Upcoming Events

Name: TCA Southern Division Train Show
Start: 2025-11-22T09:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-22T14:00:00-05:00
Location: Lake Nona Middle School

TCA members have access to a variety of exciting events throughout the year, including train meets and our annual conventions. Use the search function on this page to find event information. Or, visit our Event Details page to get a little background—and consider joining TCA if you’re not already a member!

October 2025
TCA Lakes & Pines Division Train Show

October 12, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm

John P. Murzyn Hall 530 Mill Street NE, Columbia Heights, MN, United States

Open to Lakes and Pines Division MembersToy Trains of different gauges for sale, including O (Lionel), S, (American Flyer), and G (LGB), HO, N and more! Train Doctors will be on …

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Western Division October Monthly TCA Train Meet

October 18, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Arcadia Community Center (at Huntington Drive & Holly Ave) 365 Campus Drive, Arcadia, CA, United States

Meet 10:00 AM to 2:00 PMSetup at 9:00 AM Plenty of free parking, over 40 tables for trading, a monthly display theme, operating train layouts in multiple gauges, a lively …

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TCA Midwest Division Train Meet

October 19, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

St. Charles Moose Lodge 2250 Lincoln Hwy, Saint Charles, Illinois, United States

Setup at 9:00 a.m. Midwest Division Members FREE admission and FREE selling tables!
TCA Eastern Division York Train Meet

October 20, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - October 25, 2025 @ 4:00 pm

York Fairgrounds 334 Carlisle Ave., York, PA

Member Halls (Blue, Red, Silver, & White): Members OnlyThursday: Noon to 5 p.m.Friday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Saturday: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dealer & Display Halls (Orange & Purple)Thursday: …

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TCA Rio Grande Chapter October Show & Swap Meet

October 25, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Netherwood Park Church 5101 Indian School Rd NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Model & Toy Train Meet with all gauges sold and traded. Pricing: Adults $3 • Families $5Children 12 and under are FREE! Tables: $20 for non-members; $15 for TCA Members
TCA Northern New England Chapter Meet

October 25, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Dover Lodge of Elks #184 282 Durham Road, Dover, New Hampshire

Train show WITH ALL SCALES, Exhibitor tables, operating layout, railroadiana items. Food on Premises. Meet some folks, discuss trains, etc. Enjoy yourself and HAVE FUN! And—No sales tax on purchases!! …

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$5
November 2025
TCA Lone Star Division Train Meet

November 1, 2025 @ 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

American Legion Post 16 (Robert H. Burns) 2031 Ronald Reagan Hwy, Covington, LA, United States
TCA Atlantic Division Train Meet

November 2, 2025 @ 8:00 am - 1:00 pm

Ballroom at the Phoenix 1661 Mill Road, Upper Chichester, Pennsylvania, United States

*New Location!* Family Admission: $5 Food and Drink available for Purchase Over 120 Tables of New and Old Trains & Train-Related Items (For tables and Pricing, call Chris Bogus: 610-888-3115) Interactive …

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TCA Seattle Chapter Train Meet

November 9, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Shoreline Senior Center 18560 1st Avenue NE, Shoreline, Washington, United States

Doors open at 9:00 AM at the Shoreline Senior Center
TCA Lakes & Pines Division Train Show

November 9, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm

John P. Murzyn Hall 530 Mill Street NE, Columbia Heights, MN, United States

Open only to Lakes and Pines Division MembersToy Trains of different gauges for sale, including O (Lionel), S, (American Flyer), and G (LGB), HO, N and more! Train Doctors will be …

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TCA Rio Grande Chapter Meet

November 15, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Wheels Museum 1100 2nd St SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States

Chapter Meeting followed by Show & Tell and running trains on the Wheels Museum layout. Meeting ends at 12:00 PM Questions? Check with Art Lites (info listed below).
TCA Southern Division Train Show

November 22, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Lake Nona Middle School 13700 Narcoossee Road, Orlando, Florida, United States

Open to TCA Members at 9:00 a.m. • Open to the Public 10 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Watch for updates on our website (www.TCASouthernDivision.org), including details of our Friday & …

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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.

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.

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