- We love kit-bashing to prototype!
  
  Like this CP FP7-A custom painted by Dan Gory.
- We love electric trains!
  
  Like these models under catenary on Mark Horne’s layout.
- We love to run trains on our Modular Layout!
  
  Vancouver Train Expo 2019 operating crew.
- We love prewar American Flyer !
  
  Like these 1936 passenger trains on Jim Barrett’s layout.
- We make great trains happen!
  
  Like this CTTA custom PGE train by MTH, lead by RS-3 #561 on Brian Beard’s layout.
- We love passenger trains!
  
  CN FP4-A’s by Lionel pull MTH passenger cars on Kyle Miller’s layout.
- We love to have Thomas around !
  
  Lionel’s O gauge Thomas is a hit with young train lovers on our modular layout.
- We love to run CP & CN passenger trains. With F3, F7 and FP4 diesels !
  
  Lionel Canadian National FP4, K-line Canadian Pacific F7, Lionel Legacy CN F3 on Mark Horne’s layout

Welcome to the Canadian Toy Train Association

Upcoming Events

Toy Train Funny

Trainmen’s Tips #9

From the pages of Model Trains, March 1961 !

Become a Member

Join us for a club meeting if you’re close by, or become a member wherever you are. Annual dues are $20.

About Us

Discover more about our club of model railroaders, toy train collectors and operators, the things we do as friends and how we have fun with our trains!

This happy group takes a break from shopping for trains at the TCA 2018 York meet to enjoy the Horseshoe Curve National Historic Site in Altoona, PA.

Resources for the toy train enthusiast

A variety of resources for model railroading in O gauge and any other scale. Podcasts, a directory of over 17,000 rail related Web sites, the O Gauge railroading forum community, more.

New & upcoming features

Jim Barrett’s prewar & tinplate layout – Photos by Mark Horne & Kyle Miller

The Real McCoy! Celebrating Standard Gauge trains – Club Car Feature. Photos and history by Mark Horne.

Collecting Trains – old & new: John Constible. Part 1.

Coming in March: Moving Port Moody Station down the tracks.

Coming soon: Backdrops and blackdrops – how to make your trains layout look great! By Kyle Miller

Coming soon: Double up a Lionel signal bridge for dual direction lighting.

Club Car Sales

Order now ! One left – Our next project – BC Hydro MP-15 diesel by MTH in 2020

Our exclusive limited edition Club Cars are available to members and hobbyists. Check out our Club Cars production history here! Not a CTTA member ? Join now.

British Columbia Market Co. Limited reefer from MTH. Shipping to members this Fall. Preliminary artwork shown.

Sold out!

NEW Lionel 2020 Big Book Catalog!

Another huge Lionel Catalog! Featuring a CP SD40 and stock car 3-pack.

View or download previous Lionel catalogs here.

New MTH 2020 Volume 1 Catalog!

Check out MTH’s latest, including a CP MP-15 and CN shortnose Dash-8.

View or download previous MTH catalogs here.

Club Meetings

The Canadian Toy Train Association meets on the last Sunday of the month 9 times a year, every month except Summer vacation July & August, Winter vacation in December. Meets take place in Burnaby, BC.

Doors open at 11:00 am, lunch is served at noon. Business meeting starts at 12:30, and auction starts at 1:00 pm.

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Canadian Flyer Club Newsletters

The latest is the MARCH 2020 issue!

CTTA Front Page Video

Frank Battaglia O Gauge layout Cab ride from 2014! Frank’s ‘Hi-Rail’ layouts are legendary to many. Take a ride around his train room, layout and incredible collection.

Check out more of our member’s videos and lots more toy train fun on our Videos page and YouTube channel!

Train News & Club Activities

Mar 16, 2020: White Pass & Yukon Route upgrades its locomotives

Skagway's world-famous tourist railway is getting six new locomotives this spring. Their last major locomotive order was back in 1969.
Sept. 16, 2019 - Canadian Pacific releases two SD70ACU heritage locomotives

Canadian Pacific will be painting 10 of its newly rebuilt SD70ACU locomotives into its historic tuscan red, gray, and gold paint scheme.
Nov. 12, 2019 - Canadian Pacific honours Canadian, U.S. military with special locomotives

CP unveiled five specially painted locomotives on Remembrance Day in Canada and Veterans Day in the U.S. honouring the culture and history of the armed forces. The five Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACUs will take the message of military pride across the CP system.
Sep 19, 2019 : Meet the man at the controls of Big Boy 4014

After restoring the monster locomotive, Ed Dickens is hitting the rails.
Aug 13, 2019 : Lego unveils massive Disney train

LEGO and Disney have teamed up once again to announce the 3000 piece Disney Train and Station LEGO set, the perfect collector's item for avid block-builders and Disney fans alike.
Oct. 2 2019 : The end of Amtrak Dining Cars

Full dining-car service has come to an end on most Amtrak routes in the eastern U.S.
May 9, 2019 - Why the US has no high speed rail

California’s high-speed rail system is under construction, but whether it will ever get completed as intended is uncertain.
Sept 16, 2019 : Canadian Pacific releases two SD70ACU heritage locomotives

Canadian Pacific will be painting 10 of its newly rebuilt SD70ACU locomotives into its historic tuscan red, gray, and gold paint scheme.
Aug 25, 2019 - Volunteers hoping to rescue historic train

A group of rail enthusiasts says it's up to the task of getting a historic train near Upper Canada Village back on track.
Sept 5, 2019 - Big Boy 4014 final tour for 2019

The world's largest steam locomotive, Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014, will embark on a third and final tour celebrating the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad's completion.
March 2019 - Vintage BC Electric Streetcar to be restore for North Vancouver

Squamish’s West Coast Railway Association is returning the BC Electric Railway streetcar to its former glory, thanks to a contract with the City of North Vancouver.
June 27, 2019 - Alaska Railroad signs initial deal for link to Canada and the rest of the country

The Alaska Railroad Corp. board of directors has approved an agreement with a firm seeking to link Alaska and Canada by rail.
May 23, 2019 - Cuba tries to revive its once-great railway network

Cuba’s railway system is undergoing a major overhaul, with the government pushing a program to revamp the decrepit and aging network with new cars and locomotives in the hope of restoring a rail service that was once the envy of Latin America.
May 10, 2019 - Japan tests world's fastest bullet train

Capable of 400 kilometers per hour, the ALFA-X version of the Shinkansen train began three years' worth of test runs on Friday.
May 2019 - Hanoi's Train Street

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.
April 14, 2019 - TCA open house videos featuring Lionel, MTH, Bachmann and TCA,

Each fall and spring, manufacturers discuss their latest innovations at a special Open House held at the National Toy Train Museum the Wednesday before the York meet. In addition, other presentations of interest are featured. These are from the Spring 2019 event.
The challenge to make trains go faster

As technology advances, transport gets ever faster, and trains are no exception. But with great speed come great drawbacks.
Dec 10 - A mile in 10 seconds for world's fastest train

The Japanese Maglev train crushed its own world record by traveling at 374 miles per hour for nearly 11 seconds. Check out the train in action. Source: CNN. Hopefully it will be operational by 2027
Conductor fatigue causes model train crash

After surveying the dozen railcars and cargo of Lincoln Logs strewn haphazardly across the grass mat, investigators concluded Friday that a massive model train derailment was the result of conductor fatigue.

We love kit-bashing to prototype!

We love electric trains!

We love to run trains on our Modular Layout!

We love prewar American Flyer !

We make great trains happen!

We love passenger trains!

We love to have Thomas around !

We love to run CP & CN passenger trains. With F3, F7 and FP4 diesels !