CAN ANYONE GO TO YORK OR DO YOU HAVE TO BE A TCA MEMBER TO ATTEND???

You can either attend as the general public which gives you access to the dealer halls only on Friday and Saturday. Or you can have the Eastern Division sponsor you one time as a guest which will give you access to all the halls. Just head to the silver hall to register as a guest when you arrive.

Does anyone know what is needed to get in?  Do you need to present ID for general orange hall admission?  What is the cost for general admission to the dealer halls?  Thanks in advance!

General public admission into the dealer halls is $14 for one day and $20 for both Friday and Saturday. Admission is free for children under 18. If you are attending as a guest, you will need to present ID at the registration desk at the silver hall before receiving your badge.

Does it cost something  $$$ to be registered as a guest for the York show at the silver hall? I understand that there is an entrance fee of $20.00 for both days friday and saturday.

by the way is this show much bigger than the Springfield show which happened last January?  Are all the stores and vendors there also a bit like Springfield or is it even much bigger??

It costs $22 to be a registered as a guest at the show. Although I've never been to the Big E show, I will tell you this. York is the mother of all O gauge shows/meets. All of the big names in O gauge are there including Lionel and MTH, numerous hobby stores are also there displaying, as well as other TCA members selling their collections. Just about anything made in O gauge is there and for sale. I've heard that the overall measurements for both York and Big E are almost similar, but you'll find mostly O, S, and Standard gauge at York unlike Big E which has more in HO, and N scale. 

What if your past membership expired by several years?  Can I join TCA and everything at the gate?

Yes, you can join the TCA again at the registration desk in the Silver Hall. 

steam posted:

What if your past membership expired by several years?  Can I join TCA and everything at the gate?

As noted above, yes you can. And I'm not 100 percent on this but I seem to recall posts here saying you can even get your old TCA number back.