??)
THIS JUST IN…
The below photo was taken by Doug Strickland and is included in a front page article of the Chattanooga Times Free Press – that’s what I call Making HEADLINES in Chattanooga!
Click HERE to watch video and read article from the front page of Chattanooga Times Free Press just posted by the Lionel Collectors Club of America – Choo Choo Chattanooga…HERE I COME 🙂
Mountain Carving Master Class
The first Mountain Carving Master Class was a tremendous success!! Thank you to our 5 mountain carvers who not only received a T-shirt, hat, name badge, recording of event (thank you Le!!) but of course went home with their own carved mountain!
PROCESS PHOTOS:
MOUNTAIN CARVING COLLAGE:
Enjoy two hand written testimonials:
Visit to Grzyboski’s Train Store
YOU JUST GOTTA LOVE OUR LIONEL DEALERS!!
Roger and I were in Pennsylvania last weekend for our nieces wedding and took the opportunity to drive to Grzyboski’s incredible train store where we had the pleasure of not only seeing Joe but spending time with him as he was so gracious to give us a grand tour of his marvelous store. Thanks for your hospitality Joe!
Enjoy some shots from our Saturday – *FUN DAY* spent at Grzyboski’s…
