The Murrysville show is certainly tempting.
Of course, so is Frank Mulligan's suggestion - open a box!
Maybe even both......
Perry
Crawl underneath my layout.... find some unopened boxes ... open them ... be in awe of my new found train stuff that I didn't realize I had !! 
In actuality the above could be true. What is definitely to be true ( if shipping schedules go according to plan .... which they rarely do in my experience ) is take delivery of a new MTH RailKing Washington Terminal RS3 with proto 3, a Premier 18 th century B&O coach from Just Trains Delaware, and an Atlas O Natty Bo Reefer from Mr. Muffin. All this coming this month ... hopefully.
It really doesnt matter what You or I do in place of it. For those that only go for a few hours and leave will not understand. York is more a meeting place for good friends than it is a train show. From the breakfast with the guys at Round-the clock , the Smokey Bones LCCA party to the OGR comaradarie at Quaker Steak it shows what the important things are. Its great to talk to people on the forum but to sit with them and lift a beer and laugh about our experiences is another. So to answer the question Steve What do I intend to do? I'm going to drink beer and talk about everybody What a surprise LOL
Ben, you are right! It is all about our friends!!!
I started loading the car with my demo stuff, product boxes, etc.... OOPS, where am I going! 
@trumptrain posted:Crawl underneath my layout.... find some unopened boxes ... open them ... be in awe of my new found train stuff that I didn't realize I had !!
In actuality the above could be true. What is definitely to be true ( if shipping schedules go according to plan .... which they rarely do in my experience ) is take delivery of a new MTH RailKing Washington Terminal RS3 with proto 3, a Premier 18 th century B&O coach from Just Trains Delaware, and an Atlas O Natty Bo Reefer from Mr. Muffin. All this coming this month ... hopefully.
Wow Patrick, sounds like early Christmas presents to me'... and what a nice selection of goodies'... I just looked at the 18th Century coach. That era car was George Pullman's best work.. They made beautiful comfortable coaches of the day'....
@bluelinec4 posted:It really doesnt matter what You or I do in place of it. For those that only go for a few hours and leave will not understand. York is more a meeting place for good friends than it is a train show. From the breakfast with the guys at Round-the clock , the Smokey Bones LCCA party to the OGR comaradarie at Quaker Steak it shows what the important things are. Its great to talk to people on the forum but to sit with them and lift a beer and laugh about our experiences is another. So to answer the question Steve What do I intend to do? I'm going to drink beer and talk about everybody What a surprise LOL
Ben
on Friday give me call, we can catch up ! ! ! !
Right now I would be at the Round-the-Clock Diner getting ready for the pre-York breakfast......hopefully, once again in April.....
A few pix from last October.......
Have a safe and pleasant weekend, folks......we will get through this and get together once again......
Peter
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I got all the way to Breezewood this morning and realized there wasn't a meet. Just kidding. At work. See ya in the spring.
I would be on my 8.5 hour drive to York from Maine this morning. It's currently 7:30am as I write this, so I would be somewhere in New Jersey on I287. I usually hit the road around 2am. I'm missing my York trips alot. I only started attending in 2015.
Now, what am I going to in lieu of being in York. Just the normal weekend activities. Get up early and photograph some lighthouses during sunrise. Walk the dog and train watch. Maybe go to a NETCA outside meet on Sunday.
Stay safe everyone, hopefully this will end.
Deer hunting out at the farm during the senior season.
Well, I made my reservations for April 2021!
REALLY looking forward to it.
Peter, Thank you for all the photographs! It was good to see so many familiar faces!! I missed that one, but was there the previous October and April. Let's say I am cautiously optimistic we can get together again this coming April. When I didn't come in the night before for breakfast, around now 8:45, I would have been on Rt 22 heading towards I-99 near Altoona. Have a good rest of the week everyone!!
Peter, thanks for the great pictures. How weird is it that I say those were the good ole days when we could sit in a restaurant like that?
I am not doing anything special in lieu of York. I recently bought some train stuff from a friend (some track and structures) and that will have to be my York. I am really missing it. I hope it happens in April. Usually due to my budget I only go to York with a few hundred dollars. If they have it I will have 3 times that amount to spend in April! Can't wait!
The Lovely and Gracious Linda and I are traveling in the mountains of Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina in our land yacht...
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Knee replacement surgery. Much more fun than York.
@rthomps posted:Knee replacement surgery. Much more fun than York.
Best wishes and luck with your surgery I know the recovery can be difficult
Never been to York. This fall was supposed to be my first York show and I was looking forward to it. We had a giant layout planned for the event. Generally train shows where I am in Western NY aren't all that fun anymore, as its usually vendors with overpriced postwar stuff, or vendors with used modern stuff priced as if it were new.
Definitely not how I wanted to be spending this day! The pics from the last breakfast sure do bring back some great memories!
-Greg
@Rich Melvin posted:The Lovely and Gracious Linda and I are traveling in the mountains of Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina in our land yacht...
Is that a "Lash Up" with the car behind?
