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The Woodbury Train Show

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As far as I know the Greater East Area Model Railroad Club (aka Newport Club ) has been around since the early 1980s. I recall visiting their layout sometime in that period but do not remember much. My attempts at modeling in HO were rather clumsy, but what do you expect of a kid. I had little knowledge of the craft of modeling.   I recently visited it a few years ago and they were beginning a new update to the layout. Quite an impressive railroad. This entry is about the shows they put on in Woodbury. More accurately they are fleamarkets since there are no layouts on display but mostly vendors and citizens with train items to sell. 4 times a year the club sponsors the show up at Woodbury High School in the cafeteria. From some archival footage on the YouTube, it appears these fleamarkets have been going on since the late 1980s. Check this footage out. Look at that line, this appears to be one serious fleamarket. According to the poster it was one of the largest at the time perh