Published March 10. 2022 08:29AM
By LOU WHEELAND
Special to The Press
Some 175 vendors filled 635 tables with model train engines, passenger cars, freight cars, parts, track, transformers and all things related to model trains at the Allentown Train Meet Feb. 26 and 27 at the Agri~Plex complex, Allentown.
Drawing vendors and visitors from as far away as South Carolina, the train meet offered treasures for anyone interested in model railroading.
The Allentown meet is reportedly the third largest on the East Coast.
Model trains of all sizes, from Z to G gauge were on the tables waiting for just the right enthusiast to find his or her dream model train.
Many of the sales that occurred during the two-day event were between vendors as they tend to be the biggest collectors of rare and historical model trains.
PRESS PHOTO BY LOU WHEELAND Big Trains 43 owner Bill Schmidt, of Ambler, with his display of “G” gauge model trains at the Lehigh Valley Train Meet, Feb. 27. Every one of his train sets is upgraded from the factory and each set is unique. Additional photos appear on page A2.
Nathan Nuss, 9; his sister, Katie, 16, of Birdsboro, and friend Colt Sutliff of New Ringgold were enjoying trains from the “Allegheny Western Lines, Fort Washington, at the Lehigh Valley Train Meet in the Agri~Plex building at the Allentown Fairgrounds.
PRESS PHOTOS BY LOU WHEELAND Strasburg Model Railroad Club members Thomas Harley, Kyle Linardo and Andrew Schlaegel work on a Strasburg Model Train Feb. 27 at the Lehigh Valley Train Meet in the Agri~Plex.
Train Collectors Association Division President Kevin Quinn shows off his prize acquisition, a 1910 Lionel Set No. 37 engine. He purchased this unit from a fellow vendor.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad is back in business, at least in the model railroad world. Tim Lubensky, Colebrookdale Train Shop, holds a new Lionel “O” gauge Lehigh Valley TMCC Alco C-420 Diesel No. 409.
Jerry Yost of Emmaus, found these 5-foot track sections for his “G” gauge model trains at the Lehigh Valley Train Meet, Feb. 27 in the Agri~Plex building at the Allentown Fairgrounds.
