TEXAS, HOUSTON,
February 15, 2014, Greater Houston Train
Show featuring 20,000 square feet of operating layouts,
instructive classes, photo and model contests, and vendor dis-
plays presented by San Jacinto Model Railroad Club, at Stafford
Centre, 10505 Cash Road. Info at
.
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AUSTRALIA, NSW, ALBURY,
May 24-25, 2014, Annual Train
Show sponsored by the Murray Railway Modellers Inc., at
Mirambeena Community Centre, 19 Martha Mews, Lavington.
Info at
.
CANADA, ONTARIO, OTTAWA,
April 26-27, 2014, Ottawa Train
Expo sponsored by Bytown Railway Society. At Ernst & Young
Centre, 4899 Uplands Drive. Info at
.
ILLINOIS, COLLINSVILLE (Metro St. Louis, Missouri),
August
8-9, 2014, St. Louis Railroad Prototype Modeler's Meet, with
clinics, displays, manufacturer’s exhibits, layout visits and
operating sessions. At Gateway Convention Center. Info at
INDIANA, INDIANAPOLIS,
July 3-10, 2016, NMRA National
Convention and National Train Show. Info at
MAINE, AUGUSTA,
Sept. 7-10, 2016, 36th National Narrow
Gauge Convention. Info at
KANSAS, OVERLAND PARK (Metro Kansas City, MO),
September 3-6, 2014, 34th National Narrow Gauge Convention.
Info at
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MISSOURI, SPRINGFIELD,
March 15, 36th Annual Train/Swap
Meet with operating layouts, kids activities, track laying con-
test, switching challenge, and appraisals/diagnostics for pre-
1970 trains. At Remington’s, 1655 W. Republic Road. Info at
omraspringfield.org.
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NORTH CAROLINA, SPENCER,
May 29-June 1, 2014,
Streamliners at Spencer, a gathering of prototype locomo-
tives from the 1930s through the 1950s at the North Carolina
Transportation Museum including an Atlantic Coast Line E3
and the Southern Railway’s E8 and FP7. Details at
OHIO, CLEVELAND,
July 13-19, 2014, NMRA National Convention
and National Train Show. Info at
.
OHIO, GREENFORD,
March 20-22, 2014, 21st Annual Midwest
Narrow Gauge Railroad Show, cosponsored by the Cleveland
Narrow Gauge Society and the Mini Bunch. Features include
clinics, vendor tables, and tour of Baird Brothers Sawmill. At
Greenford Space Center and Smokehouse Restaurant, Route
165. Info at
or
OKLAHOMA, TULSA,
March 21-23, Layout Design and
Operations Meet, sponsored by the Indian Nations Division
of the NMRA in conjunction with the Layout Design SIG
and Operations SIG. Speakers include Joe Fugate and Tony
Thompson. At Shriner's Temple, 28th & Sheridan. Info at
OREGON, PORTLAND,
March 15, 2014, 29th Annual Model
Railroad Swap Meet, sponsored by Willamette Model Railroad
Club, Kliever Memorial Armory, 10000 NE 33rd Drive. Info from
Keith Kieres at
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OREGON, PORTLAND,
August 23-30, 2015, NMRA National
Convention and National Train Show. Info at
PENNSYLVANIA, MALVERN,
March 28-30, 2014, 6th Railroad
Prototype Modelers Valley Forge Meet, at Desmond Great
Valley Hotel. Info at
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