Vince’s Trains HUGE (400 plus steam and diesel) Inventory! Orange Hall DD 5

See YUZ GUYZ a at YORK!!!!  Can’t wait!!!!

Hmm...  I'll have to check it out, I'm all in for big steam.

Jim:

Wow! That's awesome. Thanks for the heads-up.

Pat

No, no, no, this is all just a rumor. There will be nothing to see so you all can just go about your business elsewhere in the York Halls! (If there is anything of consequence to report I’ll inform everyone on Friday of York week! )

Bryan, will you be bringing a van, or shipping your buys to CA?😂Carry on restrictions won’t work with big steam😉

@Jim M Sr posted:

“No, no, no, this is all just a rumor. There will be nothing to see so you all can just go about your business elsewhere in the York Halls! (If there is anything of consequence to report I’ll inform everyone on Friday of York week! )”

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Bryan, will you be bringing a van, or shipping your buys to CA?😂Carry on restrictions won’t work with big steam😉

Jim, I’ll have to ship it. Driving across country is too slow to get to York to see all the treasures and great friends!

With all the stuff I’ve bought from Vince over the years I don’t know if there’s anything left I need. But there’s always a different cab number to get!

Brian, NEED has nothing to do with your train purchases. I look forward to seeing you and Lynley.

Gerry

@gmorlitz posted:

Brian, NEED has nothing to do with your train purchases. I look forward to seeing you and Lynley.

Gerry

Need and wants are synonymous in the O gauge world. Just listen to what you see, then just follow.

We’re looking forward to seeing you too, Gerry!

@Traindiesel posted:

No, no, no, this is all just a rumor. There will be nothing to see so you all can just go about your business elsewhere in the York Halls! (If there is anything of consequence to report I’ll inform everyone on Friday of York week! )

Its great seeing people on the Forum so eager to help. The inside information in the Friday York report will be quite an asset to those arriving on Sunday to make purchases. Cheers!

@Norman R posted:

Its great seeing people on the Forum so eager to help. The inside information in the Friday York report will be quite an asset to those arriving on Sunday to make purchases. Cheers!

Everyone knows that Sunday morning has the best deals!

Heck, even Saturday 3pm is a good time to prey upon hapless dealers trying to unload their VisionLine Daylight GS-4s at deep discounts.

I think the best bet is to tie up Brian to a tree on the fairgrounds so all is us can get first grabs at Vince’s booth.
Brian would not mind us scoring all the best deals on the big steam!
See everyone in about 2 weeks.

Well, trees are fine but there is the time-honored folklore of tying a good person to the railroad tracks while a villain pursues nefarious deeds at their expense. On the other hand, tying someone to the tracks seems like an anachronism that would NOT be appreciated as a funny prank in today’s day and age. Probably shouldn’t do it. But still, we ARE talking about good deals on big steam here.

I’ve been in contact with Vince regularly since our June trip to Boston brought back a large collection. Every time we talk, he’s picked up a couple more big pieces. Yesterday, he was saying he needed more room. A bigger trailer to bring it north? No. A bigger booth to display and sell! Claims he has more stuff than when we had the 30 x 30 booth, and that was 400 pieces of motive power!

We’ll let Brian loose earlier than e petted so he will diminish the excess inventory in Vince’s space at York! Lol!

@Jim M Sr posted:

I’ve been in contact with Vince regularly since our June trip to Boston brought back a large collection. Every time we talk, he’s picked up a couple more big pieces. Yesterday, he was saying he needed more room. A bigger trailer to bring it north? No. A bigger booth to display and sell! Claims he has more stuff than when we had the 30 x 30 booth, and that was 400 pieces of motive power!

JIM!!!  SHOOOOOOOOSH!!!

Jim, is that boy going to be hobbling around on that bad left wheel?  Or was it the right?

He should’ve stuck with just shooting treys!

Brian,

It must be the left because he’s still driving. Although with him and Peg both hurting, I’m bringing extra help! Good thing is they can still talk😂🤫
BTW, locomotive count, both steam and diesel has topped 400! That’s without Weaver and Williams count.

Thats a lot of unpacking!

Well I'm almost ready. Life is kind of funny. When I "retired" from trains and moved to Tampa in 2015, I really didn't think I'de be back. But losing Chuck and vowing to help his widow (along with still having an inventory) brought me back. What was a 10 minute trip in 2015 is now 1000 miles. This is my 3rd York after my 8 years off. I think you guys will like the spread I'm going to prepair. In April our booth made almost every you tube video posted about York. I want better for this show. My wife has a bad back, I have a bad Achilles, and Jim isn't 40 anymore but with our kids and grandkids I think we can pull this off. I'm looking forward to seeing all my friends. Stop by and say hello. High five, handshake, or a quick hug (don't get mushy) I can't wait!!

I’m not 40 anymore?

Loaded and ready to go!

here’s the tease

Transformers at prices you probably cannot beat.

Vince has 7 Z4000’s, used, no box, used in box, new in box

Two TIU’s NIB

Z4000 remote appears new in packaging

and Trainpop had a stash of RMT stuff

14 assorted NIB Beeps, 16 NIB hoppers, a couple cabooses

a complete RMT Christmas set.

all at blowouts.

What about the big stuff?
Stop by and see. 400 plus Lionel Williams, MTH.

Is there a website for Vince’s or somewhere that I can check inventory?

There will be. I had vincestrains.com and will have it built back. I think that will be my main form of sales

I got a chance to chat with Vince himself at York on Thursday. He confirmed that the total number of locomotives of all types he brought to York was more than 400. It was around 1 pm Thursday when he told me he had already sold on the order of 78 engines. The man was doing brisk business!

Below is a snapshot of a happy Vince holding court in his York train domain.

< Full disclosure: The following is the product of an unbalanced sense of humor and NOT to be taken seriously. >

Yeah, like, way to go Traindiesel!  “Nothing to see here” you say. “Just go about your business elsewhere in the York Halls” you say. “If there is anything of consequence to report I’ll inform everyone” you say. So I took your word for it. When I arrived at York at noon on Thursday, I went off to visit the Blue and Silver halls first. No need for me to go to the Orange hall first ‘cause my ol’ buddy Traindiesel has got me covered and is going to post something if it turns out Vince has really got a big display of engines and bargains on big steam. Traindiesel didn’t post anything about it, so I figure nothing’s going on. When I finally get over to Vince’s in the Orange hall, I have to fight my way through noisy throngs of buyers waving fistfuls of cash in the air and shouting at Vince: “Shut Up And Take My Money!”. Almost 80 locomotives were gone at bargain prices before I even got into the fray. Traindiesel, I am starting to think you were pulling my leg the whole time!  I emerge from this experience sadder that I arrived too late to get the best bargain on big steam, but I am now a bit wiser about believing whatever I read posted on internet forums.

@Trains4Me2 posted:

There will be. I had vincestrains.com and will have it built back. I think that will be my main form of sales

Thank you - I had tried that sight and it looked like it needs to be restarted.  Loved seeing all your stuff at York!

Was great to see all who stopped by!

Vince and Jim,

Nice to see both of you this time around. Did not see anything that caught my eyes or as Brian says, the voices were not talking to me!
Jim and I traded ‘ticker talks’ and always to be waking up looking at the sun! Lol! The trains keep us young! See you guys in the spring.

Wow it's almost time!!

I will be in DD4 although not sure how the tables will be set

Trailer will be full.....see you all soon!!

Vincestrains.com comes up as a go daddy available domain?

Wow the thread from the October show gets resurrected.

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

Vincestrains.com comes up as a go daddy available domain?

Yea never works

do you have a website ?

@matt upbigboy posted:

do you have a website ?

Sure looks like it.

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

Sure looks like it.

The only problem is he advertises a website that doesn't work. Just takes you to a domain that's available

@tom21pa posted:

The only problem is he advertises a website that doesn't work. Just takes you to a domain that's available

Yep, I tried to go to it and it didn't respond.  The IP address is there, but it doesn't answer the bell.  A lookup didn't provide much info, nothing shows up, it's all masked.

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

Sure looks like it.

An old banner?

@Mallard4468 posted:

An old banner?

Well, it was hanging at York this fall, so it's been displayed a couple weeks ago.

Maybe someone can tell Vince his website don't work......like @Jim M Sr.  Or maybe he only sells at shows.

Tom21pa, Will do.