Got this barely used MTH 400e black and copper PS1 engine, tender and 4 200 series freight cars . Also, found a really nice 2620 searchlight car and 2660 crane for my MTH 261/269e set that I got from Mr. Muffins, who are some really nice folks. Now I gotta save up for October !
I had a rough time moving around the Meet because of a left knee injury I've been nursing since the East coast January Blizzard. I had missed the Allentown Meet and a couple local Greenberg's shows since then, but I wasn't missing York! I tried walking around the Orange Hall on Thursday but after a short time the pain in my knee was too much. Along with the pain it felt like I had a cinder block tied to my leg. I only got through about ⅓ of the hall that day so I didn't see much.
However, never to be deterred I brought my wife's scooter she used before her knee replacements, just in case I needed it. Well, I needed it on Friday and Saturday and had a lot more fun! A special thanks to Scott Smith for giving me a boost up a curb on the way to the Friday OGR presentations. Thanks Scott! So after enduring the pain this long I made an appointment for an MRI on my knee on Monday. I want to be back to normal (what ever that is for me) by October's Meet!
So my haul was a bit lighter than usual:
Lionel 30,000 Gallon Tank Cars "Philadelphia Energy Solutions" 3 car set
K-Line die cast "Neiman Marcus" tractor trailer & cab
Miller Engineering Signs: "Budweiser Eagle" & "Foxy's Night Club"
Amerigas Propane Tank from the Korber booth
Some scenery detail sets
MTH Full Dome Passenger cars for my fantasy Excursion Train: NYC, Missouri Pacific & VIA Rail (And one Alaska RPO I thought was a dome car. Oh well I'll use it as a power generator car!)
Department 56 "Dorothy's Dress Shop" (Long since retired)
Three Sunoco refinery items and an electrical substation from Stan's Tanks
Lionel Legacy Kansas City Southern ES44AC (To M.U. with my KCS die cast ES44AC)
TM Books & Video "Toy Train Revue #4 & 5" videos
OGR Great Layout Adventures Volume 12 Blu-ray HD video
A couple of great meals at Cheddar's during the week, and a fabulous cheesesteak at Latucca's before heading home on Saturday
I can't wait for October's Meet!!
Picked up track only this year as I'm getting ready to start a new layout. 32 PCs. of 0-72 postwar original track and 4 -14 1/2" long straights for $50 in great condition. Never knew Lionel made that size straigts. Any info on what years they made them?
Very interesting replies. Almost no high end modern steam locomotive purchases. Is this sample representative of the York O Gauge market. Probably not but still fascinating information.
Lew Schneider
This thread is probably representative of some of the OGR Forum people who had a good time at York. "The York is bad" thread shut down after 7 pages.
I find it interesting how orange hall related this Forum is. The only thing I bought in the orange hall were parts. There's not much in this thread about the member halls.
aussteve posted:This thread is probably representative of some of the OGR Forum people who had a good time at York. "The York is bad" thread shut down after 7 pages.
I find it interesting how orange hall related this Forum is. I only thing I bought in the orange hall were parts. There's not much in this thread about the member halls.
OK, I'll add one (sorry no pic at the moment, maybe later): I bought a K-Line 2 truck West Side Lumber Shay in the Red Hall from a member slightly down the adjacent aisle from my table. No coupler extension plates for use on O-31, but that doesn't bother me for the good price I got it for.
I liked this piece since the Lionel version I ordered (and refused delivery for) several years ago ended up with the paper stuck to the paint like many of those models did. This unit is far superior in that department, nearly flawless.
-Dave
aussteve posted:This thread is probably representative of some of the OGR Forum people who had a good time at York. "The York is bad" thread shut down after 7 pages.
I find it interesting how orange hall related this Forum is. I only thing I bought in the orange hall were parts. There's not much in this thread about the member halls.
The 400e engine and 5 freight cars that I got, was from a member hall. Blue or silver, I can't remember, so much stuff. As was the O gauge crane car for the grandson. Don't think I bought anything from the orange halls, just looked... over and over again. First time to York, LOL
Nothing, since a pressing family health emergency prevented me from attending but since then have eaten quite substantially into the budget meant for York with numerous buys from forum members and pre-orders that have finally arrived.
aussteve posted:I find it interesting how orange hall related this Forum is. I only thing I bought in the orange hall were parts. There's not much in this thread about the member halls.
Sadly, I think a lot of people overlook the member halls or just give them quick run-throughs because they are into modern/scale stuff and have a mistaken impression of the member halls contents in that regard. There is a lot of modern stuff in the member halls at great prices, but you will see people making statements to the effect that the member halls are just Postwar, Prewar, and other "old" stuff. I have lots of Atlas O Master Line cars (including reefers!) that I've picked up in the $30-$35 range in the member halls over the years -- you won't find thos prices in the dealer halls! 
For me, the stuff I buy in the dealer halls are things like Miller Engineering signs, DVD's and Blu-Rays, smoke fluid, figures, tools and other things that I could get elsewhere, but buy at York to save a little on shipping. Since I support my LHS's, I rarely buy rolling stock or engines in the dealer halls unless it is something that I missed seeing when it was announced or catalogued, or is new old stock that was produced before I got back in the hobby.
While I love walking through the dealer halls, I have much more fun hunting in the member halls. 
Andy
You and me both, Andy
Andy, you've summed it up better than I could, "While I love walking through the dealer halls, I have much more fun hunting in the member halls." I always start in the member halls, usually not looking for more than one or two things. What surprises me are the things that I end up buying because they are such good deals. I bought 17 large passenger car incandescent light strips for $7.00. I stood and looked at them for a couple of minutes and thought of several things I could use them or the parts for. So I bought them and moved on. I wasn't looking for engine shells, but found 9 that I liked and they followed me home. One was a brand new Lionel SP Black Widow FM shell, so now one of my pw FMs is going to get more run time. 5 of the shells were postwar GP-9 and FMs that I might have someone custom paint or try it myself. At $4.00 a piece it's no great loss if anything goes wrong. I only found one of the two things I was really looking for at this York, but I got some great deals and had a great time. And I think that 9,952 other people had a good time also. Eddie, sorry you couldn't make it. See you in October.
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