When is the next show on the island and who can I contact for a table. We recently bought a collection of over 500 steamers and need to sell some other than ebay. Thanks
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Charlie,
Get ahold of Carmello from TMB. He does the Lindenhurst show. Not sure when the next one is.
Lionel? MTH?
Modern, Postwar?
Carmelo's show is Sept 15th and his contact # is 531 666 6855. The other LI show is Central Operating Lines show in Farmingville on Oct 6th the contact number is 516 314 6499
Charlie
There is Greenberg in nearby Edison NJ 8/11 & 8/12
Charlie you best bet is the Edison Greenberg show. They will also have one in late December at Queens College.
Bob
Originally Posted by Charlienassau:
When is the next show on the island and who can I contact for a table. We recently bought a collection of over 500 steamers and need to sell some other than ebay. Thanks
Charlie,
METCA will be back at St Helen's in Howard Beach on November 16th. That gives you just about 4 months to get them all tuned up!
Charlie
Why don't you list the engines here on the For-Sale site on this forum?
Been selling them on e bay but they are quite common and I also have 100's of cars to sell. Better to bomb them out at a show
Charlie,
Have you thought about listing the stuff on www.choochooauction.com
It may cost a few dollars for a large amount of stuff, but gets better results then ebay, and not as costly with fees per item.
When you go to a train show you have to rent a table or two and then transport all the stuff there too. You have children come in and play with things and sometimes break something and you lose the money from a possible sale. I used to sell at train shows, so I know what I am saying.
Lee Fritz
Charlie, what's your ebay ID?
Originally Posted by eddie g:
Charlie, what's your ebay ID?
I believe Charlie is under the ID lovetrains247.
-Dave
Originally Posted by phillyreading:
When you go to a train show you have to rent a table or two and then transport all the stuff there too. You have children come in and play with things and sometimes break something and you lose the money from a possible sale. I used to sell at train shows, so I know what I am saying.
Pretty sure Charlie has had tables at a train show or 2 (maybe closer to 2000 than 2 
) over the years.
Originally Posted by Dave45681:
I believe Charlie is under the ID lovetrains247.
Just looked - that is it.
Charlie,
Please do plan to sell at our METCA show. This will be our first visit back at St. Helens since Hurricane Sandy. We hope to help people get their lives back to normal. Contact any of the METCA guys to reserve your spot.
Stu
Another possible is the Railroad Museum of LI's Railfest in August. It is a two day event on the24th and 25th of August, Contact Don Fisher for more details. Lenny J
If anyone wants a table at the following show:
http://www.metca.org/flyers/HB...16-13_Rev_7_11ra.pdf
Act now. There's less than a handful of tables available. Also, if you want to see a future METCA Howard Beach show, please see the below request:
As you know the METCA Howard Beach Train Show and Meet is on for Saturday November 16th. It will be a fun event and I hope you will make it a point to come down and see all your METCA friends and maybe find that piece for your collection.
I would also mention that this event and its continuation is dependent on having some of you , our METCA folks to step up and take a part in running the show. For these shows , we need some help on Friday evening before , November 15th to help with the Hall setup and early Saturday November 16th to open up and assist with the vendor admission/setup and final show preparations as well as man the show as it takes place. We need a chairperson to lead and direct and others to help out with the tables , admissions, announcements, raffle prizes, etc. It can be a rewarding task for you as a volunteer. You are going to the meet already so why not do something special and volunteer to be part of the team to run this and future Howard Beach shows.
Please get in touch with Bob Amling or any other METCA officer or Board Member if you would like to be part of the Howard Beach Team. Its Easy, its fun, its rewarding and best of all you will be giving something back to METCA so that everyone in the division can enjoy this event. Look forward to hearing from some of you.
You are correct Stu, there are less than few tables left.
We should also mention that this is a great show to attend. There will be three operating layouts; LITS, NLOE and the Sunrise Hirailers. There will also be METCA's famous Drag Races which are a big hit with the kids! The show opens at 8 AM for TCA members and 9 AM for the public. There will be hourly door prizes and Free Coffee complements of METCA. St Helen's HNS will be providing the best food of any train show in the NY METRO. We are 5 minutes off the Belt Parkway at the Cross Bay Blvd SOUTH exit.
