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There are a variety of shows in MAryland, Greenburgs and others come to mind and I have had good experiences there. Timonium can be reached by light rail (Trolley, electric transit whatever you call it) from baltimore, and the venue is usually about 150 yards behind the station platform on the fairgrounds. I recently went to the GATS in Little Rock, and I did find some Jaegar Loads for HO flats and gons for my future eletcric utility industry. I found alot of so-called collectible toys (some were very tempting) and alot of trains "stuff" ranging from Athearn kits on down to locomotives and books. At the show what was useful to me was seeing some of the things I had forgotten about such as a little tiny N scale 2-8-0 shouting at high volume which can be heard 4 tables away. Or a Pink Lionel O Scale engine (Created as a attempt to get girls involved in the 70's) They did charge for parking and I was not able to find some items specifically looking for and found much of the offerings at prices too high. An example was a y6b 2-8-8-2 from some 20 years ago for $170- I think retail was 100- back then. And a few tried to sell assembled "blue box" kits or similar cars at near today's RTR retail. If I bought a kit and built it for $7.00 without any paint or superdetailing I probably would sell it for $4.50 or so assuming it was damage free. But 15, 20 and up? I dont see the justification. Half of the floor was LEGO trains at 400 scale miles an hour I do not understand what scale they would be in but think it is properitory to Lego. Another issue I found was several families who were attracted to trains did not understand enough of the hobby (as yet) to avoid buying trains that probably will not perform to expectations. I kept my mouth shut and moved on thru, believing that everyone has a shot at the hobby and learning is the best way. I made a point of not filling out a "registration form" because last year my mailbox was clogged by GATS's mail server with about 300 emails a day until my ISP cut it off. That was a problem. It will not happen this time, however I saw many folks filling out forms. To sum up my experience, I saw everthing to see in 5 minutes and found a few loads at a good price. The rest can wait for another show. Lee
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