Being on the Board of Directors I have to be there.  Tues thru Sat.  Looking forward to a great time.  BTW, I will be hosting a Forum meeting on Friday June26th at 7:00AM(gasp)Open to all online train forums.  Look for information as to what room at the registration desk.  Door prizes!!!!

 

 

Paul Edgar

I'm hoping to swing by the trading pit on Saturday.

after 31 years of being a member the convention is finally local. Going in on Friday

 

rat

I was going to go, but since Paul Licata (railrunnin ), Stu Rankin and Gerry Morlitz will be there, I decided against it.

 

Erol   

Now that I hear Erol isn't going, I'm in with both feet!!  

 

Just kidding.  I'll be there for Friday's trading, I'm WAY looking forward to Friday night's layout tour, and then I'll stop by the trading pits on Saturday as a way of making sure I have no money left for the trip home.

 

I will also make a point of finding the METCA team and congratulating them for pulling this off.  I hope everyone else does too.

 

Steven J. Serenska

I'm coming in from Phoenix ,AZ 

The convention is in the area where I grew up.

Guys,

 

    Please keep in mind that the Black Diamond Society of Model Engineers in Bethlehem Pa and the Nazareth Area Society of Model Engineers in Stockertown Pa will be hosting Open Houses on June 27th and June 28th. We are offering free admission (no donation needed) to all active TCA members at both clubs. My club the BDSME will also let you in for free if you tell us your Forum name, tell the guy at the door you know me.

    I am attaching flyers for both clubs.

Hope to see you at the BDSME

JohnB

Where and when?

I will be there Thursday through Saturday.  I have tables in the trading pits.  I am looking forward to a really good time.  If you have not registered for the convention or are not a TCA member you can still get admission to the trading pits.  The several layouts in the same building can be seen for free.

 

 

 

Check out:

 

http://www.tcaconvention.org/

 

but more specifically, the train show/trading hall portion info is at:

 

http://www.tcaconvention.org/pits.html

 

Stu

I'll be there (like I have a choice).  Getting there tomorrow morning June 20 and staying through June 28.

 

I'm thrilled to see and feel the vibe this convention has generated.

 

By the way, if you're looking for me, I'll be in the bar in the hotel lobby.  I'll be the guy with my face buried in a Pint Glass.

 

Stu

I should be arriving on Sunday and plan to stay thru the next Sunday morning.

We are signed up for 4 tours, one each on Monday, Tuesday, and 2 on Thursday that includes the dinner cruise. I will have a table but don't plan to bring anything just need a table to sit by with my lovely wife who will be using the table to do her word seek books so please stop by and say hi.

I should be helping with the banquet setup on Saturday.

See you there.

 

Ed Gerson

And you're not stopping by my house? You'll be 15 minutes from me.

Wow its in Jersey! I live in Jersey, I'll have to look into this convention.

It's in Somerset NJ? weird area for a show. If I have time maybe I 'll stop by.

 

Buzz

Oops! I read that wrong.  I'll be at the LCCA convention not TCA.

Buzz there will be 285 tables at the show in addition to the operating layouts

 

Al

 

 

 

 

 

Yes Joe I would absolutely drop by!   If I actually knew where I was going That is??

 

Hope some of you attendees signed up for the Long Island Layout tour. The TMB club is looking forward to the visit on Friday and lots of train will be running.

Steve, my wife and I will be on the tour to your club on Friday after seeing Grand Central Terminal on Thursday (half the reason for making the convention).  We hop on the Southwest Chief 4am Monday morning at Williams Junction, AZ for a great three day, two night trip to New Jersey,

O gosh, well if Steve S is going and Erol isn't going but Gerry is  ???

 

Erol, how bout if I buy you a favorite beverage, will you join us now? Pretty please

 

Paul

 

ps - Stu, you should get free drinks the entire week

Will be there.  We have 4 tables in the Trading Hall.  Staying with our daughter and grand children, who live 15 minutes away.

Unfortunately I'll be on vacation during the convention in NJ no less

I will be there with my 14 year old son Wyatt, coming up on Amtrak Thursday night and leaving Sunday after the Mets game.

Won't be able to make it due to our LCCA commitment for Notch 6 in Boston in July, BUT you will have a chance to bid on our LARGE D-206 dealer poster which we donated on behalf of the Madison Poster Company. That all hinges on if Stu decided to keep it at home for himself or not.  Have a great time folks, wish we could be there.

I just finalized all my travel reservations and made a discovery that might be of use to others.

 

I am taking Amtrak down to the area from Providence early Friday morning.  When I travel on business to NJ, I typically get out in Newark, NJ, walk across the parking lot, and rent a car at the Enterprise location across the street.

 

I looked this morning for Enterprise locations closer to the convention site and discovered that, if you get off at the MetroPark Amtrak station in Iselin, NJ, there is an Iselin Enterprise office that will come and pick you up at the station.  The cost of renting a car?  $32 per day.  MetroPark is ideal because it's served by Amtrak (including some Acela's) and NJ Transit.  It's also about 12 miles to the convention.

 

So, I'll get off the train at MetroPark, Enterprise will pick me up, and I'll be at the convention in a car that's only going to cost $32 per day.  I can work on my laptop on the entire ride down and back and not feel like I've lost all that much time from work.

 

I hope this helps someone else coming from outside the area,

 

Steven J. Serenska

 

What is the admission fee for the trading pit?  I heard last year it was $20.00 to walk in?

I believe it's $15 for Friday and $10 for Saturday.

It is so close, I had to take some tables and try to sell some things. This will be my first show in  a number of years.

 

Alan Graziano

Say hello to Steve Musso and if you are in the area come on over and see us!