It is with pleasure that I reply to your request about having the number one operating group in Georgia, the North County Interchange Operating Group provide the Division with a raffle layout for 2011. Our team has met and decided that we would be most willing to help in this endeavor, and in fact, have already finished!
We feel that one thing that could help sell tickets, other than the quality of the layout, is the notoriety of the layout. Often the layout is not finished in time to do any real marketing. The layout we propose to the Division is not only complete, but has its own fan club!
We will be providing the Heart of Georgia Layout....most commonly known as the HOG!
This trend setting layout design has been made popular all over North America, published in Scale Rails, discussed in the http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HOGRR/ egroup, written about on the http://hogrr.blogspot.com/ blog, and has become quite popular nation wide. You won't find a more famous layout anywhere and we already have the photos with which to market it.
The layout is owned by member Steve Berkheimer who has so kindly agreed to part with it for the Division. While there is extensive costs in the layout, Steve is willing to accept $1,500 for materials of construction. The only thing missing will be the DCC system which Digitrax donates every year. Because the layout was not build as a raffle layout, we do not have receipts. Rest assured that much more than $1,500 went into it, especially on the highly custom locomotives.
Our team will spruce up the layout and maybe add some additional detail over the next year and will have it ready for the next train show. It is in great operational shape and has been shown at two Piedmont Pilgrimages where it ran flawlessly.
If the Division is amenable to this offer, please let us know and we'll begin work immediately. Photos are attached.
Highest regards,
Scott G. Perry, CPM
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