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That is if you like HO and N scale. Not too much in way of O Gauge.  Alot of commercial vendors though.  Talked to Atlas, and they are finishing design of new backward compatible signal boards and signals, removing worry over system obsolescence, now that Custom Signals has ceased operation.

Alot of great HO, N and Z modular layouts.  It was apparent, the smaller you go the more everything has to be perfect. Little bumps in our trackwork would be almost derailments in N but definitely Z.  Some of those layouts "are to die for" as far of track work design (large yards, intricate interlockings etc) but if scaled up to O scale would require the proverbial hangar to enclose it.  Some were even complete with prototypical bi-directional signaling.  The scenery details on some modules were almost "photo-realistic" when viewed at track level.

Something new to me was Lego train sets. Not the blocky chunky ones but what were realistic steamers and diesels.  Not sure the scale, looked like O or somewhat larger scale, running on plastic rails, so obviously battery powered (radio controlled??)

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I agree, it was pretty disappointing from an O scale/gauge perspective. From an "enjoy the model railroad hobby as a whole" perspective, it was fun. My son got to ride Thomas, we looked at some amazing layouts, and browsed the vendors. I talked with the Cleveland area club about their layout for a while and watched a 102 car freight train pass on that. As a native northeast Ohioan, I loved the taste of home their layout provided. I walked out with some ideas for my own layout, and with some lighting and scenery questions answered thanks to the Woodland Scenics reps. 

The lego trains were super interesting, I could see how people can get totally immersed in that segment of the hobby - if that stuff was around when I had legos as a kid, I might have a giant lego city with trains in the basement right now instead of an 8x8 train layout. 

A 2 rail O gauge friend of mine and I went.  We had a great time.  No, not much in O gauge but some awesome layouts to see.  And some jewels here and there.  My friend found a special edition 2 rail Atlas car that was really neat, and we saw several 2 rail locos.  We also found some really nice books.  We had a great time and went home tired after tramping the whole place.

 

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