This show is on today (and tomorrow!!)at the Cuyahoga Co. Fairgrounds, in three large buildings. Although I only came away with a
book, there was a lot of stuff at this show, even an O scale structure kit dealer. If you are within a couple of hours of Cleveland,
you might want to crank up the jalopey and make it over there tomorrow. This show has been going on for decades, but this is the
first time I have made it there. AND the fairgrounds are west right off I-71, so are highly accessible.
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Holy Smoke, CO Hi: Did you come all the way from Colorado for the Berea train show?
Gosh, I'm only about 30 miles from the place and I didn't go, although I had a friend call from the show to mention an item that I would have had interest in. Show goes for two days; maybe I need to head over their tomorrow.
Paul Fischer
Lots of O gauge there. Show is today 11am to 4pm
I went yesterday and scored a couple of small parts victories. I found a couple of factory fresh Dallee 2789 LED lighting strips in the $5 grab bag the lady sold me - that's a current product worth $70 retail...and I needed some....and they work quite well!!!
Also got this lovely Boston & Maine PS-4 Flatcar with Bulkheads in a $7 pile of stuff - got waaaay more than my moeny's worth out of the other stuff, so this car was bacially free! Just missing the 6-pipe load - got any pipes?
That was my first time to this show and it was great! I was quite amazed to see so much Flyer and HO stuff. The other smaller shows I have attended typically seem to focus on the O gauge. I'll certainly be back next year!
This show is always a good one. My only complaint is to the fairgrounds for zero restroom housekeeping. At 2pm on Saturday the place was worse than I care to describe. Cleveland Municiple Stadium bathrooms were in better shape after a Browns game in the 1980s.
I enjoyed the show and the weather made it that much better. Usually it is cold and rainy for this show. There were a number of good buys. I found some neat little items to add to some scenes plus some ballast.............Paul
I don't live near this show, but as a collector of Marx trains, I'd be curious to hear how much Marx equipment was on sale.
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