Went to my first train show today.

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stang_crazy

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:eek: is all i gotta say, I was in heaven. I did hold back on buying alot of stuff, i went there with specific in mind, and got some of what i was looking for but not all. Ill be hitting these shows up when ever i get the chance, i think this club puts this show on once a year. Ive included a link at the bottom of some pics i took of layouts at the show, ect...

Basiclly i bought mostly athearn blue box stuff for $5.00 each. Also pick up some parts for a few of my broken athearn engines.

Also stopped by a local train store and picked me up a digitrax decoder for one of my athearns, figured ill start with one and see how i like it.


Here are pics of what i picked up not much but for everything pictured i spent about $150.00 Also almost everycar piece of rolling stock i bought had kadee's on it so thats a plus in my book.

digitrax decoder
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misc athearn parts
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up hoppers
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trailer trains & 2 box cars (the 2 box cars have the club logo on them, i bought 1 of each # to help support them for putting on the show) Also can i get the parts for the train that the trailer hitch hooks into as ya can see 1 car is missing both.
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Box of engines, i just wanted the athearn SW7 but the guy said $10.00 for the whole box. everything runs minus the mantua steam and the red/white dummy.
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well thats all i pciked up, i went in with $400+ dollars and only spent about $115.00 at the show.

heres the link to a few extra pictures of layouts, pics arnt the greatest new camera.

thanks Mike.

http://s307.photobucket.com/albums/nn313/stang_crazy89/Misc model RR stuff/?albumview=grid
 
Not a bad haul there. Train shows are pretty cool events, so many things that I would WANT yet must remain focused to find what I NEED first. :D
 
suprduc said:
Not a bad haul there. Train shows are pretty cool events, so many things that I would WANT yet must remain focused to find what I NEED first. :D
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yeah i could of spent what i had very easy, but like what you said i stayed focused on what i went in looing for, as ya can see the common thing is UP stuff.
 


D&J RailRoad said:
Geez guy, did you leave anything for anyone else? 8-)
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LOL yeah there was plenty, like i said this was my first show, so in my opinion it was pretty good sized.


there was everything from cheap to beyond my range.


I actually seen very little tyco, or older life-like or bachmann stuff.
 
I went to a train show today also. Only spent $38.00 Didn't find what I was looking for so, I bought some stuff for a buddy that has older HO stuff. That place was packed.
Seems like a lot of people have money hid back for train shows.
Got one next week in St.Pete, Fl. that I'm going to. then 2 in march.
 
Dang. I wish we had some train shows that actually came to Alabama but I'm not sure my budget could stand it if they did. :)
 
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