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Selected Events
March 2013
AUSTRALIA, CANBERRA,
March 23-24, Model
Railway Expo, at University of Canberra High
School, Baldwin Drive, Kaleen, Australian
Capital Territory. Info at canberra-model-rail-
way- club.webs.com or contact Andrew Lund
at
AUSTRALIA, MELBOURNE,
March 29-31, 11th Annual
Australian Narrow Gauge Convention featuring displays, semi-
nars, and vendor displays. Special layout tours April 1 to Bill
Black's Sn3 DRGW, Peter Sutton's HOn3 Los Pinos and Toltec,
and Rod Warren's On30 Lost Creek layout. Info at
CANADA, ONTARIO, TORONTO,
March 16, Annual Railway
Prototype Modellers Meet, with clinics on auto frame cars,
detailing prototype track work, and realistic freight car weath-
ering. Also show- and-tell program and an open forum on pro-
totype modeling. Humber College, North Campus, Building B,
rooms B201& B202. Free parking. For details including fees
contact Brian Gauer at
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CALIFORNIA, BAKERSFIELD,
March 9-10, Annual Model Train
Show & Swap Meet, with dealer tables, operating model train
displays and hourly door prizes. Sponsored by Golden Empire
Historical & Modeling Society Model Train Club. Kern County
Fairgrounds, 1142 South ‘P’ Street. Hours and fee information
at
CALIFORNIA, BAKERSFIELD-TEHACHAPI,
March 8-10. Tour
(self-guided) of 25 home layouts in Bakersfield, Lake Isabella,
Tehachapi, and the High Desert area, sponsored by Model
Railroads of Southern California. Layout descriptions and a tour
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map available on request from Bob Chaparro at
CALIFORNIA, STOCKTON,
March 9, Winterail 2013, 35th
Anniversary multi-media event featuring railroad photography
from well-know photographers, plus vendor tables. Scottish
Rite Masonic Center, 33 West Alpine Avenue.
GEORGIA, ATLANTA,
March 9-10, The Great Train Expo, Cobb
Galleria Center. Info at
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ILLINOIS, LOMBARD,
March 15-17, Chicago O Scale (2-rail)
Meet. Lombard Yorktown Center, 70 Yorktown Center Road.
Info at
KANSAS, WICHITA,
March 16-17, The Great Train Expo, Century
II Center. Info at
MASSACHUSETTS, PEABODY,
March 9, Annual Spring TRAINing
Show, sponsored by NMRA Hub Division, Northeastern Region,
with operating trains, vendor tables, and clinics ranging from
fundamental to advanced including special clinic by Paul
Dolkos. Holiday Inn, 1 Newbury Street. Info at
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MICHIGAN, MOUNT PLEASANT,
March 24, 33rd Annual Mid-
Michigan Model Train Show, with operating layouts, door prizes
and more than 200 vendor tables, at Finch Fieldhouse, Central
Michigan University. Free parking. Info from John Thompson at
redwings48618@yahoo.com or Dan Foltz at
MICHIGAN, TAYLOR,
March 10, Railroad Memorabilia & All-
Scale Model Train Show, sponsored by Bluewater NRHS and
Society of N-Scalers, at Taylor Town Trade Center. Info at
MISSOURI, JOPLIN,
March 30, Model Train Show at Joplin
Museum Complex, 504 Schifferdecker Avenue. Info from Fred
Miller at
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