The picture of the month August 2020 "Mail for you" is by Dieter Käßer remembering the time when Mail was the standard way communication.

Welcome to the website of the Train Collectors Society. The TCS was founded in 1979 for those with a broad interest in the collecting and history of toy and model trains - UK based but with members worldwide.

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Issue 54 March 2020

TCS EBooks

This is an on-line collection pdf - files by TCS members that may be of interest to the toy and model train collector and enthusiast.

E - Books are meant for online reading so file size is limited.

Latest addition: Fred van der Lubbe: Streamliners

Some things that may be of interest ...

Collections of articles, videos and other material about toy and model trains

Such as videos from Fred van der Lubbe

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Upcoming Events

Oct 17

Berlin Classic Toy Trains

October 17 @ 10:00 am - October 18 @ 5:00 pm

Nov 07

29th TCS Autum Get together 2020

November 7 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Feb 27

Table Railways meet Unimog

February 27, 2021 @ 10:00 am - February 28, 2021 @ 5:00 pm

Picture of the month August 2020

1st August 2020

“Mail for you” is the picture of the month August 2020 by Dieter Käßer remembering the time when Mail was... Read more →

Picture of the month July 2020

1st July 2020

Picture of the month by Rainer Haug shows little "Emma" from Märklin sitting in front of the smoke box door... Read more →

Train Collector Issue 55 posted

7th June 2020

Issue 55 is out to the members. Again 50 pages with fascinating articles about collecting trains all around the world.... Read more →

Picture of the month June 2020

1st June 2020

The picture of the month June 2020 is by Bob Doorewaard Boekhout: The picture is showing a beautifull "get together"... Read more →