Public Show Setup Information
Welcome to the 2024 Bethlehem, PA., Show and Sale.
The N Scale Enthusiast (NSE) hosting the National N Scale Convention (NNSC) thanks you for your support as a N Scale manufacturer or as a hobby store vendor.
There are many things that NSE has in place to help enhance one of our basic missions, which is support of the N Scale Model Railroad Hobby. This all starts with registering for the NNSC. Online registration is available from January 9th, 2024, through June 2nd 2024.
At the NNSC on Registration Wednesday, there will be tables set aside where product literature, announcements and company specific information can be placed. This is a chance to immediately publicize your product offering(s) to all registered convention attendees. Please contact the convention management team, Dick Ollendorf, Skip Hayes (Dick@NationalNScaleConvention.com) (trainnbyskip@yahoo.com) for details.
The best way for N Scale manufacturers and vendors to interact with both convention attendees as well as the general public is to have exhibition and sales space in the NNSC Public Show. This event is in the Foundry Ballroom, located on the 1st floor level of the Wind Creek Hotel. Several changes are being introduced for the 2024 Convention, both to celebrate the 30th Anniversary Convention and to enhance the experience. Foremost among these changes is the co-location of multiple operational N Scale Layouts with the vendor tables in the same room.
Each table space is 6’x30” and electricity is available as an added charge. There is a special vendor registration available as well as a reduced rate for “helpers” as needed. Additionally, this type of registration is eligible to purchase both Saturday night Convention banquet tickets and events, participate in the well-regarded Thursday night live N Scale Auction and purchase tickets to the manufacturers breakfast.
77 Wind Creek Blvd. (old name 77 Sands Blvd.)
This year, the vendor setup time begins on Thursday at 1:00 PM until 5:00PM on Thursday. We had to push up the time from 10:00 am to 1:00 PM because the clubs need some additional time to get the modules moved into their location. Sorry for the inconvenience. On Friday there will be additional time from 7:30AM to 9:30AM for all vendors to complete setup before the operating hours for the Private Show, which start at 09:00 on Friday with exclusive access for all registered NSE convention attendees until 12:00 and then the doors will open at 12:00 on Friday for both NSE convention attendees and the general public (non-convention attendees) until 4:00PM. Saturday hours are from 09:30AM until 4:00PM for both Convention attendees and the general public.
Attached are the hotel’s instructions and a map where you’ll find the loading docks. There’s ample parking behind the loading docks to bring your vehicles in the load. We then suggest you move your cars to the general parking area in front of the hotel.
On-site during this process will be Neal Carnaby, Skip Hayes and Mark Bandy that can answer your questions.
The Manufacturers Breakfast is an event used to announce new products, future vendor plans as well as N-gauging with other vendors/hobbyists over a buffet style breakfast. This year, the manufacturer’s breakfast will be held on Saturday prior to the opening of the Swap Meet from 7:30AM-9:30AM. This time change will allow attendees to hear about new developments and have the chance to discuss in more detail with those vendors during the course of the Saturday Swap meet session. The NSE Board are pleased to announce that Scale Trains of Cleveland, TN will be the emceeing again for this annual tradition.
NSE Board
