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Post by Traindiesel! on Apr 28, 2023 1:37:27 GMT
Day Seven: More Trains and a Taste of Philly (Continued)
After heading back to the hotel we got ready drive over to Citizens Bank Park to see the Phillies play the Seattle Mariners. It was like being home again! We love going to Padres games at Petco Park but we miss going to “The Bank”. We even sat near the our former season ticket seats.
As we entered the ballpark we stopped for a photo with the National League Pennant Trophy.
Kyle Schwarber steps to the dish. Hoping for a Schwar-Bomb! (didn't happen)
Who wants a hot dog??!! The Philly Phanatic and Hatfield’s Smiley the Pig.
The Phanatic in action.
After the game I had to stop at a Wawa convenience store to get some Tastykake fruit pies and cupcakes. Can’t get them in California, even at the Philly steak shops. This stash will have to last me until October!
After returning to our hotel we repacked the suitcases for the flight home Wednesday morning. I looked out the window at the city skyline and thought “Am I leaving home or going home? Am I going on a vacation or was I on a vacation?” I lived in the Philadelphia area for sixty years of my life. The area will always feel like home. San Diego also feels like home after nearly six years of being there. They have all the same stores and chain restaurants along with outstanding weather and both places have their own great local places. It truly is a small world!
We had a smooth trip back to San Diego. Before heading to the airport terminal we stopped by to check on the cargo plan that is transporting our York (and other) purchases home.
We landed around noon yesterday then went for a nice lunch at The Lazy Dog in Mission Valley. My York fun will be extended when my Meet Bounty is delivered tomorrow. But the lingering effects of Post York Meet Syndrome are slow to dissipate!
Lynley and I had a sensational time! We would like to thank all of you who stopped to chat with us, allowed us to dine with you and had a lot of laughs with. For those we missed seeing we hope to catch up with you at October’s York Meet. It’s no wonder I love this event so much, it’s such great fun looking and searching for trains and spending time with some wonderful people in this hobby. And I want to thank the Train Collectors Association Eastern Division volunteers who always work hard and hosted a marvelous event that keeps me wanting to travel the 2700 miles to attend!
This concludes my adventures for the spring York Meet 2023. Thank you for reading, commenting and watching! Now to get busy on the layout! I’ll see you all on the Forum and hopefully at October’s York Meet (and hopefully sooner!)Attachments:
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Post by curtis on Apr 28, 2023 10:32:33 GMT
But wait! That can't be the end. We have to see pictures of your bounty rolling along on the rails!
What a fantastic story and time you had. Oh what a joy it was to read it and follow along. Better yet was meeting you and experience some of the magic. You definitely have it and being with you it rubs off.
Thank YOU for the adventure and the pleasure of knowing and meeting you!
Curtis
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Post by Traindiesel! on Apr 28, 2023 18:50:27 GMT
But wait! That can't be the end. We have to see pictures of your bounty rolling along on the rails!
What a fantastic story and time you had. Oh what a joy it was to read it and follow along. Better yet was meeting you and experience some of the magic. You definitely have it and being with you it rubs off.
Thank YOU for the adventure and the pleasure of knowing and meeting you!
Curtis
Thanks Curtis! It was great meeting you, we had a lot of fun. I just love this hobby and the people in it, I can’t help but have a great time. Writing about our trip was kind of like imagining you all were with us wherever we went. That would be really fun!
I don’t know if I’ll have my York bounty on the rails yet, I’m working on that. But I’ll post pictures after they arrive. They are supposed to be delivered today but Lynley scheduled us for eye appointments today. I’m sitting in the car right now waiting for her to be done before I go in. I hope they bring the boxes to the front door and not at the curb 200 feet away while at the optometrist.
I asked her why I had to get my eyes checked when I’m not having any issues. She said, “Because you’re old”! Just great.
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Post by josef on Apr 28, 2023 20:23:55 GMT
But wait! That can't be the end. We have to see pictures of your bounty rolling along on the rails!
What a fantastic story and time you had. Oh what a joy it was to read it and follow along. Better yet was meeting you and experience some of the magic. You definitely have it and being with you it rubs off.
Thank YOU for the adventure and the pleasure of knowing and meeting you!
Curtis
Thanks Curtis! It was great meeting you, we had a lot of fun. I just love this hobby and the people in it, I can’t help but have a great time. Writing about our trip was kind of like imagining you all were with us wherever we went. That would be really fun!
I don’t know if I’ll have my York bounty on the rails yet, I’m working on that. But I’ll post pictures after they arrive. They are supposed to be delivered today but Lynley scheduled us for eye appointments today. I’m sitting in the car right now waiting for her to be done before I go in. I hope they bring the boxes to the front door and not at the curb 200 feet away while at the optometrist.
I asked her why I had to get my eyes checked when I’m not having any issues. She said, “Because you’re old”! Just great. WOW, having to reminding you that "you're old"? What does that say?
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Post by Traindiesel! on Apr 28, 2023 22:36:30 GMT
Thanks Curtis! It was great meeting you, we had a lot of fun. I just love this hobby and the people in it, I can’t help but have a great time. Writing about our trip was kind of like imagining you all were with us wherever we went. That would be really fun!
I don’t know if I’ll have my York bounty on the rails yet, I’m working on that. But I’ll post pictures after they arrive. They are supposed to be delivered today but Lynley scheduled us for eye appointments today. I’m sitting in the car right now waiting for her to be done before I go in. I hope they bring the boxes to the front door and not at the curb 200 feet away while at the optometrist.
I asked her why I had to get my eyes checked when I’m not having any issues. She said, “Because you’re old”! Just great. WOW, having to reminding you that "you're old"? What does that say? It says I don’t feel or act old!
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Post by curtis on Apr 29, 2023 12:32:58 GMT
It also explains why you talked with me. You couldn't see my ugly mug! LOL
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Post by Traindiesel! on May 28, 2023 9:17:42 GMT
Well I finally have a chance to post the treasures I purchased at the York Meet. The preparations for my Mother-In-Law’s burial, the funeral service itself are finished and the many family members who attended and hung out with us have all headed home to various parts of the country. And in the middle of all that my youngest daughter delivered a baby boy, her first child and our ninth grandchild after some complications. It’s been a busy couple of weeks after returning from the York Meet!
So, on to the good stuff! Here are the boxes as packed and delivered by UPS. They were handled very well. (I guess, anyway!)
Here they are unpacked. But not before Manny inspects the…ahem….., ‘kitty’!
Here’s a better shot.
My buying was a little different this trip. I bought something each day of the Meet when I usually use Thursday to just look around. My purchases were unintentionally evenly divided each day.
In the order that I opened them, here is the first item, a Lionel Vision Line 3 car set of Santa Fe Stock cars. I was actually looking for another Vision Line freight set that I saw on a previous day’s hunt. But during my search to locate them on Saturday I stumbled upon the Santa Fe set that I really wanted!
Atlas O Master Line Milwaukee Road 50’ PS-1 box cars. These were from early 2001 production and brand new in the box. I just really liked the paint scheme.
K-Line New Haven 21” aluminum Baggage/Lounge “Middlesex County” passenger car. Some years ago when I was gobbling up K-Line 21” passenger cars I had acquired an incomplete four car set of these. I had given up looking for the lost cars long ago. But as I was scouring the shelves at the Trains booth I stumbled across this missing car from my set.
(Just today I took delivery of another missing New Haven 21” car. I was just wasting some time looking around at hobby shop websites when I found a sixth car for this set. I thought it was only a five car set. I bought the sixth car instantly, and with the duplicate coach car I bought purposely years ago to expand the set, I now have a seven car New Haven passenger set to go with my K-Line NH EP-5!)
Atlas O Premier Line 40’ Box Car “Nashville, Chattanooga & St.Louis”. I bought this recently released box car for no other reason than to represent our trip to Chattanooga back in October for a wedding that caused me to miss October’s York Meet! A bit of childish revenge to acquire a representative freight car from the area. But in reality I had a great time in Chattanooga. Road the Tennessee Valley train and saw the 4501 sitting idle and visited the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel. And I drank more sour mash that I’ve had in my lifetime!
MTH Premier 40’ “Curve Beer” Steel Refrigerator Car. I like the graphics on this recent version more than the wooden reefer from some years ago. I’ve been wanting one of these since I’ve spent a lot of time at The Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, Pa. and had a few sips of Curve Beer while visiting.
MTH Premier Milwaukee Road & Santa Fe Covered Gondolas. My Penn American Railroad roster is low on gondola cars. These are really nice and hefty. I liked them so much I ordered a PRR and a pair of Milwaukee Road custom gondolas to add to the freight fleet.
While at the Meet I had my Lionel Legacy Command System upgraded to current versions by Marty E. Thanks again, Marty!
MTH Premier Milwaukee Road Fairbanks-Morse Train Master. A custom run from Mr. Muffin’s Trains. I love these brutish locomotives, they look like they mean business!
MTH Premier Milwaukee Road 2-8-2 USRA Light Mikado. Another custom run from Mr. Muffin’s Trains. Adding to my Milwaukee steam fleet, this scale beauty has a real coal load and steaming quillable whistle.
MTH Premier Baltimore & Ohio 4-6-2 USRA Heavy Pacific. This is one of the only items I was looking for at York. I didn’t preorder it because I had other irons in the fire. Even I can’t get everything! This also has a real coal load and steaming quillable whistle and I love the blue B&O paint scheme. This will look perfect pulling my Golden Gate Depot B&O heavyweight passenger cars.
In addition, during our trip to York we also visited Nicholas Smith Trains. I can never leave there without buying something. So since it was a York trip these purchases count toward my treasure cache.
Atlas O Master Line GNLX 33,000 Gallon Tank Car. I love tank cars, especially big ones. I bought this one because it’s blue, and I once saw a similar looking tank car at the refinery when I was driving over the (Perilous) Penrose Ave. Bridge on my way to a Phillies game.
MTH Premier ‘Sunoco’ Funnel Flow Tank Car. Found this on the shelf with the 33K tank car. I have a six car set of these from a previous release so this will be added to the consist.
There are a few items I got prior to York and after arriving home, just to round out some of my infrastructure. I’ll show them at another time on another thread. It’s amazing how you can discover things that you didn’t realize you needed! At York I fully expected not to get much at all but there must be something in that central Pennsylvania air!
I had a great time at the York Meet and visiting friends and family and some fantastic meals with a lot of amazing train people. Lynley and I already have our badges for October’s York Meet. We’re really looking forward to it!! Now hopefully I can spend more time on building my layout!
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Post by harborbelt70 on May 28, 2023 9:34:42 GMT
WOW. That is all beautiful stuff - except the cat, of course, speaking for myself as a dog person. What a haul - ENJOY!
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Post by Adam on May 28, 2023 10:35:26 GMT
Nice haul!
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Post by atsda on May 28, 2023 14:57:06 GMT
Brian, Congrats again on the birth of your grandson. If you take care of all the equipment that you purchased properly, you and your grandson are going to have a great time running trains. Thanks for your descriptive and explanatory comments; they were informative and made the post personal. Sounds as if you completed some nice passenger sets and freight consists. Finish that stuff on the layout, run those trains, and take some (preferably narrated) videos. Alfred
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Post by david1 on May 28, 2023 16:48:11 GMT
Great looking trains Brian, and congratulations on the new grandchild. It seems everything arrived safely so have some fun and get cracking on that layout.
Dave
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Post by Craignor on May 28, 2023 17:31:14 GMT
Brian, Nice haul. I like the Blue B&O Pacific. The 20 Tastycake fruit pies look to be just the right size to go on a flatcar or in a gondola. You could make an impressive and delicious fruit pie unit train out of those. Might need a Lash-up to handle the weight.
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Post by Country Joe on May 28, 2023 21:00:16 GMT
You bought some great stuff, Brian. You need to get your layout running so you can enjoy these great trains.
Condolences on the loss of your mother-in-law.
Congratulations on your new grandson.
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Post by Traindiesel! on May 28, 2023 22:14:59 GMT
WOW. That is all beautiful stuff - except the cat, of course, speaking for myself as a dog person. What a haul - ENJOY! I can't wait to run my new stuff, along with my trains that haven't seen the light of day yet!
We are dog people too. But we rescued Manny and his sister Zoey from our niece who went into the U.S. Army and couldn't keep them. We fear they were abused a little by our niece's boyfriend because both kitties were very afraid after being moved around from a shelter to our niece's apartment and her parent's house before we got them. Manny would bite whenever anyone tried petting his back so we figured it was a trigger point for him. he's a lot more comfortable now and they own the house with more room to run around!Thanks Adam! I didn't plan on getting all of it but I couldn't ignore their long, lonely cries for someone to take them home.Brian, Congrats again on the birth of your grandson. If you take care of all the equipment that you purchased properly, you and your grandson are going to have a great time running trains. Thanks for your descriptive and explanatory comments; they were informative and made the post personal. Sounds as if you completed some nice passenger sets and freight consists. Finish that stuff on the layout, run those trains, and take some (preferably narrated) videos. Alfred Thank you, Alfred. All of my trains are taken care of, I don't handle them like apples! The struggle is in getting the grandkids interested in the hobby and keeping them there, especially since they're not local.
I love passenger equipment, and freight equipment too. Once I get the layout going I plan on a layout building thread followed by some videos occasionally!Great looking trains Brian, and congratulations on the new grandchild. It seems everything arrived safely so have some fun and get cracking on that layout. Dave Thank you my friend! I'm eager to spend a lot more time on the layout and get it running. Even though it's not what I hoped it would be I'll still have a lot of fun building and running it. Especially for my curious neighbors who seem to have never experienced the hobby! Brian, Nice haul. I like the Blue B&O Pacific. The 20 Tastycake fruit pies look to be just the right size to go on a flatcar or in a gondola. You could make an impressive and delicious fruit pie unit train out of those. Might need a Lash-up to handle the weight. The B&O Pacific is a favorite of mine too! But those Tastykakes aren't going on a freight car, they are going in my belly!! Much to the chagrin of my doctor! But I do have a Atlantic Division custom Convention Car Tastykake box car I got at York a few years ago. You bought some great stuff, Brian. You need to get your layout running so you can enjoy these great trains.
Condolences on the loss of your mother-in-law.
Congratulations on your new grandson. Thank you, Joe. Daughter and Grandson are doing great now that they're home. I'm looking forward to running all the new trains!!
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Post by curtis on May 28, 2023 23:03:21 GMT
What a fabulous experience. Glad to see the pictures of the great haul. Doesn't Tasty-cake deliver to CA? Was great you got to see the cousins and attend the baby shower. Must be Daddy's little girl since she wanted you there. So glad all is well with her and the NEW Grandson. Congratulations! Also sorry for you lost. Seems like as we lose family and friends He is gracious enough to bring new into the fold.
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