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We make great trains happen!
Like this CTTA custom BC Hydro MP15DC diesel by MTH!
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We love 1st Generation Diesel Power!
Like these CN and CP units ready for duty on Mark Horne’s layout.
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We love electric trains!
Like these models under catenary on Mark Horne’s layout.
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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
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We love kitbashing to prototype!
Like this custom built, painted and weathered CN F7 by Dan Gory.
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Play with your trains!
If you have to stay home. MTH BC Rail Dash-9 diesels on Kyle’s layout.
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We love the Blue Comet !
MTH 2000 era Standard Gauge loco and complete 5-car passenger train.
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We love big steam!
Like this 2001 Lionel Rio Grande Challenger on Gary Zabenskie’s layout!
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Welcome to the Canadian Toy Train Association
Upcoming Events
Hope you’re enjoying Summer 2021. Play with your trains! There’s never been a better time to get at those model railroad projects you’ve been putting off. Hope to see you IN PERSON at our Annual General Meeting in September.
Trainman’s Tips from the 1960’s #12
Check out these timeless tips from Helpful Oswald and readers of Model Trains from the 1960’s. This one from December, 1961. Click the image to enlarge!
Toy trains are fun for the whole family
Toy Train funny
Become a Member
Join us for a club meeting online if you can, 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
NEW: Moving Port Moody Station! Kyle Miller & Charles Reif. Local CPR history hits close to home for us both.
NEW: China to Mongolia railway adventure! Frank Schmidt takes us on a high speed and low speed ride from Beijing across the Trans-Mongolian-Railway.
How many 6464 Boxcars were there? Let’s ask TCA. Thanks Tom Modica for guiding us to the answer.
NEW BOOK – Canadian Prewar Toy Trains, Available NOW! – Hot off the press by expert collectors Frank Schmidt and Charles Reif. To preview and or purchase, click below.
Order Hard Cover Order Soft Cover
Club Car Sales
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.
CUSTOM RUN – SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY!!
Mr. Muffins Trains is looking to produce the new Lionel (2021 V2) Legacy Consolidation 2-8-0 as CN #2616 at a reduced price. If sufficient Pre-orders are received, they’ll make it! Full info to PRE-ORDER here.
SOLD OUT – Coming in 2021! Now in 4 road numbers, BEER cars for your train. Moosehead 36′ Premier Reefer by MTH.
SOLD OUT! Coming in 2022! MTH Premier Canadian Northern Railway 55 Ton All Steel Drop Bottom Gondola Car.
SOLD OUT! MTH Premier Victoria Terminal Railway & Ferry Co. Reefer. Artwork coming soon from MTH.
See all Club Cars!
Lionel 2021 Volume 2 Catalog!
View or download previous Lionel catalogs here.
MTH 2020 Volume 2 Catalog!
MTH’s FINAL catalog.
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. In-person 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.
Covid-19 NOTICE: Club meetings will resume outdoors in Langley for May & June, 2021. Cancelled meets take place online using the ZOOM e-meeting platform until further notice. All Covid-19 and Public Health requirements will be adhered to. Members will receive an invitation by email with their monthly e-newsletter and bulletin.
CTTA Front Page Video
Lionel Trains TV Commercials! Classic advertising commercials seen over the years, including Johnny Cash.
Check out more of our member’s videos and lots more toy train fun on our Videos page and YouTube channel!
