by lvrr325
Back for the fall. As usual, the same shows are confirmed some months out, while others have yet to post any specifics and I have posted a date based on the weekend they've run in previous years. As always the ones not confirmed will be in italic and you should either check for updates here or check directly with the show promoters before heading out.
September -
Weekend 9/9-9/10 - Clayton NY - 36th Annual Thousand Islands Model Train Fair, Cerow Rec Park Arena
Weekend 9/23-9/24 - Hemlock NY - Hemlock Train Show, fairgrounds
Weekend 9/23-9/24 - Massena NY - Train, Toy and Collectible Expo, Massena Arena (confirmed per Railserve calendar listing)
October -
Sunday 10/8 - Buffalo (Depew) - TTCS Buffalo Falling Leaves show, Polish Falcons (confirmed via web post)
Sunday 10/15 - Batavia - GSME Great Batavia Train Show, GCC Call Arena (confirmed via website)
[b]Sunday 10/22[/b] - Kingston - Kingston NY Model RR & Hobby Show, Midtown Neighborhood Center. (Currently not updated, cannot pull up the show webpage via search)
Sunday 10/29 should be the Trainorama in Lancaster but I haven't found any confirmation yet.
Appears the Upstate club in South Glens Falls is not even attempting a show this year after canceling one last year.
I used to include the Scranton shows here because they're an easy reach for Southern Tier guys. That show has been replaced with the Great Northeast Model Train Show, held at the Holiday Inn in Dunmore PA on October 8th. That's only a few miles from where it used to be; looks like they're aiming for the first or second Sunday in October each year. (there also is a spring version of this show)
November -
Weekend 11/4-11/5 - Syracuse, Great New York State Model Train Fair, NYS Fairgrounds Expo Center (new building)
Sunday 11/5 - Poughkeepsie - Hyde Park Station Annual Train & Hobby Show, Mid Hudson Civic Center (back to regular weekend)
Weekend 11/11-11/12 - Fulton - Oswego Valley Railroad Association Holiday Express show, Volney Fire Department (I don't have a flyer or website yet but I'd be absolutely shocked if this was any other date)
Saturday 11/11 - Binghamton - Binghamton Regional Train Show, Legion Post 1645
(the same goes here, promoter told us last year he'd booked the venue for these shows through 2029)
Saturday 11/18 - Albany - Albany Train Show, Polish Community Center Washington Ave. Ext. (per center webpage)
Weekend 11/18-11/19 - Buffalo - WNYRHS Train & Toy show, Erie County Fairgrounds (Here again they don't have anything posted yet but this show is always on this weekend)
There is typically a TTCS show in Rochester the last weekend of November but as of mid-August they haven't booked one yet.
December -
Sunday 12/3 - Buffalo (N. Tonawanda) - TTCS Trains in the Tonawandas show, Knights Of Columbus Erie Ave
Sunday 12/3 - Albany - Great Train Extravaganza, Empire Convention Center
Weekend 12/9-12/10 - Rochester - RIT Tiger Tracks, RIT Gordon Field House
There's been a little show at the Broadway Market typically the weekend following RIT, but they won't have anything out for it until later in the fall.
That's pretty much everything; in checking for TCA shows I found a post noting a November 2022 show was postponed and nothing for any fall 2023 shows.
I am debating doing like a gentleman in Utica did in the spring and hold a train only yard sale around the start of October in Syracuse. It literally would be a yard sale under popups, though. I have a ton of stuff that never makes it to shows or never makes it out like built buildings and boxes of parts and pieces and it would be nice to sell some of it.
For any other shows, check Railserve.com. Consumershows.com, and calendars hosted by Model Railroader and Railroad Model Craftsman magazines.
September -
Weekend 9/9-9/10 - Clayton NY - 36th Annual Thousand Islands Model Train Fair, Cerow Rec Park Arena
Weekend 9/23-9/24 - Hemlock NY - Hemlock Train Show, fairgrounds
Weekend 9/23-9/24 - Massena NY - Train, Toy and Collectible Expo, Massena Arena (confirmed per Railserve calendar listing)
October -
Sunday 10/8 - Buffalo (Depew) - TTCS Buffalo Falling Leaves show, Polish Falcons (confirmed via web post)
Sunday 10/15 - Batavia - GSME Great Batavia Train Show, GCC Call Arena (confirmed via website)
[b]Sunday 10/22[/b] - Kingston - Kingston NY Model RR & Hobby Show, Midtown Neighborhood Center. (Currently not updated, cannot pull up the show webpage via search)
Sunday 10/29 should be the Trainorama in Lancaster but I haven't found any confirmation yet.
Appears the Upstate club in South Glens Falls is not even attempting a show this year after canceling one last year.
I used to include the Scranton shows here because they're an easy reach for Southern Tier guys. That show has been replaced with the Great Northeast Model Train Show, held at the Holiday Inn in Dunmore PA on October 8th. That's only a few miles from where it used to be; looks like they're aiming for the first or second Sunday in October each year. (there also is a spring version of this show)
November -
Weekend 11/4-11/5 - Syracuse, Great New York State Model Train Fair, NYS Fairgrounds Expo Center (new building)
Sunday 11/5 - Poughkeepsie - Hyde Park Station Annual Train & Hobby Show, Mid Hudson Civic Center (back to regular weekend)
Weekend 11/11-11/12 - Fulton - Oswego Valley Railroad Association Holiday Express show, Volney Fire Department (I don't have a flyer or website yet but I'd be absolutely shocked if this was any other date)
Saturday 11/11 - Binghamton - Binghamton Regional Train Show, Legion Post 1645
(the same goes here, promoter told us last year he'd booked the venue for these shows through 2029)
Saturday 11/18 - Albany - Albany Train Show, Polish Community Center Washington Ave. Ext. (per center webpage)
Weekend 11/18-11/19 - Buffalo - WNYRHS Train & Toy show, Erie County Fairgrounds (Here again they don't have anything posted yet but this show is always on this weekend)
There is typically a TTCS show in Rochester the last weekend of November but as of mid-August they haven't booked one yet.
December -
Sunday 12/3 - Buffalo (N. Tonawanda) - TTCS Trains in the Tonawandas show, Knights Of Columbus Erie Ave
Sunday 12/3 - Albany - Great Train Extravaganza, Empire Convention Center
Weekend 12/9-12/10 - Rochester - RIT Tiger Tracks, RIT Gordon Field House
There's been a little show at the Broadway Market typically the weekend following RIT, but they won't have anything out for it until later in the fall.
That's pretty much everything; in checking for TCA shows I found a post noting a November 2022 show was postponed and nothing for any fall 2023 shows.
I am debating doing like a gentleman in Utica did in the spring and hold a train only yard sale around the start of October in Syracuse. It literally would be a yard sale under popups, though. I have a ton of stuff that never makes it to shows or never makes it out like built buildings and boxes of parts and pieces and it would be nice to sell some of it.
For any other shows, check Railserve.com. Consumershows.com, and calendars hosted by Model Railroader and Railroad Model Craftsman magazines.