Railroad & Transportation History Event Calendar
Railroad Hobby Shows, Railroadiana Shows, Transportation Memorabilia Shows, Auctions, Flea Markets & Swap Meets, Railroad History Exhibitions, Historical Society Conventions, Collectors Meets & Special Events. All events are subject to cancellation or change. Please check websites and confirm details with show promoters before traveling. See end of calendar for information about listing events.
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| May 3 | Bellaire, OH | Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Historical Society Mini-Convention. Info: www.borhs.org. |
| May 3 | Ocean View, DE | Delaware Seaside Railroad Club Train Show. Info: www.delawareseasiderailroadclub.com |
| May 7-8 | Lafayette, IN | Rail & Road Railroadiana Auction. Info: www.bidrar.com. |
| May 8-11 | Carbondale, PA | Key Lock & Lantern Convention. Info: www.klnl.org. |
| May 10 | Elk Grove Village, IL | Chicago Airline Collectibles Show. Info: www.graylandstation.com. |
| May 10 | Painesville, OH | Painesville Railroad Museum Model Train Day Show Info: www.painesvillerailroadmuseum.org. |
| May 10 | Portland, OR | National Train Day at Oregon Rail Heritage Center. Info: https://orhf.org/. |
| May 14-17 | Harrisburg, PA | Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society Meeting. Info: www.prrths.org. |
| May 15-18 | Allentown, PA | East Penn Traction Club Trolley Meet Info: https://eastpenn.org/meet/. |
| May 15-17 | Durand, MI | Durand Railroad Days. Info: www.durandrailroaddays.com. |
| May 17 | Chester, MA | Chester On Track Festival. Chester Railway Museum. Info: www.chesterrailwaystation.net. |
| May 17-18 | Cheyenne, WY | Cheyenne Depot Days. Info: www.cheyennedepotmuseum.org. |
| May 17-18 | Spencer, NC | North Carolina Transportation Museum Spencer Shops Train Show. Info: www.nctrans.org. |
| May 23-24 | Parsons, KS | Katy Days Celebration Info: http://www.katydays.com. |
| May 29-30 | Buffalo, NY | Society for Industrial Archeology Annual Conference. Info: www.sia-web.org. |
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| Jun TBA | Catalog Auction | Railroad Memories - Online & Catalog Auction Closes. Info: www.railroadmemories.com. |
| Jun 6-8 | Rochester, NY | New York Central Historical Society Convention. Info: https://nycshs.org/. |
| Jun 7-8 | Montreal. PQ | Montreal Model Train Exposition & Collectibles Show. Info:https://montrealmodeltrainexposition.com. |
| Jun 8 | St. Charles, IL | Kane County Railroadiana Show. Info: www.rrshows.com. |
| Jun 11-15 | Chicago, IL | Santa Fe Historical Society Convention Info: www.atsfrr.com. |
| Jun 11-14 | Ontario, CA | Railway & Locomotive Historical Society Convention. Info: http://www.rlhs.org. |
| Jun 12-15 | Radford, VA | Norfolk & Western Historical Society Annual Convention. Info: www.nwhs.org. |
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| Jun 12-13 | Lafayette, IN | Rail & Road Railroadiana Auction. Info: www.bidrar.com. |
| Jun 13-15 | Williams Grove PA | Williams Grove Steam Engine Assn Show. Info: www.wghsea.org. |
| Jun 15 | Jerseyville, ON | Hamilton Ancaster Train Show & Sale. Info: https://www.bmrc.ca/. |
| Jun 19-22 | Moses Lake, WA | Milwaukee Road Historical Association Convention. Info: www.mrha.com/. |
| Jun 21-22 | Dayton, OH | Miami Valley Rail Festival at Carrillon Park. Info: www.railfestival.com. |
| Jun 21 | Waupaca, WI | Annual Strawberry Fest Model Railroad Show. Info: www.wamrltd.com. |
| Jun 22-27 | Covington, KY | American Bell Association Convention. Info: www.americanbell.org. |
| Jun 25-28 | Atlanta, GA | Airliners International Confernece & Collectibles Show. Info: https://airlinersinternational.org/. |
| Jun 26-29 | Galesburg, IL | Galesburg Railroad Days. Info: www.galesburgrailroaddays.org. |
| Jun 28 | Painesville, OH | Painesville Depot Railroad Memorabilia Show. Info: http://painesvillerailroadmuseum.org. |
| Jul 5-6 | Deshler, NE | Spring Creek Train Show Info: www.springcreekmodeltrains.com. |
| Jul 12 | DeLand, FL | Florida Rail Fair. Golden Spike Enterprises. Info:Info: www.gserr.com. |
| Jul 12-17 | Lansing, MI | NRHS Annual Convention. Info: www.nrhs.com. |
| Jul 19 | Eldersburg, MD | Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Historical Society Mini-Convention. Info: www.borhs.org. |
| Jul 19-20 | Ilwaco, WA | Clamshell Railroad Days. Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum. Info: http://columbiapacificheritagemuseum.org. |
| Jul 19 | LaCrosse, WI | LaCrosse Rail Fair Info: https://www.4000foundation.org. |
| Jul 19-20 | Novi, MI | NMRA National Train Show Info: https://www.nationaltrainshow.org. |
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| Jul 26-27 | Luxemburg, WI | JM Hobby Supply Railroadiana Auction. Info: www.jmhobbysupply.com |
| Jul 26 | Painesville, OH | Painesville Depot Hobo Day Railroad Flea Market. Info: http://painesvillerailroadmuseum.org. |
| Jul 26 | Prescott, AZ | Central Arizona Model Railroad Club Train Show. Info: https://camrrc.com. |
| Jul 27 | Middletown, NY | Middletown Railroad Day. Info: www.nyow.org. |
| Aug 9 | Joplin, MO | Joplin Museum Train Show. Joplin Museum Complex. Info: www.tristatemodelrailroaders.com. |
| Aug 9 | Marion, OH | Summerail Programs & Railroad Show. Info: https://www.summerail.com/. |
| Aug 23 | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta Railroad Show. Golden Spike Enterprises. Info: www.gserr.com. |
| Aug 23-24 | Austin, TX | Austin Area Train Show Info: www.austinrailway.org. |
| Aug 24 | Allenwood, PA | Cenrtal PA NRHS Train Show Info: https://www.centralpanrhs.org/. |
| Sep 4-6 | Scranton, PA | Nickel Plate Road Historical & Technical Society Convention. Info:www.nkphts.org. |
| Sep 6 | Essex, CT | New Haven Railroad Historical & Tech Association Reunion. Info: www.nhrhta.org/. |
| Sep 6 | Newark, NJ | Newark Airline Show. Info: https://newarkairlineshow.com/. |
| Sep 7 | Batavia, NY | Great Batavia Train Show. Info: www.gsme.org. |
| Sep 10-13 | St. Paul, MN | Great Northern Railroad Historical Society Convention. Info: www.gnrhs.org/. |
| Sep 12-13 | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Traction Meet. Info: www.hoosiertractionmeet.com. |
| Sep 12-13 | Satfford, CT | Central Vermont Railway Historical Society Convention. Info:www.cvrhs.com. |
| Sep 13 | Bradford, OH | Bradford Railroad Heritage Days. Info: www.bradfordrrmuseum.org. |
| Sep 13-14 | Colfax, CA | Colfax Railroad Days. Info: https://colfaxrailroaddays.com/. |
| Sep 13 | Perris, CA | Fall Swap Meet. Southern California Railway Museum. Info: https://socalrailway.org/. |
| Sep 17-20 | Rock Island, IL | Union Pacific Historical Society Convention. Info: http://uphs.org/. |
| Sep 18-20 | Ft. Wayne, IN | Penn Central Railroad Historical Society Convention. Info: www.pcrrhs.org. |
| Sep 19-21 | Durand, MI | Wabash Railroad Historical Society Annual Meeting. Info: www.wabashrhs.org. |
| Sep 19-21 | Hamburg, PA | Anthracite Railroads Show. Info: www.anthraciterailroads.org. |
| Sep 20-21 | Massena, NY | St Lawrence Valley Model Train, Toy, & Collectible Expo. Info: http://norwoodmodelrr.org/. |
| Sep 20 | Schoharie, NY | Schoharie Railroad Museum Train Show Info: https://www.schoharieheritage.org/. |
| Sep 21 | Painesville, OH | Painesville Railroad Museum Railroad Memorabilia Show Info: www.painesvillerailroadmuseum.org. |
| Sep 21 | TBA | O&W Historical Society Annual Convention Info: www.nyow.org. |
| Sep 26-28 | Bedford-Salem, IN | Monon Railroad Historical Technical Society Convention. Info:www.monon.org. |
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| Oct TBA | Brookline, NH | Railroadiana Consignment Auction. Brookline Auction Gallery. Info: www.brooklineauctiongallery.com. |
| Oct 2-5 | Martinsburg, WV | Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Historical Society Convention. Info: www.borhs.org. |
| Oct 4 | DeLand, FL | Florida Rail Fair. Golden Spike Enterprises. Info:Info: www.gserr.com. |
| Oct 5 | Easton, PA | Lehigh Valley NRHS Train Show. Info: www.lehighlines.org. |
| Oct 5-6 | Middleburg, OH | Great Berea Train Show. Info: https://thegreatbereatrainshow.org/. |
| Oct 5 | Toronto, ON | Toronto Aviation & Airline Collectibles Show. Info: https://torontoairlinershow.com/. |
| Oct 9-11 | Marion, IL | Missouri Pacific Historical Society Convention. Info: http://mopac.org/. |
| Oct 11 | Terryville, CT | Lock Museum of America Lock Show. Info: www.lockmuseumofamerica.org. |
| Oct 15-18 | Tucson, AZ | Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society Convention. Info: www.sphts.org. |
| Oct 17-19 | Burlington, ON | Real Rails - Joint CP, CN, TH&B & VIA Conference. Info: https://www.cptracks.ca/realrails2025.html. |
| Oct 19 | St. Charles, IL | ChicagoLand Railroadiana Show Info: www.rrshows.com. |
| Oct 25 | Indianapolis, IN | Indy Railroadiana Show. Info: www.indyrrshow.com. |
| Oct 26 | Griffith, IN | Blackhawk NRHS Swap Meet. Info: https://www.blackhawkrailwayhistoricalsociety.org |
| Nov 1-2 | Gaithersburg, MD | Railroadiana Show & Sale. Golden Spike Enterprises. Info: www.gserr.com. |
| Nov 1-2 | Syracuse, NY | Great NY State Model Train Fair. New York State Fairgrounds. Info: www.modeltrainfair.com. |
| Nov 8-9 | Allentown, PA | Allentown Train Meet. Info: www.allentowntrainmeet.com. |
| Nov 8 | Joplin, MO | Joplin Museum Train Show. Joplin Museum Complex. Info: www.tristatemodelrailroaders.com. |
| Nov 8 | St. Cloud, MN | Granite City Railroad Show. Rivers Edge Convention Center. Info: www.granitecitytrainshow.com. |
| Nov 9 | Lansing, MI | Lansing Train Show. Info: www.lmrc.org. |
| Nov 15-16 | Pearland, TX | Houston Area Train Show. Info: https://houstonttrak.org/. |
| Nov 15-16 | Oklahoma City, OK | OKC Train Show. Info: www.okctrainshow.com. |
| Nov 29 | Boonsboro, MD | Hagerstown Model RR Museum Train Sale. Info: www.antietamstation.com. |
| Nov 29-30 | Denver, CO | Rocky Mountain Train Show Info: http://rockymountaintrainshow.com. |
| Dec 6 | Columbus, OH | Buckeye Railroadiana Show. Info: www.gserr.com. |
| Dec 6-7 | Marlborough, MA | New England Model Train Expo. Info: www.hubdiv.org. |
| Dec 13-14 | Rochester, NY | RIT Tiger Tracks Train Show. Info: http://ritmrc.org. |
2026 Events |
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| Jan 24-25 | Springfield, MA | Railroad Hobby Show. Eastern States Expo. Info: www.railroadhobbyshow.com. |
| Feb 22 | Buena Park, CA | California Express Railroadiana Show. Info: www.californiaexpress.net. |
| May 7-10 | Carbondale, PA | Key Lock & Lantern Convention. Info: www.klnl.org. |
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There is no charge for calendar listings. Events are included at the discretion of the KL&L Editor, space permitting. Train shows, flea markets & swap meets must include dealers of authentic railroad, nautical, airline, transportation, or related memorabilia, and auctions must include at least 20 lots of railroadiana or transportation memorabilia to be included in the calendar. Exhibitions must be a one-time special event (not regular open houses or activities) related to railroad or transportation history. Railroad historical society conventions may include lectures, vendor rooms, or displays. Send event listings to: transportsim@aol.com.
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