Peter-
Last time I was at York was 2014. This might sound like heresy, but I think I have acquired all the locos and rolling stock I need. Here and there I grab an item, but my take on the hobby is to model the LIRR and PRR from the 30s to the 70s. So far I have all the psgr equipment I need to interchange engines between the eras while the coaches remained unchanged until the 90s. And since Mike Wolfe retired, there seems to be no one doing anything LIRR any more unless a local club car run that we never ran on the LIRR.
I have all the buildings I can fit in the open spaces on the track plan, and probably too many. I also stocked up over the years on "little people" and die-cast vehicles, signs, and who know what else is packed away. All of this was kept in mind over the years as I polished the track plan with nowhere to put it, so I was limited to a 4' x 8' layout until now.
The supplies I'll need to decorate the layout are really what I am lacking, such as walls, trees, shrubs, grass etc. But I am starting to see online "out of stock due to supply chain issues" a lot.
So, no York for me. I miss the bandit shows that were starved out, and I never went to the Billy Budd. I guess I have become an internet collector/operator now.
