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Reply to "First-time York Visit Summary"

gmorlitz posted:

An interesting read and I respect your objectives and feelings. I started at York about 25 years ago and have spent a lot of money at York. I don't recall when I started going to the Big E, but it is much more recent.

For me, York had ALWAYS been a multi-day affair. Big E is not. When I first started coming to York, I had a couple of friends I generally hung with and York was a search and buy event. Over the years that has greatly evolved. In addition to having sessions which tell is what the manufacturers are doing, the social events let us meet other train "nuts" which makes it easier to learn things. Just as this Forum does.

IMO that is a very important part of York. You probably have no idea how helpful the DCS dinners (regrettably not available at this York) and the Legacy morning meeting have been. Did you go to the LCCA dinner and meet people? The OGR Forum dinner? The Thursday morning breakfast? The ED socials on Friday night or Saturday morning? The OGR Forum meeting at 2 on Friday?

Talk about the expense of a couple of days at York. What did the Legacy engine cost? What do you want out of the hobby?

Did you make any new train friends or renew older acquaintances?

So respectfully, I would say you have barely scratched the surface of what the York experience offers.

Gerry

Gerry.... thanks for your thoughtful response.  I totally agree that for those who have the time to make more of a weekend out of it (as opposed to my situation, which only allowed me to do an out and back all in one day), York would likely be a much more robust experience.  I only had time for the "shopping" experience.  But I admit that York (and the Big E for that matter) can be greatly enriched by the social aspect of meeting up with old friends / forum members, attending scheduled events / workshops, etc.  So your point is well taken.

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