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Bridges to the Future
Canadian Railway Convention
Port Hope, Ontario
August 9th to 11th

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Train Show

The train show is a joint production by the Canadian Association of Railway Modellers and the
Ganaraska Railway Modellers.

Sunday August 11th, 2013
Open Time for the General Public 10:30 am to 3:30 pm
Open time for Convention Attendees 10:00 am to 3:30 pm
Admission:  Adults $5.00
  Children 6 to 12 $2.00
  Children under 6 FREE
  Convention Attendees FREE
Location:  Peter Campbell Memorial Arena,
Trinity College School,
111 Ward Street,  L1A 1L2, Port Hope
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The train show will include large number of dealers and vendors offering whole range of train and modelling related products, historical associations, safety associations, and operating layouts from small scale to garden scale, big to small layouts, hands on switching layouts for you to try your skill.

Parking is available for exhibitors and attendees adjacent to the arena and on the neighbouring streets.

Set up times for dealers/exhibitors/vendors are Saturday August 10th from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm and Sunday August 11th from 7:00 am to 9:30 am.

For additional information or to become a dealer, exhibitor or vendor at the show contact Gerald Harper using our "Contact Us" page.


Train Show Participants

Operating Layouts
Bayview Junction, HO Scale, Milepost 36.9 Club
Central Hastings Railway, HO Scale, Jim Gibbons
Cobourg & Peterborough Railway & Rice Lake trestle bridge complex, HO Scale, Ted Rafuse & associates
Cobourg Harbour Esplanade, HO Scale, Ted Rafuse & associates
Dominion and Little Puddy, N Scale, Michael McGrattan
Formby Gorge Railway, G Scale, British and German live steam Garden Railway Equipment, Mike Walton
Ganaraska – Port Hope, HO Scale, Ganaraska Railway Modellers
The Cotswolds – Heart of England, N Scale, D M Middleton
The J. P. & F. Railway, G Scale, Jim Davis
N scale helix, N Scale, Picton Model Railroaders
Narrow Gauge Madness, Gn15 Scale, Christpher Creighton
Kawartha Lakes, HO Scale, Lindsy & District Model Railroaders
Knob Hill Mine, Phoenix, BC, On30 Scale, Gerald Harper
Pine Ridge Railroad, HO Scale, Pine Ridge Railroaders
Switching layout, N Scale, Ted Rafuse & associates
and more...

Vendors
Bruce Reynolds and Bob Skelly – N Gauge items and T Track Display
Burlington Junction, facebook page
Hunterline
ML Designs
Mt Albert Scale Lumber
Peter's Trains
ScaleTrees
Schomberg Scale Models
The Doll House and Train Empoium
Tracks' End
Vintage Rail Photo's by Helmut Ostermann
and more...

Others
CNR Historical Association
CP Historical Association
Ontario Northland Historical and Technical Society
Operation Lifesaver, Train and Railway Safety for Canadians
and more...

More names will be added to the listings as they are confirmed.