{"id":91,"date":"2018-04-23T16:13:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T16:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/?p=91"},"modified":"2018-04-23T16:21:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T16:21:19","slug":"york-tca-2018-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/?p=91","title":{"rendered":"York TCA 2018 Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Life achievement unlocked! We attended the TCA York meet in York, PA this past week which was my first (and likely not last) York TCA meet.\u00a0 We flew up Wednesday evening and attended the meet Thursday and Friday, and we had an absolute blast. It was certainly an experience, never have I seen so many O gauge trains in one place across all walks (new \/ used \/ pre-war \/ post-war).\u00a0 Highlights from the show include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Met and had a chat with Mike Wolf from MTH<\/li>\n<li>Met and chatted with various vendors, forum members, other hobbyists that I&#8217;ve gotten to know over the years\n<ul>\n<li>Dennis Brennan (<a href=\"https:\/\/brennansmodelrr.com\/products\/brennans-better-ballast\">Brennan&#8217;s Better Ballast<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Al (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.studiozphoto.com\/millhouse.html\">Millhouse River Studio<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Jim Robinson (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeboss.com\/\">Bridgeboss<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>OGR Forum Members at the Quaker Steak and Lube<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Deals on locomotive and rolling stock<\/li>\n<li>Ideas for layout scenery and buildings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All told, we stayed within budget and ended up coming home with a moderate take:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>JT&#8217;s MegaSteam Smoke Fluid<\/li>\n<li>Replacement Bulbs for MTH passenger cars<\/li>\n<li>Pewter Figures<\/li>\n<li>Lionel Standard Gauge #312 Observation Car<\/li>\n<li>MTH Premier Continental Grain Covered Hopper + MTH Club Membership<\/li>\n<li>MTH Premier Southern Tank Car<\/li>\n<li>MTH Premier Savannah &amp; Atlanta Caboose<\/li>\n<li>MTH Premier BNSF SD70ACe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a few photos of the new rolling stock:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-92\" src=\"http:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181138-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181138-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181138-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181138-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181138-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181138.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93\" src=\"http:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181138a-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181138a-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181138a-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181138a-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181138a-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181138a.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-94\" src=\"http:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181134a-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181134a-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181134a-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181134a-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181134a-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181134a.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-96\" src=\"http:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181220-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181220-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181220-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/trains.matt5lot10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0423181220.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life achievement unlocked! 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