Pictures of the Bandit show at the Wyndham Tuesday.

Excellent York post, Eddie.  I wish more folks would document the meet and bandits.  Thanks!

I second what Mike H posted. I don't get to the bandit meets often, but you have captured "in time capsule form" what many of us will remember about train shows.

   Thanks Eddie.....

Thanks for the pics Eddie. I had a great time at that show, and Tuesday's weather was fantastic.

One comment; there must be something wrong with your camera that makes us look so elderly, I'd have that checked out if I were you (LOL)

Lionelski posted:

Thanks for the pics Eddie. I had a great time at that show, and Tuesday's weather was fantastic.

One comment; there must be something wrong with your camera that makes us look so elderly, I'd have that checked out if I were you (LOL)

Thats Funny! John

Thanks for the pictures Eddie, looks like a lot fun.  I have a question if you don't mind, did you purposely include a lot of prewar in your pictures or was there that much at the show. 

Keith k posted:

Thanks for the pictures Eddie, looks like a lot fun.  I have a question if you don't mind, did you purposely include a lot of prewar in your pictures or was there that much at the show. 

Indoors, there is a lot of prewar.  Some very interesting stuff.

Most of the dealers moved inside on Wednesday. It started raining around 10 am.

Thanks Eddie, great shots.

5th time at York, but 1st time going to a bandit meet. Stopped in on Wednesday morning. I am not a collector and everything I have is modern and runs around the track, so I skip over all the other stuff. I'm usually just looking for rolling stock that would be fun to have on the track, and it's a small sampling compared to York, but I thought those selling modern had stuff priced to sell.   Saw MTH premier boxcars for $18 each and traditional rolling stock for less. I wouldn't make a special trip for the meet, but it was convenient on Wednesday. Glad we stopped in.

Thanks for documenting - I never had the time in the past to attend any of these, great to see what was only in my mind's eyes for many years.

With York going to two days, I may come down early on Thursday and catch one or two of these.  I'm guessing they'll adjust to be close to the York show for maximum exposure.

John. you better come very early Thursday next April. a lot of these sellers will close up early to set up at the fairgrounds.

Well, if they close before 8-9, they don't need my business.

Looks like the highest grossing sales was the food truck.  HaHa

Looks like a great meet.

I've stayed at this hotel for a wedding before. Interesting to see how it was "taken over" for the bandit meet. Thanks for posting the pics!

This was our first York and I have to say that the parking lot bandit meet at Wyndham was one of my favorite moments. It was awesome to see all these trains outside and we found some of the best deals here. Honestly I would have spent even more but was afraid to spend it all before the “real” show. As it turned out I should have as there were some really motivated vendors with excellent prices which were tougher to find at York.  What a great time. I hope it flourishes with the new 2 day format. We will be back!!

This is probably a stupid question but for the bandit meets, especially outside, do people just show up, park and put up a table with their wares?  Or are they getting permits or talking to an organizer or anything?  I was thinking the very nature of "bandit meet" is just show up and put up your table.  I've sometimes thought about going down and setting up a table to thin out my collection as I have too much "stuff" for not enough "space".

And I thought old car guys were crazy... Unbelievable. (Please don't think my comments are detrimental. I wish I'd have been there.) One last thought. Is there a connection between the Hershey (PA) old car meet and York being held at more or less the same times in the same state? 

Lots of old trains there.  Never to late to start a collection just show them the money !  I see the same when I visit England go to a large toy  train swap meet find endless old trains mainly English, plenty of old stuff around if you have the dosh and willingly to part with it. Roo.