York's over, now on to First Frost???

I'm at Allentown twice a year, this will be one of those times.

I am in and the Breakfast too! But before First Frost, Anyone going to Syracuse on NOV 4th and 5th?

• ogaugeguy posted:

... Bargains can definitely be found there from large and small dealers alike. So, what's your opinion of the Allentown show? Do you plan being there next month? ...

I'm neither a large nor small dealer, but I will have LOTS of newly listed bargains as part of my Layout Demolition Sale -- Post-York Update!!!  

Save on shipping with an Allentown delivery!    Stay tuned, folks!  

I love the Allentown shows! I don’t know anyone, but I usually hit the breakfast as well. Great way to kick off a long day of train hunting. I didn’t buy much during my first York trip, I was seeking specific items. No such restrictions for Allentown.

i've been off the forum here for almost a year now, i plan to hit the breakfast then off to the show to get back into things.

it's good to be back

Dave

Yep, I'll be there!

-Greg

When is it?

There was once a time that I went to a train show every other weekend between October and April. Now it's down to York twice a year, and Allentown twice a year, and The Big E in Springfield Ma. 

I will be there looking for cool stuff. Also bringing the kids for the train races.

John

ctr posted:

When is it?

Ctr, it's at the Allentown Fairgrounds, Allentown, PA on November 11th (9-4) and 12th (9-3) with those who preregister being admitted at 8 AM. It's a nice indoor show covering 50,000 square feet with 625 dealer tables of all scales. In addition to the dealers, there are layouts, manufacturer reps, displays, train memorabilia and railroadiana, and even train races for the youngsters (children under 12 are admitted free). This semi-annual show is a pleasant day for railroad enthusiasts of all scales who plan to search for, buy, or simply browse the aisles enjoying model railroading.

A link to the Allentown Show would be helpful. Been out deer hunting a view times, and yes we have had some frost. Archery season only no firearms.  Also have the Halloween set up to the train room, with no trains.

The Backdoor: Gary

What's this breakfast you're talking about?

Here's the "poop" on the breakfast from a previous year, should be the same this year.

Allentown's FIRST FROST Breakfast

trainroomgary posted:

A link to the Allentown Show would be helpful....

Gary

Uncertain whether this is permitted, but here you are - http://www.allentowntrainmeet.com/

Hum, breakfast  & poop in the same thread!

Well, one normally comes after the other!

I go to the show twice a year, nothing in particular I am looking for...

We will be setting up and running that weekend... Stop by and see the Independent Hi Railers Eastern Division

The Allentown Train Meet is my favorite train show and one of the two train events that I attend each year. The other is Greenbergs.   Both shows are replete with bargains and by attending them I can find everything that I need at this point in the hobby.

Lehigh Valley Railroad posted:

We will be setting up and running that weekend... Stop by and see the Independent Hi Railers Eastern Division

Chris, you know I always stop by to see you.

I, too, am down to four train shows a year...two at York and two at Allentown. Since I'm not really looking for anything, the breakfast at the diner with a fun bunch of 25 or so folk is the main draw for me. I went to a vintage paper show at the Allentown Fairgrounds a few weeks ago, and will attend a antique toy show there on Nov. 4. There is a huge farmer's market across from the train show that is an attraction in itself. It's an hour's drive for me.

Planning on attending Sunday. My "carpool" no longer travels on Saturdays

Hoping to find a pair of Lionel's scale NS gondolas. Got one, missed two at York.

---PCJ

prrhorseshoecurve posted:

I am in and the Breakfast too! But before First Frost, Anyone going to Syracuse on NOV 4th and 5th?

We will be there!

Allentown is a great show, sufficiently large to make the drive worth it.  Always find something interesting and far better than what the Greenberg shows have become.  There is a certain "vib" to this show that reminds me of train shows past in North and Central Jersey.  That "vib" is an intangible missing from Greenberg.

necrails posted:

Allentown is a great show, sufficiently large to make the drive worth it.  Always find something interesting and far better than what the Greenberg shows have become.  There is a certain "vib" to this show that reminds me of train shows past in North and Central Jersey.  That "vib" is an intangible missing from Greenberg.

Very well stated.  I'm glad to see the Allentown show has maintained its "character" over the decades.  

I can still recall the first time I attended back in the 1970's, and how impressed I was when I saw Charlie Ro's welcome sign along the back wall of the main building (i.e., the annex didn't exist yet).  Seeing that really confirmed Allentown was in the big leagues of train shows. That was WAY before the Internet, and it made a huge impression on me as a youngster that one of the big national magazine advertisers would attend the show.  

Time has marched onward, and Charlie has since given his Allentown table space to Nicholas Smith Trains -- preferring to stay local at his store for several years now.  But the fact that Allentown remains as popular as it does while being so close in time to York -- especially just a few weeks away in the Fall -- is terrific.  We're lucky to have two great shows less than 100 miles apart twice a year each in these modern times, when so much stuff is available year-round online.

David

Dave, we're especially lucky as we live right between them!

I will be going, along with three others from our Connecticut train club.  I will be looking for some scuffed stuff that I can repaint for specific prototypes:  an MTH single-truck trolley, a Lionel handcar, maybe a Bowser Brill trolley.  Last year I got a good deal on  a Pittman trolley, for which I am only now finishing the decaling.   Will also be looking for some books on railroad and traction history. 

OGR will be at First Frost. Looking forward to seeing both old and new friends!

Join us for the OGR  group photo on Saturday at 11:00. This time we are putting it on the Forum right away!!

Ed Boyle

Partner/ Special Projects Editor, O Gauge Railroading magazine

North Penn S Gaugers will be there.  Hoping to meet some of the S people.  Always see Ed Boyle, who stop by, and others.  Been going there since the mid 90s and it is usually a very good show. It kind of died down 2009 to 2016, but picked up again last November.

Plenty of bargins and rare stuff.