Strasburg 2 rail Show

Had a great time seeing old friends and making some new ones.  Lately I've been trimming the rolling stock roster to better match my operating scheme and my sales exceeded expectations.  For those thinking about switching to O scale 2 rail I can't think of a better show to go to in the east.  Lots of good condition used pieces at very attractive prices.  Thanks again to John Donn and Rich Yoder for putting on another well run show.

Great show and lots of good pricing   Got a Car Works VO1000 at a great price  

I see on facebook rolling stock at the show going for 10 dollars and even 1 dollar, cars that I pay 30-40 dollars for on the bay someone is making money.  Who said O scale is expensive in America. Roo.

Nev
Lets add all the money we could save on stuff for our Nth Am indulgences at Strasburg and that can pay for our flights.  Why didn't I think of that before 
Jason

Jason Dickie posted:

Nev
Lets add all the money we could save on stuff for our Nth Am indulgences at Strasburg and that can pay for our flights.  Why didn't I think of that before 
Jason

Jason.

Apart from the social side of putting a face to these blokes and visiting some layouts, maybe.

I worked it out once and I still came out in front by staying home and ordering everything on line. What I do miss out on is buying detail parts without seeing them in your hand struggling to work out the American terminology can be trying sometimes and often results in the wrong parts getting ordered. My son looked like moving to New York City from London with his job that got me excited but it all fell through and he stayed in merry England. Nev.

Hi Jim,

It was a great and friendly show. It's the first one I attended. We went to the show, caught 611 at Strasburg, visited the PRR museum, stayed at the Red Caboose, ate good food at the Casey Jones diner and stopped in the Altoona area for a few days. all in all, a wonderful trip. I highly recommend the show and the good efforts of John Dunne and Rich Yoder.

-Al

I loved the show, meeting people I know, and the bargains.  That said, I'm not sure if the $1 and $2 cars are simply a great deal or indicative of the decline in our hobby.  Wonderful for those looking to fill out a freight car roster or beginning their journey in 2R O-Scale, but what about the long time active modelers?  I've never consider hobby purchases to be good as investments.  It is amazing that some still cling to the hope that their model will increase in value or at least become a break even proposition.  Like it or not, it is a fact that the $1-$5 cars were doing a great deal more business than the $375 cars, which were also there.  Another fact is that if you can possibly attend a regional O-Scale show like Strasburg, it blows Ebay and many mail order O-Scale vendors out of the water.  The downside if searching for a particular item is that you are never sure what will show up.  Of course, that can be part of the fun too, like a treasure hunt of sorts.  I had a table, but fulfilled my long-standing behavior of buying more than I sold.  Great show!  Thanks John and Rich.

Hi Bill, You know me and I know you from way back and Yeh that is the trouble with these shows great for Americans and no one else but then think about it it's your country and you provide first the people that live in it, the rest of the USA world modellers get the scraps off ebay and Mail Order, tough words but Aussies have plenty of money so why shouldn't they pay more Ha Ha. I think as the years go by I'm getting more grumpy I'm still having fun building plenty of models that's the important thing, take care mate.  Roo.  (Neville Rossiter)

Roo:  It must be a bit of a nuisance attempting to model American steel railroads from down under, but I admire your perseverance and accomplishments with it.  I've also had a special place in my heart for the steel railroads, because I grew up not far from Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem PA and Alan Wood Steel in Conshohocken PA.  Each had its own railroad; Bethlehem Steel had the Philadelphia, Bethlehem & New England (a rather grandiose name for a railroad which never strayed far from Bethlehem), and Alan Wood had the Upper Merion & Plymouth.  During my railroad career I once worked the tower at Morrisville PA, and handled some traffic to/from the Fairless Works of United States Steel.  Best wishes for continued success with your modeling efforts in O-Scale.  The fact that you can do it from your location should give courage to all those here who cannot frequently get to our regional O-Scale shows.

Bill

Bill.

I've said it for many years you must have a passion for what you do, that bad that it hurts till you do it, I think that's where a lot of people fail their passion is not hurting enough!

I've had a passion for American Railroads for that long I can't remember when it started, yet where I grew up the railways were different mostly 4 wheel freight cars we did have some large steam locomotives and diesels that resembled USA prototype but everything else was different. Thanks for your kind words mate. Roo. 

Roo posted:

I've had a passion for American Railroads for that long I can't remember when it started, yet where I grew up the railways were different mostly 4 wheel freight cars we did have some large steam locomotives and diesels that resembled USA prototype but everything else was different. Thanks for your kind words mate. Roo. 

So where did you get the exposure that inspired you?

Simon

Simon Winter posted:

Roo posted:

I've had a passion for American Railroads for that long I can't remember when it started, yet where I grew up the railways were different mostly 4 wheel freight cars we did have some large steam locomotives and diesels that resembled USA prototype but everything else was different. Thanks for your kind words mate. Roo. 

So where did you get the exposure that inspired you?

Simon

A hobby Shop in Melbourne city called "The Model Dockyard". Roo.

Roo posted:

Simon Winter posted:

Roo posted:

I've had a passion for American Railroads for that long I can't remember when it started, yet where I grew up the railways were different mostly 4 wheel freight cars we did have some large steam locomotives and diesels that resembled USA prototype but everything else was different. Thanks for your kind words mate. Roo. 

So where did you get the exposure that inspired you?

Simon

A hobby Shop in Melbourne city called "The Model Dockyard". Roo.

Ah so! Never thought about that! Did they also have models of Aussie stuff? I've seen some images on the net and some was very much alike US equipment....an E8 style diesel for one.

Simon

Simon.

I think I said think I still have an old Model Dockyard flyer with many brass locos and trolleys of course I could never afford this type of equipment it was reserved for the wealthy people of Melbourne. I started with plastic Triang  "transcontinental" rolling stock and locos even that was a struggle for a young apprentice motor mechanic I made extra money doing car repairs on the side.  I also liked Hot Rods and built a few plastic kits my dear granny helped me with the cost.

Photo: I was 17 years old. I have built things all my life but never graduated to a MMR standard, and don't want to, I'm happy the way I do things. How did we move from a show to my life history I don't know !  I'm going back to my crane enough reminiscing. Roo.

I had a clean out the other month and got rid of a lot of books and mags and leaflets this one stayed I'm surprised myself. It's late sixties now let me get back to my crane!!! I don't like looking back it wasn't all that good my younger life the previous photo shows me looking happy a rare occurrence, that's not the way it was. Roo.

Just a heads up - as expected, the April 18th 2020 Strasburg 2-rail show has been cancelled.  

The next show will be Saturday August the 8th 2020. 

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