Past Shows

42nd Annual Train Show and Sale - Saline - Feb 18-19 2012/02/02
MichLTC displayed a town/train layout at the 42nd Annual Train Show and Sale in Saline, MI on February 18th & 19th. Show website
Ye Old Toy and Train Show - Jan 29th 2012/01/06
MichLTC to display at the Redford Train Show at Saint Robert Bellarmine School. Sunday, January 29th 27201 West Chicago St, Redford, MI 48239 11:00am-3:30pm $3 per person, $6 for family. Videos by Tom Morse:
Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm - December 17th 2011/12/09
Description: 8ft x 7ft city/train layout AND 4ft x 7ft Star wars Hoth scene Adults: $5.00 Seniors (60 & older): $3.00 Students (K-12): $3.00 Dates: Dec 17th 1pm-4pm Address: 1005 Van Hoosen Road Rochester Hills, MI 48306
Detroit Symphony Orchestra 2011/12/09
MichLUG will display a city/train layout with Detroit buildings at the DSO in Detroit, MI. Tickets for the DSO are $19 and up.
Rails on Wheels' Southeast Michigan Train Show Nov 27th 2011 2011/11/07
Rails on Wheels' Southeast Michigan Train Show November 27th Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, 10am-4pm. Admission is $3.00 per person for those aged 12 or older. Children under 12 are admitted free when accompanied b...
Festival of Trees Nov 20th - Nov 27th 2011 2011/11/07
Festival of Trees [flickr]http://www.flickr.com/photos/76377410@N00/6391350855/[/flickr] http://www.fot.org/fot2011/index.php Sunday November 20 11:00 AM-7:00 PM Monday November 21 10:00 AM-7:00 PM Tuesday November 22 10:00 AM- 9:00 PM (Tree lig...
The Henry Ford Nov 25th 2011 - Jan 2, 2012 2011/11/07
The Henry Ford http://www.thehenryford.org/events/holidaysMuseum.aspx November 25, 2011 - January 2, 2012 ADULTS age 13-61, $15 YOUTH age 5-12, $11 CHILDREN 4 & under are free. 25 x 10 layout Open 7 days a week, 9:30am-5:00pm Videos b...
Brickworld Fort Wayne, Oct 1st-2nd, 2011 2011/10/04
Brickworld Fort Wayne was held on Oct 1 & 2 at the Grand Wayne Center. MichLUG displayed a town/train layout and several individual creations.
Canton Liberty Fest - June 16th-18th 2011/06/07
MichLUG/LTC members displayed a town/train layout at the Canton Liberty Fest.
Robot Garage - Birmingham - May 20-22 2011/05/16
MichLUG/LTC displayed at the grand opening of Robot Garage in Birmingham May 20th-22nd.
Curious Kids Museum - St. Joseph, MI - June 25-26 2011/04/30
MichLUG to display at the Curious Kids Museum in St. Joseph, MI on June 25-26.
Saint Aidan's Family Fest - April 30th - May 1st 2011/04/28
Some club members did a display at St. Aidan's Parish. Video slideshow by Tom Morse.
Saturday, April 16th - EGGS'strvaganza - Southfield, MI 2011/03/28
MichLUG/LTC members displayed at EGGS'strvaganza in Southfield, MI
Toledo Train Show - Sunday, March 13th 11-4 2011/02/26
MichLTC displayed a town/train layout Toledo Train Show. Video and slide shows by Tom Morse.
BRICK BASH 2011 – Free Lego Event 2011/02/13
MichLUG club members displayed various creations at BrickBash! Videos by Tom Morse.
Model Railroad Club Train Show 2011/02/11
MichLTC will a display a town/train layout at the 41st Annual Train Show and Sale hosted by the Ann Arbor Model Railroad Club. Sunday, February 20th, 2011: 10:00am to 4:00pm.
Art of the LEGO - Battle Creek, MI 2011/01/30
MichLUG will display a town and train layout in the museum for 3 weeks. Admission: $2.00 per person with children 12 and under free. Art Center members receive free admission and the Art Center is free to all on Thursdays. Open from February 6th, 20...
Ye Old Toy and Train Show St Robert Bellarmine Community Church - Redford, Mi 2011/01/30
MichLUG's display, numerous videos and slideshows of the display by Tom Morse.
Holiday Lights at The Henry Ford 2011/01/09
Slideshows & Videos by Tom Morse.
Great Train Expo in Novi, Michigan 2010/12/12
MichLTC's display, numerous videos and slideshows of the display by Tom Morse. Additional pictures by Jim.
Festival of Trees in Dearborn, Michigan 2010/11/28
Pictures coming soon?
The Romance of the Rails exhibit at Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, Michigan 2010/11/15
Pictures coming soon?
LEGO® Kidsfest - Chicago 2010/10/31
MichLUG & MTW displayed at the Lego Kidsfest event in Chicago, IL. Many other AFOLs were at the three day event, it was a good time.
Grayling Train Show / Harvest Festival, Grayling, Michigan 2010/10/03
Report by Tom Morse.
"Batteries Not Included" toy exhibit at the Michigan Historical Museum, Lansing, Michigan 2010/09/26
Pictures coming soon?
Franklin Village Labor Day Arts Festival, Franklin, Michigan 2010/09/06
Pictures Coming Soon?
Art of the Brick exhibit at Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, Michigan 2010/09/02
MichLUG/LTC is participating in the exhibit with a medium sized town and train layout. In addition Jim Garrett is displaying his Penobscot ...
Livonia Library Kids Summary Program in Livonia, Michigan 2010/06/29
Report & Pictures by Tom Morse
Canton Liberty Fest, Canton, Michigan 2010/06/19
No Report or Pictures
Grosse Isle Islandfest, Grosse Isle, Michigan 2010/06/06
No Report. Pictures/Videos: Slide Show - Tom Morse, Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, Video 4, Video 5, Video 6
Farmington Community Arts Festival in Farmington, Michigan 2010/04/24
No Report or Pictures.
Southfield EGGS'travaganza in Southfield, Michigan 2010/03/27
No Report or Pictures. Layout: Chris Leach
Greater Toledo Train & Toy Show in Toledo, Ohio 2010/03/14
No Report. Pictures/Videos: Slide show - Tom Morse, Video 1 - Tom Morse, Video 2 - Tom Morse, Video 3 - Tom Morse.
Ann Arbor Model Railroad Club Train Show - Saline 2010/02/21
No Report. Pictures/Videos: Tom Morse, Video 1 - Tom Morse, Video 2 - Tom Morse.
Lego Castle Adventure at The Henry Ford - Dearborn, Michigan 2010/01/09
No Report. Pictures: Jim Garrett.
Great Train Expo 2009 - Novi, Michigan 2009/12/13
No Report. Pictures: Jim Garrett. Videos: Tom Morse.
Rails on Wheels Train Show 2009 - Saline, MI 2009/11/29
Video by Tom, Layout by Chris Leach
Festival of Trees 2009 - Allen Park, MI 2009/11/29
Pictures by Peter Geunther
Box Factory for the Arts Exhibit - Saint Joseph, Mi 2009/11/21
MichLUG put up a castle, space, and town/train display in the Box Factory for the Arts Exhibit.
Owosso Train Festival 2009 - Owosso, Michigan 2009/07/26
No Report. Pictures: Jim Garrett , Tom Morse. Videos: Tom Morse , skaterkiddanny (non MichLUG member).
Livonia Library Summer Kids Program - Livonia, Michigan 2009/07/14
The Livonia Library has a summer kids program at all three of its libraries every Tuesday in the summer and invited MICHLUG to do a train display along with a program about LEGO.
Canton Liberty Fest - Canton, Michigan 2009/06/20
No Report. Pictures: James Garrett. Layout: Chris Leach
8th Annual Founders Day Festival, Wixom, MI 2009/05/17
No report or pictures. Layout: Chris Leach
BrickBash 2009 - Ann Arbor, MI 2009/03/21
No Report. Pictures: Jim Garrett, Peter Guenther.
Greater Toledo Train & Toy Show - Toledo, OH 2009/03/09
No Report. Pictures: Tom Morse.
Southfield Winter Fun Fest - Southfield, MI 2009/02/22
No Report. Pictures: Jim Garrett, Michele Vanhecker.
Ann Arbor Model Railroad Club Train Show - Saline, Michigan 2009/02/15
No Report. Pictures: Jim Garrett, Tom Morse; Michele Vanhecker.
Northville Nite - Northville, Mi 2008/12/31
No Report. Pictures: Peter Guenther.
DSO Home for the Holidays Christmas Concert Display - Detroit, MI 2008/12/21
No Report. Pictures: Jim Garrett, Tom Morse.
Christmas Around The World event in Ypsilanti, Michigan 2008/12/06
No Report. Pictures: Tom Morse.
Rails on Wheels Southeast Michigan Model Railroad Show - Saline, Michigan 2008/11/30
MichLTC participated in the annual Rails on Wheels Train Show - Saline, Michigan. Tom met Chris at his house at 11:00 a.m. to pull the trailer for this show.
Festival of Trees in Allen Park, Michigan 2008/11/30
No Report. Pictures: Jim Garrett, Peter Guenther.
Lansing Model Railroad Club's Model Train Show - Lansing, Michigan 2008/11/09
Pictures by Larry Pieniazek
Northville 8-8-8 Celebration - Northville, Michigan 2008/08/08
MichLTC was invited to display a layout for Northville Michigan Celebrate the 8’s on 8-8-2008.
Canton Liberty Fest - Canton, Michigan 2008/06/14
No Report. Pictures: James Garrett
Brick Bash 2008 at Courthouse Square Apts. - Ann Arbor, Michigan 2008/03/29
No Report. Pictures: "Darksaber", "Bubbaden" (Brickshelf members; no MichLUG member took pictures)
Great Train Expo at Rock Financial Center - Novi, Michigan 2008/02/25
MichLTC participated in the annual Great Train Expo appearance at the Rock Financial Center in Novi, Michigan.
Ann Arbor Model Railroad Club Train Show - Saline, Michigan 2008/02/17
No Report. Pictures: James Garrett
DSO Home for the Holidays Christmas Concert Display - Detroit, MI 2007/12/16
MichLTC was invited back to display a layout during the DSO Home for the Holidays concerts.
First Lego League Championships - Novi, MI 2007/12/08
MichLUG made its second appearance at the Michigan FIRST LEGO League State Championship Tournament...
Rails on Wheels Train Show - Saline, MI 2007/11/25
No Report. Pictures: James Garrett, Peter Guenther, Chris Leach
Lansing Model Railroad Club Model Train Show – East Lansing, MI 2007/11/18
Located at the MSU Farm Pavilion, Farm Lane, East Lansing, Michigan
Ypsilanti Fallapalooza 2007 - Ypsilanti, MI 2007/09/29
Pictures by Larry Pieniazek
NMRA 2007 National Train Show - Detroit, MI 2007/07/29
This was the big show! MichLTC put forth a massive effort as the host club for the ILTCO Lego display at the NMRA 2007 National Train Show Great Lakes Express 2007 in Detroit, MI.
Canton LibertyFest - Canton, MI 2007/06/15
No Report. Pictures: James Garrett
Great Train Expo - Novi, MI 2007/03/05
MichLTC put up an impressive display at the annual Great Train Expo in Novi, MI. This event is usually "the big one" for the club to pull out all the stops.
Ann Arbor Model Railroad Club Annual Show - Saline, MI 2007/02/17
No Report, Pictures: Steve Ringe, Ken K.
DSO Home for the Holidays Christmas Concert Display - Detroit, MI 2006/12/17
MichLTC was asked by representatives of the Max M Fisher Music Center in Detroit, MI. to display a train layout in conjunction with the "Home for the Holidays" ...
Saline Rails on Wheels train show - Saline, MI 2006/11/26
No report, Pictures: James Garrett, Peter Guenthers, Ken K
Ypsilanti Heritage Festival - Ypsilanti, MI 2006/08/20
Report by Jim Garrett
2006 NMRA National Train Show - Philadelphia, PA 2006/07/09
Report by Jim Garrett
Great Train Expo - Novi, MI 2006/03/05
MichLTC had the opportunity to display at the Great Train Expo in Novi, MI. This particular event is considered the club's annual "raise-the-bar" train show and this year's edition did not disappoint.
Ann Arbor Model Railroad Club Annual Show - Saline, MI 2006/02/18
No report. Pictures: James Garrett's, Ken K's, Steve Ringe's
21st Annual Festival of Trees - Novi, MI 2005/12/05
MichLUG made its third appearance at the Detroit Festival of Trees, a benefit for Children's Hospital of Michigan.
Southeast Michigan Train Show and Sale - Saline, MI 2005/11/27
No report
Curious Kids' Museum - LEGO Contest & Display - St. Joseph, MI 2005/09/25
MichLUG once again had the opportunity to display at the Curious Kids Museum (CKM) in St. Joseph, MI. As in previous years, they ran a build contest for local kids to show off their creations and have a chance to win prizes.
2005 National Model Railroad National Convention - Cincinnati , OH 2005/07/07
The 2005 NMRA National Convention was in Cincinnati, OH. 13 Lego Clubs, over 75 ALEs setup a 50x70 foot layout.
Chicago House of Bricks - Schaumburg, IL 2005/05/08
House of Bricks (HoB) was an ALE (Adult LEGO Enthusiast) run convention for ALEs. It was held in conjunction with 2BeCONtinued, a science fiction and fantasy convention.
Foundation Gaming Convention - Lansing, MI 2005/04/01
This was the second F-Con where we've run Lego games, but it's the Con's first time in the Lansing Center, a very nice facility. They put us front and center...
Great American Train Show - Novi, MI 2005/03/05
MichLTC had the opportunity to display again at the Great American Train Show in Novi, MI. It was a lot of fun and a great layout. Steve Ringe had a dropped section with moving cars and an animated playground.
COSI Toledo Museum - Toledo, OH 2005/02/20
This was MichLUG's second event with COSI, a children's museum in Toledo, Oh. We had the pleasure to work with COLTC again, which is always a blast. We also had an excellent spot this year, right through the main entrance.
Toy & Hobby Expo - Novi, MI 2004/12/05
It is primarily a toy and doll show, dealer focused, but has a significant MR dealer presence. In addition to our layout there was a large O "hirail" layout there (loosely based on a New York Central (NYC) prototype and an operating (2 foot gauge?) kiddie train.
Southeastern Michigan Model Train Show - Saline, MI 2004/11/28
This is our second year at the Southeastern Michigan Model Train show. It was held at the old Saline fairgrounds. The event was held in three separate buildings, two for dealers and one just for layouts. Along with our layout there were two HO scale layouts.
20th Annual Festival of Trees - Dearborn, MI 2004/11/28
This was MichLUG's second year with Festival of Trees, an annual fundraiser for the Evergreen Endowment of the Children's Hospital of Michigan.
Great American Train Show - Mt. Clemens, MI 2004/10/24
This was a last minute show. We received a call from the GATS folks less then 48 hours before the show opened to see if we could fill in for a club that had to drop out.
Foundation Gaming Convention – Okemos, MI 2004/09/26
This was our first appearance at F-Con 2004, held in the Holiday Inn Express Conference Center in Okemos MI. We'd been approached by them at the May 2004 Motor City Comic Con but it didn't look like we'd have much of a presence at the Con until a conflicting MichLUG event fell through.
Motor City Comic Con - Novi, MI 2004/05/16
This was our third appearance at the Motor City Comic Con and our umpteenth time in the Novi Expo Center. The show featured dozens of dealers of toys/collectibles...
Curious Kids’ Museum – LEGO Contest & Display – St. Joseph, MI 2004/04/17
MichLUG display (town/train, castle, space & sea monkeys) at Curious Kids' Museum in St. Joseph, MI
Curious Kids' Museum - Build Workshop - St. Joseph, MI 2004/03/20
We had two workshops, the first was targeted for five to eight year-olds and the second was for eight plus. While our target was for eight plus in the second session, quite a few kids were younger...
Ypsilanti Railroad Days in Ypsilanti MI 2004/03/20
Ypsilanti Railroad Days celebrates the long history of the railroad passing through the town. The display was setup in the Ypsilanti Rail Depot.
Ann Arbor Model Railroad Club 34th Annual Show - Saline, MI 2004/02/14
MichLTC was pleased to display at the Ann Arbor Railroad Club's 34th Annual Train Show. The display was setup inside the Saline High School's gymnasium.
Great American Train Show - Novi, MI 2004/01/24
This was our fourth year displaying at the January GATS event at the Novi Expo Center. Our layout was a whopping 27 feet by 20 feet. It featured ...
New Years Fest - Kalamazoo, MI 2003/12/31
As part of Kalamazoo's New Years Fest activities the three area Michlugers set up a small display at First Baptist Church, one of the festival event sites.
Toy & Hobby Expo - Novi, MI 2003/12/28
As in the past, our participation level was at least partly determined by how many other clubs participated and how many tables were sold. Also this show is challenging due to the holidays… being right after Christmas makes for a tough weekend.
Trains! Weekend at the COSI Museum in Toledo, OH 2003/12/13
MichLTC had the pleasure of working with the COSI Museum in Toledo, OH the weekend of December 13th, 2003. It is a pretty neat science museum geared towards kids.
1st Annual Midwest Lego Train Show - Wheaton, IL 2003/12/07
This was MichLTC's first chance to do a multi-club show, so we were pretty excited. (NILTC and Michiana-LUG were also displaying at this show.)
Southeastern Michigan Model Train Show - Saline, MI 2003/11/30
No report
19th Annual Festival of Trees in Dearborn, MI 2003/11/30
All in all, the longer show was a lot of work for us but also a lot of fun and very fulfilling because of the money we were able to raise for the hospital. With the longer show, too, we were able to play with the layout a bit and make more additions and changes than at other show.
Motor City Comic Con in Novi, MI 2003/10/18
We had a great show this weekend at the Novi Expo Center. It was the second Comic Con of the year, and we were again invited to display. We had a few different facets this time: A space layout, a castle / pirate layout, and even a custom Bionicle display.
Hamburg Railroad Days in Hamburg, MI 2003/09/20
The vehicles were packed, David and Lester left, and my family and the Leach family spent some quality time on the awesome playground behind the school. Chris hit the swings, got horizontal, and launched himself 15 or so feet onto the playground, what a sight.
LEGO® Roadshow, Chicago, Lincoln Park Zoo 2003/08/23
Attendees: Stefan Garcia Victoria Garcia (Sat) Peter Guenther David Kohrman Larry Pieniazek Nik Pieniazek Jason Spears Guests: Tim Courtney (Sat) Overall Picture Directories: Peter Guenther Stefan Garcia Setup ...
Durand Railroad Days Train Show in Durand, MI 2003/05/18
Set up began at the bright early morning hour of 7:00AM. We were able to get everything up and trains running well before the show opened to the public at 10:00AM...
Motor City Comic Con - Novi, MI 2003/05/16
Tony and I arrived around 4:30PM at Novi, where Steve-2 and others were already there, and we unloaded and went to work. The tables went up quickly, and people started working on the layout...
Curious Kids' Museum - St. Joe, MI 2003/03/15
David emailed the MichLTC list saying they (CKM) wanted us to display during their LEGO® CONTEST! David said that he was going to show and asked if anyone else was interested...
Great American Train Show 2003 - Novi, Michigan 2003/01/25
For this show, we learned a few things. I think this size of layout is the biggest we can do, logistically it is tough, and we had a lot of people and some great creations, and it turned out ...
Toy and Hobby Expo 2002 Novi, Michigan 2002/12/29
Jason Spears was interviewed by Fox2 News around 9:05. Throughout the day we heard from people who said they had seen us on the news and 'had' to come by.
22nd Annual Railroad & Workshop Show - Senior Center - Livonia, MI 2002/11/24
The setup went fast. A lot of people were around to help, and thanks to everyone, we were pretty much ready to go at 11:30. The show didn’t start until ...
Trainorama 2002 – UofM Fieldhouse – Dearborn, MI 2002/10/27
Saturday's setup went pretty well. We started just about 6:00 pm. The tables went up a little slower than we thought they would, but I think we will get faster over time.
Great American Train Show (GATS) – Deltaplex – Grand Rapids, Mi 2002/07/13
Anyway, I arrived about 2 hours late, since I had to wait for my wife Lynn to get out of work, and we hit both traffic and construction on US 131, and was delayed. I eventually arrived, and unloaded, and ...

January 18th-20th, 2002 – Astronomical ConFusion Sci-Fi/Fantasy Con – Warren, MI
Peter Guenther’s Show Report
Pictures by: Peter Guenther | Scott Sanburn