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!
*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: David Herman (856-745-8065) or Russ Keil (609-320-3957) Interactive Running Layout, Door Prizes, Fun for Adults & Kids!
9–10 AM: Members10 AM–3:30 PM: Public AdmissionMembers: $5Public: $9/Adult; $12/Family
Doors open at 9:00 AM at the Shoreline Senior Center
$5 for adult public; free for children under 12.FREE for Lakes and Pines Division Members.Toy Trains of different gauges for sale, including O (Lionel), S, (American Flyer), and G (LGB), HO, N and more! Train Doctors will be on hand for simple repairs.See Toy Trains operating in action and see Toy Train Displays! Refreshments available.Learn about …
TCA-RGC will be having a members meeting. Making plans for a possible winter trainset tour. New members welcome, come have some fun and run trains. Meeting ends at 11:00 AM Questions? Check with Timothy ODonald (info listed below).
Friday, November 132:00–6:00 PM: Unloading and Set-Up Saturday, November 147:00–9:00 AM: Unloading and Set-Up9:00–9:30 AM: Business Meeting9:30 AM–1:30 PM: Member Trading(Public admitted at 10:00 AM)
NEW VENUE ALERT:Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds(See map & details below) Dealer Setup: Saturday, November 14, 6–9 a.m. ONLYTCA Members Pre-Meet: 9:00 a.m.Open to the Public: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
29th Annual Swap Meet & Train Show 9 AM: Meet opens for TCA and sponsor members10 AM: Meet opens to the public The Central Missouri Chapter of the TCA (Ozark Division) invites you to participate in the 29th Annual Swap Meet and Train Show on November 14. Meet features: • All Gauges & scales • …
• Opens to TCA Members at 9:00 AM• Opens to the Public at 10:00 AM• Closes at 2:00 PM Table Holder Setup Time: • Friday, May 9: 4–7 PM • Saturday, May 10: 7–9 AM Admission Fees: • Southern Division Members—No Charge • Other TCA Members & Public: 5.00 per person; Children under 13 admitted …
Rails Across the Rio Grande Swap Meet TCA-RGC is appearing at the two-day swap meet. You can find many trains, parts, sets, track, transformers, and dioramas for most gauges. The club's spectacular operating O gauge train set will also be present, so bring some trains to run. There will be other model train sets as …
ATLANTA TOY & MODEL TRAIN SHOW Show Times: Noon to 5 p.m. on Friday, December 4; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 5 • Operating Train Layouts • Parts • Appraisals • New and Antique Toy & Model Trains • Over 100 Tables of Trains! TCA Members $10 each—Accompanying Spouses are FREE! General …
Swap meet for all scales and railroad-related items. **The first 50 Children get a FREE HO Train Car when accompanied by an adult! Refreshments & Operating Displays ADMISSION: $5 per person, Children under 12 FREETABLES: $25 each Now at Orlando's on Hoffmeister Avenue in Saint Louis, MO.
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.
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.