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Train Collectors Association.
One of the World's Largest and Most Prestigious Collecting Societies

About Us and Our Web Sites

 
 
 

We operate several web sites for the public and our members:

Gateway Site
TCA Members
National Toy Train Museum
TCA x-change
Toy Trains Mailing List
e-Train Magazine

 

Directions to the Association and the National Toy Train Museum

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TCA logo.The Train Collectors Association (TCA) was founded in Yardley, Pennsylvania in 1954. In the same year, collectors on the West Coast met and organized the Western Division. The result of these two meetings was the formation of the Train Collectors Association. Its mission 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 collecting and operating toy, model and scale trains.
National Toy Train Museum.
National Toy Train Museum Tower

The TCA is incorporated as a non-profit corporation under the statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and is registered as a tax-exempt non-profit under section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The National Headquarters and Museum Building in Strasburg, Pennsylvania was built in 1977 and has since been expanded. This worldwide organization has tens of thousands of members in 20 Divisions with 20 Chapters.

For further information about the association and its activities, please visit our web sites listed at the left of this page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

About These Web Sites

These site are maintained as a public service and for the benefit of the members of the Train Collectors Association, and to encourage public visitation to the National Toy Train Museum and the appreciation of the train collecting hobby.

These sites represent a succession of efforts by many hands, including the TCA Internet Committee and other capable participants. Further information regarding our individual sites may be found on those sites.

JimQuest Communications.This gateway site, the TCA Members site, and the National Toy Train Museum site were designed and developed by James Alexander Jr. of JimQuest Communications, under the direction of TCA Operations Manager John V. Luppino, who devised the broad strategy of the current site deployment. Special assistance from Nicole Berninger, TCA webmaster, is gratefully acknowledged. Hosting and special technical services provided by Ribbon Rail Productions.

Photographs and illustrations are from TCA sources, public sources, James Alexander Jr., pixelnation and by permission. Overall design is intended for maximum usability in contemporary browsers with monitor resolutions of 800 pixels width or better; version 4 users or other non-standard browsers will see most content with some variations in appearance.

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