York G scale

Did not know there WAS a York G Scale meet.

We're down to just one lone Santa Fe SD70 and a half dozen or more freight cars. Would love to have a decent set-up however!

Meet is sponsored by Large Scale enthusiasts and regional clubs.  If you are in to Large Scale, it is a terrific show. It is based primarily in the Blue Hall and Silver Hall.  In the Blue Hall  there will be a number of layouts, some fully landscaped with live materials and water.  In the lobby between the Blue and Silver Halls there will be a large floor layout, fully landscaped, again with live materials. A friend of mine is one of the key players in setting up that display. The Silver Hall is devoted to vendors and it will be full.  Charlie Ro usually has  a large area dedicated to his "G" gauge USA Train lines. But, he does carry other large scale manufacturers as well. Being an O gauger, it has been several years since I have attended the show, but a number of our club members do attend and several are involved in the set up of some of the displays.  In the past, there have been large layouts set up by folks from throughout the northeast.  As I recall, there has even been an extensive live steam operation on display.  At least one of the clubs, and there may be more, use TMCC to operate their two rail large scale trains. 

The actual name of the event is the East Coast Large Scale Train Show.  It used to be held a couple of times a year, but I heard it has been scaled back to once a year.

It is pretty much exclusively Large Scale oriented.  I attended numerous times years ago when it was held in New Jersey, but haven't been at one since they moved it to York.  Fellow club members from the Tidewater Big Train Operators club attend in pretty good numbers each time, and back when I attended it was a pretty lively event.  There were always some good deals to be had from Nicholas Smith, Charles Ro, and others.

Here's a link to the website:

http://www.eclsts.com

My friend's just left today to go down to it..They will be back Sat. with a report. We have a lot of G scale people here in Maine. 

Hi Guys, I'm there NOW!!!  East Coast Large Scale Train Show is the name of it.  The big players are Charlie Ro with USA Trains,  new guys are Wisconsin Trains,  and a few others whose names escape me at this time.  The highlights to me are the layouts.  I believe the layouts are in the Silver Hall and the show is in the adjoining hall.  I always come home with something from this show.

I'll be home in time for breakfast at Eat-n- Park on Saturday.  I hope. LOL

Rick

  C Sam. That's a fine looking engine. No matter how many I get, there's always another one to get.

 I actually was there years ago for the show. I know it's actually held/sponsored by Aristocraft trains. I figure it's so big, that it would draw people who are close by at least.

http://www.eclsts.com/

Hi, just got back from East Coast Large Scale Train Show at York.  Well, I don't know what to say.  I was kinda disappointed this time.  More vendors gone ( St. Aubins Station gone after last years show,  there was a guy selling all MTH stuff last year and I didn't see him, even MTH and Aristocraft were no shows).  A large center portion of the floor was pretty sparse.  But, on  the positive side there was a new vendor there I believe their name is Wisconsin-Illinois Trains (not certain about the name).  They were in St. Aubins spot.  Nicholas Smith and Charlie Ro were there.

Other than the G scale auto racks (out in Nov 2012) I didn't see any new cars or engines.

I asked Charlie Ro for a big boy made of PVC for us po boys who can't dish out $3,500 for a metal big boy.  I think he winked at me.

Layouts were nice as always.  Although I think 1 layout was missing.  Or, maybe they just cut the size down.

Prices on cars seemed to be up.  Some 40' cars I saw were in the $100.00 range.  Charlie Ro's passenger cars were up about $60.00.  I came home with a $6.00 scale ruler.  But, I still had a good time.

Rick

 I guess that's the state of G scale right now when it comes right down to it.

 How could Aristo be a no show when they put on the show???

Originally, it was their show, but I'm not sure they have been directly involved with it in recent years.

sadly, that was my only hope 1:32 scale could still hold on to a niche in #1 gauge.  it looks as though 1:29 will be the defacto scale foisted upon unsuspecting garden railroaders.  too bad (for the hobby).

Joe, in the in past MTH and Aristocraft both had fairly large displays.  In the space they used to occupy were a couple of display tables to fill the space. That's the area I said was very sparse in the previous post.  Maybe next year things will be better.

Rick

Sad, but largely true.

I do Large Scale also and would love to be able to attend the York show if it wasn't half way across the country for me.

I've heard there are several dealers that aren't going to be there this year.

BUT.....

If you're looking for used/previously owned locomotives, rolling stock & accessories

there are alot of folks bringing stuff to sell.  There will be some very good deals to 

be had for us  who enjoy playing with "Toy Trains".

No doubt there will even be some 1:32 for sale for the serious scale modelers.

Several of my friends are at this event at this very time.  I'll ask them to post some photos on our club's website after they return and then will provide a link here.

I'm sure I'll get a full report from my good friend Teya who never fails to keep me up-to-date on things going on in Large Scale.  She never misses one of those shows.

One of these decades I need to finish this up- was going to resin cast it as regular and head end cars...somewhere around here are both ends.

edit- forgot to add that this was drawn up and cut out in 3/8" scale...you guys aren't the only ones! To do it all over I'd make them rounded corner windows..."but I cut corners"......

I was going to try and get more of these too, but never did. I ran into this guy who took the streamliner bodies and made long cars - he even had a full vista....he was good and he had alot of these and ones like it to work with!

Last one...things I wish they'd start again....G scale decals! Need to button up my U25 but the heralds I have are too big or too small for under the cab windows. Also want to finish up the calodonia 4 set into Burlington lettering...it's been 20 yrs...who's in a hurry at this point?...

 I got a good email answer back from MTH. They said they're working on the new G scale catalog. It will be an online catalog only. They must still be in the game!!!

 and they did release this announcement:

http://www.mthtrains.com/content/70-75032

so things aren't dead yet!!

 Looks like Aristo is there?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/u...s/72157633061735655/

lots of stuff to drool over.

Ooh, Jugs{not razorbacks-darn} and Mustang B model flatcars...nice! Makes me almost want to get back into G again...almost.

Ok, when you bring up the whole flickr pic layout, 3rd row, 1st pic...the red/silver engine behind the bumble bee LGB lake george steamer...what, RMT is going into G scale or someone else's whimsy engine...and do we have any other shots of it?

Also, wisconsin-Illinois trains...what do they make?

Thank you! I was looking for somewhere to get my decals done! Now I need an O scale place too for our fictional O scale line..once we nail down a name...initials will be SJC{son}, that's as far as I've{we've} gotten.

 That pic is of a funny dash 9 engine. It's chopped. Aristocraft makes it. They took another one of their products and chopped it up and named it an eggliner. So I believe someone chopped a Dash 9 up as a model to mimick that? Looks like a modern RMT Beep. I don't know if it's in production.

 I believe that W-I name is of a train store?

These are Stan Cedarleaf's pics. Ooops. Shawn V

Enginear-Joe:  

Thanks very much for posting that link.  Good thing I'm not there because I would have left with an empty wallet and a whopping credit card bill.  In those images along, I saw at least a dozen items I wouldn't mind having and I'm not even all that active in Large Scale at the present time.

 Well Allan, it's your birthday so I'll tread easy.

We'll have to work on that G scale problem there.

I figure celebrities like you get big discounts!

Only in my dreams, Joe!  

Problem I have now is I live in a gated condo community, so don't really have a yard of my own that I can build a garden railroad on.  There's a big yard on the front and side of my home, but the "rules" don't permit doing anything with it.  Such is the life in this type of community!

I do have a small Large Scale layout in the garage, along with a good number of boxed-up Pola and Piko structure kits that have yet to be built.  I'm saving those for retirement, or perhaps when I have a chance to break away from work for more than a day at a time.

I can't recall the last time I bought a Large Scale locomotive or piece of rolling stock for myself (I do buy USA Trains beer reefers for my brother-in-law in NC), but do have an LGB locomotive on preorder.

Hi Joe, I did see the Bachmann set up.  That area where Aristocraft is set up is where I said it was sparse.  They must not have been set up when I was there.  I do remember seeing the tables but at that time they were empty.  But, thanks for posting the pics.

Rick

Good Day,

I inquired on the MTH facebooks about the G Scale catalog....................

Great News: "Sometime in the Summer Mr. Swafford"

Regards,

Frank

Thanks Joe for that photo link - great shots!

I notice that everyone seems to use the heavy brass track which appears 'bulky' and primarily for narrow gauge trains. Does Gargraves still sell their 2 rail 'G' scale track?  I used to have it 25 years ago at our shop and still have 6 feet of it. Using the standard GG rails and close-spaced ties, it looks much better and seems to be in proportion to the larger trains. See our SD70 here how much better the track looks. I may have to weather and ballast it sometime for better effect.

 Sorry Sam, I just saw this. Yes, I just got some Gargraves 2 rail SS G scale last year to try. Nice looking, it's a little tighter gauged then my other stuff.