Winter 2023 TCA e*Train

e*Train Issue: Dec 2022 | Posted in:

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The holidays are upon us and our hands and hearts turn to trains. These trains are on our cards, they are on our windows, and they are around our trees.

There are three updates and seven articles. Bob Mintz shares new information about 6464 Boxcars with a special offer to TCA, and new information on Handcars. He also adds information to the spreadsheet on Trollies.

Clem Clement shares memories of a Child at York (or not!) and continues his Homemade series with some keen tips. And Reminisence from Bill Fuller shares the joys of having folks discover entities on public layouts that bring smiles to their faces. Getty Browning, in his article on Thoughts, dispenses time honored points-of-view written from a child’s perspective leading into adulthood, but which almost all of us share in that journey in one way or another in our train lives!

Thoughts!

Mike Marmer tells us a story about his Frosty Bar and where it has been drawn and published. John Halajko delves into GG1s and their paint schemes.

David Braskey has an article on a train that his Momma got as a child.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Joyous New Year !

In Answer To The “6464 Thousand Thousand Dollar Dollar Question Question” (update) Dec 2022

Blue Sky and Spirit! Dec 2022

Good Golly Missed Trolley! (update) Dec 2022

HOW MY FROSTY BAR ON MY AMERICAN FLYER TRAIN LAYOUT GOT INTO A NATIONAL COMIC STRIP! Dec 2022

I Am Not a Child! (a story of Kid’s Corner!) Dec 2022

Momma’s Train! Dec 2022

Reminiscences of a Public Layout Operator. Dec 2022

The Handcarchief {Handcars}(update) Dec 2022

Thoughts on Model Trains and Christmas Dec 2022

Why Were Home-Made Trains Built: Part-3 What to Build (Tips of the Trade from the Tipster!) Dec 2022

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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