Another couple and the wife and I attended two train shows yesterday. The first was in Kutztown PA which was well attended with a good variety of most gauges. the weather was beautiful. My wife picked up a little battery operated steam engine for our 2 yr old grand daughter. Her friend also got one for her grand son. I picked up a Lionel 250 W ZW for a friend who just the day before asked me to look for one for his son in law. I also got an American Flyer flat car for my brother. My friend got a nine car set of K Line Collector's Club steel passenger cars.
We headed to our favorite place for cheese steaks, the Port Clinton Hotel, just north of Hamburg. Port Clinton is the home of the Reading & Blue Mountain RR, which is behind the hotel. Not sure what was running, but smoke was rising from somewhere on the tracks. Port Clinton is also where the Appalachian Trail crosses PA Rte 61, just south of the hotel. There were several vehicles parked in the lot on the west side of the highway.
We then headed to Myerstown Pa for a small street show hosted by Brian's Model Trains. From there, we went to Allentown to a produce market before returning home, it was a great day!
The next Kutztown show is May 15th, with 2 more shows scheduled for the summer.
