I had a great time. Got up there thursday morning with enough time to grab an omlette at the 'Clock and head to the orange hall to bull rush the door. This was one of those "no list, don't need anything" shows, which is typically a fatal mistake and it did me in again. I had some money earmarked for a pre-order pickup, so I took care of that early, found an Atlas insulated boxcar I was looking for and had a hunch where to find it, then wandered around for a little while. The real fun came around 2:00 when I found an FT A unit it Trainworld, but no B. The TW guys looked around in their system, i fumbled with my phone on the MTH locator and Stockyard Express showed having the match. Sent a buddy down there, sure enough there it was. Managed to get them both held while I ran back and forth to confirm and bought the A-B pair. First time I ever built a set of anything from 2 different dealers on the spot. Found the matching caboose for the engines in short order and was good to go. Can't imagine thats a common occurrence, even at York. Having basically blown the money, I wandered some more, got some odds and ends, picked up my Animal Cracker factory from Todd Models and went to dinner. We took all our loot back to the hotel and ran trains all night with a few adult beverages. Friday morning, did the dreaded ATM stop on the way in, but didn't buy much on friday. Saw a lot more I could have bought but the trunk of the ol' wagon was pretty topped up already and I needed to have a little restraint.
Stopped at Mainline Hobbies on the way home for some bits that York doesnt usually have, then Point of Rocks for a bit, saw a train and drove home.
No complaints from my end.
