Selected Events
May 2014
AUSTRALIA, NSW, ALBURY,
May 24-25, Annual
Train Show sponsored by Murray Railway
Modellers, at Mirambeena Community
Centre, 19 Martha Mews, Lavington. Info at
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CANADA, ONTARIO, NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE,
May 2-4, NMRA
Niagara Frontier Region Convention, “The Grapevine Express”,
at Niagara College, 137 Taylor Road. Lodging on campus or at
local hotels. Info from Mike Pearson at 905-385-9500 or
NEW ZEALAND, DUNEDIN,
May 10-11, Dunedin Model Train
Show at Forbury Park, 146 Victoria Road. Info at
ARIZONA, TUCSON,
May 30-31, Gadsden Pacific Toy Train
Operating Museum, at Tucson Expo Center, 3750 E Irvington
Road. Info at
CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES,
May 3-4, Spring Show at Pasadena
Model Railroad Club Sierra Pacific Lines, one of the worlds
largest operating layouts with 1700 feet of main line. At 5458
Alhambra Avenue. Info at
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CONNECTICUT, COLLINSVILLE,
May 30-31, New England/
Northeast Prototype Modelers Meet. Info at
FLORIDA, TAMPA,
May 5-10, 30th National Garden Railway
Convention. Info at
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ILLINOIS, SCHAUMBURG,
May 15-18, NMRA Mid West Region
2014 Convention. Info at
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IOWA, SIOUX CITY,
May 2-4, NMRA Thousand Lakes Region
Convention. HQ at Stony Creek Inn. Info at
NORTH CAROLINA, SPENCER,
May 29-June 1, Streamliners at
Spencer, a gathering of prototype locomotives 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, HILLIARD (Columbus area),
May 17-18, 6th Ohio N-scale
Train Show, at Franklin County Fairgrounds, 4100 Columbia St.
Info at
VIRGINIA, FISHERVILLE,
May 4, 2014, 28th Annual Shenandoah
Valley Model Train Show, sponsored by the Augusta County
Model Railroad Museum at Expoland, 277 Expo Road. Info from
Dave Colton at
June 2014
CALIFORNIA, FREMONT,
June 14-15, 3rd Annual TCSME Open
House sponsored by Tri-City Society of Model Engineers with N
and HO scale layouts in operation plus swap meet on Saturday,
at Niles Plaza, 37592 Niles Blvd. Info at
CALIFORNIA, RICHMOND,
June 21, San Francisco Bay Area
Prototype Modelers Meet, at St. David’s School Hall, 871
Sonoma St. Info at
CALIFORNIA, SAN JOSE,
June 14, Open House at Silicon Valley
Lines featuring 600 foot long mainline double-deck HO scale
layout, at 148 E. Virginia Street (basement). Info at
MRH-May 2014
