Find Your Local Train Collectors Association Division & Chapter

The Train Collectors Association has 20 established Divisions spread across the United States—and the world—and arranged by geographic area. Many TCA Divisions also have active local Chapters that allow TCA members to gather with their neighbors in their home region.

Browse our listings here to find your local Division and/or Chapter and get involved today!

You can also see who is in charge of your local Division and/or Chapter by accessing our current leadership list at the link below. (Note that address information is not included for privacy reasons on this public page. If you need contact information for your local TCA leadership, please contact the National Business Office).

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TCA Divisions and Geographical Areas

Each Division name below (and applicable Chapter names) links to that group’s website. In addition, if a given Division or Chapter has an online newsletter, we have also provided a link to that for your convenience.

Atlantic Division

Est. 1977. Pennsylvania counties of Chester, Bucks, Delaware, Philadelphia, and Montgomery; New Jersey counties of Mercer, Burlington, Ocean, Camden, Gloucester, Atlantic, Salem, Cumberland, and Cape May.

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Cottonbelt Division

Est. 1988. Alabama; Mississippi; Tennessee west of the Tennessee River; Florida counties west of Apalachicola River.

Casey Jones Chapter
Gulf Wind Chapter
Magic Valley Chapter

Desert Division

Est 1971. Arizona; New Mexico; Texas counties of El Paso, Hudspeth, Colberson, Loving Winkler, Ward, Reeves, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Brewster, and Terrell. Also handles Australia and New Zealand.

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Australia/New Zealand Chapter
Rio Grande Chapter, Est 2006

Dixie Division

Est. 1988. Georgia; Tennessee east of the Tennessee River.

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Music City Chapter (Read Chapter Newsletters)
Terminus Chapter, Est. 1969
Volunteer State Chapter

Eastern Division

Est. 1954. New Jersey counties of Hunterdon, Warren, and Sussex; New York (except counties of Ulster, Sullivan, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, NYC, Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester); Maryland; Delaware; District of Columbia; Virginia-Richmond/Staunton line including those cities; Pennsylvania counties except those listed by Atlantic, Fort Pitt, and Keystone Divisions.

Upstate New York Chapter, Est. 2012
WB&A Chapter, Est. 1964 (Read Chapter Newsletters)

Fort Pitt Division

Est. 1977. West Virginia; Pennsylvania counties west of and including Warren, Elk, Clearfield, Centre, Blair, and Bedford.

Great Lakes Division

Est. 1966. Ohio; Indiana (except Midwest part); Michigan (except cross-lake portion); Kentucky; Ontario, Canada.

Bluegrass Chapter, Est. 2009
Central Ohio Chapter
Detroit-Toledo Chapter
Lake Erie Chapter
Ohio River Chapter
Three Rivers Chapter
Western Michigan Chapter, Est 1968

Keystone Division

Est. 1978. Pennsylvania counties of Cumberland, Perry, Adams, York, Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon, and Dauphin.

Lakes and Pines Division

Est. 1969. Wisconsin (except Midwest portion); Minnesota; cross-lake portion of Michigan; North Dakota; South Dakota.

Read Newsletters Here

Lone Star Division

Est. 1968. Texas (except the Desert Division counties); Louisiana.

Central Texas Chapter
Gulf Coast Chapter, Est. 1973
Louisiana Chapter
North Texas Chapter

Metropolitan Division

Est. 1961. Fairfield County, Connecticut; New York: counties of Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Ulster, Orange, Sullivan, Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland, and New York City; New Jersey counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, and Union.

Midwest Division

Est. 1960. Illinois (except Calhoun, Madison, St. Clair, Monroe and Randolph counties, and those portions of Jersey and Macoupin counties south of Illinois Rt. 16); Iowa; Indiana west of the South Bend-Indianapolis-New Albany line and including those towns; Wisconsin south of Sheboygan-Baraboo line but not including those towns.

Central Indiana Chapter, Est 1973

New England Division

Est. 1958. All of the New England states (except Fairfield County in Connecticut).

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Northern New England Chapter (NONEC)
Southern New England Chapter (SNEC)

Northern California Division

Est 1958. California north of San Luis Obispo-Visalia line and including those towns; northern half of Nevada (all counties not included in Western Division).

Sacramento-Sierra Chapter

Ozark Division

Est. 1967. Illinois counties of Calhoun, Madison, St. Clair, Monroe, Randolph, and those portions of Jersey and Macoupin counties south of Illinois Highway 16; Missouri; Arkansas; Kansas; Oklahoma.

Gateway Chapter, Est 1975
Central Missouri Chapter, Est 1995
Heart of America Chapter, Est. 2009

Pacific Northwest Division

Est. 1958. Washington; Oregon; Idaho; Alaska; British Columbia, Canada.

Read Latest Newsletter Here

Portland Chapter, Est. 1987
Seattle Chapter, Est. 1986
Treasure Valley Chapter, Est 2003

Rocky Mountain Division

Est 1971. Montana; Wyoming; Nebraska; Utah; Colorado.

Southeastern Division

Est. 1970. Virginia south of Richmond/Staunton line but not including those cities; North Carolina, South Carolina.

Palmetto Chapter
Tidewater Chapter, Est. 1987

Southern Division

Est 1966. Florida (except counties West of Apalachicola River).

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Western Division

Est. 1954. California south of San Luis Obispo-Visalia line and not including those towns; southern half of Nevada including the counties of Mineral, Ezmeralda, Nye, White Pine, Lincoln, and Clark; Hawaii.

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Shop Amazon and Help TCA

TCA members who shop at Amazon.com can have each of their normal purchases generate a modest payment to TCA! And it won’t cost you anything!

The Train Collectors Association is now a participant with AmazonSmile, which is a special website operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com.

The difference is that when customers shop at AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), the AmazonSmile Foundation donates 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the charitable organizations selected by customers.

The process is simple. Just search for and select Train Collectors Association when you sign up and shop at smile.amazon.com.

You use your regular Amazon.com username and password, but when you log in to smile.amazon.com, you’ll see that you are supporting TCA with your purchases:

Note that if you just log in to the regular amazon.com, this benefit does not operate.

There are no costs to either you or TCA, but TCA benefits!

This is a great way for TCA to earn extra cash to offset costs, so sign up today to help support TCA.

* Note: TCA is not a party to any of your Amazon transactions, and does not endorse any products or vendors.

Helping TCA with your ebay purchases when you use PayPal

If you’re an ebay user and have a PayPal account you use to make payments, you can designate a donation for TCA when you’re checking out — any amount, small or large.
If you’re a regular seller on ebay, you can pre-designate a percentage of your sales to be donated automatically in your name to TCA as long as the purchaser pays with their PayPal account.

In both cases, you will receive a donation receipt from the PayPal Giving Fund, and enjoy applicable tax advantages.

How to do it:

Click on the image above, or use this link. This will take you to ebay, where you will see the following page (log in to ebay if you are not already):

This offers TCA as an option. Click on the “Add to My Charities” button where indicated with the red arrow. Thereafter, when you make a purchase, at checkout you will be offered the option to make a donation to TCA in any amount of your choosing. Small amounts add up, larger ones are great! It’s always up to you!

The option will appear at the lower part of your checkout page, something like this:

If you’re a regular seller on ebay, you can allocate a portion of your sales proceeds to be donated to TCA. Look at the green arrow marked “Optional” above to see how to do it. Details on how ebay calculates the donation may be read here. This is a wonderful way to share the financial benefits of your hobby with the organization that promotes it!

An added benefit to TCA is that these donations are not subject to normal processing fees, so that makes your donation work harder!

* Note. TCA is not a party to any of your eBay transactions, and does not endorse any products or vendors. PayPal issues the receipts to you for your donation, not TCA.