More tips:
Visit all the buildings. York is 4 football fields of trains.
Give some thought to your wants so if you see them you can buy them.
Locomotives with a good mechanism but a not so good (or no) shell are hardish to find. I've bought shells and spent time looking for mechanisms at an acceptable price.
Two "must stop" booths in the Orange Hall: the TCA Deaccession Table and the LCCA Table.
Pay with exact change when reasonable. . .the seller will appreciate it.
Some travel and hotel related tips:
Buy or bring a case of bottled water. It'll keep you hydrated. Add powdered drink mixes - the kind you add to 16 ounces of water - and you'll have cheap beverages.
Eat at the food trucks outside the Orange Hall. Good food.
You can have good continental breakfast with good cookies, Maple Donuts, and tea made in your room microwave (breakfast buffet doesn't have water that's hot enough for tea).
Breakfast buffet can be very good or very bad (been there). Coffee is always drinkable and juice is acceptable.
Make time for Strasburg/RR Museum of PA/Choo Choo Barn/TCA Museum.
The East Broad Top Railroad (EBT) is 1/2 hour north of Breezewood on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Breezewood is around 3 hours west of York. EBT is worth a visit if you're coming from the west.
With time zone changes you lose time going east and gain time going west. Driving from Chicago to Breezewood - for example - is pushing it for a single driver. Driving from Breezewood to Chicago is reasonable, however. Leave at 6:30 AM ET and arrive in Chicago at 3 PM CT.
Looking forward to the breakfast at Round-the-Clock. Had a great time there last year. Great food and company!
Miketg
Lots of good tips above. I would add that you should prepare for any kind of weather -- it can even vary wildly from one day to the next.
Also, I second the comfortable shoes tip. A few meets ago, I counted the number of tables at the meet and estimated that there were over 2400 tables of stuff for sale. One York, before I was a table holder, I wore a pedometer and logged 10 miles on a Thursday! York is good exercise! 
Andy
Planning my "to do and to look for" list.....
Peter
Peter, I don't understand what you are saying? What is TP?
With today's typing/word shortcuts, he might be saying his "Trip Plans". Richmond, Virginians always have talked differently.
@eddie g posted:Peter, I don't understand what you are saying? What is TP?
Every one knows that TP is toilet paper.
Question deleted.....I found the answer.
@Ted Bertiger posted:Greg,
I guess if you get hammered at QSL on Thursday night, will you forget your morning coffee on your car roof?
I cancelled my La Quinta room yesterday and you might have gotten it. There is a slight up charge there securing my ex-room!
We are staying at Candlewood Suites on the east side of York. 1 bedroom suite with kitchen for $149 a night. Going out on Thursday am and staying till Saturday early afternoon.
I will see you sometime at York.
Ted (almost without his coffee left on the car roof) !!
Too funny Ted! So the Quaker Steak and Lube after-party is now at Candlewood Suites - Got it!
-Greg
@Ted Bertiger posted:
….We are staying at Candlewood Suites on the east side of York. 1 bedroom suite with kitchen for $149 a night……
Ted, Candlewood Suites is a very nice hotel, comfortable and clean. However it’s not a direct route back to the hotel from the Fairgrounds. There is a concrete median blocking entrance to the driveway entrance. You either have to drive past the hotel on rt 30 to the next exit and circle around local streets to get back to the entrance, or turn at the corner of the hotel, go down a few blocks to the gas station and make a U turn.
Much easier leaving the hotel to the Fairgrounds but I’d stay there again.
A kitchen! There's something I can definitely do without at York.
Gerry
@Andy Hummell posted:Lots of good tips above. I would add that you should prepare for any kind of weather -- it can even vary wildly from one day to the next.
Also, I second the comfortable shoes tip. A few meets ago, I counted the number of tables at the meet and estimated that there were over 2400 tables of stuff for sale. One York, before I was a table holder, I wore a pedometer and logged 10 miles on a Thursday! York is good exercise!
Andy
Andy are you going to have a table this year? I tried to e-mail you but don't think it went. If your e-mail has changed please zap me a note at mine. It's in my profile.
Thanks
Larry
I was procrastinating about attending this meet, but registered (online) for my badge today and made a hotel reservation at a place I've stayed at a number of times before. Planning to arrive Wednesday afternoon/evening so I can attend the Round-the-Clock breakfast bright and early on Thursday morning. Will leave from home sometime Friday afternoon/evening.
Going to list a dozen or so U.S. Army locomotives (going to go pretty much all-steam on the layout, with a few early diesels) on our buy/sell forum over the next few days to see if I can possibly make things a bit easy by arranging for York delivery. That worked very well for me in the past.
We (OGR) won't have a dedicated booth there, but I'll be in "official" OGR uniform 
and will be circulating around, primarily in the Orange Hall. I look forward to seeing all there!
Can't wait!!
The private jet and pilot have been scheduled. Our penthouse suites in Philadelphia and York are ready for our arrival. And the private limousine is on call, not sure if we are getting Jeeves or James as the driver. In anticipation of possible purchases some Swiss accounts have been liquidated, temporarily. Additionally, tickets are secured for Opening Night for the Philadelphia Flyers vs. Vancouver Canucks game and there is a window of opportunity to acquire Phillies National League Championship Playoff tickets if they get that far. We already have our San Diego Padres Playoff tickets.
A full week of trains, friends, food and some Flyers hockey!! What could be better?!!
@Traindiesel posted:Can't wait!!
The private jet and pilot have been scheduled. Our penthouse suites in Philadelphia and York are ready for our arrival. ...
Please post a picture of the view from your penthouse in York.
I am looking forward to another York show.I aleady have my AirBnb room and can't wait to see everyone at the show and Quaker Lube.
I've never been, but hope to work it out in 2025 since I am retiring at the end of 24. Traveling from the Houston, TX area is a trek and I want to drive it so I can bring home a LOT of new goodies. It will be nice to finally meet some of the guys who have always helped me on the forum.
Traindiesel must have won a big lottery, or maybe this is just BS.
@Mallard4468 posted:Please post a picture of the view from your penthouse in York.
That may not be possible due to security concerns. I will run it by my agents.
@eddie g posted:Traindiesel must have won a big lottery, or maybe this is just BS.
Eddie, how dare you! 
Traindiesel
Did you ever get reimbursed for.your trains that were shipped from york
@Ohio Jeff posted:Traindiesel
Did you ever get reimbursed for.your trains that were shipped from york
Only a fraction of what I paid for them.
That's unfortunate
Just registered online yesterday and can’t wait!! Second year going , and my wife is staying home this time. I will try to behave and not get too excited!! 😜
The latest edition of Clem's York Primer came out, with a new author, Ryan Newman.
@cbq9911a posted:The latest edition of Clem's York Primer came out, with a new author, Ryan Newman.
Yes......Carol McGinnis sought to retire after the many years of graciously editing it. Ryan stepped up to do it and he's a great guy and I know he'll do a great job.
He is also the Purple Hall Captain.....I'm sure he'd appreciate a "thank you" or a "well done" for all his efforts.
Peter
@Putnam Division posted:Yes......Carol McGinnis sought to retire after the many years of graciously editing it. Ryan stepped up to do it and he's a great guy and I know he'll do a great job.
He is also the Purple Hall Captain.....I'm sure he'd appreciate a "thank you" or a "well done" for all his efforts.
Peter
Thanks Peter. That's nice to know.
-Greg
@cbq9911a posted:The latest edition of Clem's York Primer came out, with a new author, Ryan Newman.
Please provide a link.
When I follow the link on EDTCA's York site, it takes me to the Spring 2024 version.
@Mallard4468 posted:Please provide a link.
When I follow the link on EDTCA's York site, it takes me to the Spring 2024 version.
Here is the link to the E-Train where TCA National posts the primers.
Also TCA National archives them as well on the E-train
Also thank you Peter @Putnam Division! I Appreciate your confidence!
@conrail5065 posted:Also thank you Peter @Putnam Division! I Appreciate your confidence!
On the contrary, Ryan……thank you for doing the work……
See you in two weeks!
Peter
@conrail5065 posted:Here is the link to the E-Train where TCA National posts the primers.
Also TCA National archives them as well on the E-train
Also thank you Peter @Putnam Division! I Appreciate your confidence!
Thanks for the link. EDTCA, as the host of the meet, could do a better job of making it easy to find.
Getting closer.....
you probably answered this somewhere else
https://www.tcatrains.org/wp-c...Primer-Fall-2024.pdf
what exactly is the pre show?
@Engineer-Joe posted:you probably answered this somewhere else
https://www.tcatrains.org/wp-c...Primer-Fall-2024.pdf
what exactly is the pre show?
It is the EDTCA version of the Bandit Meets.
@Engineer-Joe posted:what exactly is the pre show?
@MartyE posted:It is the EDTCA version of the Bandit Meets.
To add to Marty's answer, it is located in the Purple Hall on the fairgrounds from Monday through Wednesday. And it is a welcome addition to York Week, as well as added value for the EDTCA in that they have the fairgrounds for the whole week and are now bringing in some revenue from the non-meet days. I've found a few things to buy at the pre-show in the past, and my club mates have found quite a bit to buy there -- probably more than at the other Bandits, but we still find goodies there too.
Andy
IIRC, the last pre-meet sale only had about a dozen vendors. One of them had a large selection of Atlas reefers; those always seem to attract a lot of attention. Not a lot of foot traffic when I was there.
I remember hearing some of the vendors complain about poor sales, while others thought it was worthwhile. My guess is that if items are priced to sell, they will move.
I was there for last fall York and Spring York. Got some stuff priced right.
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