Picture from the Grandstands October 2013

Thanks for the great pics. But who's "the foamer" in the orange and blue shirt and blue shorts with all that "flair?" 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg-6wbETtbo

Notice Jerry a.K.a. "the ex Cadillac Man" is keeping a 2 chair distance?

with rich not there did anyone do some videos?

I remember rich posting he would not be there.

must be a cousin 

did he take video?

Thanks for taking and posting these Scott.  Hopefully I'll make it in the spring.

Don't look a great turnout by the pictures. How was it? 

The pictures of the crowd here were taken pretty early.  There seemed to be a pretty good turnout by the time the event got started.

Andy

^^^^^^^^^^^^. Yes, the attendance was comparable to previous grandstand meetings.  Good presentations, BTW.

The grandstand meeting is for people that collect & operate the new modern stuff. It's not for collectors and operators of pre & post war trains.

Nice pictures, but Who are the people in the pictures?????

Hey Scott ,Lionel didn't  pass around the new Big Boy,did they?

Brad

I'll agree with that.  But that's because, with the exception of the fine articles Ed does,  collecting and operating modern stuff is the primary focus of the magazine that sponsors the meeting.

Nice pictures Scott!

Actually, that's not quite true.  Although our primary focus is not on collecting (you normally won't see display shelves loaded with trains), I am perfectly happen to feature articles and layouts related to O gauge trains of any era and from any manufacturer.

Yes, we are primarily an operator-oriented publication, and always will be as long as I am the editor.  CTT covers the collecting aspect quite well already, and I'm most interested in what people do with the trains that they have.  If it seems that the focus is primarily on newer equipment, that's simply because those are the folks who tend to submit the most material for consideration.

But if you go through back issues of the magazine, you'll see that there are a number of articles and layout features devoted to those who operate and enjoy postwar and even earlier trains.  Doesn't matter much to me when or where the trains were made, so long as their owners take pride in what they have accomplished with them and are willing to share their fun with our readers.

This is true, and even though 90% of the stuff does not effect me (since mostly I buy pre/postwar stuff, but I do buy some modern conventional items), I use it into a picnic lunch and rest period. Usually, it has some information which I find useful, or at least interesting, I get some laughs, and afterwords feel recharged to go back and attack the halls again.

Glad someone posted pictures of the grandstand crowd and mfr reps..........and nice to see Rich!  This was the first one I missed in years, and as for that I already am bummed that I petered out so early.......I left early and now, doggone it.......October York is over.

Is there any written report of what was presented at the OGR Grandstand meeting..

I miss those reports that the McMuffins used to do.

I'm hoping to read one also.