The Quality of train shows today

[nachoman]

It completely depends on the show. I havent been to one of the national shows in over a decade, but I remember plenty of non model railroad related items. Most of the non-MR stuff at least had a train theme - videos, trinkets, train toys, tools, et-cetera. Anything else was hot wheels cars, other model related stuff. I usually go to shows looking for a few specific things, but rarely do I find those things. Sometimes I can walk through the entire floor and not find a single thing I want, other times I wish I had brought more money.