Any Good Buys So Far At York

I picked up some diecast vehicles at Four Points and Wyndham today. And others in my club found things at all 3 bandit meets.

Andy

Haven't found a thing.  Sold some stuff at the Wyndham, but no purchases yet. 

I am ok, if I should go home with nothing purchased.

Went to three bandit meet locations.  Found some good deals (weaver coal cars 3 for $40) and miscellaneous items. 

Trivial items, BUT, what l was looking for, which beats not finding what you are looking for! And the FG ain't even open yet....

@colorado hirailer posted:

Trivial items, BUT, what l was looking for, which beats not finding what you are looking for! And the FG ain't even open yet....

That made me chuckle.  Sounds like you're batting .999 at this time.

Next time I go to the grocery store just for ice cream, and get it, I probably think of your post.  I went to a store with a thousand things to choose from and found exactly what I wanted.

I am never that lucky at York.  I was looking for lots of track and found some.  Good.  I wanted the PWC Denver Rio Grande engines only, and found the Williams 2379 remakes instead.  Okay.  But I don't understand how all that other stuff got in my car and took my money.

And the fairgrounds is 30min from opening.

Got two Lionel SC2’s for $12.00 each. Can’t beat that.

I finished up with two more Williams F3 AA sets NOS for 300.  9 MTH switches with motors and controls for 40.  A huge Texas& Pacific lionel steamer with die-cast tender, a shelf queen never run for 180,00 no box. 3 new Southern Pacific F3 daylight shells with no hardware for 10 each.  A box of about 50+ passenger car lighting circuit boards half led half incandescent  for 25.  I wanted the pcbs for lighting projects.  Some MTH freight trucks with pickup rollers for 7.50. A couple of uranium flatcars for 45 each.  An old MPC motorized drawbridge, nobox for 5.00.  Some insulated rail 072 curves for 1.25 each.  And the MPC DRG F3 ABA set new but no box for 86.

Got a little more than I planned for.

Hey, what happens in York doesn't stay in York.

i found a massive amount of the very hard to find LGB RhB style catenary for a bargain.  I know York is mostly an o gauge show, but I typically find good g gauge deals there.

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@Nation Wide Lines posted:

Haven't found a thing.  Sold some stuff at the Wyndham, but no purchases yet.

I am ok, if I should go home with nothing purchased.

I went home after making no purchases at the fairgrounds, other than lunch on Thursday and Friday.  That was ok with me, as I did not see anything I needed that would go with the rest of my collection.  I also enjoyed seeing the many friends that I have made over the years and having some great seafood during the week!

LIONEL TCA 15" aluminum passenger cars make excellent donors for paint projects because of their inexpensive cost (~$50 delivered on ebay), and the variety of shells:  baggage, combo, RPO (uniquge among 15" aluminum cars), diner, coach, vista dome, full dome, observation ( unique skytop lounge style with interior).

Bought six of them (4 brand new which is irrelevant for my purposes) for $30 ea. from a custom painter who had about a dozen more.  These are inventory, as are the two offset vista domes recently purchased, for a UP project that is months away from starting.  Meanwhile, I'll have some empty boxes to move.

AND, I bought the Nginerring MARS lights for my NP F-3s. and a gyralight for an observation car.  No bargain, but I avoided a shipping charge.

Very pleased with the shopping experience.

Legacy lima demo Berkshire new at 700.00

Free postwar Lionel boxes, MTH shippers and a 30 inch piece of standard gauge track from the dumpster by Mr. Muffins. Free signed billboards from the trainz.com booth.

That's just a portion of what I picked up.