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PRESCOTT, ARIZONA, August 17, 2013. Beat the Heat Swap Meet at Prescott Activity Center, 824 E. Gurley St. Enjoy an all-gauge swap meet, the largest in Northern Arizona, with more than 90 tables. Member layout open houses in the afternoon following the meet. Admission: $5, Children under 12, free. Contact Dick Gage at (802) 272-1352. OLD GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT, September 29, 2013. Southern Connecticut Model Train Show at Greenwich Civic Center, 90 Harding Road. Enjoy the Valley HO Trak Layout and New Haven Society of Model Engineers layout, modeling clinics, White Elephant table, ample free parking, walking distance to Metro-North train station. Admission: Adults $7.00, Seniors over 65 $5.00, Kids under 12 free. Contact Ellie Rosenberg at (914) 967-7541. 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.
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http://villagerailclubs.blogspot.com/ INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, September 6-7, 2013. 30th Annual
Hoosier Traction Meet at Clarion Hotel, 2930 Waterfront Parkway West. Enjoy two full days and evenings of audio-visual presentations on city and interurban electric transportation, past and present, swap meet, and more. Early registration $15, $20 at the door. Admission: $15 by mail, $20 at the door. Contact Roy G. Benedict at (773) 625-5263. SHARPSBURG, MARYLAND, September 14, 2013. Hagerstown Model Railroad Museum Model Train Sale at Washington County Agricultural Educational Center, 7313 Sharpsburg Pike. Summer Sales event of the Hagerstown Model Railroad Museum featuring model trains, railroadiana, and collectibles. Admission: $4.00. Contact Show Chairman at (301) 800-9829 or visit
http://www.antietamstation.com BALLWIN, MISSOURI, September 7, 2013. Boeing Employees Railroad Club at Queeny Park, 550 Weidman Road. Enjoy more than 200 tables of model trains in all scales. Admission: $3.00, Children Under 12 FREE. Contact Wayne Schimmel at (636) 668-6313. 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 on Saturday, August 24, 2013. The 18-car train offers coach and first class and is now available for sale to the general public. See website for details. Admission: See website for pricing. Contact Rudy Garbely at (973) 267-6537 or visit
http://www.anniversary.merail.com MAHOPAC, NEW YORK, September 21, 2013. Yonkers Model Railroad Club 2nd Annual Train Show at Mahopac VFD, 741 Route 6. Enjoy vendors, operating layouts, and refreshments. Free Parking. Admission: $5.00. Contact Bill Bahr at (914) 980-0025. 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
Enjoy lines such as the Aberdeen & Rockfish, Laurenburg & Southern, Nash County, Yadkin Valley and more. 100 minutes.
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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 MARION, OHIO, October 6, 2013. Marion Union Station Association
Annual Chicken BBQ Dinner at Marion Union Station, 532 West Center Street. Proceeds benefit the Marion Union Station Association, which owns and operates the 1902-built Marion Union Station as a railroad museum, train watching location and event venue. Enjoy your meal trackside, as the station is bracketed by three busy railroad mainlines. Please contact us for details. Admission: $7.50. Contact Joe Catera at (740) 383-3768 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,
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steamship, bus, airline. Admission: $6.00 (under 12 free). Contact Gordon Hartranft at (330) 755-1914 or visit
http://www.gserr.com WILLARD, OHIO, September 14, 2013. Willard Train Fest 2013 at
Downtown Willard, Depot Museum in the Park, Central Elementary School, 205 Myrtle Avenue. Enjoy 1/4-scale display of N&W 611 and B&O GP35, Warthers Museum Carvings, 7.5” scale static steam engine, railroad speeders, full-size diesel engine, B&O caboose and boxcar, operating layouts in many scales, museum tours, miniature train rides, kids jump house and more. Admission: Free, Rides Extra Fare. Contact Tom Boylan at (419) 564-5370 or visit
http://www.willardtrainfest.com GARIBALDI, OREGON, October 5, 2013. Oregon Coast Crawler at Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, 403 S. American Way. Join RailsNW and the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad for a steam-powered journey along the stunning Oregon coastline and into the coast range. Traveling from Garibaldi to Batterson with stops in Wheeler and Rockaway Beach, this is truly a memorable and exciting day for all. See web site for details. Admission: $98.00. Contact RailsNW at (503) 292-5055 or visit
http://www.railsnw.com/ ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, September 29, 2013. Dieruff Train
Show at Dieruff HIgh School, 815 North Irving Street. Enjoy oUR annual train show includes dealers with books, magazies, timetables, models, etc. We will have operating layouts as well as door prizes. Food and drinks are available. Sponsored by Lehigh Valley Chapter, NRHS. Admission: $5.00. Contact Jim Rowland at (610) 737-3431. ROCKHILL FURNACE, PENNSYLVANIA, September 14, 2013. Steel Wheels Meet Rubber Tires at Rockhill Trolley Museum, 430 Meadow St. Come see antique cars, trucks or other antique vehicles and bring your own antique car to display as well. Staged photo opportunities throughout the day with the museum’s fleet of preserved and restored trolleys. Admission: Adult $7.00, Child $4.00. Contact Bill Monaghan at (814) 447- 9576 or visit
http://www.rockhilltrolley.org/ ROCKHILL FURNACE, PENNSYLVANIA, October 12-13, 2013. Fall Spectacular 2013 at Rockhill Trolley Museum, 430 Meadow St. Come out to and ride our passenger trolleys cars and photograph our snowsweepers, snowplow, freight motor and other trolleys not normally operated. Admission: Adult $10.00, Child $5.00. Special ride on work cars $20.00 (all-day ticket for all the trolleys). Contact Bill Monaghan at (814) 447-9576 or visit
http://www.rockhilltrolley.org/ COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, September 28, 2013. Columbia
Model Train Show at Westnminster Presbyterian Church, 1715 Broad River Rd. TCA sponsored event. Enjoy operating layouts, 90 tables of O, HO, and N gauge trains, kids play area, door prizes and USC’S mascot Cocky. Admission: Adults $3, Kids 12 and under free. Contact Mitch Ayer at (803) 438-2087 or visit
http://palmettotca.org VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA, September 21-22, 2019. Tidewater Division 24th Annual Show and Sale at Virginia Beach Convention Center, 1000 19th street. Enjoy operating layouts, Lego trains, test tracks, train sets, scenery supplies, books, videos, and tools for sale. How-to clinics both days,door prizes drawn hourly, train doctors on call to see patients. $1.00 from every paid admission goes to Toys for Tots. Sponsored by Tidewater Div. MER NMRA. Admission: Adults $8.00, Children under 12 FREE with paid adult. Scouts and leaders in uniform FREE. Contact Leonard Boucher at (757) 420-7879 or visit
http://nmra-mer-tidewater.org CHEHALIS, WASHINGTON, October 12-13, 2013. Lewis County
Model Railroaders Annual Train Show and Swap Meet at Southwest Washington Fairgrounds Blue Pavilion, 2555 N. National Ave. Annual train show and swap meet. Enjoy more than 125 tables available. All scales, collectables, tin plate and toy trains. Free parking. Admission: $5.00. Contact Ted at (360) 985-7788 or visit
http://www.lewiscountymuseum.org SNOQUALMIE, WASHINGTON, August 16-18, 2013. Snoqualmie
Railroad Days at Northwest Railway Museum, 38625 SE King St. Railroad Days is a weekend of fun, unique and traditional festivities: Grand Parade and Fun Runs on Saturday, Legends Car show on Sunday, train rides, pancake breakfast, vendors, musicians, artists, model trains. Admission: Free.
Contact Jennifer Osborn at (425) 888-3030 or visit
http://www.railroaddays.com
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