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QUOTE: Originally posted by RevMattCNJ Andy, The NMRA convention may work out well for you. Philadelphia is a great city to visit with lots of historical sites and museums. It is located on the Northeast Corridor making it an easy train ride to New York, Boston or Washington. There are also a number of steam excursion railroads within a relatively short distance like Strausburg, New Hope and Ivy, and Black River and Western. The only problem with coming to the U.S. in the summer is that it gets hot. In Philadelphia it is not uncommon for 95 degrees with lots of humidity during July.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by CNJ831 There are really only three "world-class" train shows in the States. Amherst/Springfield held in Massachusetts late Jan./early Feb. each year. The Great Scale Train Show (I used to find that the Spring version was the best) held in Timonium, Maryland several times per year. And the National Train Show, held in conjunction with the NMRA national convention, location and date variable. CNJ831
QUOTE: Originally posted by BXCARMIKE There is the Eastern States expo usually in late Jan,held at Springfield Mass.lots of layouts , dealers , manufacturers, then there is the national convention held in July, I'm not sure where it is in'06.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 Milwaukee holds Train Fest every November very consistantly. The National Train Show to which Bxcarmike was referring, follows the NMRA's national convention. Dates and locations are different from year to year, check www.nmra.org for the 2006 info. 2006 will be in Philadelphia early July. Generally speaking trains are more of a winter activity and that is when the greatest number of events occur. Trains seem to be most popular in the eastern states, where the population is most concentrated.
QUOTE: Originally posted by ConrailJim Strasburg was mentioned above for a steam excursion. It is also home to a great railroad museum ........ Pennsylvania Railroad Museum. Well worth the hour or so drive from Philadelphia. Jim
QUOTE: Originally posted by caellis Just check the Resources section, Scheduled Events in this site. This will give tou some idea as to when and where the largest exhibitions are held. The dates may not be consistent from year to year however.
QUOTE: Originally posted by dehusman Just to tie things in, the convention will be held in the convention center, which is the former Reading Terminal, a train shed station that was in use up until the 1980's and the early Reading (actually the Philadelphia and Reading) was financed in alarge part by British investors, so your attendence would be more than appropriate. Dave H.
QUOTE: Originally posted by CPPedler Hi Andy, I visit the Springfield Show each year with a colleague of mine and I think it's really great exhibition ,plenty of good quality layouts and hundreds of trade stands. If youv'e been to the Warley show at the NEC Birmingham then you have some idea what its like except that it is more than twice as big. Its on the last weekend in January 2006 so its pretty cold in Massachusetts then but the flights are much cheaper to Boston from Heathrow even by B.A. standards. You should go and take the young lady you would both have a great time ,guaranteed CPPedler
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