Day 2 at York...Carol and I hit the Red, White, and Orange halls starting around 8:30 AM. Got my second (and last) purchase in the White hall...a MTH Premier set of three slag cars (no company markings) for a very fair price (had been looking at getting this set on and off for the last five years). Carol bought a variety of brightly lit toy cars for our grandkids from the vendor at the south end of the Orange hall...and that (including lunch from the food trucks) wrapped up York for us...on the road around 12:30 PM.
Observations...
1) heard a lot of favorable comments from fellow Yorkers on the widening of the aisles in the halls...more time to view the wares; less time fighting the crowds.
2) A lot of younger folks (and their kids) in attendance...nice to see.
3) Liked the Yellow hall...particularly the vendor who had a lot of books and written material on toy trains and layouts (some dating back to the 1930s)...regret not buying some of them.
4) Merchandise was heavily tilted towards Lionel O Gauge Postwar, MPC, LTI, and MTH (sure was sad not seeing their big booth and Mike in attendance). As a Pre/Postwar lover, this suited me just fine...but I understand where a modern-era runner would be disappointed at the lack of state of the art things for sale this time around.
5) Saw a lot of S gauge in all the member halls. Lesser amounts of Prewar O Gauge tinplate and Standard gauge.
6) Eastern Division did a superb job planning and executing this York under extremely difficult conditions...well done to them all!
Hope to be back to York this coming April! John
