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| On April 27, 2005 the Virginia Railway Express held the Grand Re-Opening of the Depot in Quantico, Virginia. The Prince William County Model Railroad Club was invited to participate as guests of VRE. PWMRC set up a 24' by 24' layout in the South Room of the Depot as part of the festivities. Officials from VRE, Prince William County and the Town of Quantico offered speeches and cut the ribbon prior to an evening of celebration. More than 100 people were in attendance and enjoyed the fine food, music and model railroading. |
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| PWMRC has signed a contract with VRE to occupy the South Room of the Depot, which was the old REA baggage room, built in the early 1950s. We are actively planning a museum-quality layout for the Depot, which will be open to the public. | |||||
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| After a few rounds of speeches, the Quantico Depot was officially re-opened with the ribbon cutting. From the left is PWC Supervisor Hilda Barg, PWC Supervisor Maureen Caddigan, VRE CEO Dale Zehner, Quantico Mayor Mitchel Raftelis, VRE Board Chair Elaine McConnell, and the VP of CSX. |
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Pictured on the left is Quantico Mayor Mitchel Raftelis and Prince William County Supervisor Maureen Caddigan...both worked for many years for the Depot renovation and supported PWMRC in our efforts to find a home for a layout. | ||||
| To show our appreciation, PWMRC presented commemorative club cars to several supporters. A smiling Mayor Raftelis, Supervisor Caddigan and VRE's Dale Zehner show off their trains. We hope they will join us in running trains on our new layout. |
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Our modular layout was one of the highlights of the Grand Re-Opening. On the left is Bob's highly detailed scene of the crossing at Bristow, Virginia. | ||||
| Moving around the layout we find a detailed Fredericksburg Station as modeled by Max & Jane. Fredericksburg is a busy stop on the VRE. |
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On Brion's module we find Tim H.'s Marine Train with several cars, including one of our PWMRC club cars. | ||||
| As we go around the corner, we take a quick trip to the Southwest on Ken's module. The PWMRC banner hangs proudly in the background. |
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Around another corner and we enjoy the view of Martin's horse farm. | ||||
| A quick change of scenery finds us in the hills and canyons on Jim's module. |
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The amusement park on Don's two modules is always a big attention-getter. | ||||
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With the U.S. Marine Corps as our neighbors, we feel that we will have the safest model railroad in the world. The Quantico Marine Band entertained during the Grand Re-Opening. We were also honored by the presence of a Marine Honor Guard for the event. |
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Members of PWMRC shared a happy moment with Quantico Mayor Raftelis, Supervisor Caddigan and VRE's Dale Zehner. | ||||
| The future of PWMRC...many members of PWMRC are working hard on planning and preparation for building our home layout. Here is an artists' conception of our plan as drawn by Brion. We plan on having a museum-quality layout that will be open to the public for various events, open houses and meetings. |  |
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All photos by Jim Connal |
Open House July 9, 2005 |
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