The Niagara Railway Museum was invited to have a display at the Greater Buffalo Train & Toy Show at the Erie County Fairgrounds in Hamburg, NY on November 22 & 23.?

We had 2 tables of displays, featuring artifacts from the New York Central, Lehigh Valley, CN, CP, and TH&B, to name a few.? We also had a slightly smaller Great Gorge Route display, which was very well received.? In addition to the paper display items, we had a Pennsylvania RR Marker Lamp, and our very rare New York Central, Detroit River Tunnel Co. semaphore lamp.

The most popular item in our display was my former CP Rail Woodings CBI Railcar.? Most visitors had never seen something like this, and those that had seen one, were never able to get that close.? The car was a big hit, and drew even more attention Sunday when we had the strobe light flashing for the day.? Attendance for the 2 day show was up over 4000 adults, and probably 1500 kids.? Our Sunday location was better than the Saturday one, but it was still well worth the trip.

This is a very big show, held at the Agri-Center at the Fairgrounds.? There were many model railway vendors, a large HO scale layout, as well as a large G Scale layout in a separate room. There was a display of 7 1/4″ gauge live steam equipment, including a beautiful Southern, 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive in the famous Crescent Green paint scheme.

There was a lot to see and do at the show, and the NRM wishes to thank the Western New York Railway Historical Society, who put the show on, for inviting us to display.? We made a lot of contacts, and promoted both the NRM, and our own?Niagara Falls Model Railway Show on March 1st, 2009.

Out in the back of the Fairgrounds is a small display train, which features an 0-4-0 Fireless steam engine,?2 boxcars and a caboose. This display is open during the fair and the one?car features displays from Operation Lifesaver.

The Niagara Railway Museum would also?like to thank Buckland Customs Brokers in St. Thomas, Ontario?for their generous assistance in getting our display cleared across the border in both directions.?To do a show in the US was not an easy task, and a lot of hard work and planning went into it.?We thank them for everything they did for us.