RaritanRiverRailroadFan4 posted:Ted R posted:......................Gone too is the Green Hall and the gentleman with the homemade trains. My sons were young then. Every York they would always head to his display to push those trains back and forth.
..................Just curious.. what kinds of engines were the homemade engines? I know a guy who made his own CNJ and Reading camelbacks as well as PRR E6's.
Not to speak for Ted, but I think it was trains made from tin cans (like large instant potato cans). He had a stick with a hook that he would latch on to the engine and then push the train down the tracks. Pretty unique.
I miss Yellow a little (but not the weird pattern you had to walk to make sure not to miss anything!), but I'm sure the vendors do not at this point. I recall both Joe Grzyboski and Nicholas Smith crammed into one of those side vendor booths, with overflow just on some tables across the aisle from their booths. They each probably have 7-10 times the space they used to have.
I'm sure Lionel and MTH don't miss their old setup either. I think most vendors were very pleased with moving to the Orange Hall and the booth model offered for display space.
-Dave
