My York nightmare

Your dream is based on total reality. In the olden days, when York had attendance of 18,000+, the parking areas were packed even by 9:00 am on Friday. I typically park in the large field south of the Orange hall and always try to find a landmark to more easily find my car at the end of the day. Despite the rules, York always has women (and men) selling "stuff" that are unrelated to trains.  And there are a few dealers at York that sell cheap imported tools that are no longer so cheap.

My only nightmare about York is another cancellation!
I hope it’s not

i hope it’s not

I “dream” of finishing my layout every night, but that wood just won’t cut itself.

@Jim M Sr posted:

My only nightmare about York is another cancellation!

That's my nightmare as well! Enough is enough, let's get on with living!

My recurring train nightmare is a flooded basement or leaky pipes.

My York nightmare is realizing that I left my badge at home when I'm halfway through my 500+ mile drive.

My York nightmare is that I spend all my money at really great bandit shows. And then don't have enough money for Peter's breakfast or the OGR dinner. Nah, just kidding.

Gerry

@Mallard4468 posted:

My recurring train nightmare is a flooded basement or leaky pipes.

My York nightmare is realizing that I left my badge at home when I'm halfway through my 500+ mile drive.

That happened to a buddy of mine 4 years ago.   Lucky for him, I always registered my wife and son so I had badges in their names.  My buddy spent a few days walking around the meet as my son.

-Greg

@Mallard4468 posted:

My recurring train nightmare is a flooded basement or leaky pipes.

My York nightmare is realizing that I left my badge at home when I'm halfway through my 500+ mile drive.

Why is that a nightmare, you just have to go to the TCA help desk in the Silver Hall and get a new badge.  They have your name on file and can issue a new badge easily.

@gmorlitz posted:

My York nightmare is that I spend all my money at really great bandit shows. And then don't have enough money for Peter's breakfast or the OGR dinner. Nah, just kidding.

Gerry

Nightmare??? I did that the very first York I went to in 2004.  LOL!  It really sucked for the rest of the show!

I showed up a week early to attend open meets (Billy Budd, etc ) in good ole days, and cruised through the fairgrounds.  They were having a pottery/dish sale, so we didn't escape empty handed.  I think we have lived through at least two York nightmares (cancellations).

@Nation Wide Lines posted:

Why is that a nightmare, you just have to go to the TCA help desk in the Silver Hall and get a new badge.  They have your name on file and can issue a new badge easily.

In the old days, those lines were quite long - maybe not so much now?  In any case, there's never enough time to roam the halls - don't want to waste a minute of it.

Train related dreams??  Yes sir!!

Occasionally I have a dream I have a really big layout that everything works well.  It is always a different layout in a different location.

I have also dreamt I go to a certain location, I'll call it a club, but I don't think there has ever been a layout.  I have 'bought' a number of nice engines at those get togethers however.  I wish they were real! 

@Mallard4468 posted:

My recurring train nightmare is a flooded basement or leaky pipes.

My York nightmare is realizing that I left my badge at home when I'm halfway through my 500+ mile drive.

You can go over to the registration desk and get a duplicate.  Been there, done that.

my train related dreams usaully revolve around what is gonna be in the next catalog

i have a lot of dreams about owning a ton of lionchief plus or plus 2.0 locomotives

2 years before the christmas light express , and star trek set were even in the catalog i dreamt that i owned similar sets and all the add on cars

i don't know if those dreams are supposed to be a sign although in the dreams i wasn't living in greenville nc with my god parents but instead i was staying in a place called Allegheny City with an extremely pretty and very wealthy female railroad tycoon named Fenix Starr

@paigetrain posted:

my train related dreams usaully revolve around what is gonna be in the next catalog

i have a lot of dreams about owning a ton of lionchief plus or plus 2.0 locomotives

2 years before the christmas light express , and star trek set were even in the catalog i dreamt that i owned similar sets and all the add on cars

i don't know if those dreams are supposed to be a sign although in the dreams i wasn't living in greenville nc with my god parents but instead i was staying in a place called Allegheny City with an extremely pretty and very wealthy female railroad tycoon named Fenix Starr

Cody - tell us more about that last dream!  It sound like it has the making for a good book.  I love it!!

@Bruce Brown posted:

Your dream is based on total reality. In the olden days, when York had attendance of 18,000+, the parking areas were packed even by 9:00 am on Friday. I typically park in the large field south of the Orange hall and always try to find a landmark to more easily find my car at the end of the day. Despite the rules, York always has women (and men) selling "stuff" that are unrelated to trains.  And there are a few dealers at York that sell cheap imported tools that are no longer so cheap.

I remember those days. It was a real hike to make a trip to your car from the Halls back then. One time I had to park by the RVs on the other side of the track. What I use to do was the first time I went to my car I would move it and try to get a closer parking spot. That always saved me a lot of time for the rest of the day. Lately, most of the time it hasn't been difficult getting a good spot from the get go.

John, (OP) I can't recall ever having dreams about trains be it prototype or model but your dream is strange just like most of mine.

Every year I go to Chryslers At Carlisle in Carlisle, PA. In 2019 they set a record of 2,800+ for the amount of cars and of course last year the number went down but they broke the record again in 2021 with 2,900+cars even though folks from Canada weren't allowed to cross the border. I do realize it isn't a prefect apples to apples comparison but the thought process was a lot of folks were tired of staying home and wanted to get out so I am wondering if we will an increase in attendance for the first York whether it is October or next April? I know we won't hit those old numbers of 18,000 but I am hoping that we will see a noticeable increase over the last few meets.