Back in ‘01 I wanted to join the TCA so I could go to York. I called up a Lionel repair shop and asked if they would sign the application. They said no because they didn’t know me. I did find one person through this forum and then Allan Miller said he would do the second signature. Thanks again Allan! After mailing the forms to Allan and then to the TCA I was on my way to my first York.
I will never forget the experience. The crowds, the Yellow Hall, my first OGR Forum Meeting (Myron was still the owner at that time). The sights, sounds and smells was like train heaven to me. I can’t always attend but I have made at least half the Yorks since then.
At one of the Yorks just after that first one I sat next to Tony Lash at the OGR Meeting. I will never forget how he told the Lionel rep why does Lionel charge so much more than MTH for the same locomotive (not the exact words). I was like Holy Cow.
For years it was the same lady on the loud speaker. I wonder if she still does it.
