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Completing Your Thomas the Tank Engine: Shopping at April 2008 Train Events

Robbi — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:00:17 +0000

This week we are going to talk about a couple of extended toy train events, as well as a single day event scheduled for this month. The first train event is an extended event and it is the West Virginia Railroad Ties Photography Exhibit. This exhibited opened March 1 and it will run through May 31, 2008. You can visit the exhibit by going to the Grafton B&O Railroad Heritage Center which is located at 100 East Main Street, Grafton, West Virginia 26354. The exhibit is open to the public on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Fridays from 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 12:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. Admission is free. The photography of Kevin Scanlon will be featured.

Another extended train event is the Hidden Valley Camping Resort Fall Train Meet. It opened on April 1 and will run through September 1, 2008. You can find this event at the Train Meet RD, in Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania 17844. The event is open daily from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. The price of admission is $8 per vendor table, $3 for general admission and kids under 12 get in free. In addition to vendors’ tables, food booths will also be available.

The final event that I want to talk about this month is the 21st Annual New Braunfels TV Railroad “Jamboree.” This event is scheduled for the 26th of April. It will be held at the New Brunfels Texas Civic Center, which is located at 380 S. Seguin Street, New Braunfels, Texas 78130. The event will be open form 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Admission will cost $6 for adults, $2 for teens and kids will get in for a buck. This event features model layouts, vendors, train paintings and memorabilia.

Toy train events are a great place to find the pieces that you need to complete your toy train collection. Vendors typically offer popular toy train sets like Thomas the Tank Engine sets and Christmas train sets. See you next month!

Finding Name Trains at April Train Events

Robbi — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:00:31 +0000

This week I will be talking about toy train events and real train events that are scheduled for the last half of the month. The first event is scheduled for April 19 and 20 and it is the Montreal Model Train Show. It will be located at the Sun youth Building, 4251 rue Street Urbain, Montreal, PQ H9R 241. It will be open to the public from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Here you will find vendors, kids’ activities, memorabilia and more.

Next weekend, April 26th and 27th, the BMRC HO Model Train Show and Swap Meet will be held. It will be held at the Belen Model RR Club/Harvey House Museum located at the 104 North first Street, Belen, New Mexico 87002. The event will be open to the public Saturday 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and Sunday 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. admission is free. This event will feature vendors’ tables and operating toy train layouts.

The last event that I talk about this week is actually scheduled in May. The Train Show and Open House is scheduled for the 3rd of May. It will be held at the Allegany County Fairgrounds, RT 220 South, Cumberland , Maryland 21502. Its doors will be open from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Admission will be $3 for general admission, and free to kids under 12. Here you will find vendors’ tables, displays and other toy train themed activities.

April and May toy train events feature a lot of great Name Trains and Maxim Train and accessories collections. Make sure you return next week to the Toy Train Table Plans Blog page for more train events.

More Toy Train Events for April 2008

Robbi — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:00:27 +0000

Over the next couple of weeks there are several fun train events that you can attend. The first is scheduled for April 12 and it is the Southern Ontario Prototype Modelers Meet. This toy train event will be held on the Humber College Campus, which is located at Humber College Blvd, Toronto, Ontario M9A 4E6. The event will be open from 8:45 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. The cost of admission will be $10. This event will include a toy market, clinics and workshops for collectors and modelers.

On April 13, 2008 the Garfield-Clarendon model Railroad Club Spring Open House will be help. This event will be hosted at the Clarendon Park Community Center, which is located at 4501 North Clarendon Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60640. The event will be open to the public from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. Admission is free, however, they appreciate donations. This is an open house event that includes 1400 feet of laid tracks.

The final train event that I want to cover in today’s blog is the Third Annual Flying Yankee Gala. It is scheduled for April 19, 2008, and will be open from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The price for admission is $65, and this includes a cocktail party, dinner and dessert, a live auction and live entertainment provided by the Shaw Brothers. This event will be held at the Grappore Center, 70 Constitution avenue, Concord, New Hampshire 03301.

Toy train enthusiasts will love attending these special train events. At these events you will have access to Brio trains and Lego train sets, as well as other highly collectible items.

Toy Train Events: April 2008

Robbi — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:16:26 +0000

April is a great month for train events. To start out with on the 7th there is the Chris Gunzler Millionth Amtrack Mile Celebration. This Monday event is located at Depot Inn and Suites, 1245 N. Brown, Street, La Plata, Missouri 63549. The event will run from 9:30 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Admission is free for the general day time activities, however, the admission cost for the special dinner served at 6:00 p.m. is between $20 and $25. The day time activities will include tours of the museum and the La Plata’s Rail Features.

If you will be in Ohio next Saturday, April 12, then you will want to stop by the Western Reserve Model Railroad Museum Open House. The location of this event is the Western Reserve Model Railroad Museum, 7471 Unit L Tyler Blvd, Merton, Ohio 44060. The event will run from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Admission to this event is free, however, they will accept and appreciate donations. There will be live music, 12 different scale models and several baseball themed displays.

If you are free on April 10, 2008, and if you are in Lockport, Illinois, then you will want to stop by the Dinner and A Lecture: Railroad in the Heritage Corridor Event. This event will be located at the Gaylord Building Historic Site, 200 W. 8th Stree, Lockport, Illinois 60441. It will be open to the public from 6:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Admission will be $31 for members and $37 for non-members. The price of admission covers a cocktail party, dinner and dessert and special presentations.

Toy events are a great way to find out more about the trains that inspire toy train designs. If you are a toy train lover then you can use toy store coupons and discounts to save on the trains that you play with on the activity tables you built using http://www.toy-train-table-plans-store.com/toy-wooden-train-table-plans.html.