This page provides a calendar of upcoming model train shows, railroadiana shows (lanterns, china, timetables, paper, collectibles, etc.), and model railroad conventions throughout North America. For related listings, please see the Model Railroad Clubs & Museums Pages and Model Railroad Retail - Internet & Mail Order Page.

To add your show or event to this page, please see the Event Additions Form. Past events may be found on the Models Train Shows Archive Page.

MARCH 2010

Southern California Layout Tour #19
Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena, California (March 20)

H.B. Plant Railroad Historical Society 20th Annual Train Show & Swap Meet
Plant City, Florida (March 20)

Elkhart Model Railroad Club Train Show
Nappanee, Indiana (March 20)

TCA Southern Division Train Meet
Stuart, Florida (March 20)

Maurer Toy Train Auction: Trains & Toys
Spring City, Pennsylvania (March 20)

The Great Train Expo
Dayton, Ohio (March 20-21)

The Great Train Expo
Portland, Oregon (March 20-21)

South Shore Model Railway Club Model Railroad Show
Hingham, Massachusetts (March 20-21)

27th Annual Greenbo Model Railroad Show
Argillite, Kentucky (March 20-21)

La Crosse & Three Rivers Railroad Club's 29th Annual Model Railroad Show
La Crosse, Wisconsin (March 20-21)

Montvale Train Show
Montvale, New Jersey (March 21)

Redford Model Railroad Club Trainorama Extra
Farmington Hills, Michigan (March 21)

14th Annual Palouse Empire Railroad Show and Swap Meet
Pullman, Washington (March 21)

Flag City Train Show
Findlay, Ohio (March 21)

St. Matthias Mens Club Train Show & Swap Meet
Over 25 vendors plus S, HO, and N scale layouts. Admission $3. 10a-3p.
St. Matthias Church; 101 W Burrell Drive; Crown Point, Indiana (March 21)

H&R Train Show
Pinellas Park, Florida (March 26-28)

East Coast Large Scale Train Show
York, Pennsylvania (March 26-27)

Doubleheaders 27th Annual Model Railroad Self-Guided Home & Club Layout Tour
Cambridge, Ontario, Canada (March 27)

Regal Railways Presents Train Show & Swap Meet
Spring Hill, Florida (March 27)

Greenberg's Train & Toy Show
Wilmington, Massachusetts (March 27-28)

The Great Train Expo
Winston-Salem, North Carolina (March 27-28)

The Great Train Expo
Wichita, Kansas (March 27-28)

Brick Train Show
Brick, New Jersey (March 28)

Great Batavia Train Show
Batavia, New York (March 28)

Greater Wayne County Train & Toy Show
Dalton, Ohio (March 28)

Norfolk and Western Railroad Spring Train & Toy Show
Milan, Ohio (March 28)

APRIL 2010

Shuswap Rails 2010
Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada (April 2-4)

New England Toy & Train Exchange: Easter Weekend Toy & Train Auction
Danbury, Connecticut (April 2-3)

Maurer Toy Train Auction: Prewar, Postwar & Modern Trains
Spring City, Pennsylvania (April 2-3)

Bunker Hill Train Club
Inwood, West Virginia (April 3)

31st Florida Rail Fair
DeLand, Florida (April 3)

Train Expo Colorado (TECO)
Colorado Springs, Colorado (April 3)

Collis P. Huntington Model Train Show
Dunbar, West Virginia (April 9-11)

8th Annual NC Railroad Expo
Hickory, North Carolina (April 10)

Regal Railways Presents Train Show & Swap Meet
Homosassa, Florida (April 10)

Sanford Lions Club All Gauge Model Railroad Show
Model train dealers and operating layouts. $4 admission. 10a-3p. Contact billcat@metrocast.net.
Veterans Memorial Gym; 678 Main Street (Route 109); Sanford, Maine (April 10)

The Great Train Expo
Nashville, Tennessee (April 10-11)

The Great Scale Model Train Show
Timonium, Maryland (April 10-11)

Willamette Cascade Model Railroad Club 22nd Annual Train Show & Swap Meet
22,000 square feet of layouts and 250 vendor tables. $6 admission. Contact ttandt@ram-mail.com.
Lane County Fairgrounds, Eugene, Oregon (April 10-11)

Great Midwest Train Show
Wheaton, Illinois (April 11)

Springfield Train Fair 2010
Springfield, Illinois (April 11)

Nashua Valley Railroad Association 45th Annual Railfair 2010
Shirley, Massachusetts (April 11)

Medina Model Railroad & Toy Show
Medina, Ohio (April 11)

Chicagoland Railroad Collectibles Show
Glen Ellyn, Illinois (April 11)

Mark T. Sheehan Model Train Show
Vendors and layouts. Raises money for the MTS High School Music Department.
Mark T. Sheehan High School; 142 Hope Hill Road; Wallingford, CT (April 11)

47th Buckeye Show
Columbus, Ohio (April 17)

The Great Train Expo
Knoxville, Tennessee (April 17-18)

Supertrain 2010
Calgary, Alberta, Canada (April 17-18)

Western Reserve Model Railroad Museum Train Show
Mentor, Ohio (April 17-18)

Spring Into Summer
North Tonawanda, New York (April 18)

New England O Scale Train Show
Hudson, Massachusetts (April 18)

25th Annual Upper Valley Model Railroad Show
West Lebanon, New Hampshire (April 18)

Granite City Train Show
St. Cloud, Minnesota (April 24)

Spring Rails 2010
Hendersonville, North Carolina (April 24)

Suncoast Model Railroad Club Spring Train Show & Open House
Largo, Florida (April 24-25)

Western Heritage Division NMRA Model Train Show and Swap Meet
Omaha, Nebraska (April 24-25)

Pasadena Model Railroad Club Spring Show
Los Angeles, California (April 24 - May 2)

Toledo Model Train Show
Maumee, Ohio (April 25)

2010 'S' Spring Spree
Dearborn, Michigan (April 30 - May 1)

Southeast Garden Railroad Show
Dalton, Georgia (April 30 - May 1)

MAY 2010

Coastal Rail Buffs 21st Annual Model Railroad & Train Show
Savannah, Georgia (May 1-2)

Wayne Train Show
Wayne, New Jersey (May 2)

Great Midwest Train Show
Wheaton, Illinois (May 2)

NMRA Mid-Central Region Convention "Coalfield Express"
Charleston, West Virginia (May 13-16)

Great Lehigh Valley Train Meet
Allentown, Pennsylvania (May 15-16)

Brick Train Show
Brick, New Jersey (May 16)

NMRA Southeastern Region Convention "The Birmingham Special"
Birmingham, Alabama (May 21-23)

15th Albuquerque Show
Albuquerque, New Mexico (May 22)

NMRA Thousand Lakes Region Convention "Steam on the Prairies"
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (May 28-30)

JUNE 2010

NMRA Rocky Mountain Region Convention "Tracks to Alamosa"
Alamosa, Colorado (June 3-6)

Space Coast Train & Toy Show
Melbourne, Florida (June 5)

The Big Train Show
Ontario, California (June 5-6)

Great Midwest Train Show
Wheaton, Illinois (June 6)

St. Charles Railroad Show
St. Charles, Illinois (June 6)

Pensacola Model Train Show
Pensacola, Florida (June 12-13)

Toms River Train & Toy Show
Toms River, New Jersey (June 13)

33rd Annual Kane County Railroadiana Show & Sale
St. Charles, Illinois (June 13)

Delaware Seashore Train Show
Over 120 dealer tables plus operating layouts. 10a-4p. $4 admission. Contact: 302-537-5557.
Rehoboth Beach Convention Center; Rehoboth Avenue; Rehoboth Beach, Delaware (June 19)

Train Collectors Association (TCA) 2010 Convention
Baltimore, Maryland (June 20-27)

7th North Carolina Rail Fair
Charlotte, North Carolina (June 26)

St. Thomas Glassboro Train Show and Sale
Operating layouts plus dealers. $3 admission, $6 family. Contact: Rich (856-506-4875).
St. Thomas Episcopal Church Hall; Rt.47 & Focer St.; Glassboro, New Jersey (June 26)

The Great Scale Model Train Show
Timonium, Maryland (June 26-27)

JULY 2010

32nd Florida Rail Fair
DeLand, Florida (July 10)

Wayne Train Show
Wayne, New Jersey (July 11)

National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) 75th Anniversary Convention
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (July 11-18)

Connecticut Yankee Train Show
Cromwell, Connecticut (July 17)

Greenberg's Train & Toy Show
Monroeville, Pennsylvania (July 17-18)

Brick Train Show
Brick, New Jersey (July 18)

National Association of S Gaugers (NASG) Annual Convention
Duluth, Minnesota (July 21-25)

Greenberg's Train & Toy Show
Timonium, Maryland (July 31 - August 1)

AUGUST 2010

Northwest Jersey Train-O-Rama
Dover, New Jersey (August 1)

The California Express Railroadiana & Transportation Show
Buena Park, California (August 1)

Great Midwest Train Show
Wheaton, Illinois (August 8)

Greenberg's Train & Toy Show
Edison, New Jersey (August 14-15)

Greenberg's Train & Toy Show
Oaks, Pennsylvania (August 21-22)

28th Northeastern Ohio Train Show
Niles, Ohio (August 22)

Wayne Train Show
Wayne, New Jersey (August 22)

Greenberg's Train & Toy Show
Chantilly, Virginia (August 28-29)

SEPTEMBER 2010

30th National Narrow Gauge Convention
St. Louis, Missouri (September 1-4)

Space Coast Train & Toy Show
Melbourne, Florida (September 4)

NMRA Northeastern Region Convention "Champlain Flyer"
Burlington, Vermont (September 9-12)

Great Lehigh Valley Train Meet
Allentown, Pennsylvania (September 11-12)

Great Midwest Train Show
Wheaton, Illinois (September 12)

Toledo Model Train Show
Maumee, Ohio (September 19)

East Coast Large Scale Train Show
York, Pennsylvania (September 24-25)

Southland Model Railroad Show
Oak Lawn, Illinois (September 25-26)

Western Reserve Model Railroad Museum Train Show
Mentor, Ohio (September 25-26)

OCTOBER 2010

Northwest Jersey Train-O-Rama
Dover, New Jersey (October 3)

Brooklawn Train Show
Brooklawn, New Jersey (October 3)

Buffalo Falling Leaves Train Show
Depew, New York (October 3)

Glyndon Train & Toy Show
New and used trains and toys. Admission $4. Children under 10 free. Contact Phil Huppmann.
Glyndon Vol Fire Dept; Glyndon, Maryland (October 9)

Autumn Rails 2010
Hendersonville, North Carolina (October 9)

Great Midwest Train Show
Wheaton, Illinois (October 10)

Myrtle Beach Train Show
Vendors and operating layouts. Contact Joe Corsetti (843-297-7162) or Ed Sharrett (843-293-4386).
Lakewood Conference Center; 5837 S Kings Hwy; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (October 16-17)

18th Annual Chicago Railroadiana Show & Sale
St. Charles, Illinois (October 18)

Division 6, North Central Region NMRA Convention "North Central Express"
Livonia, Michigan (October 21-24)

South Shore Model Railway Club Model Railroad Show
Hingham, Massachusetts (October 23-24)

The Great Scale Model Train Show
Timonium, Maryland (October 30-31)

Wayne Train Show
Wayne, New Jersey (October 31)

Medina Model Railroad & Toy Show
Medina, Ohio (October 31)

NOVEMBER 2010

Pasadena Model Railroad Club Fall Show
Los Angeles, California (November 6-14)

Brick Train Show
Brick, New Jersey (November 7)

Allentown Train Meet First Frost Show
Allentown, Pennsylvania (November 13-14)

Great Midwest Train Show
Wheaton, Illinois (November 14)

Northwest Jersey Train-O-Rama
Dover, New Jersey (November 21)

DECEMBER 2010

Space Coast Train & Toy Show
Melbourne, Florida (December 4)

Western Reserve Model Railroad Museum Train Show
Mentor, Ohio (December 4-5)

Northwest Jersey Train-O-Rama
Dover, New Jersey (December 5)

Medina Model Railroad & Toy Show
Medina, Ohio (December 5)

Toledo Model Train Show
Maumee, Ohio (December 11-12)

Great Midwest Train Show
Wheaton, Illinois (December 12)

Trains in the Tonawandas
North Tonawanda, New York (December 13)

Montvale Train Show
Montvale, New Jersey (December 19)

Wayne Train Show
Wayne, New Jersey (December 26)

JANUARY 2011

Toms River Train & Toy Show
Toms River, New Jersey (January 2)

Great Midwest Train Show
Wheaton, Illinois (January 9)

31st Annual Utica Train Show
Utica, New York (January 16)

Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show
Melbourne, Florida (January 29-30)