I enjoyed this show tremendously. There were deals everywhere! Menards was offering its 11% rebate deal on all purchases at the show. But the vendors throughout were dealing. I got an MTH Premiere TTX TOFC with a Milw Rd trailer, NIB, for $26. The same vendor had Atlas 50' boxcars for $33. And this vendor was one of many with prices like this. The displays were pretty good and I liked that they were spread around the hall among the vendors, that way you saw a trains display just about everywhere.
I've taken a pretty dim view of shows over the past year and was thinking I wouldn't attend any in the future (Madison really turned me off). And even though I don't buy Menards rolling stock, I was very interested in seeing what they would do for this show. They did it right! If this show keeps up like this, with low table prices so vendors can deal, I'll definitely keep going back. It was worth it.
