This was my first York trip with my wife and Steve Papa Eastman and CPBob along for the trip. We arrived so late on Sunday it was actually Monday morning. We stayed at the Days Inn and saw some of the sites and other unofficial events.
We wore our custom made Dorfan shirts and got lots of looks.
I did find some Dorfan items for myself and I got my loving wife an MTH Breast Cancer steam engine that she wanted. We walked a lot and tried out the local eating places along with some museums and a tour through the Harley Davidson plant. Very interesting and the weather was perfect!
I am surprised by the sheer numbers of everything there and by what I did not see. The amount of American Flyer S gauge was more than I had ever seen anywhere. The selection of European tinplate and trains was amazing and I did grab a couple of little items. I was surprised by the lack of modern tinplate for sale. I am sure I missed some since I did not get to all of the Orange hall until Friday. I did not find any Harley Davidson tinplate which I was thinking I would but that is okay. The show size of course overwhelms anything here on the West Coast in SoCal which is why we went.
Overall thoughts?
My wife wants to go again next year....I think that says it all.
