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When is the next Allentown meet?
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 Posted - January 30 2011 : 8:10:00 PM
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Hi Adam.. I do not know about Allentown.. But, My Next show is in March.. See the posting I just made...  Carl
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Posted - January 31 2011 : 4:34:21 PM
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The next Allentown show is at the Ag Hall on Feb 27/28. It is a good show for Ho.
If you pre-buy your ticket you can get in at 8am.
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Posted - January 31 2011 : 9:13:55 PM
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Saturday the 26th of February and Sunday the 27th.
Odd thing I did notice is that my ticket and their site no longer differentiate scales between the days.
I am HO only so I am going to go on Saturday as AF Kid mentions above.
That has always been the tradition.
HO on Saturdays and all the others on Sunday.
Truth be told you can usually find most of the same on either day.
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 1:34:35 PM
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I can not complain as I did not spend more then 12 dollars on any item.
The Athearn blue box was a awesome deal most of the cars were $4.50 each.
The Silver Streak is for sale also make me a offer.
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 1:37:30 PM
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Nice finds Pierce
Here is what I gathered up today.
Walther's Metroliner Cafe Car-$5
Tyco Ill Cnentral Gulf 630-$7
Athearn beater CN engine for parts-$10
Athearn F45 SF Passenger engine-$12
Athearn GP-9 SF engine-$8
Athearn F7 Power & Dummy engines= $18
American GK E60CF- $10
Tyco 430 Alco Canadania- $25
The interesting thing today is there were not many nice Tyco engines and not many $5 parts engines around.
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 1:41:37 PM
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I went back on Sunday to see if I could get the NJ Transit engine and cars.
The engine is an Athearn and the cars are Rivarossi.
I never knew Athearn made a NJ Transit engine.
This is the rest of haul #2 I got today while wandering around for a while.
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 1:46:29 PM
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Yesterdays Allentown purchases.
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 1:50:10 PM
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The chrome B&Os where purchased near the mens room in the larger hall from a father and son team that I never saw before.
The set also came with 4 more chrome cars but the skirts are broke.
The AB set (which is perfect) and 4 beat up cars cost $65.00.
The Chessie is a IHC and it has smoke and is boxed and cost $35.00.
It came from the same vendor.
$100.00 total for everything.
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 1:52:43 PM
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Here are my purchases from the show this past weekend.
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 1:57:22 PM
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I really like this show. On Saturday 5/21 is for HO and Sunday 5/22 is for S and O gauge.
Pete
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 2:00:37 PM
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Today it was quality not quantity.
The show was not very good for HO anyway.
There was a lot of rolling stock but not many engines or dealers with quality stock.
The NJ Transit F40PH's are the earlier Bachmann Spectrum Hong Kong version
With the flashing strobe lights on top of the Cab. All of these have issues witht the decals on one side.
The AHM engines were for parts.
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 2:04:38 PM
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Todays haul from the Merchant Sq Mall show. It was sparsely attended.
Walthers NIB Sperry Rail Inspection Car-$30
The Super Rare Bachmann SF E60CF- $10
Bachmann Chessie E60CF- $12
Athearn NIB Powered NH RDC-1 -$15
Rare Tyco 4301 GN Shell Unfortunately it has heat damege on the side. I bought it for the handrails-$1
Tyco 630- 1776- $5.
Tyco 630 SF 1102- $5 This runs great!
Tyco GP-20 Durango- $3 I bought it for the handrails.
AHM SF SW12? It needs some tinkering as it doesn't run- $5
AHM RS-2 UP. $5 I needed it for parts to rebuild an AHM RS-2 Penn Central.
Tyco 630- ICG $3 I bought this for parts to rebuild the 1776 630
Tyco 630 Golden Eagle- $5
This is a MRC Transformer. From the 60's??? Anyone care to guess? It was $30.
These two Transformers a dealer gave me as he didn't want to carry them home.
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 4:35:48 PM
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I went to that show today. It was packed and there were some interesting pieces for sale.
There is one bad note that I found out. The next show in February 2023 will cost $15 to get in for 1 day.
Dealer tables will go up from $75 to $90.
This was the last time I will go to that show unless I can get a free ticket.
Higher dealer prices means the trains will cost more and there will be less dealers.
I did manage to find a couple of beat up Athearn Boom cars for parts that I have looking for.
Two new Bachmann Amtrak Phase III Metroliner coaches for $5 each and a new Walthers CSX MoW #2 Orange Color cars set.
Prices were somewhat higher and some dealers were willing to take reasonable offers.
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 4:40:30 PM
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I was there also. It is a big place and a hard place to meetup.
I met my son there. He was at his clubs.
Anthracite Railroads table in the big room.
Your pridection about the show may come true.
It is bad enough we have to drive so far to get there.
I did find a few dealer selling vintage HO at realistic prices.
I found a Bowser bronze mountain and a Sakura B&O dockside 0-4-0T.
Also a nice Hobbyline C&O H12-44 and a HObbyline scratched up twin set of FA-1's in Western Pacific.
Still I liked roaming around in the two Halls.
I never found a Sakura dockside before.
Always had high prices of over $100.
When I saw it at $30. I got it.
It is a strange diecast piece.
Not in its great detailing but you know the way every manufacturer almost always puts their letter in the name plate.
That was the first thing I looked at and where you would see a V, R, RR, P or other letters there is a F.
Seeing that and the made in Japan bottom plate I knew this was a special piece.
With the importer being PFM Pacific Fast Mail maybe the F was for fast.
I do not know.
Sorry I missed you!
Frank
Sakura dockside
HObbyline h12-44 C&O
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 4:44:08 PM
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Another gem from 2019
A pair of TYCO F7a in C&O so I could fix my broken one.
Also in TYCO a Pair of PRR 1860 coaches and a bobber caboose.
It is lettered for Republic Steel and one not often seen.
A Tyco PRR light car and Central Pacific 1860 low side gondola.
An old boxed Mantua 0-6-0t. A old Rivarossi 0-4-0 saddle tank loco.
And a real big book completes the stuff I got.
Frank
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 9:08:54 PM
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Gem from 2014
Allentown first frost train show. Happening this Saturday and Sunday.
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 9:20:01 PM
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February 22 2014
Allentown train show stuff.
01 Gilbert Baggage mail car 2764
02 Gilbert coach 8302
03 Gilbert coach 8302
04 Gilbert 0-6-0 Erie 31036
05 Gilbert work caboose 33626
06 Gilbert OB box car Wabash 33009
07 Gilbert hopper Peabody 33215
08 Gilbert Reefer MDT NYC 124
09 Gilbert Reefer NP 521
10 Gilbert Gondola.Monon 33119
11 Gilbert 60 foot flat car Illinois Central 33558
12 Gilbert tank Shell 125
13 Marx tank rocket fuel red
14 Marx caboose Rock Island bay window red
15 Lionel Gondola MC 0865 250, blue
16 Cox, 50 foot flat trailer carrier Republic trailer
17 Mantua old time passenger car brass
18 Mantua old time passenger car brass
19 Penn Line CR roof observation PRR 7800
20 Penn Line CR roof coach PRR no number
21 Varney tank Texaco TCX 7204
Frank
Below is a 3 car Gilbert passenger set from the 1930's.
In this third picture is the Gilbert set named Dispatcher from 1963.
The flat car is missing its load. All cars and engine in this set are marked with XXX.
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 9:24:10 PM
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Hey Ben. This is for you.
Frank
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 9:27:30 PM
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Here are some more Ben.
Frank
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 9:31:17 PM
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It was a good show for old Gilbert trains for me.
The Erie 0-6-0 set was a good find. And so was the old Gilbert passenger set of 3 cars.
There was a traveling all English OO layout at the show.
Here are some photos.
Maybe you recognize some things.
Frank
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 9:44:47 PM
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Another gem from 2013
Today's show.
Well the place was packed with people and it is a big place.
Lots of trains and you can find HO scale there.
On the whole the prices were higher.
There were some buys.
I did no't get much.
I meet Nelson there. And lost Nelson there. All you need to do is turn around. Gone!
I hope he got a few buys. I am sure he will report or tell me of his finds.
On my way home I arranged to pass the Merchant Square Mall.
It is a site of the other train shows. They have 4 or 5 a year there.
It is a building full of antique dealers and a source of HO trains for me.
More than half of what I got today came from the dealers there.
In my list I will put a A for the Allentown show today and a M for the Mall.
My finds
Gilbert Shell tank car A
Gilbert Gulf tank car A
Varney Texaco tank car A
Varney Missouri Pacific 2 bay hopper with coal load A
Fleischmann B&O 2 bay covered hopper M
Marx Allstate tank car M
Marx New Haven box car operating M
Mark Rock Island caboose M
Marx Monon work crane car M
Sakai Hudson and Pacific tender M
Rivarossi 0-4-0t saddle tank car A
Marx Union Pacific F3 diesel M
Faller freight station A
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 9:47:04 PM
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Nice haul. Were you walking around or did you have a table?
I didn't think it was that crowded. Not a lot of quality HO there.
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 9:48:45 PM
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Just walking around Pete. No table. Had a nice day.
Too bad we did not meet. Such a big place with so many people.
Frank
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 9:56:42 PM
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Frank I did not know where you guys went! You got ahead of me.
Like you said the place is huge and I had more luck in the second room.
However I did not get to see everything completely by the time they were closing.
Too much time chatting with people and browsing through parts bins.
Oh well I was pretty tapped out cash wise by that point anyway.
The best buy of the day was a brand new NWSL Puller III for $15!
I could not believe it when the dealer quoted me the price.
I thought I had heard wrong.
I also bought two Rivarossi boiler fronts from from him.
One for the Consolidation and the other for the Espee Atlantic.
I got them cheap in a group of parts I picked out so I do not think he knew what they were.
Most of the stuff was tinplate and HO prices were high.
So most of my purchases were parts.
Two highlights were a very nice Tyco RCA industrial switcher for $17.
And a Lionel Rivarossi Wabash C-Liner B unit with flawless paint for $25.
I also got a U25C dummy in Conrail custom paint.
I just bought it for the fuel tank casting.
The paint job is pretty good aside from a somewhat crooked logo on one side.
The guy was asking $10 but I offered him $5 and he accepted.
I did not pay the asking price for anything except the Puller.
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 10:00:12 PM
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Nelson Well getting separated just happened. Not intended.
It took you awhile but you got the fuel tank. What road name will the U25 be?
I remember a dealer having 3 or 4 trays of North West short line packaged products under his table.
He had a corner table on a inside crossing isle in the second hall where you got later on.
He had a few shelves on his table and many packaged parts from different manufactures.
My friend Bob got some things from him.
I got a brass air tank to pilot mount on the other PRR N1 I will put together.
The tank that came with the Cary N1 body kit is too small.
Well it would seem that we both missed meeting Pete.
We all seemed to have a good day.
Frank
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 10:07:10 PM
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I was there Saturday around noon.
It seemed more crowded than usual.
It was hard to get past all those guys gawking.
They were looking at O and S scale items.
While I looked at the important HO items.
Prices did seem a bit higher for this show.
I got a couple of interesting cars.
Two for $5 and sprung for a Macy's box car at $10 because I've never seen one.
When I get home from work I will have to post a couple pix.
I only spent about $25.
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 10:11:14 PM
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Here are my three cars from that show.
The Food Club and World Classics are AHM/IHC Made in Slovenia.
There is no marking on the Macy's car and I do not recognize the mold.
The bottom rail for the sliding door which is black is part of the car floor not part of the body.
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 10:27:33 PM
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Gem from 2014
Allentown November 9 2014.
My finds today
Athearn GP7 custom, Minneapolis and St. Louis #511. $15.
Athearn GP7 custom, CNJ #1524. $15.
Fleischmann, coal car, NYC #107164. $3.
Revell, covered hopper car SP #4111. $3.
Revell, box car, GN #4090. $2.
Plastic kit, 1860 passenger car, combine . the pair $5.
Plastic kit, 1860 passenger car, coach.
ATT 2-2-0 L'il Miner, brass locomotive. $10.
Gilbert D&RGW cookie box car, #33523. $5.
Mantua, 1950 Sinclair tank car. $3.
Gilbert ERIE Caboose # 33618. &10.
Gilbert ATSF caboose #3008. Body only! $5.
Frank
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 10:44:58 PM
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My post from February 2023
I went to the Allentown Pennsylvania show with Frank. My photos.
We stopped at the diner along route 78. Clinton New Jersey near the Pennsylvania border. Has a former CNJ observation car as part of the diner.
Train show at the Agri Plex in the Allentown Fairgrounds outside town.
Over 200 dealers and hundreds more customers at the show yesterday.
Tempting but a bit expensive. Both items that is.
Old Lionel train set for $125. Dealer mentioned $100 if I was interested in it. I was not. I have the cars
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 10:48:37 PM
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Train layouts at the Allentown show in February 2023.
Many thanks to my friend Frank for inviting me to the Allentown show.
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Eight items I bought on Sunday at the Allentown show. From February 2023.
Two HO scale Crescent Limited passenger cars for someone in Pennsylvania.
Two HO scale Auto Train passenger cars and a HO scale Penn Central box car for another person in Pennsylvania.
HO scale Santa Fe flat car with red and silver trailers and Auto Train passenger car for myself.
Fun time with Frank. Thank you so much.
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 11:08:24 PM
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My photos from the Allentown show this February 2026 after a three year absence.
Outside and inside the Allentown Fairgrounds Center.
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 11:11:05 PM
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My photos of the various HO scale modular layouts at the show.
Miniature version of one of the many coal mine areas in anthracite eastern Pennsylvania once commonplace many decades ago.
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 11:14:19 PM
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More of my photos from this February 2026
Miniature version of the Strasburg Railroad.
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 11:17:12 PM
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I bought 5 items.
Eagles football passenger coach for a big fan.
Another Lionel HO scale horse car for me.
I forgot to take photos of 3 other items.
N scale Bachmann water tank
N scale Bachmann freight station
HO scale Tyco Burlington box man
I will try to give the Eagles car to him in March.
I did visit him in June to give him the car. He loved it.
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Posted - August 25 2026 : 11:19:51 PM
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My photo of the other items I bought at the show.
Bachmann water tank in N scale.
Bachmann freight station in N scale.
Tyco operating box car in HO scale.
Again many thanks to Frank for driving me there.
And meeting Dave aka RDC1 for the second time.
Great day.
I know I was looking tired and a bit disheveled.
Tired after work the day before and only had 5 hours sleep
Drowsy after walking around looking at items.
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Posted - August 26 2026 : 12:11:57 AM
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I tried to consolidate the best photos and posts of various Allentown shows over the years in a single thread here.
This November more photos and memories can be posted here to add to the enjoyment for all.
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