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The VFW Hall is located on 6th Street off Avenue D just 3/10 mile north of US 90. The parking lot is east of the VFW Hall, just after the baseball field. The main entrance for unloading is also located in the east side of the VFW Hall. UP RR tracks from San Antonio exit # 740 Park VFW Hall KATY To San Antonio Exit 740 FM 1463 Pin Oak Ave. D George Bush Dr. (the old 6 th Street) Exit 742 Katy– Ft. Bend Exit 743 Grand Parkway Hotels: All local hotels are accessible from the Grand Parkway exit # 743. They are located on the Eastbound access road of IH-10 between Grand Parkway (exit # 743) and Mason Rd (exit 745). All types of restaurants are available in the area. Comfort Inn & Suites West–Katy, IH-10 at Mason Rd., Katy, TX (281) 392-8700 Best Western Houston West, 22455 IH-10 West, Katy, Texas (281) 392-9800 Holiday Inn Express, 22105 IH-10 West, Katy, Texas (281) 395-4800 Hampton Inn & Suites West–Katy, 22055 IH-10 West, Katy, Texas (281) 392-1000 Exit 745 Mason Rd. Saturday Night Dinner: We plan to have a dinner, at a location to be announced. The cost will be approximately $20.00 per person. Details will be announced at the meet. Note that this event will be cancelled if we do not get good response. Meet Rules: 1. The meet is open to all TCA members, their families and guests. Members’ spouses who are not themselves members will not be charged admission, Children, of members under the age of 18, will not be charged. 2. Guests may buy, but not sell. 3. The Open Box rule will be in effect from unloading to Sat. at 9:00 AM No trading or browsing before Sat. 9:00 AM 4. Prices must be marked on all items offered for sale. A list of items with prices indicated is also acceptable. 5. Badges must be worn at all times in the trading hall. For info: Carl Olson (281) 277-7630 or David H. Fronick (281) 282-0441 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cut here ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO: “Lone Star Division-TCA” Postmark by Sat. Jan. 2, 2010 1.6 miles IH-10 Map not to scale U.S. Hwy 90 Hotels this side Mail To: Mike Lewis – “TCA Meet” 3410 E. Pine Brook Way Houston, Texas 77059-3202 I agree to comply with all of the rules and regulations of the Train Collectors Association (TCA) and its Divisions and Chapters in effect from time to time, specifically including all the rules and regulations of all TCA Committees and any actions and rulings of all TCA Committees. I also agree that all items sold by me to any TCA member or at any TCA sponsored meet shall be sold on the basis that I represent that all such items are authentic and in the manufacturer’s original condition unless I have caused any such item to be appropriately marked as a restoration or reproduction. Interested in attending Saturday night dinner? Yes:________No:________ Member’s Signature________________________________________________ Date:____/____/____ Page 2 Train Collectors Association – Lone Star Division – Newsletter January 2010 – Winter Meet – Katy, Texas N To Houston from Houston exit # 742
Train Collectors Association – Lone Star Division’s Katy, Texas Meet January 9, 2010 Train Collectors Association Mission Statement: 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. TCA 2010 Convention information-book Jan 1 st ! National voting results The 56 The new by-laws passed by a nice margin. This was needed for many reasons. There will be minimal change in what the members will see. It will help the Division and National officers do business. The following were elected: President-elect: Paul Edgar Vice-President: Carol McGinnis Treasurer: Bill Kotek Secretary: Christie Wilson Ron Stowell moves up to President. Their term goes into effect July, 1, 2010 after the June Convention. I thank all that those that participated in voting on these important issues. Train Collectors Association – Lone Star Division – Newsletter January 2010 – Winter Meet – Katy, Texas Page 3 th TCA Annual Convention museums in the U.S. is in Baltimore, Maryland June 20- Other tours not to be missed: 27, 2010. There are direct flights to • Udvar-Hazy National Air and Baltimore’s BWI Airport from most Space Museum at Dulles Interna- major cities. tional Airport with dinner at Union They have selected three qual- Station in Washington, DC ity hotel accommodations for you, • Sailing in Annapolis, MD with attractive room rates. They • Fully guided entertaining tour of are within walking distance of one Washington for ages 8 and up. another—the Sheraton Baltimore • Visit to the World War II Me- City Center Hotel (convention headmorial. Photo Opportunities at the quarters hotel), the Holiday Inn Inner White House and the U.S. Capitol. Harbor, and the Radisson Plaza Lord Visit to the Lincoln, Viet Nam and Baltimore. So, we know you will Korean Memorials. Lunch inside the sleep well and will be rested for the newly renovated American History more than forty tours and events op- Museum tions we have to offer. You can make • Time on the Mall to visit the hotel reservations beginning January Smithsonian Air and Space or Natu- 1, 2010. Tour information and sign ral History Museums up will be in your January TCA HQ • BALTIMORE RAIL TOUR- Newsletter issue. American railroading began in The Welcome Party will be at the Sports Legends and Geppi’s Baltimore and the evidence of the railroad’s glorious history is ev- Museum sewer system Entertainment Museums at Camden erywhere throughout the city. On The Management Committee Station near the Inner Harbor. this comprehensive tour, immerse and the National Board of Directors, The Harbor Dinner Cruise will yourself in Baltimore’s railroading of which I am a voting member on be aboard one of two ships with history. both, approved going forward with a combined capacity of 650 for a • Tour the B&O Railroad Museum, a new sewer treatment plant. This leisurely cruise along the Patapsco ride to the restoration facility and plant was required by local and state River. Among the sites that our take a look at the rare machinery authorities. vessels—Spirit of Baltimore and used in the restoration process and This was after nearly a decade the Inner Harbor Spirit—will travel a peek at some of the “Iron Horses” of talking, planning and looking for past are Fort McHenry, Federal Hill, currently being restored. alternatives of what could be done Canton, and Fell’s Point. • Gettysburg battle site of the for a sewer system for our museum. A once in a lifetime six hour Civil War. This battle is considered This was no easy decision as this cruise aboard an authentic steam- a turning point in the War between system will cost us around $749,000. powered, World War II Liberty the North and the South. Visit the Construction has already begun Ship—the S.S. John W. Brown. new Visitor’s Center with exhibits, and is expected to be completed by A children’s tour for ages 5-10 a movie and the Cyclorama. There late spring. This will bring much is scheduled for the Port Discovery will be a guided Battlefield Bus tour relief (is that a pun?) for the museum Children’s Museum. Port Discovery with lunch at the historic Dobbin staff and the visiting public that had is ranked among the TOP 5 children’s (See TCA Convention 2010 p. 7) to use port-a-potties for years! – Pat Halpin
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