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Lionel News

Lionel announces an Exclusive Seminar for LCCA Members

Back by popular demand! Our friends at Lionel Trains have just announced a special LCCA exclusive seminar! You don’t want to miss this opportunity to hear about some of the great new products introduced in the 2022 Signature catalog plus more in-depth detail of the all the great features of the newly released VISIONLINE Class A locomotive. - more

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Convention News

LCCA Opens New Tours for its 2023 Convention!

LCCA opens new tours for its 2023 Convention! The response to the 2023 Concord Convention has been exceptional. Two tours, the visit to the Lionel Facility, and the Wednesday NASCAR Motor Sports tour to multiple racing team shops quickly filled up. The Lionel and the LCCA have been able to open an additional tour to the Lionel facility on Wednesday morning and another Wednesday tour to visit two different NASCAR racing teams. - more

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Members

Home Layout Video of LCCA Member Andy Dubill RM 40209 Take a Tour on Andy Dubill's home Layout. Andy, the current LCCA club Secretary, is a long time model railroad enthusiast. Andy remains active in Boy Scouts and a Boy Scout outing is one of the Layout's center pieces. - more
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LCCA Store

	LCCA Announces NEW 2021 Christmas Car The LCCA Christmas tradition continues in 2021 with another great boxcar. This special car has festive Christmas graphics all over it - on both sides and the top. The 2021 Christmas boxcar has all the features you expect from Lionel and the LCCA. Order yours today - this is limited run item is in stock and ships immediately!. - more
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Product Development

Lionel Announces New VisionLine Class A Locomotive exclusively for LCCA

The LCCA is again able to offer an exclusive LIonel VisionLine engine to its members. This year it is the CLASS A locomotive popular from its work on the Norfolk & Western. The Norfolk and Western and others built over 40 of this monsters. Lionel will be producing one of this units (Number 1222) exclusively for the LCCA and its members as a special and unique offering. You can order yours now through February 23, 2022. - more

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Other News

A Brief History of LCCA Convention Volunteer Cars A Brief History of LCCA Convention Volunteer Cars - more
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Publications

Calling American Flyer, Ives and All Other Model Train Aficionados

Calling American Flyer, Ives and All Other Model Train Aficionados – LCCA Does it Again. and adds American Flyer and Ives information to its growing collection of digital archives. The American Flyer addition includes the “Chicago Era” Digital Archives and contains the American Flyer Catalogs before its sale to 1937 to A.C.Gilbert. The Guide to Ives Corporation Paper 1900-1932 reflects on 32 years of some of the most beautiful and durable toys and toy trains available from any company. - more

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Junior Member News

Electrical Power Demystified Ever wonder how the wonder of Lionel works? What does a battery, a magnet, and a paperclip have in common with your favorite Lionel engine? - more
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Special Events Recap

September 24 - 25, 2016 - LCCA Hosts Special Event Wichita Kansas - Recap The 22nd annual Wichita Train show was held on Sept. 24th & 25th, run by the Wichita Toy Train Club & Museum. - more
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Fastrak Modular

	Modular Railroad - Making Forests from Trees! The April 2019 issue of TLR contained an article by our Modular Layout Author David Bjorkman (RM 30924) on how to use Pine Cone Trees on Modular Layouts. Of Course, this method works on any layout. Find out how to utilize this budget/wallet friendly way to spruce up your modules - more
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Business Office

Link to July's 2020 Lionel/LCCA Virtual On-Line Seminar Did you miss the annual 2020 Lionel Summit held at our Annual Convention? Did you watch it but miss something and want to see it again? No problem! Our friends at Lionel have provided a private link for you to watch the entire program on YouTube. - more
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Events News

September 22-24, 2023 - Lionel Parts Sale Visit https://www.lionelsupport.com to see all our sale offerings! - more
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President's Report

	The LCCA welcomes Sal Gambino as its new President. The LCCA announces that Sal Gambino has succeeded Harry Hampson as its President. Sal now becomes the next President of the LCCA and will serve until his term ends in July 2023. - more
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Layouts

	LCCA Member David Cohen's Train Layout Video Lionel Collectors Club of America Member, David Cohen (RM 30349) and his wife Lisa have created a fabulous action filled toy train layout in their home in Virginia Beach VA. - more

LCCA News - Archive

Lionel announces an Exclusive Seminar for LCCA Members

LCCA Opens New Tours for its 2023 Convention!

Home Layout Video of LCCA Member Andy Dubill RM 40209

LCCA Announces NEW 2021 Christmas Car

Lionel Announces New VisionLine Class A Locomotive exclusively for LCCA

A Brief History of LCCA Convention Volunteer Cars

Calling American Flyer, Ives and All Other Model Train Aficionados

Electrical Power Demystified

September 24 - 25, 2016 - LCCA Hosts Special Event Wichita Kansas - Recap

Modular Railroad - Making Forests from Trees!

Link to July's 2020 Lionel/LCCA Virtual On-Line Seminar

September 22-24, 2023 - Lionel Parts Sale

The LCCA welcomes Sal Gambino as its new President.

LCCA Member David Cohen's Train Layout Video