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Soo Line #2719 pulls excursion trains from Duluth to Two Harbors in Northeastern Minnesota. All day excursions behind 1923 Alco Pacific. Trains depart from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum at the Depot in downtown Duluth on Fridays & Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. August 16th-September 14th, 2013.
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DELAND, FLORIDA, July 13, 2013. 44th Florida Rail Fair Model Train & Railroad Artifact Show & Sale at Volusia County Fairgrounds Tommy Lawrence Show Arena and Talton Exhibit Hall, 3150 E. New York Ave. All gauges and scale model railroad items for sale. Enjoy large operating layouts, kids ride-on train and more. Admission: $7.00 (under 12 free). Contact Charles Miller at (703) 536-2954 or visit
http://www.gserr.com TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, June 15, 2013. 22nd Annual Tallahassee Model Railroad Show & Sale at North Florida Fairgrounds, Buildings 2 and 4., 441 Paul Russell Road. More vendors, more displays, more tables and more layouts than ever before!. Admission: $5.00. Contact John Sullenberger at (850) 544-1870 or visit
http://www.bbmra.org/show.html THE VILLAGES, FLORIDA, August 17-18, 2013. The Villages Summer Rail Expo at Savannah Regional Recreation Center, 1545 Buena Vista Blvd. 130 tables of vendors covering all scales and memorabilia. Separate room of operating layouts in G, O, HO and N. Raffles and hourly door prizes. Free parking. Admission: $5.00. Children under 10 free with adult.
Contact Alan Goldberg at (352) 205-4322 or visit
http://villagerailclubs.blogspot.com/ INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, September 6-7, 2013. 30th Annual
Hoosier Traction Meet at 2930 Waterfront Parkway West. Enjoy a swap meet, and two full days and evenings of audio-visual presentations on city and interurban electric transportation, past and present. Admission: $15 by mail, $20 at the door. Contact Roy G. Benedict at (773) 625-5263. TIMONIUM, MARYLAND, June 22-23, 2013. Great Scale Model Train
Show at Maryland State Fairgrounds, 2200 York Rd. Hundreds of tables of model trains and related items for sale; operating display layouts; White Elephant tables for selling your stuff and finding bargains. Refeshments available and plenty of free parking. Admission: $9.00, under 15 FREE, Family $18. Good for both days. Contact Howard Zane at (410) 730-1036 or visit
http://www.gsmts.com HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN, July 7-13, 2013. Rail and Intermodal
Transportation Summer Youth Program at Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive. Full scholarship, week long, summer program for high school students with an interest in rail transportation. Field visits, class room learning and expert presentations on campus in Michigan and Wisconsin. See web site for details. Admission: Full scholarship. Contact Pam Hannon at (906) 487-3065 or visit
http://www.rail.mtu.edu/summer_youth2013.html MISSOULA, MONTANA, June 19-22, 2013. Friends of the Burlington
Northern Railroad Annual Convention at Ruby’s Inn, 4825 North Reserve Street. Enjoy Montana Rail Link headquarters and dispatch center tour, Evaro Hill railfan trip, Mullan Pass railfan trip, layout tours, member slide shows and videos, modeling clinics, banquet with speaker Paul Elsenpeter, General Foreman of MRL’s Missoula Car Shops. See web site for details.
Admission: $50. Contact Lawrence Stephens at
(607) 732-7942 or visit
http://www.fobnr.org/ MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY, August 24, 2013. “Lehigh Limited” -
110th Anniversary Excursion at Morristown & Erie Railway, 49 Abbett Avenue, P.O. Box 2206. The Morristown & Erie is operating a 175-mile passenger excursion over the NS Lehigh Line and Washington Secondary and NJT Morristown Line. The 18-car train offers coach and first class and tickets are now available for sale to the general public. Admission: See website for pricing. Contact Rudy Garbely at (973) 267-6537 or visit
http://www.anniversary.merail.com SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, June 24-29, 2013. “On Our Way to Santa
For reservations call the
North Shore Scenic Railroad
1-800-423-1273
www.lsrm.org
Fe” Big Train Operator Club 35th Anniversary Convention at Santa Fe Sage Inn, 725 Cerrillos Road. Ride the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, Santa Fe Southern Railroad and Rio Grande Scenic Railroad. Visit Lamy and Alamosa, NM. Guided tours of Santa Fe. Raffles, door prizes, free convention car for first 50 registrants, vendor hall, BBQ banquet and much more. Admission: registration fee. Contact Bob Somogyi at (630) 963- 3120 or visit
http://www.bigtrainoperator.com
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PO Box 121, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662-0121 ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, July 20, 2013. Trolleys at Twilight at New
York Museum of Transportation, 6393 East River Road. Enjoy an authentic vintage trolley ride through the pastoral coutryside at dusk. Upon your return, enjoy a small display of classic cars, as well as ice cream and refreshments. “Extra Fare” night photo session will take place after the rides, call for details. Admission: Adults $10.00, Seniors (65 and over) and Children (3-17) $8.00. Contact NYMT at
(585) 533-1113 or visit
http://www.nymtmuseum.org/ ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, August 18, 2013. Diesel Day 2013 at
Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum, 6393 East River Road. Enjoy a day at our museums learning all about diesels and how they work. Board the trolleys that will take you to a special extended diesel ride. Enjoy supervised visits in the cab and rides in our vintage locomotives. All tours begin at New York Museum of Transportation. Admission: Adults $10.00, Seniors (65 and over) and Children (3-17) $8.00. Contact R&GVRRM at (585) 533-1431 or visit
http://rgvrrm.org/events/ SPENCER, NORTH CAROLINA, August 24-25, 2013. Historic Spencer
Shops Train Show at North Carolina Transportation Museum, 411 S. Salisbury Ave. Enjoy four large model railroad displays, railroadiana, vendors, demos from mast ship builders, slide shows, author presentations, kids activities and more!. Admission: Adults $5.00 plus museum admission. Contact Leah Cook at (704) 636-2889 or visit
http://nctrans.org CINCINNATI, OHIO, August 9-10, 2013. Summerail 2013 at Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Ave. A full day of activities featuring multi-media slide presentations, a railroadiana flea market, and visits to Tower A (home of the Cincinnati Railroad Club. See web site for list of presenters and complete details. Tickets: $20.00. Contact Bill Haines at (937) 898-8220 or visit
http://cincinnatirrclub.org DAYTON, OHIO, June 22-23, 2013. Miami Valley Rail Festival at
Carillon Historical Park, 1000 Carillon Blvd. The Carillon Park Rail & Steam Society and Carillon Historical Park present the 8th annual Miami Valley Rail Festival. Will feature model train displays, historical displays, live steam engines, food and merchandise vendors, flea market, and miniature train rides through-out the weekend. Admission: $8.00 adults, $7.00 seniors, $5.00 children. Contact Ronald Mock at (937) 974-1106 or visit
http://www.railfestival.com KENT, OHIO, August 8-11, 2013. Steel Mill Modeling Seminar &
Workshop at Kent State University Hotel and Coference Center, 215 S. Depeyster St. Seminars, workshops and model displays by well-known and accomplished steel-industry modelers and vendors. Steel-themed layout tours including the well known Davies Steel. For registration form and optional activities and fees see web site. Admission: $115. Contact Jim DiPaola at (330) 297-5571 or visit
http://www.pyamodelrailroad.com NILES, OHIO, August 18, 2013. Northeastern Ohio Railroad &
Transportation Artifact Show & Sale at McMenamy’s Banquet Center, 325 Youngstown-Warren Rd. (Rt. 422). Thousands of railroad items for sale. Signs, china, keys, locks, lanterns, timetables, hardware, linen, express items, globes and passes. All forms of transportation memorabilia. Trolley, steamship, bus, airline. Admission: $6.00 (under 12 free). Contact Gordon Hartranft at (330) 755-1914 or visit
http://www.gserr.com ROCKHILL FURNACE, PENNSYLVANIA, July 6, 2013. 50th
Anniversary Celebration at Rockhill Trolley Museum, 430 Meadow Street. Help us celebrate 50 years of official public operation. All are welcome to come out and see what progress the Rockhill Trolley Museum has made
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