Two thumbs up here after spending the past two days roaming the aisles. I’ve found great prices on trains to operate which I bought, and passed on the higher prices for trains to display.
Most of what I bought was in Silver and Blue. Plenty of tables with signs urging you to make any reasonable offer, only one table with a sign saying prices are firm.
Yes, there are empty tables and spaces in halls, but that happens at most train shows. I wouldn’t make to much of it - the show happened/is happening and it was therapeutic to be a part of it. TCAED deserves a standing ovation for pulling this off.