Traindiesel posted:So far , for me anyway, it’s been another magnificent York Meet! Unfortunately, since sometimes I think I’m still 25, I injured my knee while doing yard work on our irrigation system last week. So I’m dragging my leg through the halls. I should have left the irrigation repair to the professionals!
Aside from the fun of greeting friends and making new ones, I hadn’t planned or expected to buy much of anything because I’m between layouts right now. Foolish me! Wednesday afternoon I went with a friend to do train watching in the Harrisburg area and we saw three Norfolk Southern Heritage units. My general rule is I only buy Heritage units that I actually see. So naturally, one of the first places I looked in the Orange Hall had one of the ones I saw. The MTH Norfolk and Southern ES44. And a deep discounted price. It ended up in my rental car trunk.
Then today I stumbled, literally, into Henning’s Trains booth and saw the new Lionel Reading RR ABBA F3 set. With the powered B unit and the Superbase powered B unit. I had been wanting an appropriate motive power to pull my lonely 8 car set of K-Line aluminum passenger cars I’ve had for several years. I was offered the “Traindiesel” price and I graciously accepted. A big ‘thank you’ to Gunrunner John for helping carry the load out to my car, saving me much pain and a couple of trips.
I also got a MTH Premier UP Dash 9 for the ‘Traindiesel price’ at JusTrains, who were kind enough to ship it to my home for free.
To add to the great time, at the MTH DCS meeting on Wednesday night I was the winner of a MTH Premier TOFC car for traveling the furthest to get to the meeting.
And it’s not over yet. I tailgated for lunch with my cousins today whom I haven’t seen for quite a while. We had some piping hot homemade meatball sandwiches and homemade potato salad and all the trimmings. It’s been a tradition for us at York since the 80s along with my late uncle. And just before the halls closed I picked up a pair of tasty morsels from MrMuffin’sTrains, Union Pacific ES44’s. Then had a jovial dinner with some Forum friends to close out the day.So what trouble will Traindiesel find himself in tomorrow?
Will the dastardly wallet goblins stop him in his tracks?Tune in tomorrow, True Believers! Same Train time, same Train forum!
The only complaint I have about the York Meet is that eventually I have to go home.
Hey Brian! I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw you at the QS&L on Thursday evening!
I'm so sorry that you injured your knee before coming to York. You probably should have seen the people at D&L Rentals to see if you could have rented a power scooter. It would have saved you a lot of pain and suffering. Take it from someone who used to be able to all of these sorts of home chores himself, it's time to let the pros do these type of jobs.
I'm also sorry that Lynley could not make the trip to York with you. Maybe next year?
Well at least you didn't go home empty handed! Maybe this will help motivate you to start building that layout you always wanted.
This was a special York for me too as it was only a few months after my Lumbar Fusion Surgery. I'll have to send you some pictures of the changes I am making to my layout.
Have a nice trip home and enjoy your new trains!
Steve
