{"id":1,"date":"2015-01-25T02:41:30","date_gmt":"2015-01-25T02:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tca-rgc.org\/wp\/?p=1"},"modified":"2026-06-03T21:03:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T03:03:34","slug":"hello-train-enthusiast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tca-rgc.org\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the TCA Rio Grande Chapter website."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Welcome to the new TCA Rio Grande Chapter website.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Sunday July 19 at the Marriot ABQ, <\/strong><strong>Matchbox Gathering of Friends Convention, <\/strong><strong>TCA-RGC will be running trains from 8am to 4pm. Help is needed to setup and teardown. \u00a0New members welcome, come have some fun, run trains and enjoy the Matchbox collections.\u00a0 (see directions page)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Welcome to our website! It contains information about TCA events, pictures, links to various train web sites, documents(how to), train videos, applications to the local chapter as well as the national organization. If you have a question or concern about this site, please email the webmaster.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>We are very diverse group with members from all walks of life and interest as well. Some members operate G gauge, three-rail \u201cO\u201d gauge trains (like LIONEL), two-rail \u201cS\u201d gauge trains (like American Flyer), HO, N and Z gauge trains. These are from all periods \u2013 prewar, post war, and modern. We have swap meets where you can buy, sell, or trade train items of almost any type imaginable. At the swap meets, hotels, conventions, and other events you will most certainly have the pleasure to see our \u201cO\u201d gauge operating modular trainset layout that has won many award recognition\u2019s at various shows. You will also get to meet the members of the Chapter who are great train enthusiasts.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/tca-rgc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_4710-250223-Swap-Meet-Team-scaled.jpg\" width=\"748\" height=\"561\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TCA Rio Grande Chapter Swap Meet Team February 23 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><u><span style=\"color: #993300;\">We also welcome toy train hobbyists to join the TCA local Rio Grande Chapter and to join in our activities (see our events page). Please see our TCA Applications link above for applications to the TCA national and TCA local Rio Grande Chapter.<\/span> <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tca-rgc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/newmexEb.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-84 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/tca-rgc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/newmexEb.gif\" alt=\"newmexEb\" width=\"130\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tca-rgc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/usaCa.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-90 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/tca-rgc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/usaCa.gif\" alt=\"usaCa\" width=\"125\" height=\"92\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the new TCA Rio Grande Chapter website.\u00a0 Sunday July 19 at the Marriot ABQ, Matchbox Gathering of Friends Convention, TCA-RGC will be running trains from 8am to 4pm. 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