Our club held a Symposium today. We rented a cafeteria off a rec centre. It was like a small train show, but not open to the public. A lot of demostrations, some sales tables, a bunch of not-ready-for-prime-time layouts and a set of talks/discussions. This included scenery, Kadee couplings for British stock and DCC for British trains. (did you guess we have a slight bias?) I did my cardboard building kits again (i'm still working on one wall of an engine shed) while two O-gauge guys spent the day installing one of those wire couplings with magnets (end of day: 2 couplings possibly installed), O gauge running, G gauge or #1 gauge, a TT-3 layout and 2 (!) Trix Twin layouts.
And the club provided lunch for everyone!
Note on Trix Twin: the first track/train system to successfully exploit plastic track bases. 3 rails, all insulated, using the centre rail as common and one of the outside rails for return to allow independent control of 2 trains on one track (and a third using overhead wire).