Can’t wait! Ive got a list as long as my arm of things I’m looking for. Hope to meet some new and old O scale friends. We don’t have many train shows in the south and certainly not a show dedicated to O scale so Atlanta is not that far to go for O scale.
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You’re gonna love it, Brother!
Get your train ticket to Chicago March Meet. It is the biggest and best O scale show. I missed last year due to the cancer but I'm booked for this year!!!
Enjoy Atlanta!!!!
VGN64 posted:Get your train ticket to Chicago March Meet. It is the biggest and best O scale show. I missed last year due to the cancer but I'm booked for this year!!!
Enjoy Atlanta!!!!
Correct, and this years March Meet will most likely be the very last one.
Hot Water posted:VGN64 posted:Get your train ticket to Chicago March Meet.....
Correct, and this years March Meet will most likely be the very last one.
Why?
Brother Love, I hope you have a lot of fun as you will meet a lot of folks with similar interest and see lots of all brands and kinds of trains, from pre-war to the latest and greatest. Are you going to the Atlanta Georgia area? If so, I recommend checking out Legacy Station Hobby Shop, they are in Lilburn, Georgia, and are a great store, Brian, the owner, and Eric, of Ericstrains gets his trains there. It’s also good to have a list of Want items or you could spend so much money.... The more you spend the better. All kidding aside, I hope you have a really fun time. Happy Railroading
SundayShunter posted:Hot Water posted:VGN64 posted:Get your train ticket to Chicago March Meet.....
Correct, and this years March Meet will most likely be the very last one.
Why?
Because the Hill family has finally had enough and have attempting to "sell" the Chicago O Scale March Meet, to interested buyers. Plus, the hotel keeps raising the rates.
Brother_Love posted:Can’t wait! Ive got a list as long as my arm of things I’m looking for. Hope to meet some new and old O scale friends. We don’t have many train shows in the south and certainly not a show dedicated to O scale so Atlanta is not that far to go for O scale.
Even if they are "NEW", most of them will be old.
Simon
You'll have a good time, even if you don't buy anything, you'll still have a good time.
What I do when I go to a train meet, I'll walk around, check out all the tables. If I see something I'm looking for, I'll make a mental note where I seen it and the price. Chances are someone else might have the same item and possibly cheaper. On the other hand, the first one I seen might just be the only one at the meet. That's the gamble of waiting and hoping to find a cheaper one.
I can assure you Malcolm that all of the Atlanta area O scale clubs are excited you'll be here. As an aside if you have a "want list" please let us know, at least let me know as I will be one of the sellers there and can circulate to the some of local guys ahead of time (as in "basements....too......full....must... lose.... weight)
Also anyone else considering attending, this will be a good show. Sales tables, Two clinics- Tom Yorke on his model building business and Ovidiu T. (Atl's command control wizzard) on DCC , also some excellent layout open houses Saturday and Sunday.
Hope to see everyone there, ya'll come see us!
Wow, seeing you are the one that posted this is a shocker; I figured you'd been a train guy "forever"... likely a Marx or Lionel into as a kid, then plastic car models and/or offbeat figure kits, etc, then the skills got hit by the train,,,bla bla bla 😬... but long enough to have had the better chance at attending back when the hobby had more of them, and us ....
Shows can vary in presentation style from tradeshowish/big vender only to postwar junker swap meets, and somewhere in-between.
Having fun isn't hard at either because most have some kind of working displays, food and bev even if the hunt is over before it starts.. I like them leaning towards swap meet than vender 
(except for re-pop parts or detail/tool venders, Ive only really bought off other modelers)
Wishlist? kits? stock to bash on? collect? decals?
I've been to a bunch of small scale shows too There was always SOMETHING in O to smile at, mostly because it was priced like it was gold 
(but old HO/N for bashing/repair worthy is dirt cheap. I bought a buddy tons avg. about 75¢ a car,ten years ago ) ....and a lot of S seemed to be at HO shows too.
Have fun!
Dang. Can't get there. Always hope to find an old kit or parts....would have liked to have seen "Brother Love", even if not set up with fabulous cabooses. Hope the Hills find a buyer and/or another location for the March meet! Even though a lot of O scale was made in Chicago over the years, little shows up at Wheaton.
I'm planning on coming up from Savannah for the show. My first 2 rail show...I am excited to learn about 2 rail.
That's great Andy, look forward to meeting you; my understanding is we've added one or more additional clinics to the agenda including one on Proto-48.
Likewise I expect we may get some more two-railers here from the Savannah area as well.
Pete DeBruin
I am bringing stuff to sell and money to add a GM&O, IC or TC caboose to my roster!
I'm excited... How many vendors/sellers are usually there?
Hot Water posted:SundayShunter posted:Hot Water posted:VGN64 posted:Get your train ticket to Chicago March Meet.....
Correct, and this years March Meet will most likely be the very last one.
Why?
Because the Hill family has finally had enough and have attempting to "sell" the Chicago O Scale March Meet, to interested buyers. Plus, the hotel keeps raising the rates.
Don't raise the bridge, lower the river!
Go find a better location with cheaper motel rates.
Mixed Freight posted:Hot Water posted:SundayShunter posted:Hot Water posted:VGN64 posted:Get your train ticket to Chicago March Meet.....
Correct, and this years March Meet will most likely be the very last one.
Why?
Because the Hill family has finally had enough and have attempting to "sell" the Chicago O Scale March Meet, to interested buyers. Plus, the hotel keeps raising the rates.
Don't raise the bridge, lower the river!
Go find a better location with cheaper motel rates.
It is NOT the room rates that is the issue. It is finding a hotel/motel in the Chicago metro area, with a large enough event hall, at a "reasonable rate".
Mixed Freight posted:Hot Water posted:SundayShunter posted:Hot Water posted:VGN64 posted:Get your train ticket to Chicago March Meet.....
Correct, and this years March Meet will most likely be the very last one.
Why?
Because the Hill family has finally had enough and have attempting to "sell" the Chicago O Scale March Meet, to interested buyers. Plus, the hotel keeps raising the rates.
Don't raise the bridge, lower the river!
Go find a better location with cheaper motel rates.
Terribly easy to say - far, far harder to do and find a hotel with a suitable space for the meet.
Mixed Freight posted:Hot Water posted:SundayShunter posted:Hot Water posted:VGN64 posted:Get your train ticket to Chicago March Meet.....
Correct, and this years March Meet will most likely be the very last one.
Why?
Because the Hill family has finally had enough and have attempting to "sell" the Chicago O Scale March Meet, to interested buyers. Plus, the hotel keeps raising the rates.
Don't raise the bridge, lower the river!
Go find a better location with cheaper motel rates.
Tough to find a room large enough to fit everyone in it that is affordable. (no one likes being stuck down a hallway into secondary rooms) And easy access also.
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