On 12/27/2011 06:45 PM, Michael Arunkumar wrote:
Hi,I got your name from the your website.My father who is a model train enthusiast is visiting me in Austin, TX, for a limited time all the way from India.We are looking for awe inspiring model train exhibits in the Austin (Austin/San Antonio/Houston/Dallas) area that I could take him to.I was wondering if by any chance you would know any exhibitions or model train shows that I can take him to before Jan 12th (which is when he leaves).
Hey Michael,
I don't know of any train shows going on before 1/12.
Our club is running in downtown Austin on the weekends through mid January. These are O gauge 3 rail trains. Attached is a flyer.
The San Antonio N-Track is a very large club with a permanent layout. I've never been there, but their modular layouts at train shows are always nice. Check out: http://www.santrak.org/ Looks like they are open to the public on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and the 2nd Thursday of each month.
SAMRA has a permanent layout too. I _think_ its open to the public. You should contact them directly. I haven't been to this one, but its probably good: http://www.samratx.org/
AMRE is another san antonio club with a large permanent HO layout. Probably a good one too: http://www.txtransportationmuseum.org/collection-ho-scale-trains.php
There is the CentraMod club in Temple. They do scales from Z to G! From their HO web page, it appears they are open for viewing the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month. Check out: http://www.centramod.com/hogroup.htm
The New Braunfels Railroad Museum has some interesting 1:1 train stuff plus a small HO layout: http://newbraunfelsrailroadmuseum.org/
Houston has an O Gauge 3 rail toy train club with a public layout: http://www.trainweb.org/htos/
These guys in Houston run live steam 1:12 scale: http://www.hals.org/
Here's an N scale club in Houston. I don't know anything about this club: http://houstonncrowd.org/
Hope this helps!
Happy Holidays.
Steve.