Large Scale Central

Official LSC Hotel for ECLSTS - Rooms Still Available

Conventions, Shows, Clubs and Get-Togethers
#1

I finally booked my room for ECLSTS. First I checked on the web and there are rooms available at our regular hotel, the Holiday Inn on Loucks Road in York, PA.

The advance Purchase rate on the net is $98 (no cancellations allowed) - DON’T DO IT - Call the hotel and request the “EAST COAST LARGE SCALE TRAIN SHOW” rate of $94 that Fred secured last fall. The are still honoring that rate with cancellation as late as 6PM on arrival date.

I booked Thursday 3/29 through Saturday night 3/31. Tentative plans are to join the Illinois contingent to explore the EBT on Sunday. Sunday night will probably be on the road half way home. The old Lackawanna station hotel in Scranton would be my first choice, but it’s pricey and too close to home. Probably end up in a Days Inn somewhere on I-80.

JR

#2

Last year on the way down I stayed in the Lackawanna station in Scranton. Beautiful building, and close to Steamtown!

For side trips, I can recomend the Eckley Miner’s village museum, and as a bonus, you’ll go by the Jeddo stripmine and get to see The Anthracite King dragline in action. Also, you can take a sidetrip to visit the mine fire at Centralia. Thats interesting in an eerie kind of way.

#3

I just got some great news from the owner of the company I work for. Two weeks ago I was really going out on a limb with making plans for York, but thanks to my boss’s generosity in the form of an unexpected bonus it will be a nice trip.

Ric and I are planning on once again doing the EBT themed model display to help the FEBT promote the railroad. How many will have their outside framed steel boxcar finished in time to display on our table???

All EBT related models are welcome to be displayed for the duration of the show. Standard disclaimer’s apply - we ain’t responsible for your model :slight_smile:

JR

#4

I dont know about finished, but I should have mine partially built, and I can bring the drawings and all for it, too.

Gary Buchanan has made one in 1:24, and its great, but I think that he’s not going this year.

#5

Please do. Gary’s was displayed on the FEBT table last year along with some ON-30 cars of Bart’s. Without them we’ll not have much in the way of EBT models to show.

JR