Day Three: The Long Friday
Starting the day with another great breakfast with friends at Round the Clock Diner. My feet still aching from yesterday! Undaunted I enjoyed and ignored the pain. There are more trains and people to see!
Returning to the Orange Hall to see the aisles I didn’t get to on Thursday. After buying some fantastic finds already I wasn’t expecting to buy anything else. With the collection of trains I have I’m more selective now than I use to be. Silly me! But in the meantime I had fun window shopping.
This is a neat accessory.
I took another look at Vince’s Trains.
Coaster Dynamics cool amusement park accessories.
Someday I want to get one of these Altoona Model Works engine houses.
I preordered two of these MTH Premier Union Pacific plated 100 ton hoppers. They are beautiful They will be delivered soon!
THE LAYOUTS
Taking a break from looking at trains on tables we took a look at the layouts in the Purple and Black Halls to see some trains in motion. Walking outside it was a hot afternoon but thankfully the humidity was low. The Purple Hall is not air conditioned and was a bit stuffy. But the layouts were hot! The River City 3 Railers recreated the “disappearing train”. Check it out on the inner track in the beginning of the video!
After a break and a couple of nutritious hot dogs we ventured back to the Orange Hall. I hadn’t bought anything all day and was developing a twitch. Although there was a lot of product available, none of the products were talking to me. They were silent all day. Nothing wanted to come home with me. 
The chattering voices were specifically coming from Steve’s custom MTH Premier Milwaukee Road 2-8-2 Mikado with whistle steam and the Milwaukee Road Fairbanks Morse Train Master locomotives. They were at good prices too. I soon became prey. After getting my “Traindiesel Price” I joyfully handed over my plastic card and gently placed them in our rental car. Lynley just shook her head, enjoying the sight of my kid-like glee. I told her one engine was for my birthday and the other was for the Summer Solstice holiday. Yeah, yeah, that’s it!
The Halls were beginning to close as they prepared for the Ice Cream Social event. We headed over to Olive Garden to have dinner with about 20 train people, some of whom we met for the first time. One of the highlights of attending the York Meet. After tons of salad, bread and pasta the fuel tank was getting low.
Another marvelous day at the Fairgrounds. Tomorrow is the final day of the Meet. One more lap around the Hall in case I missed something.
