After months of planning and preparation on TnT, the ILTCO LEGO Train Layout was a big success at the National Train Show held in Hartford, CT 10-12 July 2009.  Members from NELUG, Pewaukee Road LEGO Train Line, PennLUG, TnT, NCLTC, and ParLUGment participated in the layouts, which were greeted with high praise by NMRA convention attendees, other vendors, and the general public.  Pictures from the event can be found in the Flickr group "ILTCO NMRA Train Show 2009" http://www.flickr.com/groups/iltco2009/pool/ and in the NELUG Media Gallery for this event at http://www.nelug.org/mediagallery/album.php?aid=411&page=1

Thank you to everyone who made the show such a big success!

Jonathan Dallas, Elroy Davis, Eric Kingsley, Mike Ripley

NMRA NTS 2009 ILTCO LEGO Layout Coordinators 

 Several Events Planned during the Show!

Here's the official note that LEGO made on the LEGO Factory site:

June 1st - Late Spring Gallery Cleaning

With focus on giving you and future users the best possible experience, we have decided to clean up our gallery. In this process, models older than 12 months of age will be removed. Therefore, we ask you to save your cherished creations prior to June 1st. We hope our decision won't be of any inconvenience. 

To download your old models follow these simple steps:

Log on to My LEGO Factory

1. Click on the model you would like to save.
2. Click the Download button.
3. Save your model on your computer.

- Repeat steps 1-3 for each model you'd like to keep.

Here is the full announcement from LEGO, including results from the previous survey and the link to a new one.