Train Show Goodies - But Are Train Shows Getting More Expensive? 

You could also run Soo or CP cars behind your DH locos. CP bought DH in 1991 and operates it under their Soo subsidiary.

Thanks for sharing the goodies you picked up. You will find that as your needs get more specific the costs will also go up. My wife calls me a 'Train Snob' because I don't just buy the cheapest stuff anymore. Thanks for sharing.

One of the best and affordable train sets i ever got was an IHC Millenium Express set (Pennsy GG-1 freight sets). The original cost for the sets were around $65 U.S.dollars brand new , back in 2k. I bought two sets at the local supermarket for $40 each the day after Christmas,lol. As to costly at train shows.. I've been finding a lot of great deals the past 3 years (so far). But i have noticed the significant mark up of used trains , and i can understand why. People are catching onto the fact that many/most newer model trains today are way overpriced (plastic gold, as someone once told me). Not that anyone can afford them, but there are significantly more people that cannot. And with 3D printers now in many a home, people will start making/designing their own trains in numbers, in due time I'm sure. That alone is costly, but it does deliver .

Reverse the throw on the switch. You can move the throw bar so it sticks out to the left

I found some good deals - at first I was thinking that I wasn't finding much, but when I kept looking, a few good things showed up. Two large bags full at the end! I wasn't looking for locos (I bought a few at the Barrie show), but I did get some good passenger and freight cars, and a really good price on a Walthers structure kit. A few things I was hoping to find weren't there, but still a good haul for me!

I have 6060 as well, its a really good locomotive

Must have had huge windows to see you coming ...lol ,,,,i call it the hobby tax ...

the hudson ,5700, hase a switch on the front to turn on the smoke unit

Love the steam train 👍

Nice finds. Very cool locos and the UP baggage car definitely matches the lo better. As far as cost... all depends on how narrow the field for what you are after. There is, of course, the profiteering that takes over every hobby.

hi dave nice pickups there love the green steamer gorgeous locoo runs like a dream i will be ubboxing a cpl of nrth american / american locos in my next vid as a tribute to a youtuber who sadly passed i have no idea what they are but sure they will ring a bell with you

Every Train Show My Wife and I Went To Was Always good the Prices Were in the Ball game why People are Complaining the Prices are too High is They Didn’t Bring Enough Cash or they Missed The Deals they Were Lookin for.

Hey Dave, those Alco PA1’s are real nice units. DCC sound for sure…. You are welcome for the UP baggage car. Great to see it with some one who really appreciates it. Look forward to chatting about your turnout operation plans. Jon

Yep the CN Hudson (4-6-4) is indeed a Mehano. I've got several Mehano engines and the 2 dots on the sand dome says it's a Mehano. I think they used the same boiler for several different models. Mine are from the mid 80's and still run quite well as well as all of them are smokers. My favorite is the Southern Railways Southern Crescent Limited, #4501 Mikado, the last of its class of MS class Mikados. Cheers from eastern TN

You’re fortunate to have so many train shows nearby. Our shows are few and far between far between and the nearest train shop is 40 miles away

Not many low end engines.but old dummies for 30-40$ .did get a beautiful Lionel provincial set plus a extra engine new condition for cheap and 4 athearn kits Santo fe for 20$ not bad deals god bless the two old ladies that sold them to me !! Last Oct show a guy sold me 3 new old stock athearn engines for 120$ and that was a smoking deal!!! Thanks for another great video .

Union Pacific looks good on the track. CN steamer runs nice. There is a switch on the front to turn on the smoke unit. I love how smooth D&H run. I have one as well. Yes you will need some coaches for them. Very good .

The ones around my area generally offer decent prices and most sellers are happy to knock a few bucks off if you're buying more than one item. So for me, shows remain inexpensive, though this may not be the case in other areas.

Nice catches Dave, getting more picky, huh......qa above quantity...time of just cheapo's is over. Stuff is getting mote expensive on trainshows, as i, as being a vendor in Barrie, also noticed - too bad. Enjoy your goodies 😊😊. Bett ya you're already " playing"

@18L20 I have a pair of those locomotives and they are installed with a smoke unit. There is a on off switch just above the pilot. Now I can not re-calli the switch is to the right is off, or to the left (that is if your looking at it from the front) These locomotives were part of Christmas sets and indeed built by Mehano. Mehano however can not supply any parts for these however they do have some North American steam locos on their webstore for sale and I am almost certain if you ordered parts from those they should work for parts on these (Least the wheels and drive links from a photo to model comparison)

Love the steam 😎😎😎😎

I think you really are on to something with that title I been seeing the high price jump in 2024 in most of the videos I have watched of the train shows and also at the train store where I live it would do a 50% off a few times a year did it’s last one in the beginning of this year and went up on all of his prices so it might be something going on we don’t know about and I stay in a big city we always the last to feel the effect

Take good care of that bell it is gold

Hi Dave Did you know that your lift bridge video has made the latest NMRA online bulletin.

5702 is my second favorite steam locomotive I own, like the 6060 it was featured in a presidents choice train set. It is a K-5-a 4-6-4 Hudson built for Canadian National in 1930 by the Montreal locomotive works, only 5 were made for CN where Canadian Pacific had about 70 or so.

The UP car is a pure baggage. RPO’s have four smaller doors in the sides of the car

Congrats on 4.5k! It seems you were just at 3k. Good to see your channel growing and getting the attention it should be getting🙂

loe your ids. My alco pa,s are being painted in canadian national colours

There is a little switch on the Hudson's pilot to turn the smoke unit on and off. 😊

Nice haul. The cost of everything is going up.

Great video. Beautiful pictures and engines

Used cars n even old blue/box Athern locos are going for high prices on eBay! Of course, like most of us in this crazy hobby, I’ve got 100 locos of some sort! And, like an addict, still get more! My preferred lines are iron ore RRs…DM&IR n its sister lines (Elgin & Joliet), Soo Line, Bessemer RR, C&NW, BN, Chicago n Mpls based lines…probably forgot a few! My interests now include Hobby Line products awa old wood/metal car kits (really premium priced, now…recent eBay auction of 19 boxes sold for $155+ $33 s/h…ave price decent but some single kits in other auctions go for $40 each…ouch)! I also like to tinker w/old Train Minature kits n enhance their appearance w/extra items!

Hi Dave, on the PA1s those small couplers are for the rear, original for close coupling so the diaphragms will touch. They are just dummy couplers. Great videos too sir !

Great looking Can Nor loco…hope you distress it w/grime! 😂🎉❤

Very nice purchases. You got some good deals

You can sand down the solder. HO scale Kadee and Kadee like couplers are often larger than their proper scale.

Great stuff from the train show Dave , I will check my 6060 for a bell , excellent video, your layout looks great

Love the PAs and the hudson. For $55 you got a really good deal. They are the nicest looking passenger locos

A really nice haul mate. I love the CN steamer, a stunner. The running shots are great, loving the new layout.

Its hard going to a train show and not going mad like a kid in a sweet shop. Those steamers do look good, not my thing but praise where its due. 😁

nice show haul

Odd that big manufacturers or large hobby retailers don't participate in local area train shows such as Kitchener.

There's a train show at Kingston NY this coming Sunday

Great looking Canadian national steam locomotive and at Union Pacific passenger set looks even greater

That Tyco "School house " kinda looks like a mini prison or a building that would be part of a prison complex.

Hi Dave, the window dressings in some of your buildings caught my eye. What is your wife using for these? Take care, Jeff.

I have 2 of the 6060’s and 1 of the Hudson’s. Actually run better than some of my other spectrum steamers

I never had the opportunity to go to a train show yet.

Another great video Dave. Great to see someone who gets as excited about train shows as I do! You are still scaring me not having some sort of fence on your lift bridge! Take care, Jeff.

Went to our once a year train show back in Feb and the prices were very steep. I couldn't believe how much they were wanting for locos. Those protos 2000 PA1s, easily over $100. Everyone had ebay prices. Just wanting way too much for everything. I love to buy train stuff, but I didn't buy anything because of the prices.

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