That week has come as it does each April and October. TCA York PA., Oct. 13th, 14th, and 15th.
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Three days of just trains, 1,000 tables, 250 dealer booths, 13,500 to 14,000 TCA members and family. All 8 halls used at the "York Expo Center" (formally the York Fair Grounds) with York Fair food carts all over the place.
(It's Members only but you can join at the door and that includes a quarterly magazine and news letters)
As always, I'm in the BLUE HALL, table E-14.
Don U. TCA 73-5735
Don,
I'm psyched, man, I'm psyched. See you in the Blue hall.
I did Spring York, passing on Fall York.
Bill T.
Don - JEFelec and I will see you there.
For anyone interested - meet at the CTT booth in the Orange Hal on Friday at 1:00 - 1:30 pm. If there are enough present we will find a way to get a picture.
Regards, Roy
Any suggestions/tips for a first time visit to Meet? I'm really excited about going.
lynbrookyankee Any suggestions/tips for a first time visit to Meet? I'm really excited about going.
Just enjoy a mind-blowing experiance! BTW, you don't have to spend money to enjoy yourself. You may want to visit the OGR Forum website...they have a special York section.
(as you correctly point out the meet is the largest of its type and all about Classic Toy Trains)
If you have any extra time, besides York, there is Strasburg.
Pennsy RR Museum, Strasburg RR and the TCA train museum.
See you all there, Thursday, Friday and maybe Saturday.
Have a great time everyone.
As a novice:
The most valuable use of York that you can derive is that of information gathering and a perspective on the hobby. (York is one road by which novices make the transition to intermediate and advanced hobbyist).
Ignore the feeding frenzy. York is hardly a substitute for your local hobby, retail/internet store, so for many reasons if you bring a shopping list you'll miss what is right in front of you. (A list of questions and things you want to see is much more important that a shopping list). There will be two excellent modular layouts at the meet: seek them out. Most importantly: talk to people and ask questions, (get out of the Orange & keep moving). That will return you to the top of this post.
How did you like it?
Overwhelming! I knew it was going to be big but really never imagined the amount there was to see. Makes you wonder how many pieces manufacturers built - if this many still exist, how many were thrown away? I was a bit surprised about how carefully they monitor who enters the halls.
One of the remarkable things about York is that over time you will discover that there are never two "Yorks" that will be identically alike. Some more memorable than others, but not "alike." Not only that, as your interests change, so too will your experience and use of the meet change. Although it is almost inevitable that each one of us develops some idea of what we might be interested in doing or buying there, in truth there are a kaleidoscope of possibilities of what you will find there. How much product are the major manufacturers liquidating out onto the market (via the major retailers)? Are members thinning their collections this time? There are fascinating interactions between the weather, the general economy as well as the pre meet spin at York Central (the dedicated OGR Magazine York Forum) . (The post meet reviews going on now are always fascinating and well worth catching now). If after leaving you feel like you are ready to go back than that the best sign that you've had a "good York."
It is often said that York will change your view of the hobby, and perhaps your involvement in it so welcome aboard. You can now place your opinion about what went on there along side the opinions of the 14K+ others that were there too!
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