Railfan Timetable lists railroad related events in the United States and Canada free of charge. Notices submitted to this web site at least 90 days prior to event date will be considered for publication in the print edition of our magazines, including Railfan & Railroad, Railroad Model Craftsman, Model Railroad News, and Railpace Newsmagazine.
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Enjoy our train show featuring more than 150 tables of new and used model trains of all scales plus railroad collectibles, memorabilia, and more. Children can enter a raffle to win a train set. Golf cart rides available to the front door. See website for details. Presented by Central Arizona Model Railroad Club.
Enjoy our train show featuring new and used model trains for sale, railroad collectibles, and more. Operating model railroad displays and activities for the kids.
Come join the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States on our 36x60' HO scale model railroad (on three levels!) depicts the SP/UP railroad from Oakland, across the Sierra Nevada mountains, to Sparks, NV.
Includes the Freelance Forum, the Narrow Gauge Gathering, and the Prototype Model Specialty meet-ups. Enjoy more than 30 display tables of models, vendors, clinics, hands-on stations, and operating model railroad displays.
New Haven Railroad Historical & Technical Association annual convention and train show with a variety of vendors selling new and used model trains, railroad collectibles, photos, timetables, hardware, and more. Clinic presentations on various NH topics, exhibits, and displays. Buffet dinner with special guests available (extra fare). Open to all.
Enjoy our two-day train show featuring vendors selling new and used model trains in all scales and gauges, accessories, railroad collectibles, and more. Presented by Big Bend Model Railroad Association.
Enjoy our swap meet and train show featuring exclusively O Scale 2-Rail, P48, On30 narrow gauge, 3-Rail Scale, and traction only! See website for details.
Enjoy our 19th annual show featuring 29,000 sq. ft. of vendors, exhibits, operating model railroad displays, and more. Presented by the Central Indiana Division NMRA.
Ride in trolleys decked out in live holiday greens on our private heritage railroad, check out several exhibits and displays including the new model railroad building, shop in the Museum Store, and enjoy delicious hot chocolate!
To celebrate the last three days of our regular operating season, enjoy "Trolleyween" on October 23, 24, and 25 during our museum's regular hours. Enjoy rides on restored vintage trolleys and streetcars and tour our museum exhibits.
28th Annual Pumpkin Patch Trolley, taking place Fri.-Sun. Sept. 25-27, Fri.-Sun. Oct. 2-4, Fri.-Mon. Oct. 9-12, and Fri.-Sun. Oct. 16-18. Following a 30-minute trolley ride, guests disembark at the pumpkin patch, where each member in your group can select a pumpkin to take home. Tour our museum exhibits and enjoy other activities. Costumes are encouraged!
Rides on the Dino Trolley depart at 9:45AM, 10:30AM, 11:15AM, 12:00PM, 12:45PM, 1:30PM, 2:15PM and 3:00PM. Search for colorful dinosaurs along your trolley ride. Over sixty dinosaur silhouettes will be hidden in the woods along our railway; see if you can spot them as the trolley goes by! Enjoy other great activities for kids upon return to the Visitors Center.
Guests are encouraged to come in costume as their favorite characters, with prizes awarded for best costumes. Enjoy appearances by costumed superheros and princesses, crafts for the kids, and rides on our restored vintage trolleys and streetcars. See website for details.
Enjoy our train show featuring vendors selling new and used model trains, die-cast toys, railroad collectibles, and more. Proceeds benefit the ongoing restoration and maintenance of the former Norfolk & Western Antietam station. Presented by Hagerstown Model Railroad Museum.
Enjoy our open house featuring a fully-scenicked 64x40' layout with double-track main line and functioning signal system. Vendor sales until 2:00pm. Sorry, not handicap accessible. See website for details.
Ride the train to tour our rail yard in North Adams that is usually inaccessible to the public. View, photograph, and get up close to locomotives, coaches, and RDCs. Photo run-by on the return trip (weather and time permitting). See website for details.
Railroads remain the most energy-efficient mode of transportation! High school students will learn that railroads are the high-tech and environmentally sensitive transportation mode. See website for full schedule and registration.
Enjoy our train show featuring more than 500 tables of vendors selling new and used trains, railroad collecibles, and more. Operating model railroad displays. Modeling demonstrations and clinic presentations.
Ride behind real narrow-gauge steam on the Huckleberry Railroad. Model train layouts and railroad displays throughout the village. Whistle blow demonstration at the sawmill. Take a free tour of the HRR restoration and maintenance shop. Photo run takes place at 4:00pm on Saturday. See website for details. Co-sponsored by Genesee County Parks and Mid-Michigan Railway Historical Society
First annual brass model convention! Featuring clinics, roundtables, and model displays. Operating sessions on museum's huge HO layout. Brass importers and dealers selling new and used models in all scales. Saturday evening BBQ banquet at museum extra charge. See website for details.
Enjoy our 47th annual train show featuring more than 275 vendor tables selling new and used model trains in all scales and gauges, railroad collectibles, and more. More than 15 operating model railroad displays, new Inspiration Station family friendly area, and more. Presented by Ozarks Model Railroad Association.
Enjoy our train show featuring vendors selling new and used model trains, railroad collectibles, and more. Operating model railroad displays in various scales. Proceeds donated to Saint Judes Children's Hospital.
Celebrating Conrail's 50th Anniversary! Join us for all-day railfanning on NS's Lehigh Line, tours of the tower by former CR operators, and visits to nearby exhibits of the Phillipsburg Railroad Historians.
Join Brodie Photography on a special photo charter at the Woodstown Central featuring restored Reading FP7s 902 and 903 on a photo freight train with locations between Swedesboro and Salem. We will also have SMS GP38-3 2003 pulling our passenger train to feature run-bys with both trains.
Celebrate New Mexico's rail heritage with steam engine Santa Fe 2926 that will be hot and on display. Cab and passenger car tours available. Vendor exhibits, food trucks, entertainment, ATSF 2926 merchandise, vintage auto show, night photo shoot Saturday, and more. Presented by New Mexico Heritage Rail.
Join us for a special event commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of Rochester Subway service and the 110th birthday of Rochester Subway Car 60. Enjoy special exhibits on the history of the Rochester Subway and tour our progress to restore the last surviving car from the Rochester Subway. Ride our vintage diesel trains and tour the largest railroad museum in New York State! See website for details.
Enjoy our train show featuring vendors selling new and used model and toy trains in all scales and gauges, railroad collectibles, and more. Sponsored by the Toy Train Collectors Society, Ltd.
Enjoy our train show featuring vendors selling new and used model and toy trains in all scales and gauges, railroad collectibles, and more. Sponsored by Toy Train Collectors Society, Ltd.
Enjoy our train show featuring vendors selling new and used model and toy trains in all scales and gauges, railroad collectibles, and more. Operating layouts. Sponsored by the Toy Train Collectors Society, Ltd.
Within a 20-mile radius of Sterling, N.Y., the region was shaped by six major railroads including New York Central, Pennsylvania Railroad, Lehigh Valley, Lackawanna, and others. This presentation by historian George Irwin examines how they arrived, why they mattered, and what traces can still be found today.
Join us at the Hyde Park Railroad Station Museum for the best sunset in the Hudson Valley. Party like its 1933! BYOB. Free Museum tours. Operating model railroads. Hosted by the Hudson Valley Railroad Society.
Enjoy our museum open house held in conjunction with the annual Allegany County Fair where you can tour Shawmut caboose 175, private car 99, and coach 278 which is also home to an HO model railroad and exhibits of historic photos.
Enjoy more than 10,000 sq. ft. of vendors selling new and used model trains, railroad collectibles, and more. Easy access from I-70 or I-77 in historic Cambridge.
Enjoy a day of quality multi-media railroad photography presentations, a railroadiana show and sale, visit to the restored Marion Union Station and AC Tower, and more. Presenters include Dave Beach, Charlie Dischinger, Brice Douglas, John Fuller, Lou Gerard, Chris Guss and Mike Abalos, Mike Harding, Jerry Jordak, Ben Kletzer, John Leopard, Dave and Kyle Ori, David Oroszi, and others. See website for details.
Enjoy our festival including train displays, live steam engines, vendors, flea market, and miniature train rides throughout the weekend. Presented by Carillon Park Rail & Steam Society and the Carillon Park Historical Society.
Enjoy our train show featuring new and used model trains for sale in all scales and gauges, railroad collectibles, and more. Proceeds benefit the Coshocton Model Railroad Club (AMREC).
The 52nd Annual Great Berea Train Show is 70,000 sq. ft. of model railroading, including vendors, model railroad exhibits, and more. See website for details. Presented by North Coast Division, Mid-Central Region NMRA.
Enjoy our train show featuring more than 250 tables of vendors selling new and used model trains in all scales and gauges, railroad collectibles, and more. Play area for the kids, "Run a Train" event, and enter a raffle for a train set giveaway. See website for details. Sponsored by Van Wert County Historical Society.
Enjoy our train show featuring more than 175 vendor tables selling new and used model trains in all scales and gauges, railroad collectibles, and more. Special guest Otter Valley Railroad hobby shop with owner Lorne James.
Where the world of railways comes together at every scale, from 1:1 locomotives to HO scale models. Explore incredible model displays by regional prototype modellers, meet railway preservation groups, tour Waterloo Central Railway's restoration shop, clinics, steam train ride and more!
Enjoy our train show featuring more than 100 tables of vendors selling new and used model trains, railroad collectibles, and more. Presented by Lakeshore Model Railroaders’ Association.
The Open House will feature an indoor HO Layout with over 1,900 feet of track. The outdoor 1.5-inch (7.5-inch gauge) railroad, with over a mile of track, will provide multiple opportunities for visitors to ride on trains. There will be food trucks, and an Operation Life Saver representative.
Vickie's Angel Foundation and The Conrail Historical Society sponsor the 18th Annual Ride the Rails for Cancer. Ride vintage railcars and caboose of the Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad to support local families paying their bills due to cancer. In conjunction with the 51st annual Arts & Crafts Fair.
Enjoy our train show featuring new and used model trains for sale in all scales and gauges, railroad collectibles, die-cast, and other hobby related items. Presented by Beaver County Model Railroad & Historical Society.
Enjoy our train show featuring new and used model trains in all scales and gauges for sale, exhibits from historical societies, operating model railroad displays, and more. Sponsored by Houston Area T-TRAK Association.
Enjoy our train show featuring many vendors selling new and used model trains for sale. Operating model railroad displays and children's play area. Presented by WB&A Train Collectors Association Eastern Division.
Enjoy our train show featuring more than 200 tables of vendors selling new and used model trains, railroad collectibles, and more. Enjoy operating model railroad displays (including FreeMo), Operation Lifesaver, and more. Presented by River City Modelers Railroad Club.
This event brings together industry leaders to discuss key issues shaping the region’s extensive rail network. Covering freight and passenger rail, the conference explores topics such as rail investment, decarbonization, urban rail development, and the future of high-speed passenger across Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. See website for full schedule and registration.
Enjoy our third annual train show featuring vendors selling new and used model trains, railroad collectibles, and more. Operating model railroad displays in a variety of scales. Presented by Colfax Railroad Museum.
Our monthly division meeting is open to all, and includes clinic presentations, model and photo contests, and more. Home layout tours following the meeting.
Our monthly division meeting is open to all, and includes clinic presentations, model and photo contests, and more. Home layout tours following the meeting.
Our monthly division meeting is open to all, and includes clinic presentations, model and photo contests, and more. Home layout tours following the meeting.
Our monthly division meeting is open to all, and includes clinic presentations, model and photo contests, and more. Home layout tours following the meeting.