Lou Luczu said:
Do I hafta?
Lou I agree with Bruce…YES I want to see it with the folks this time
everyone be safe and have fun out there gotta say this is making me sad first time i will not be there since Pat Sullivan dragged me cross country in 2002 hopefully this will be a one time miss
Lou Luczu said:
Do I hafta?
Yes, you do!!
Most important things are packed in order of importance…
More beer than I could drink alone in a week, some plastic scraps for Lou and the
Camera Car as requested by Ric.
Still need to grab some clothes and maybe a few things to sell. Probably won’t get there in time for Dave’s seminar, but I’ll try.
I had to look twice 'cause I thought you wrote 'food scraps for Lou …" !
Hope ya (lucky) peoples have a safe but FUN trip. And find everything on your wish/plus lists at the show !!
doug c
Setup was easy and earlier than usual with some LSC help in unloading of Andy’s truck. Thank you Noel. A minor guided tour of war sites limited some of the normal help. But all had a good time and all is ready.
Vinnie already dragged his Dad over and has scheduled time at the throttle. Looks like a good weekend is in the making.
Cool!
See you in the morning, Ric & Andy! (Yawn) Time to turn in.
Aden brought his sister, Sierra, plus his Mom and Dad. He says he’s ready to tackle the Timesaver. I think we are fighting against scheduled swimming pool time, but I think he’s going to give us plenty of run time. The next generation of railroaders are building life time memories.
Just on flickr lots of pics. hope there are lots of deals or a lot of dealers are going home with a lot of stuff.
Richard
I hope that someone will begin posting pictures for us poor souls who can’t be there. I attended for about 10 years, but moved so I can’t come any more. I need pictures.
Thanks
Paul here you go 244 pics. and they say more to come.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/usatrainsgscalegroup/sets/72157642443672825/
Richard
Thanks for the pictures Richard. Maybe you should start a new thread just for the pictures and show reports.
Chuck
i’m at home like you, not my pics. belong to
Shawn Conahey who put them on fickr he is a member of usa trins gscale group.
wish i was there but Bob didn’t stop to get me, he forgot. lol
Richard
Just got back. Some ok deals. Saw my favorite vendors including Star Hobby, Train-Line, Bridgewerks and Hartland Locomotive Works. Lots of vendor banners for Accucraft. Piko had a large footprint via several vendors. Picked up a water tower, Las Cruces city building, a few figures and a set of rollers to work on my locos. Left at 2:00 and it was definitely clearing out. Everyone had track available. Some dealers were in new spots. Not all spots were sold. I think about 10% of the available space went unsold.
Show car sold out. They were taking orders for a second run of 100.
Scott Polk was there. I saw a list of things due in soon. Not just track. Scuttlebutt among the vendors was that Polks GenerationNext is expecting 5 containers in soon (on the water was the comment).
Various vendors stated that people were buying. One vendor stated he had sold 3/4 of what he stocked for the show. Some booths were noticeable for reduction of stock. Some not as much so…
Cash was still king, but not as much so as prior years. Typically 3-6%.
What I did not like was what seemed like an increasing of used goods. Not just old stock, but used and not cleaned up for sale. Most prevalent with track. One vendors stock seemed to be from estate sales or collectors liquidating their stock. One to 2 vendors seemed like they sourced their goods from yard sales. Some vendors looked like they overbought booth space and did not have enough goods to fill their available space.
Some vendors had a hard time with credit cards due to nature of the building (in case you have never been to Memorial Hall at the York Fair Grounds it is an OLD steel building. Not the best for cell reception. My phone only ran 1-3 bars all day.
Club displays were as usual. But no one from the clubs were really interested in talking to visitors and recruit potential new members.
Gee wiz. I hope there is something for me to look at and buy on Saturday. That’s the only day I can come up. If not then it’s all afternoon at the timesaver to play (more like watching my son play)
Matt Kirichok said:
Gee wiz. I hope there is something for me to look at and buy on Saturday. That’s the only day I can come up. If not then it’s all afternoon at the timesaver to play (more like watching my son play)
Cool …tell your son to request Bobby The Boxcab on the Timesaver!
Thanks Richard, great pics. It looks very familiar, and I miss it.
Matt Kirichok said:
Gee wiz. I hope there is something for me to look at and buy on Saturday. That’s the only day I can come up. If not then it’s all afternoon at the timesaver to play (more like watching my son play)
Matt, I’ve got a package with your name on it at the Timesaver.
For the Hook & Loop Preservation Society, we have free packages. Just ask.
I have no problem witht the dirty used stock. Got a great deal on some lgb car chassis, bodies and metal wheels all for $5.00. Sometimes that’s where you find a jewel.
LAO