what do you miss at York that used to be there?

Walter and the RMT booth... I enjoyed asking him to make more New Haven items!

and.....

Lower prices than we see now!

The sprawling bandit meets, especially the one at the Billy Budd that ran down the side streets were fantastic.  Grab a beer and a hot dog and look at trains, what a couple of days.  Sad to say, all gone now.  The Thursday opening of the TCA meet was very effective in killing them off.

I love the orange hall don’t get me wrong but miss the grandstand building underneath and the Lionel tent! 

The food stand outside the Purple Hall.  There are still plenty of places to grab food, but that one was always one of my favorites.

I miss having the OGR Grand Stand Meeting in the Grand Stands! It was quite nice to get outside for a bit vs in the Gold Hall.

Dmaxdeere87 posted:

I love the orange hall don’t get me wrong but miss the grandstand building underneath and the Lionel tent! 

I second that!

The Brown Hall

I get nostalgic for the yellow and gold halls.  Crowded and chaotic, but they had a lot of character. 

I miss the array of new products from the manufacturers that are no longer there.  Weaver, Aristocraft, K-Line, Pride Lines and Arttista all come to mind.

Gone too is the Green Hall and the gentleman with the homemade trains.  My sons were young then.  Every York they would always head to his display to push those trains back and forth.

Mostly I miss those York friends that have passed.  However, I'm thankful for the memories and the chance to have known them.

Time moves on and things change.  The great thing about York is the opportunity to have new experiences and make new memories.  Still anticipate these meets even after attending for a quarter century.

There was a vendor who set up barbeques and cooked beef right on the premises. I think it was by near the black hall. I really liked their sandwiches.

Ted R posted:

I get nostalgic for the yellow and gold halls.  Crowded and chaotic, but they had a lot of character. 

I miss the array of new products from the manufacturers that are no longer there.  Weaver, Aristocraft, K-Line, Pride Lines and Arttista all come to mind.

Gone too is the Green Hall and the gentleman with the homemade trains.  My sons were young then.  Every York they would always head to his display to push those trains back and forth.

Mostly I miss those York friends that have passed.  However, I'm thankful for the memories and the chance to have known them.

Time moves on and things change.  The great thing about York is the opportunity to have new experiences and make new memories.  Still anticipate these meets even after attending for a quarter century.

Just curious.. what kinds of engines were the homemade engines? I know a guy who made his own CNJ and Reading camelbacks as well as PRR E6's. 

I think that fellow who made the camelbacks was still in Orange in the Spring.

The Green Hall - plus, as others have written, the Yellow/Gold Halls.

The man in the Conductors uniform who looked like the Old Skipper and was selling the Toonerville Trolley in G and O scale.

RaritanRiverRailroadFan4 posted:

Ted R posted:

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Gone too is the Green Hall and the gentleman with the homemade trains.  My sons were young then.  Every York they would always head to his display to push those trains back and forth.

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Just curious.. what kinds of engines were the homemade engines? I know a guy who made his own CNJ and Reading camelbacks as well as PRR E6's. 

Not to speak for Ted, but I think it was trains made from tin cans (like large instant potato cans).  He had a stick with a hook that he would latch on to the engine and then push the train down the tracks.  Pretty unique.

I miss Yellow a little (but not the weird pattern you had to walk to make sure not to miss anything!), but I'm sure the vendors do not at this point.  I recall both Joe Grzyboski and Nicholas Smith crammed into one of those side vendor booths, with overflow just on some tables across the aisle from their booths.  They each probably have 7-10 times the space they used to have. 

I'm sure Lionel and MTH don't miss their old setup either.  I think most vendors were very pleased with moving to the Orange Hall and the booth model offered for display space.

-Dave

C W Burfle posted:

There was a vendor who set up barbeques and cooked beef right on the premises. I think it was by near the black hall. I really liked their sandwiches.

I don't know if it's the same one, but there is still a BBQ vendor that regularly sets up a grill near the Silver/Blue entrance (Memorial Hall sign), towards the road that leads over to Purple/Orange.

-Dave

Me!

Haven't been to York in several years!

Simon

That is an easy question.......The concession stand under the Yellow Hall near Greenberg's Books.....they had the best cake donuts with rich chocolate icing!

Vince's Trains.

Marty of Ma & Pa Trains.

Beth and Public Delivery Track

There was an older man who always sold books on RRs, transportation and military topics in the Purple Hall year after year..... I always found something neat there.....and then the next York he was gone....I hope he just retired....

Rails and Shafts....I believe the owner passed. The successor company did not last very long.

Peter

  The evening auction at the fairgrounds .

Rocky Mountaineer posted:

The food stand outside the Purple Hall.  There are still plenty of places to grab food, but that one was always one of my favorites.

I agree.