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Post by runamuckchuck on Oct 19, 2024 23:31:36 GMT
I didn't buy anything for myself but I felt like there were a lot of great deals and some very hard-to-find items. It was kind of a throwback York Meet. I hope the trend continues in the Spring. OK what did you buy for Jennifer, or what did Jennifer buy for herself? 
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Post by MartyE on Oct 20, 2024 0:45:52 GMT
I bought food and 2 reproduction 6464 boxes...that apparently I bought already in the spring. So I came home basically empty handed. Others in my group did well. My brother always finds something and one guy found a RK NYC B unit for his F3 set that was the first train he purchased when he was younger. Something he'd been looking for a long time. It was great to see him find it.
We took a trip to the Shady Maple Smorgasbord on Thursday. A bit of a long drive but good food. Might be a "every other year" trip as it was an hour+ with traffic. They boasted a "Huge Gift Shop" but when I went down into it I was disappointed to find only normal size gifts.
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Oct 20, 2024 1:19:53 GMT
We took a trip to the Shady Maple Smorgasbord on Thursday. A bit of a long drive but good food. Might be a "every other year" trip as it was an hour+ with traffic. They boasted a "Huge Gift Shop" but when I went down into it I was disappointed to find only normal size gifts. Shouldn't this be in the "Dad Jokes" thread? 
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Post by edlloyd on Oct 20, 2024 4:31:37 GMT
Emile posted that he didn't buy anything at York this week but what he didn't share was he found something that I have been looking for a very long time. Emile is the king of finding rare and cool stuff. He called me from York and told me what he had found and caught me totally off guard. I couldn't believe it. The next day I called the vendor and luckily it hadn't been sold yet. I told them I wanted it and paid for it over the phone. They took it off the floor and planned to ship it out for me this Monday. I am so excited. I never expected to ever find one. It is brand new old stock which makes it even better. Ok I guess you want to know what it it right??? It's the Lionel 10th Anniversary Polar Express Gold Edition engine and tender. It was very limited at 200 engines. One of Emiles Christmas videos features it. The only downside is I still need to find the passenger cars and observation car. If anyone here knows of any available please let me know. A special thanks to Emile for the big find.
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Post by thebigcrabcake on Oct 20, 2024 11:43:46 GMT
I didn't buy anything for myself but I felt like there were a lot of great deals and some very hard-to-find items. It was kind of a throwback York Meet. I hope the trend continues in the Spring. OK what did you buy for Jennifer, or what did Jennifer buy for herself? She almost pulled the trigger on a Standard gauge Tinplate Christmas Train but it wasn't exactly what she was looking for so she passed.
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Post by runamuckchuck on Oct 20, 2024 12:03:44 GMT
OK what did you buy for Jennifer, or what did Jennifer buy for herself? She almost pulled the trigger on a Standard gauge Tinplate Christmas Train but it wasn't exactly what she was looking for so she passed. Ah yes in the Silver Hall row D I suspect. There were a number of nice standard gauge sets in that row or close by. My Christmas engine needs were mostly fulfilled by the METCA A5 switcher featured in rockymountaineer's video. Stunning. The METCA Halloween A5 is stunning as well.
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Post by runamuckchuck on Oct 20, 2024 13:22:34 GMT
I bought food and 2 reproduction 6464 boxes...that apparently I bought already in the spring. So I came home basically empty handed. Others in my group did well. My brother always finds something and one guy found a RK NYC B unit for his F3 set that was the first train he purchased when he was younger. Something he'd been looking for a long time. It was great to see him find it.
We took a trip to the Shady Maple Smorgasbord on Thursday. A bit of a long drive but good food. Might be a "every other year" trip as it was an hour+ with traffic. They boasted a "Huge Gift Shop" but when I went down into it I was disappointed to find only normal size gifts.
Based upon the entrees shown they should call the place 'The Widow Maker Buffet'
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Post by healey36 on Oct 21, 2024 12:20:59 GMT
Healey36, the crossing guard is just true to prototype - back in the day it was common for the railroads to keep a severely injured employee on the payroll by giving them the job of crossing guard or some other form of employment which did not require a lot of physical exertion. I can't point you to a specific picture but I know I have seen photos of crossing guards standing by their guard sheds and in many cases it is obvious the man has lost a limb. You can also find pictures of train crew members who have suffered injuries but whose injuries have not kept them from continuing to work for the railroad. Most often what you will see in those pictures is one or more of the members wearing some sort of glove other than the standard engineer glove - if the position is identified the individual wearing the glove will most likely be one of the brakemen and the reason for the glove is to hide the fact of missing fingers due to accidents with couplers. I've always suspected this, af, thinking these figures represented folks either injured doing railroad work, or possibly veterans who'd suffered grievous injuries on the battlefield, employed by the railroads to perform some of the more mundane, less physically-demanding tasks that remained necessary work of the companies. A time when there likely was no "disability" insurance, folks still had to find their way to gainful employment, and the railroads were an avenue.
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