Welcome
to SNEC:
the
Southern New England Chapter of
the Train Collector's Association
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
| PRESIDENT | TREASURER | SECRETARY | CHAPTER ADVISORs |
| Steve McCabe |
John Szymkowicz | Ken Harpin | Joe
Fanara, Danny Marso |
 Our
very first chapter club car, the American Toy Company boxcar, is selling out already! These are genuine Lionel cars professionally detailed by RGS Trains. Less than 12 cars remain as of January 2023, click the image above or RIGHT HERE to order! |
| Events and Links |
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| SNEC MONTHLY EVENTS Monthly Meetimgs (In Person) -- Show and Tell -- Presentations by Chapter members -- Train related videos or movies -- Refreshments FEBRUARY 2024: 2/6/24 (TUESDAY) at 6:30pm in the Warwick Public Library MAY 2024: 5/7/24 at 630pm in the Warwick Public Library SEPTEMBER 24: 9/11/24 (WEDNESDAY) at 6:30pm in the Warwick Public Library OCTOBER '24: Layout visit NOVEMBER '24: 11/13/24 (Wednesday) @ 6:30pm in the Warwick Public Library MAY 2025: 1/8/24 (WEDNESAY) at 6:30pm in the Warwick Public Libary Please contact the Webmaster (professor underscore ken12 at hotmail dot com) to join our Email List and get onboard for future events! |
| UPCOMING SHOWS & EVENTS Spring 2025 Toy Train Show in Coventry RI Date: Sunday May 18th, 2025 Time: 9am to 2pm Location: Club Jogues184 Boston St Coventry, RI 02816 CLICK FOR Show flyer CLICK FOR dealer table registration form |
| PAST SHOW REPORTS The Chapter returned to our new Rhode Island train show location at Club Jogues at the end of 2024. We had an excellent turnout of chapter membership and are looking forward to returning to this same successful venue in May 2025. Thank you to everyone who attended our Chapter's Fall Train Show in Manchester, CT! We had another great turnout with a full hall of vendor tables and nearly one hundred admissions through the door. Another excellent show with the Chapter with our first ever show in Coventry at Club Jogues! We had a winning team with over three dozen tables of trains and attendance of well over a hundred model train enthusiasts including many families with small children. The Chapter thanks out membership for their participation and have arranged to return to this venue in December 2024. . The Chapter had another great show in Manchester, CT during our September 2023 toy train show. We are hoping to keep our winning streak going with our return to Rhode Island in May 2024! The Chapter really pulled out the stops for our January 2023 winter train show in Manchester, CT. We had a full and sold out house at the Manchester Elks Lodge! We had four dozen tables of vendors, 135 show attendees plus a dozen families introducing their children to the hobby. The SNEC Chapter greatly appreciates the participation of our membership in helping us to put on our best ever show. Thank you to all who visited our operating layout at the October 2022 train show in Manchester, CT. We liked the venue we visited so much that we have decided to schedule a chapter show there. SNEC appreciates all of our members who helped us set up and run our September 2022 show in Warwick RI. A great time was had by all in attendance! Thank you to all who attended our January 2022 train show in Manchester, CT! Although the weather was cold and icy, our vendors, volunteers and visitors had plenty of holiday cheer. We had a fantastic show in Manchester, CT in January 2020! We set a new record for attendance with over 200 show attendees. Thanks to all who set up tables, gave presentations or visited the show! Another great show was had at our September 2019 train show in East Greenwich. This show topped our March meeting in every way: 18 vendors, 5 operating layout displays, 130 adult attendees and 50 children. SNEC extends our thanks to all of our vendors, presenters and attendees who helped make this show a success!    A great time was had by all at our March 2019 train show in East Greenwich! We had 4 operating layouts, demonstrations of the latest MTH Bluetooth command control systems, 17 different local vendors in scales O, S, HO and G as well as door prizes. Over 150 guests were in attendance including almost 30 families with the youngest generation of model train enthusiasts. Thank you to all of our vendors, presenters and attendees. We hope to see you again at our next show! |
| Thanks to all who attended our January 2019 Train Show in Manchester! Date: First Sunday of the New Year, 1/6/19 Time: 9AM to 2PM Place: Army Navy Hall, 1090 Main St, Manchester CT 06040 Here's a picture that our Treasurer snapped of the hall during the show showing the TCA members and visitors from the public enjoying some quality train time:  We run this show almost every year, so look for updates for future events! |
| Thanks to all who attended our
March Fun Meeting! A good time was had by all. Since our new venue (the
Warwick Police Station) worked so well, we will be staying here for the
immediate present. Click This Link to view pictures from one of our past Show and Tells. Video of Joe's Hafner Set from our May 2017 Casual Meeting: Click Me |
| Official Website of NETCA (our parent division) |
| New England Train Shows |
| SNEC: By-Laws |
| Due to recent hacking attempts we have been forced to remove contact information from this page. Should you wish to contact one of our Board Members, please contact the Webmaster (professor underscore ken12 at hotmail dot com) with your name and purpose of business with club. |
