Winter 2022 TCA e*Train

e*Train Issue: Jan 2022 | Posted in:

Vol.21 No.1

There has been a lot of activity in and around the TCA over the past few months. While some venues remain closed, others have been opened. York, under the auspices of the Eastern Division, opened its doors in October to over 9,800 individuals both TCA and the Public. Meetings were held and trains were traded and sold.

The enjoyment encompassed in our hobby continues to grow. Children are enthralled and adults are mesmerized. Burn the midnight oil and read through each and every word, or just sit back and read a single story.

Find out more about Bing, Toonerville, Repurposing, the National Christmas Tree, Getting into Toy Trains, Ore Cars, Window Display Cars, Towers, and one more! Check out what’s been happening in your train world!

Bing’s Working Live Steam
By Tyler Keck (NTTL Library Assistant) and Russ McFall (TCA 98-47746)

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Lots to Hear
By Carol R. McGinnis, TCA# HE95-41066

How I Got In To Toy Trains, Part 1
By Frank Martin Ventura, TCA #17-72816

Fontaine Fox and Two Toonerville Trolleys
By John S. Halajko TCA 84-20653, Carl Condon TCA 88-28294, and Leon B. Duminiak TCA 02-54067

How Lionel Repurposing ♫”Bring in the Clones“♫ – #520 Boxcab
updated Winter 2022 By Bob Mintz, TCA #92-35064

Lionel Control Towers
updated Winter 2022 By Bill Meyer, TCA #70-2993 and Bob Mintz, TCA #92-35064

More “Ore !” Lionel® Adds to Its Roster of Catalogued and Uncatalogued Ore Cars
updated Winter 2022 By Joel Fugazzotto, TCA# 84-20874. Updated by Bob Mintz, TCA #92-35064

National Christmas Tree Railroad and The End of an Era
by Clem Clement, TCA# 64-987 (Honor Roll)

Window Display and Animated Window Display Cars
Updated Winter 2022 By Bob Mintz, TCA #92-35064

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.

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