Who had the largest display of trains for sale at York?

I would say Grzyboski's for new.  Since TrainWorld isn't there anymore and Nicholas Smith's booth is a shadow of it's former self, Grzyboski seems to be the biggest now.  Brady's is a close second.

As far as items displayed in a large area is concerned, I agree that Grzyboski's would sure rank right up there. But as far as trains being sold or picked up by preorder buyers, my guess is that Steve Nelson (Mr. Muffin) would sure be in the running. His booth space might not have been extensive, but trains were sure moving out of the place at a good clip when I visited several times.

I know it wasn't one of the largest booths but JusTrains of Delaware had very attractive pricing on some things like the new improved Atlas turntable and (IIRC) the Base3.  Trainz also is not the largest but they have one of the most varied assortments of merchandise. Neely's takes up a large area in one corner of the Orange Hall with parts and used trains in addition to new merchandise spread over many, many tables.

My guess would be Trainz.

Don

Brady’s trains had a huge display. Both sides of aisle

Here is the dealer floor map.  Neely's edged out Grzyboski's in floor space, but boxes and boxes of rusty, dusty, or broken train parts holds little interest to me.  Other large booths were Just Trains, East Coast Train Parts, Brady's, and B&B Hobby Supplies (tools).  Biggest dollar inventory has to be Trainz and Vince's.  So many locomotives . . .

More important than floor space is how dealers display their items. Vince's is unique in that he has every locomotive sitting on top of the box with the price clearly displayed.  Some dealers have trains organized in departments or by brand which is also helpful.  And one dealer printed a small paper with a photo, train info and price and attached to the end of each box which made it easier to shop.  But others only have racks of train boxes, unpriced and in no particular order.  I quickly walk out of these booths.

Bob

@MartyE posted:

I would say Grzyboski's for new.  Since TrainWorld isn't there anymore and Nicholas Smith's booth is a shadow of it's former self, Grzyboski seems to be the biggest now.  Brady's is a close second.

Vince's Trains also had a pretty huge spread.

Grzyboski‘s, Vince’s Trains and Brady’s had the largest inventories of new and gently used trains. But overall there was a lot more variety and product available in the Orange Hall from a lot of vendors and dealers than I’ve seen in a long long time.

I didn’t expect to get much this trip with the big haul I had at York back in April and summer purchases. But I found and bought more items I didn’t know I needed on this trip than at April’s York Meet and the months since then! And a few got away too  

The Voices, they always council me to what I need.

Hmm, did Charles Ro used to have the biggest? I know Grzyboski had a big display last year, but I think a few others were about the same size. It is really hard to say because it all depends on how much you can stuff in your area. They did a great job last year tucking in all the passenger car sets together on the one side, having single rolling stock stacked up to the hilt on the other along with engines, and sets everywhere else. I would say if you looked at overall of what one had, then you could decide who had the largest. One could have nothing but wall to wall rolling stock and no engines, could you call them the biggest, I'd say no.

For me the variety of items offered is more important than the biggest display, with structures and accessories being the key words of "variety." And for greatest variety, at least in year's past when I was able to attend York, Grzybowski's was certainly in the running and one of my favorites.

I imagine for this York the Triplex generated a lot of buzz, especially the Halloween and various custom run versuibs,

@Paul Kallus posted:

For me the variety of items offered is more important than the biggest display, with structures and accessories being the key words of "variety." And for greatest variety, at least in year's past when I was able to attend York, Grzybowski's was certainly in the running and one of my favorites.

I imagine for this York the Triplex generated a lot of buzz, especially the Halloween and various custom run versuibs,

Grzyboski's always have a pretty good variety every time I have seen their stuff on display. While they may not have some things you are looking for, they may have something else that you bite on. Last year I picked up just from them MTH New Haven and Pennsylvania passenger car sets. I was looking for any sort of New Haven passenger cars and new that the possibility of finding any was not going to be easy. One of the other dealers who had been over by Mr. Muffin's had some Pennsylvania passenger cars the time before which I picked up. Being that I knew what set I had picked up before, and the New Haven set, I smiled and waited patiently as they cycled through the long line of customers. I think I stood there for well over twenty minutes, but it was well worth it.