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The Train Collectors Association

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> THE NEXT WESTERN DIVISION TRAIN MEET IS MAY 25TH, 2024
> 
> Our club holds 10 train meets every year. The next Western Division train meet
> is scheduled to take place on Saturday May 25th, 2024. This meet will be
> conducted at the Arcadia Community Center, 365 Campus Drive (at Huntington
> Drive & Holly Ave.). All TCA Members and their families are invited. Come
> enjoy the camaraderie and enjoyment of model and antique toy train collecting!
> The meet will include trading tables, a display theme and operating layouts.
> The doors open at 9 AM for setup and the meet starts at 10:00 AM. The meet
> typically ends around 2 PM. Parking is free. The meet also features a free
> repair clinic and an auction. TCA members are admitted free (please wear your
> current membership badge and show it at the door when you enter the hall).
> Non-members/train enthusiasts are welcome to attend 1 meet per year for free.
> There is no charge for use of trading tables for sellers but you must be a
> member in good standing of TCA in order to have a trading table. Email
> info@tcawestern.org to reserve a trading table.
> 
> For a detailed listing of all upcoming TCA Western Division train meets, click
> here.
> 
> 
> For information on how to join TCA Western Division, click here.
> 
> 
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> 
> > > > > Please enjoy this video created by members of the TCA Standards
> > > > > Committee to assist collectors in identifying fakes, forgeries,
> > > > > repaints and reproduction toy trains. This video focuses on Post-war
> > > > > era Lionel trains.
> 
> 
> Examples of fake Lionel Postwar Trains - Topic of presentation at May Western
> Division Train Meet.
> 
> At the May 25th, 2024 Western Division train meet we will have a special
> presentation made by TCA member and Lionel collector Robert Caplan. Bob has
> graciously agreed to provide an informative and educational lecture and
> presentation on how to identify antique toy train repaints, reproductions,
> fakes and forgeries. Bob is a long time TCA member and participated on the TCA
> Standards Committee for many years. He was instrumental in getting the TCA to
> publish the "Postwar Lionel Reproduction Handbook Guide" and contributed to
> the content contained in this valuable train collectors guide.
> 
> Bob's presentation will include a short video showing some of the most common
> examples that dishonest people have tried to pass off as original Lionel
> trains, as well as slides with photos of other examples of fakes, forgeries,
> reproductions and repaints that have been represented for sale as originals.
> Bob will explain how to identify originals, and what important things to look
> for when making purchases to authenticate the originality of the rare and
> highly collectible Lionel trains.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> WHAT IS TCA?
> 
> The mission of the Train Collector’s Association (TCA) is to develop an
> appreciation of and to preserve an important segment of history - tinplate toy
> trains - through research, education, community outreach, fellowship,
> establishment of collecting standards and to promote the growth and enjoyment
> of the hobby of collecting and operating toy, model and scale trains. The
> By-laws of TCA Western Division are viewable by clicking here.
> 
> TCA Western Division carries out this mission by holding 10 monthly meets
> during the calendar year. At these meets, the trading and displaying of
> tinplate toy trains and toy train related items takes place. TCA Western is
> the only Southern California based toy train club that provides free use of
> tables for these purposes. We have plenty of them available, in a well
> lighted, spacious hall.
> 
> There are over 30,000 members in the TCA organization nationally. Western
> Division boasts a membership of over 300 train hobbyists.
> 
> TCA and Western Division have been in existence since 1954. For a little bit
> of history about TCA Western Division click here.
> 
> Do you have a box of old tinplate trains that you have been storing in the
> attic all these years since your childhood? Are you anxious to break them out
> and run them again? Do you need help in getting your old trains to run again -
> perhaps they require some servicing? Have you been meaning to perhaps convert
> those old trains into some cash in your pocket? Then bring those trains to our
> next TCA Western Division toy train meet in Arcadia. Those dusty old electric
> trains could potentially be something rare and unusual. The club layout would
> be a great place to see those trains running again after all these years. Or,
> if you have intended to get rid of those trains, selling them at the TCA
> Western Division meet can yield cash for you and make a collector happy as
> well.
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> To request more information about TCA contact any Western Division board
> member or send e-mail to: info@tcawestern.org