May 9, 2026
Arizona Railroad Historical Society Swap Meet
Glendale, ArizonaEnjoy our swap meet featuring more than 70 tables of model trains in all scales and gauges.
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May 9, 2026
Enjoy our swap meet featuring more than 70 tables of model trains in all scales and gauges.
July 25, 2026 -
July 25, 2026
Enjoy our train show featuring more than 150 tables of new and used model trains of all scales plus railroad collectibles, memorabilia, and more. Children can enter a raffle to win a train set. Golf cart rides available to the front door. See website for details. Presented by Central Arizona Model Railroad Club.
June 27, 2026 -
June 28, 2026
Come join the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States on our 36x60' HO scale model railroad (on three levels!) depicts the SP/UP railroad from Oakland, across the Sierra Nevada mountains, to Sparks, NV.
October 16, 2026 -
October 18, 2026
Includes the Freelance Forum, the Narrow Gauge Gathering, and the Prototype Model Specialty meet-ups. Enjoy more than 30 display tables of models, vendors, clinics, hands-on stations, and operating model railroad displays.
May 2, 2026 -
May 3, 2026
Take a ride back in time on an operating electric railway aboard historic subway cars and NYC trolleys! Food will be available on-site. Music “throughout the decades” will play on Saturday, and a superhero will make an appearance on Sunday! Night photo shoot on Saturday, 6-10pm for an extra fee.
April 18, 2026
Enjoy our train show featuring 100 tables of vendors selling new and used vintage trains, toys, and accessories. Operating model railroad displays. Sponsored by Delaware Seaside Railroad Club.
April 25, 2026 -
April 25, 2026
Two and a half hour walking tour of Amtrak's Ivy City Shops facilities in Washington, D.C. See website for details.
April 18, 2026
Enjoy our train show featuring vendors selling model trains, collectibles, toys, and more. Operating model railroad display.
June 27, 2026 -
June 28, 2026
Enjoy our two-day train show featuring vendors selling new and used model trains in all scales and gauges, accessories, railroad collectibles, and more. Presented by Big Bend Model Railroad Association.
April 24, 2026 -
April 26, 2026
NEW LOCATION! Enjoy our weekend event that brings together photographers, authors, editors, and publishers for a weekend of quality railroad photography presentations and discussions. Presenters include Bill Stewart, Darryl Bond, David Busse, David Oroszi, Jeff Brouws, Jeff Mast, Jennifer Al-Beik, John Hankey, Robert West, and others. Includes ride on Nickel Plate Express excursion. See website for details and registration. Presented by Center for Railroad Photography & Art.
September 18, 2026 -
September 19, 2026
Enjoy our swap meet and train show featuring exclusively O Scale 2-Rail, P48, On30 narrow gauge, 3-Rail Scale, and traction only! See website for details.
December 11, 2026 -
December 12, 2026
Enjoy our train show featuring new and used model trains in all scales and gauges, railroad collectibles, and more. See website for details.
April 25, 2026
Enjoy our train show featuring model trains, collectibles, and more.
July 18, 2026
Excess books, trains, structures, and accessories for sale. Club layouts open for viewing during sale.
September 26, 2026
Enjoy our open house featuring a fully-scenicked 64x40' layout with double-track main line and functioning signal system. Vendor sales until 2:00pm. Sorry, not handicap accessible. See website for details.
June 21, 2026 -
June 26, 2026
Railroads remain the most energy-efficient mode of transportation! High school students will learn that railroads are the high-tech and environmentally sensitive transportation mode. See website for full schedule and registration.
June 3, 2026 -
June 6, 2026
The four-day bus tour to nearly 50 extant railroad depots will include structures of the Ann Arbor Railroad; Detroit, Toledo & Ironton; Pere Marquette (Chesapeake & Ohio); Grand Rapids & Indiana (Pennsylvania Railroad); Grand Trunk Western; Wabash; Lake Shore & Michigan Southern (New York Central), and Michigan Central (NYC). See website for details.
November 8, 2026
Enjoy our train show featuring more than 500 tables of vendors selling new and used trains, railroad collecibles, and more. Operating model railroad displays. Modeling demonstrations and clinic presentations.
May 15, 2026 -
May 17, 2026
Enjoy our annual convention including more than 16 presentations related to NYC history, a 56-mile excursion over former NYC track, and a visit to Mid-Michigan Railroad Club; Sunday presentations, Train Show, and self-guided home layout tours. Banquet, guest speaker, annual meeting, and more. See website for details.
April 25, 2026
Enjoy our train show featuring operating model railroad displays and more. Gift bags filled with free items while supplies last.
April 11, 2026 -
April 12, 2026
Enjoy our open house featuring our 40x30 walk-around style HO scale model railroad featuring the Garden State Northern (main line) and the Otter Creek & Perry (branch line) railroads. The layout incorporates several prototypical elements inspired by locations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and features a main line 4.5 scale miles long.
April 26, 2026
Enjoy our train show featuring more than 100 tables of vendors selling model trains, accessories, and more. Enjoy modeling clinic presentations, kid's play area, and more. Easy to find from Exit 9 off I-93.
June 27, 2026
Celebrating Conrail's 50th Anniversary! Join us for all-day railfanning on NS's Lehigh Line, tours of the tower by former CR operators, and visits to nearby exhibits of the Phillipsburg Railroad Historians.
May 9, 2026
Antique Train Show with over 40 vendors - collectible Toy Trains of all gauges. Test Track and parts available. Rain or Shine.
May 16, 2026
All Aboard for Rails & Ales! Enjoy complimentary tastings from more than a dozen local craft breweries. Ride our vintage diesel train to visit tasting stations located at both ends of the museum grounds. Ticket includes museum admission and complimentary souvenir tasting glass.
June 27, 2026
Join us for a special event commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of Rochester Subway service and the 110th birthday of Rochester Subway Car 60. Enjoy special exhibits on the history of the Rochester Subway and tour our progress to restore the last surviving car from the Rochester Subway. Ride our vintage diesel trains and tour the largest railroad museum in New York State! See website for details.
October 11, 2026
Enjoy our train show featuring vendors selling new and used model and toy trains in all scales and gauges, railroad collectibles, and more. Sponsored by the Toy Train Collectors Society, Ltd.
September 19, 2026 -
September 20, 2026
Enjoy our train show featuring vendors selling new and used model and toy trains in all scales and gauges, railroad collectibles, and more. Sponsored by Toy Train Collectors Society, Ltd.
November 28, 2026 -
November 28, 2026
Enjoy our train show featuring vendors selling new and used model and toy trains in all scales and gauges, railroad collectibles, and more. Operating layouts. Sponsored by the Toy Train Collectors Society, Ltd.
April 25, 2026
Step back in time and explore the history of railroading and learn how railroads operated in earlier days through engaging exhibits. Train rides depart at 10:30 am, 12:00 pm, and 1:30 pm. See website for details.
May 23, 2026 -
May 24, 2026
Enjoy our train show featuring more than 400 tables of vendors selling new and used model trains, railroad collectibles, and more. 16 operating model railroad displays from G to Z, Lego, Thomas the Tank Engine, and more. Display your models at our Craftsman Showcase. Presented by Neuse River Valley Model Railroad Club.
May 16, 2026 -
May 17, 2026
Enjoy our train show featuring vendors selling new and used model trains, railroad collectibles, and more. Operating model railroad displays, museum exhibits, motor car rides, and more.
April 11, 2026
Our 40th Annual Train Show and Swap Meet! Enjoy our show featuring new and used trains of all scales, parts, scenery, tools, and railroad memorabilia. Our club layout, located on the fairgrounds, will be open and operating during the show.
October 25, 2026
Enjoy more than 10,000 sq. ft. of vendors selling new and used model trains, railroad collectibles, and more. Easy access from I-70 or I-77 in historic Cambridge.
August 8, 2026 -
August 8, 2026
Enjoy a day of quality multi-media railroad photography presentations, a railroadiana show and sale, visit to the restored Marion Union Station and AC Tower, and more. Presenters include Dave Beach, Charlie Dischinger, Brice Douglas, John Fuller, Lou Gerard, Chris Guss and Mike Abalos, Mike Harding, Jerry Jordak, Ben Kletzer, John Leopard, Dave and Kyle Ori, David Oroszi, and others. See website for details.
June 27, 2026 -
June 28, 2026
Enjoy our festival including train displays, live steam engines, vendors, flea market, and miniature train rides throughout the weekend. Presented by Carillon Park Rail & Steam Society and the Carillon Park Historical Society.
April 18, 2026
Bring your completed and in-progress models for display and discussion. Enjoy live clinic presentations, sales tables, and more. HO Model Engineers Society layout will be open for viewing.
April 12, 2026
April 12 and April 19. Enjoy our 25x35; HO scale Fenwick Central model railroad inspired by railroads of the Niagara Peninsula with dispatcher and yardmaster control, automatic signals system, and more. Sorry, not wheelchair accessible.
April 11, 2026 -
April 11, 2026
Enjoy our third annual model train and toy show featuring operating layouts of several scales, new and old model trains sold by many vendors. Railroad historical society exhibits and model manufacturers.
April 26, 2026
Enjoy our flea market featuring vendors selling new and used model trains, railroad collectibles, and more.
June 21, 2026
Enjoy our train show featuring more than 175 vendor tables selling new and used model trains in all scales and gauges, railroad collectibles, and more. Special guest Otter Valley Railroad hobby shop with owner Lorne James.
August 29, 2026
Where the world of railways comes together at every scale, from 1:1 locomotives to HO scale models. Explore incredible model displays by regional prototype modellers, meet railway preservation groups, tour Waterloo Central Railway's restoration shop, clinics, steam train ride and more!
April 18, 2026
Enjoy a full day of model railroading activities including 12 clinic presentations, four contests, white elephant sale, door prizes, company store, display layouts, raffle, and two meals included. Sunday self-guided layout tours. See website for details and registration.
May 8, 2026 -
May 9, 2026
Annual Convention of Key Lock & Lantern, a non-profit organization for railroad historians and hardware collectors. Friday train ride from Carbondale to Scranton, Pa., Saturday transportation history exhibits, railroadiana show and sale, dinner and programs. See website for details.
May 30, 2026 -
May 31, 2026
Join us as we celebrate 50 years since Conrail launched on April 1, 1976! Special presentations Saturday and Sunday by Conrail CEO Brian Gorton and members of The Conrail Historical Society on Conrail's significance, history, and modeling.
April 18, 2026
Ride restored vintage Budd RDC cars covering rare mileage of mixed Reading, Jersey Central, and Lehigh Valley heritage, with multiple photo stops scheduled. Presented by Railroad Historians of the Lehigh Valley and Lehigh Valley Chapter NRHS.
June 13, 2026
Vickie's Angel Foundation and The Conrail Historical Society sponsor the 18th Annual Ride the Rails for Cancer. Ride vintage railcars and caboose of the Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad to support local families paying their bills due to cancer. In conjunction with the 51st annual Arts & Crafts Fair.
May 13, 2026 -
May 16, 2026
This year’s convention includes exciting railroad and mining attractions in Deadwood, Keystone, Lead, and Rapid City. Activities include tour of South Dakota State Railroad Museum and ride on the 1880 Train. Door prizes, clinics, and other great activities available, see website for details and registration.
May 29, 2026 -
May 30, 2026
Enjoy our train show featuring more than 80 vendors and more than 300 tables of model trains, railroad collectibles, and more. Operating layouts in HO, N, Z, and also Live Steam. See the 15,000 sq. ft. HO modular layout from the Sipping & Switching Society of North Carolina. See website for details.
May 16, 2026 -
May 16, 2026
Enjoy our swap meet and train show featuring new and used model trains in all scales and gauges.
May 15, 2026 -
May 16, 2026
NEW LOCATION! Enjoy our train show featuring 150 tables of model trains, toys, and railroad collectibles. VTCA's "Stony Point Depot" featuring 4,200 sq. ft. of layouts from N up to G will be open 10 to 4 Saturday, same location and free admission!
April 26, 2026 -
April 26, 2026
Enjoy a rare-mileage Virginia Scenic Railway special train excursion departing from Louisa, Virginia traveling over about 50 miles of the Buckingham Branch Railway (ex-C&O) between Doswell & Gordonsville. Website for details.
April 25, 2026
Enjoy our show featuring vendors selling new and used model trains in all scales and gauges, toys, collectibles, and more. Early Bird special available for early entry. See website for details. Presented by the Longview Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club.
August 11, 2026 -
August 13, 2026
This event brings together industry leaders to discuss key issues shaping the region’s extensive rail network. Covering freight and passenger rail, the conference explores topics such as rail investment, decarbonization, urban rail development, and the future of high-speed passenger across Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. See website for full schedule and registration.
April 11, 2026 -
April 11, 2026
Meet with other enthusiasts and enjoy multimedia presentations by noted historians, photographers, and railroaders. Includes catered box lunch, and Company Store fundraiser featuring books and magazines for sale. See website for complete schedule and registration.
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