A morning well spent. (Back from a train show)

Hi Nicole,

 

 Looked like a nice show. Lots of items and people,looked very neat and well organized

Thanks for posting.

 

 

Alex

 

Thanks Nicole.  Just curious, do they serve food at such shows in Holland?  Do you converse with the vendors in English or Dutch?

 

That really looks interesting......Train shows around here tend to become the same stuff folks drag out twice a year, high priced and common. It would be cool to see so much different train stuff!

Nicole

 

Nice show  amazing how clean and well lit the hall is. 

thanks for posting.

 

Are you auditioning for the York Photographer position when photos are allowed

Steve

Glad you enjoyed yourself.

Hi Alex, yes it was a pretty good show. There was a lot to see, and I always manage to come away from such shows with some ideas to incorporate into my layout.

 

 

Hi Lansteiner. Yes, there was plenty of food available. Each hall had a food area, and the largest hall even had a bar. (Such a shame that I was driving. ) I normally converse in English, or the universal languages of trains and currency. 

 

 

Hi barrister2u. In the past, I too would enjoy a walk, but due to health reasons I can no longer do that. I can just about hobble along for a short distance with the aid of a stick nowadays, so being able to park close to the entrance is important to me.

 

 

Steve, thanks, but no. I suspect that others far more capable than I will fill that position.

Great to see that you're out and about, my friend, and that you had an enjoyable time.  Also delighted that you managed to snag a few goodies for your layout.

 

I think I'll head over to Mercer, PA, for a while this afternoon and pester Dave Minarik and the customers at his shop.  

Thank you. Those dinky toys bring back lots of memories. Loved the military ones and always loved to look at them in the store but I never bought them (military) but managed a few cars and trucks.

Thanks for the pictures. Looked like a good show. have you ever been to the York meet?

Looks like a good show Nicole. I am over in the USA at the moment. 

Hope to go to a local train show while I am here. 

 

I have been working like crazy on my Lionel/LCCA modular layout to get it ready for the Lionel Collectors Club (UK) show at the end of May. Vacation is getting in the way of layout construction! I say vacation but I end up working on the house but then again I get my "Lowes Fix", my favourite DIY store.  Wish they were in the UK.

 

Nick

You have good tastes with the H2. Glad to see the train hobby is alive and well across the pond.

Nicole, I'm glad it was a good show.  Our recent Denver TCA show was great.

 

I may be in Zwolle later this year and possibly back in Amsterdam.  What are the best train-related things to do in those areas?

 

Thanks!

N.Q.D.Y. did you make a euro or two selling scrapple sliders? Since you invented them on the other thread,  I personally prefer cheek meat sandwiches or hog jowls to the uninitiated. Scrapple sounds like the stuff my Mexican co-workers call Cabeza just fried like cornbeef hash cant be all that bad or can it?

It looked like a very interesting show. We have some friends in the Netherlands they live in "Almere" I would like to see the Netherlands sometime and if I could coordinate that with a train show even better! 

Thanks for posting the photo's Nicole, most members don't take photo's at the shows to share with us.  Kudo's.  Glad you had a good time and it does look like the hobby is healthy in the Netherlands.

 

Steve, Lady and Tex

Nicole,

 

Excellent job withnthe pictures and commentary.

 

I am quite interested in those pics of the Dinkey Toys. And that crossing gate looks

 

like a piece of fun.

 

Thanks Allan, Don, Eddie, Nick, P T C, John, aterry11, Chris, Steve, Lady & Tex, Bernard and everyone else.

 

It was a pretty good show, and I had a fun time. I'm really looking forward to this year's EuroSpoor show in Utrecht at the end of October. That is always 'the' show to visit here.

 

Eddie, no, sadly I've never been able to make a York meeting. But it is on my bucket list.

 

John, it all depends upon when you will be visiting. If you let me know the approximate date, I'll be pleased to send you details of what's happening at that time. The Dutch railway museum in Utrecht is worthy of a visit at any time of year though. One good thing about living in the middle of The Netherlands, is that nowhere in the country is more than about 2 hours drive away.

Nicole,

I had no idea you lived in Holland.
Many years ago, when I was 9 or 10 years old, my parents took me on a trip to the "Old Country."
We visited family in DeLier and Rotterdam. And of course we made a stop at Madurodam.

 A bar? How come we don't have a bar at York? 

Thanks for that very interesting report and the photos, Nicole.

And when you do make it to York, my friend, you can be certain that you'll be treated in grand style.  I will personally make sure of it.  

Thanks Nicole! Eurospoor looks awesome! I will certainly try to make it there some year if not this.

Hi, N.Q.D.Y.  I found a similar crossing gate set-up made by marklin with the same "bell ringer shanty" here;

 

So, I believe it is a Marklin product.

 

 

 

Because we'd all be to drunk to follow the arrows! 

Oh?  So that is why some people don't follow the arrows?  That brightly lit hall with

broad aisles does not look like it needs arrows.  Very interesting.  I probably would

not spend much but it looks like great window shopping, unless some 1/43rd was

interesting among the Matchbox.  Great reporting!

I would love to be able to have a beer at a train show!

 

Dave

Here's the one that I had at last year's EuroSpoor show. 

 

 

You're taunting us, Nicole!    That photo makes my mouth water.  

Nicole,

 

Thanks for posting! Always nice to see what's happening on the other side of the pond! If you can manage to pull off a trip to York, I'm sure you would enjoy it!

 

Simon

Nicole....what a fantastic meet!!  Great pictures and glad you had a wonderful time.  You MUST come to a York meet....  In my case, my first one was this past October and now I can't look at any other meet in the same way....  Truly incredible!

 

Alan

       
       

That doesn't look like a “Killer Margarita” to me? Couple that up with a Chocolate Muffin and you're going to get fat!!…lol

Hope all goes well today…I just know it will

Take Care

K.C.

Nicole,

Looks like a great time. Thanks for posting.

I don't know about the rest of the World's Greatest Hobby shows but the recent one on Oaks, PA had beer.  They couldn't start selling it until 11:00 am but I did buy one.  Just couldn't resist having one at a train show...lol

--Greg

 

"Those dinky toys bring back lots of memories. Loved the military ones and always loved to look at them in the store but I never bought them (military) but managed a few cars and trucks."

 

amen to that!   i noticed those, too.  i did get a lot of military and still have all of them. have to figure out a place for some on the layout.  i have several of the big centurion tanks and their transporters.

I have found that the only way to see new stuff, to you, is to attend train shows out of your normal area.  The stuff that you are seeing for the first time in a new place is the same old stuff to the people who regularly attend shows in that area.  Prices always seem to be more reasonable in a new area also.  Of course, I live in CA and prices just about anywhere out of state are cheaper.

 

Joe 

Wow. As a collector of foreign HO and N scale equipment, I could do some serious damage at a show like that. Thanks for sharing, Nicole!

 

All the best,

 

Bob

Excellent!

As always Nicole, nice job and thank you. Don