Okay, so this is my first post to this forum. I am a “newbie” to the O gauge world but have had many years of exposure to HO model trains from my dad who was a member of a major club in N.J. and with whom I went on various Iron Horse Rambles when I was much younger. Decided to get in to O gauge with “both feet” early in 2018 and have been enjoying every minute of it. My wife and I went to our first York show as a “ general public” last spring and had a terrific time. We joined the TCA last summer and have been to both the fall 2018 York show and we just got back from Spring York. My wife enjoys the trains as much as I do as well as the many train related items that pop up at York. Can’t say enough good things about the people that make this show possible for the rest of us to just drive to York and go in and enjoy ourselves. We have met many nice people at York and got to meet GRJ at the Hennings Train booth. Had a nice conversation with Todd Architectural Models- super nice people! Talked to the folks at Mianni benchworks about my bench order-all so nice; got great service at Ross Custom Switches. As streamliner fans we have found a lot of neat items at York that I have not seen anywhere else. As a new person to this scene, I have found the York meets to be the best O gauge show out there. Was it disappointing to not see several major manufacturers there? No, not really- there was a ton of other stuff to see. We made a full “run through” of all the halls on Thursday afternoon and then made a slower, more thorough trip through all the halls on Friday. Definitely looking forward to the Fall meet.
