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Title: Model Railroad Exhibitions
Post by: scrooge on June 08, 2011, 10:48:56 AM
Hi, could any member please list or show a link to any model railroad exhibitions in New England USA for later this year and early 2012.  Thanks
Title: Re: Model Railroad Exhibitions
Post by: poliss on June 08, 2011, 11:33:29 AM
I have links for exhibitions in Old England.  ;D
Title: Re: Model Railroad Exhibitions
Post by: scrooge on June 08, 2011, 11:43:38 AM
Thanks, smart A
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Post by: poliss on June 08, 2011, 12:38:35 PM
New England Model Train Expo. December 3rd and 4th, 2011
http://www.hubdiv.org/fallshow/index.htm
Title: Re: Model Railroad Exhibitions
Post by: Doneldon on June 08, 2011, 04:35:38 PM
ebenezer-

Check the hobby magazines. They have ads for all of the upcoming shows. If you don't receive any, go to your library. Most community libraries of any size carry at least one, generally Model Railroader. Have fun at the shows!
                                                                                       -- D
Title: Re: Model Railroad Exhibitions
Post by: ACY on June 08, 2011, 04:49:19 PM
Quote from: Doneldon on June 08, 2011, 04:35:38 PMCheck the hobby magazines. They have ads for all of the upcoming shows. If you don't receive any, go to your library. Most community libraries of any size carry at least one, generally Model Railroader. Have fun at the shows!
I have never seen any model railroading or train related magazines at a Library and I've been to almost 30 libraries not counting school or university libraries. I've been to the Youngstown West, East, North, South, Downtown/Main, Struthers, Springfield, Sebring, Poland, North Jackson, Newport, Lake Milton, Greenford, Canfield, Campbell, Brownlee Woods, Boardman, Austintown, Findlay, about 7 or 8 Akron area ones, 3 or 4 Western PA ones and of these not one had a model railroading or train related magazine.
So, it appears that most do not have any at least in my area, they may have formerly had at least one, but they don't anymore probably due to cost cutting measures or maybe they think nobody reads them. A few of these formerly had Model Railroader and others, but the last time they got them was over 10 years ago, my one friend bought all the old issues back in 1999 from the one library after they stopped getting the magazine.
Title: Re: Model Railroad Exhibitions
Post by: jettrainfan on June 08, 2011, 07:10:13 PM
Lakewood public library has trains and model railroader. about 5 last i checked, but they're all off by 2-3 months so they probably get them cheap.
Title: Re: Model Railroad Exhibitions
Post by: ACY on June 08, 2011, 11:40:51 PM
The public libraries of Mahoning County must not like model railroading.
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Post by: Joe Satnik on June 09, 2011, 12:31:04 AM
http://trc.trains.com/events.aspx
Title: Re: Model Railroad Exhibitions
Post by: scrooge on June 11, 2011, 04:25:41 PM
Thanks for the info, much appreciated.
Title: Re: Model Railroad Exhibitions
Post by: Terry Toenges on June 12, 2011, 02:52:54 PM
Scrooge - Based on your name, I suppose they would have to be free events? ;D
Title: Re: Model Railroad Exhibitions
Post by: scrooge on June 13, 2011, 03:36:57 PM
Do not judge a book by it's cover. >:(
Title: Re: Model Railroad Exhibitions
Post by: phillyreading on June 14, 2011, 05:16:50 PM
Any chance of somebody knowing about model train shows in southeast Florida?
I just went to CTT website and didn't see anything about model trains shows further south than Deland FL. How about the TCA shows? What ever happened to TCA? Did it go bankrupt, as I never hear about that club anymore.

Lee F.
in West Palm Beach FL
Title: Re: Model Railroad Exhibitions
Post by: richg on June 14, 2011, 06:58:41 PM
Quote from: scrooge on June 08, 2011, 10:48:56 AM
Hi, could any member please list or show a link to any model railroad exhibitions in New England USA for later this year and early 2012.  Thanks

You will not want to miss the below one. I live a few miles from the place and belong to the Amherst Railway Society that sponsors the show. I have been going since it was a one building, one day show.

http://www.amherstrail.org/show/show.htm

There are maps of the buildings posted as the show gets closer with a list of vendors and where they are in the buildings.
There is a active CSX yard right next door. Amtrak station about a half a mile away. Plenty of motels and nice eating places nearby.
Tornado just missed the fair grounds a couple weeks ago.

Rich

Title: Re: Model Railroad Exhibitions
Post by: scrooge on June 17, 2011, 03:55:52 AM
Thanks for the info on the Amherst show, all thing being equal I might make a trip over. I went to a show in Monroe WA earlier this year which I found very entertaining.