The Largest Train Show in The Northeast, The 2009 Big E

*please watch in high quality*

every year, the Amherst Model Railroad Society hosts this gigantic train show. it fills 4 buildings to the brim. with over 30 layouts, many of which are larger than a house, and hundreds of vendors selling everything from junk parts to brass big boys, this show has it all. if you need anything, its there, you just need to find it first. if you have never been to this show, you need to go. It's simply amazing. This was my third year going to this show and every year i get great deals.

I picked up a USRA 2-8-8-2 Y6b locomotive and a USRA 4-8-2 mountain this year. I got the Y6b (a Proto 2000 heritage locomotive) for $155 brand new! This engine sells for $350 normally. The 4-8-2 was $50. All it needed was a tad bit of glue and a little cleaning. Both of these engines run beautifully and look great on the layout. Once i finish rebuilding one of the curves on my main line, i'll have a video of them running.

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[calcatchem]

Ah, the sights, sounds, and smells of the Big E train show! I've been attending ever since I was a tot and I will surely be there this Saturday!

[Nec1228]

I'll be there as well. I'm hoping to pick up another Kato CSX SD80Mac or an SD90.

[Lprox96]

lol for a breif second i saw myself, i wish i coulda saw my train lol. but great video. great show this year, you buy anything? lol

[Nec1228]

oh yea, i got a 4-8-2 mountain and a 2-8-8-2 mallet, both at very low prices. the video will be up tomarrow with those two as well as some of my other newer power.

[Lprox96]

the BNSF double stack at 8:22 is my dads, and on the same track was my train, a model of amtraks Vermonter

[Nec1228]

lol i was standing right next to you and your dad when i shot that! the weathering on the intermodal's engines was awesome. was that amtrak engine a Kato model?

[nscalefun]

Great video and good job. Keep up the good work.

[Westiepup101]

AWESOME!! We live in the Mid-West and we attend one that's closest... :D have a GREAT day!!

[megatwingo]

Nice Video. Thumbs up!

[bartybum]

do they have t classes?

[northlanderdude]

ah c'mon, the video ends just as the Amtrak appears ! ? ! ?

[jfturner73]

That's my coal train at 1:47 to 1;53

[andersonjjj333]

Thats your layout at 8:00 you rock i admire your display