Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area LEGO® Train Club (WamaLTC)

Shows

December 11, 2011: Georgetown Jingle in Washington, D.C.

December 10, 2011: A Christmas to Remember in Purcellville, Virginia

November 25-27, 2011: Holiday Festival of Trains and Toys at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum

November 12-13, 2011: 21st Annual Modular Train Display Show in Rockville, Maryland

October 29-30, 2011: LEGO® Brand Retail in Woodbridge, Virginia

Brand names everywhere you look!

October 23, 2011: Festival on the Square in Reston Heights, Virginia

Sure are a lot of skeletons downtown.

October 1, 2011: Oktoberfest in Vienna, Virginia

Stuart, Mike, and Margaret start setting up on a cold, rainy day.

August 20, 2011: Family Fest at Dulles Town Center in Sterling, Virginia

Tony signs the card for a group that has found the Spider-Man riding the train.

August 13, 2011: Annual Peach Festival at Wesley United Methodist Church in Fairfax County, Virginia

Mike and Tony bookend our display.

August 6-7, 2011: BrickFair in Chantilly, Virginia
June 18, 2011: Taste of Reston 2011

Oh, look, a McDonald’s!

June 4, 2011: 17th Manassas Heritage Railway Festival

These tall buildings don’t clean themselves, you know.

May 22, 2011: The Mattie Miracle Cancer Foundation’s Annual Pediatric Cancer Walk in Alexandria, Virginia

May 21, 2011: Habitat for Humanity Building Block Blitz in Arlington, Virginia

Judging the results of the blitz.

May 7-8, 2011: BrickMagic Festival for LEGO® Fans in North Raleigh, North Carolina

April 9, 2011: Family Day at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia

Emergency response to the pizzeria.

March 12-13, 2011: Boy Scout Troop 964 13th Annual Model Train Show in Dale City, Virginia

Big buildings, little buildings, whatever you want.

December 18, 2010: Santa’s Workshop in Alexandria, Virginia

A scavenger hunt thwarted by unpredictable participation.

December 11, 2010: A Christmas to Remember in Purcellville, Virginia

Crash test dummies still in one piece!

November 26-28, 2010: Holiday Festival of Trains at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum

MARC commuter train, bullet train, and steamers coexist.

November 13-14, 2010: 20th Annual Modular Train Display Show in Rockville, Maryland

Bob’s new bullet train makes the speedy rounds.

November 6, 2010: LEGO®-Palooza at the Beatley Library in Alexandria, Virginia

Bascule bridge continues to serve.

October 30-31, 2010: LEGO® Brand Retail in Woodbridge, Virginia

Operator error? More likely slightly weakened batteries in the controller.

October 16, 2010: Festival on the Square in Reston Heights, Virginia

Enjoying the sun and wind rather than last year’s rain.

October 2, 2010: Oktoberfest in Vienna, Virginia

Another sunny Saturday in Vienna.

September 18-19, 2010: KidsFEST at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum

A green GG1.

August 28, 2010: Family Fest at Dulles Town Center in Sterling, Virginia

Seems friendly.

August 7-8, 2010: BrickFair in Chantilly, Virginia
June 19, 2010: Taste of Reston 2010

Already more than one generation of battery operated train.

June 5, 2010: 16th Manassas Heritage Railway Festival

A weather-beaten PRR locomotive.

May 23, 2010: Spring Family Fun Day at The Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum in Chesapeake Beach, Maryland

Antique truck in use.

May 7-9, 2010: BrickMagic Festival for LEGO® Fans in Raleigh, North Carolina

April 10, 2010: Family Day at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia

River denizen pays no mind to the military maneuvers.

February 27, 2010: Little Conductor’s Day at the Lyceum in Alexandria, Virginia

Appreciating the onsite seating.

December 12, 2009: A Christmas to Remember in Purcellville, Virginia

Protecting the span is a full-time job.

November 27-29, 2009: Holiday Festival of Trains at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum

Some big trains on hand.

November 14-15, 2009: LEGO® Outlet in Woodbridge, Virginia

Abe shows how it’s done.

November 7-8, 2009: 19th Annual Modular Train Display Show in Rockville, Maryland

A 4-6-2 with two cabs.

October 17, 2009: Festival on the Square in Reston Heights, Virginia

Sitting bravely in the face of our coldest, wettest venue ever.

October 3, 2009: Oktoberfest in Vienna, Virginia

Rich has a captivated audience.

August 29, 2009: Family Fest at Dulles Town Center in Sterling, Virginia

Touch prevention is a full-time job.

August 22 and 23, 2009: Brickfair in Tysons Corner, Virginia

Rich’s block of Modular House Standard buildings.

August 8, 2009: Annual Peach Festival at Wesley United Methodist Church in Fairfax County, Virginia

Art adjusts the angle of the ladder.

June 6, 2009: 15th Manassas Heritage Railway Festival

The Union Pacific F7 pulls a heritage excursion train including a Placid-Series Sleeper car across the bascule bridge.

April 24-26 and May 1-3, 2009: Day Out With Thomas 2009 Hero of the Rails Tour at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland

The new Emerald Night set.

December 20, 2008: Santa’s Workshop in Alexandria, Virginia

Getting into the holiday spirit.

December 13, 2008: A Christmas to Remember in Purcellville, Virginia

Building on-site is a tradition.

November 28-30, 2008: Holiday Festival of Trains at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum

The Coast Guard responds.

November 8-9, 2008: 18th Annual Modular Train Display Show in Rockville, Maryland

There’s always something that needs repair.

November 1-2, 2008: LEGO® Outlet in Woodbridge, Virginia

The Blue Line rides again.

October 18, 2008: Autumn Adventure in Reston, Virginia

WALL-E reaches out.

October 4, 2008: Oktoberfest in Vienna, Virginia

Rich and Margaret examine the details.

August 23, 2008: Family Fest at Dulles Town Center in Sterling, Virginia

Another new venue for us.

August 16, 2008: Annual Peach Festival at Wesley United Methodist Church in Fairfax County, Virginia

June 21, 2008: ARCHitecture Day at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.

A celebration of Eero Saarinen’s iconic works of architecture.

June 15, 2008: 27th Annual Alexandria Red Cross Waterfront Festival

A new venue for us.

June 7, 2008: 14th Manassas Heritage Railway Festival

New stickers almost came off in the morning fog.

May 17-18, 2008: Second Annual Great Brunswick Train Show at the Brunswick Railroad Museum in Brunswick, Maryland

Just another day commuting to work.

April 25-27, 2008: Day Out With Thomas™ at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland

February 23-24, 2008: Greenberg’s Train and Toy Show at The Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Maryland

A community appreciates firefighting apparatus.

February 2-3, 2008: The Great Scale Model Train Show and Railroad Marketplace at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Maryland

Mike and Bob building.

December 22, 2007: Santa’s Workshop at the Lyceum in Alexandria, Virginia

A short yard.

December 9, 2007: Brambleton Community Association Winter Wonderland at the National Recreation and Park Association Ahrens Institute

Inattentive operators?

November 23-25, 2007: Holiday Festival of Trains at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum

A captivated audience.

November 10-11, 2007: 17th Annual Modular Train Display Show in Rockville, Maryland

Another brick in the wall.

November 2-4, 2007: LEGO® Outlet in Potomac Mills Mall

Cargo Train Deluxe 7898 rounds the curve.

October 20, 2007: Autumn Adventure in Reston, Virginia

A Hallowe’en-themed display attracted the attention of those at the festival.

September 15-16, 2007: Kids Fest at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum

Bob found instructions for this impressive locomotive.

August 11, 2007: Annual Peach Festival at Wesley United Methodist Church in Fairfax County, Virginia

Arthur arranges the responding units.

June 8-10, 2007: LEGO® Brand Retail Store in Potomac Mills Mall in Woodbridge, Virginia

Tom provides the signal bridges.

June 2, 2007: 13th Manassas Railway Heritage Festival in Manassas, Virginia

One of several new items of rolling stock from Tom.

May 19-20, 2007: The Great Brunswick Train Show in Brunswick, Maryland

A new locomotive from Bob.

April 14-15, 2007: The Great Scale Model Train Show and The All-American Hi-Rail & Collectors Train Show in Timonium, Maryland

Another GG-1 on our layout.

February 24-25, 2007: Great Train Expo in Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Mike Collaco’s Amtrak Genesis in Northeast Direct (Phase IV) livery awaits the call to service.

November 24-26, 2006: Holiday Festival of Trains at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum

On the turntable in a historic building.

November 3-5, 2006: LEGO® Outlet in Potomac Mills Mall

The Holiday Train for 2006 is displayed.

October 21, 2006: Autumn Adventure in Reston, Virginia

A Hallowe’en-themed display attracted the attention of those at the festival.

October 7, 2006: LEGO-palooza in Alexandria, Virginia

The Virginia Railway Express rounds a curve.

August 25, 2006: 2006 BrickFest™ in Tysons Corner, Virginia

Mike’s Amtrak constructions among those riding the rails.

July 7-9, 2006: 2006 NMRA National Convention in Philadephia, Pennsylvania

Bob’s streamliner was one of many creations on display to thousands.

June 17, 2006: 16th Annual Taste of the Town in Reston Town Center of Virginia

A loop with a trolley qualifies as a train display.

June 3, 2006: 12th Heritage Manassas Railway Festival in Manassas, Virginia

An ambitious multi-level layout included Ed Kohl’s light rail loop.

May 20, 2006: LEGO-palooza in Alexandria, Virginia

A local toy store’s promotion attracted enough visitors that eventually we had to raise our plexiglass barriers.

April 8-9, 2006: Great Train Expo in Westminster, Maryland
April 1-2, 2006: The Great Scale Model Train Show and The All-American Hi-Rail & Collectors Train Show in Timonium, Maryland

The high-speed train gets a dome car.

February 25-26, 2006: Great Train Expo in Upper Marlboro, Maryland

A mixed freight makes its way.

February 11-12, 2006: World’s Greatest Hobby on Tour in Chantilly, Virginia

Tony’s valley offers a mix of Civil War-era settlement and Thomas the Tank Engine.

February 4-5, 2006: The Great Scale Model Train Show and The All-American Hi-Rail & Collectors Train Show in Timonium, Maryland

Derek’s adaptation of the Santa Fe locomotive in Amtrak livery among those consists awaiting departure.

October 8-9, 2005: The Great Scale Model Train Show and The All-American Hi-Rail & Collectors Train Show in Timonium, Maryland

Bob takes in the large Mount Royal Station and Train Shed.

August 12-14, 2005: 2005 BrickFest™ in Arlington, Virginia

Visitors on Sunday inspect the multi-level layout.

July 8-10, 2005: 2005 NMRA National Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio

WamaLTC was but one of thirteen clubs which got together to put on a tremendous show.

June 18-19, 2005: Manassas Train Rec in Manassas, Virginia

Tony looks over the layout.

February 26 and 27, 2005: Greenberg’s Train, Toy & Hobby Show in Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Margaret responded to Tom’s challenge to make use of LEGO® Juniors 4654 Tanker Truck with this tank car.

November 29, 2003: Washington Baltimore & Annapolis Train Collectors Association chapter meeting in Fairfax, Virginia

Bob’s TGV and RDC await their turn.

August 16-17, 2003: Greenberg’s Train, Toy & Hobby Show in Chantilly, Virginia

Greg’s monorail finally gets its day.

June 7, 2003: Manassas Railway Festival in Manassas, Virginia

Rain prevented us from displaying a monorail layout.

February 8 and 9, 2003: Greenberg’s Train Show in Upper Marlboro, Maryland

A rare confluence of trains and gathering of My Own Train passenger wagons.

June 1, 2002: Manassas Railway Festival in Manassas, Virginia

The mixed blessing of cellular towers, built by Kevin Loch.

February 9 and 10, 2002: Greenberg’s Toy and Train Show in Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Bob Hayes’ high-speed train awaits its turn to zoom around the outer track.

August 18 and 19, 2001: Greenberg’s Toy and Train Show in Chantilly, Virginia

The Orange Line rolls in to pick up commuting minifigs. Metrorail car and station built by Kevin Loch.

June 2, 2001: Manassas Railway Festival in Manassas, Virginia

Lots and lots of Metroliner cars this year.

September 16 and 17, 2000: Greenberg’s Great Train and Collectible Toy Show in Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Those busy minifigs at work on another tall building.

July 15 and 16, 2000: Greenberg’s Great Train and Collectible Toy Show in Chantilly, Virginia

A whole lot of rolling stock awaits its turn.

These next three displays were before the founding of WamaLTC:

June 3, 2000: Manassas Railway Festival in Manassas, Virginia

Christopher Tracey’s Erie & Lackawanna GP-35s approach one of two bridges over the water.

February 26 and 27, 2000: Great American Train Show in Gaithersburg, Maryland

Sometimes a change of color scheme improves appearances…

February 12 and 13, 2000: Greenberg’s Great Train and Collectible Toy Show in Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Jeff Stembel contemplates the first layout.