The thing I find most attractive about the Allentown meet is how it reminds me of the way meets used to be when I started attending them back in the 70s. What I mean by that is how meets used to be made up primarily of private individuals who took tables looking to thin out some excess items, trade duplicates or just looking to move models to get money to buy other equipment they wanted more. I myself took tables at those shows. You literally didn't know what you find any given day. Shows like Greenberg have become very predictable in the sense that they're the same dealers offering the same merchandise from show to show. I find Allentown a refreshing change in the sense that it reminds me of an "old school" meet . I was very happy to find some old Lima HO equipment of South African Railway prototypes which I wasn't expecting to come across. It was being sold by an older gentleman who's looking to thin out his collection at this point. Of course, York still fits this mold as well. That said, I enjoy looking at all the new stuff in the Orange Hall as well. There's plenty of stuff for everybody. That's the way it should be.
Bob
