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Upcoming Events

TCA Nor-Cal Division 2012 Spring Cal-Stewart Meet

TCA Northern California Division will hold it's annual Spring Cal-Stewart meet on TCA Nor-Cal Division Spring Cal-Stewart MeetMarch 2, 3 and 4, 2012, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, 5101 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, California 95054. This Meet is open to all current TCA and TTOS members on Friday (set-up only), Saturday and Sunday. The Meet will be open to the public on Sunday only. The highlight of this meet will be the Saturday evening Banquet, with fine food and with live entertainment. The Silent Auction will be held concurrently with the Banquet. As in past Nor-Cal Cal-Stewart Meets, the doors to the trading hall will open at 9:00 AM on Saturday morning and close at 5:00 PM. There will be the usual Saturday afternoon Auction, and toy train Clinics are also planned for Saturday. The trading hall will be open on Sunday from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. For more information and to download a brochure and registration form visit: http://www.norcaltca.com/pages/calstew.htm


TCA Eastern Division 2012 Spring York Meet

TCA Eastern Division will hold it's Spring York meet on April 19-21, 2012. This TCA Eastern Division York Meetmeet is held 2 times annually at the York, PA Interstate fairgrounds, 334 Carlisle Avenue, which is located approximately 20 miles South of Harrisburg, PA. It is the largest toy train meet in the world. There will be 9 different trading halls filled with sellers from all over the country. All halls open for trading on Thursday at 12:00 noon. Saturday trading ends at 2:00 PM. There will also be several collector's group meetings, including a Marx Show & Tell, a 'OO' Gauge meeting, a Gilbert Get-together, an Ives & Litho Group meeting and a Cast Iron Floor Train get-together. You must be a member of TCA in good standing in order to register. For more information visit: http://www.tcamembers.org/newsandevents/york.htm or contact Debbie Geiser, Registration Chairman at debbie_geiser@verizon.net.


The 2012 TCA National Convention

TCA Nor-Cal 2011 National Convention The 58th Annual TCA National Convention will be in Atlanta, Georgia, hosted by the Dixie Division, June 23 through July 1st, 2012. A full week of events is planned. The 2012 TCA National convention will include multiple tours of museums and railroads, home layout tours, table trading in a spacious hall, operating layouts from all over the country, a banquet, auctions, raffles, manufacturer displays, kids events, a golf tournament, a welcome party, and a membership meeting.


2012 Cal-Stewart Meet

Toy Train Operators Society Cal-Stewart meetThe 39th Annual Cal-Stewart meet will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 16th, 17th & 18th, 2012, in Southern California at the Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E. Green St., Pasadena, CA 91101.  This is the largest toy train meet west of the Mississippi River. There will be table sales with trains and accessories of all makes and gauges, raffles, a large display of antique model trains, multiple auctions, several operating layouts, train races, a demolition derby, and a Friday night cocktail reception. This meet is open to all interested toy train collectors for all events, all three days. For more information and to obtain registration materials visit http://www.cal-stewart.org or contact meet chairman, Larry Pearson at 818-848-2653.


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