Allentown's FIRST FROST Breakfast

I will be there.

 

Chris

LVHR

 

Alentown (Chuck)

Greg houser

Mytrains

Freddok

RockyMountaineer

Corsair29

taycotrain

BLT & Luke

Scrambler81 (Chris Read)

CarGuyZM10 (Michael Reitz)

gunrunnerjohn (John of course)

 spifff

LVFan (Frank)

Tuscan Jim

John Devlin

gunrunnerjohn

lehighline (Chris)

Just a reminder that an advantage of joining us for the OGR breakfast is that Tedsgg1  from ATMA has given us 'early admission' tickets. Imagine the joy of seeing Ed Boyle's smiling face an hour sooner than the masses.

But don't let that dissuade you from joining us. 

I'll be there!

 

Alentown (Chuck)

Greg houser

Mytrains

Freddok

RockyMountaineer

Corsair29

taycotrain

BLT & Luke

Scrambler81 (Chris Read)

CarGuyZM10 (Michael Reitz)

gunrunnerjohn (John of course)

 spifff

LVFan (Frank)

Tuscan Jim

John Devlin

gunrunnerjohn

lehighline (Chris)

Traindiesel  (Brian)

Alentown (Chuck)
Greg houser
Mytrains
Freddok
RockyMountaineer
Corsair29
taycotrain
BLT & Luke
Scrambler81 (Chris Read)
CarGuyZM10 (Michael Reitz)
gunrunnerjohn (John of course)
spifff
LVFan (Frank)
Tuscan Jim
John Devlin
gunrunnerjohn
lehighline (Chris)
Traindiesel  (Brian)
Wowak

You almost ruined it for me there.

 

Darn......wish I wasn't working......I'd make the trip!

A great show for PostWar deals to be sure!

 

Peter

 

 

I will be doing my normal drive-by.  

Here's hoping everyone has a great time. Although I've been making a great recovery from my hip replacement 5 weeks ago, my walking limitation is about a half-hour at a time at this point. I don't want to "push it". During the course of the entire day, I do at least 1,000 Yds and over 100 stair steps, plus exercises.

Hi Joe. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Hope to see you at Spring Thaw.

We'll miss you Joe but are glad your recovery is going well!

- Greg

Have a fast and successful recovery, Joe.

 

"During the course of the entire day, I do at least 1,000 Yds and over 100 stair steps, plus exercises."  That's really good Joe, that's about 975 yards further than you normally walk!!!

Hi....unfortunately, my wife Gail is feeling under the weather with her diabetes and asthma symptoms, so I won't be along tomorrow morning. :-( Hope to see all of you and catch up at Spring Thaw.

 

 

Here are the eagerly awaited pictures from the First Frost Forum Breakfast.

It was good seeing and talking to everyone. Topics were quite varied. Of course, the visit of the 765 to Allentown and Scranton got its fair share of attention... (BTW, where were you, Ed? Inquiring minds want to know!)

 

Chris

LVHR

Another great OGR Forum breakfast. The crowd was great at the Allentown Fairgrounds. Thanks ATMA for such a great show.

I sure missed having a leisurely breakfast with the OGR crew at the Hamfam.  Instead I drove north to MA for my Granddaughters Birthday party.  It turned out to be the worst ride ever, 95 had two lanes closed in CT from exit 29 to 34 and to add insult to injury the exit to 91 from 95 was closed due to a Mack truck and an 18 wheeler crash.  This left a tad more debris than your average fender bender.:-)

I feel your pain Bill.  My wife's oldest sister lives in Rye, NH and prior to that in Stamford, CT....been in more traffic jams than I care to remember going to and coming home

I had my usual great time at breakfast and roaming around the show!

-Greg

 I have a nearly two hour trip to reach the show, so a nice breakfast was just the ticket. Set me up nicely for all that walking and searching.

Some nice pictures in the local newspaper

 

http://www.mcall.com/news/brea...14-photogallery.html

You highlighted why I never drive that stretch of I95 unless there is no other alternative!  When I go from Phila to Boston to see my daughter, that's always presented as the shortest route, and I never listen to that recommendation.

 

It was a pretty good show for me, I found the Coors Silver Bullet tail car to complete my Silver Bullet train.

Glad you found your tail car!

My only purchase, but it made it worth the trip.

 

Great show, great breakfast and an easy ride up with gunrunnerjohn.  Having good company on the ride makes it go quicker.  Chuck did another great job with the breakfast and Ted did an exceptional job with the show.  I was able to buy some of the "N" gauge cars and track I need for the kiddie train that will run throught my amusement park.  Thanks again ATMA.

It was a nice ride up and back, thanks John.   I also got to check out all the progress on John's layout after we got back to his place, coming along very nicely!  Three trains running, and not running to anything, looks like the track work is pretty much complete.

I especially appreciate this shot. It speaks volumes about contemporary life and, perhaps, of our hobby.

FrankM.

How great that the Allentown Morning Call saw the value of this public train show in our community....and with the added circulation of the Sunday edition, no less. Great job TedsGG1 and ATMA.

 

Well, from what I recall I think that single purchase bettered your York haul by one!

 

I picked up a pretty cool brass B&O padlock & chain that I think was used to secure switches. A pretty neat (and hefty!) little item.

 

Chuck, thanks for organizing this. It was fun to meet some folks and the early admission tickets were a nice bonus.

I especially appreciate this shot. It speaks volumes about contemporary life and, perhaps, of our hobby.

 

 

Actually, in this case, they are on topic. I gave him my Ipad to check out pictures I  took of the 756 railfan trips out of Allentown this past August. But having said that, your point is well taken: As a society we spend far too much time with our noses plastered to a screen and not enough time engaging our surroundings.

 

Chris

LVHR

       
       

https://mobile.twitter.com/jlo...s/414526019606175744

There's a complete set in the For-Sale forum if you still want one.

 

You are right, that was the first York where I actually didn't buy anything.  Saving my money for the spring.