The Lionel Collectors Club of America (LCCA) has a great weekend ahead with exciting and fun events planned for this December 12-14, in Boston MA, Long Island NY, Lewisville NC and Pittsburgh PA. Please make you plans to attend and to participate in these fun, holiday season, Lionel train filled events. Spread the word and bring your family, friends and neighbors! The more the merrier!
We invite you to come to these events and meet with LCCA club members Steve Koferl, George Sipprell who will be representing the LCCA in Long Island and Boston and LCCA President Elect Al Kolis who will be at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh PA. If you want to come and experience Rich and Kathy Dissosway’s impressive home layout and Christmas Holiday train party in Lewisville NC, please call Rich at 336 766-3151 to reserve your spot.
We welcome all new members from the Lionel Railroaders Club and I invite you to talk with our LCCA representatives to learn more about out club.
For those of you who don’t know George Sipprell, he can be seen ringing the bell in the cab of the LCCA Special NKP 765 in the LCCA exclusive video production at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...Gr9j7hq7OkrxSEp7-qvQ
Watch this video, attend this great event at the Boston Metro Hi-Railers Model Rail Road Club and tell George that you saw him “Ring the Bell” and he will give you a ticket and a chance to win some great prizes. Tell him Al told you to do this and to have fun with it!
The LCCA has hundreds of exclusive and original video productions visible in the video gallery section of our website www.lionelcollectors.org. Please visit this site and watch LCCA videos about Lionel trains and other LCCA club products and activities. We hope you enjoy watching these videos.
So, Please come to these Special Event and start your holiday season off with your friends and fellow LCCA members. We invite your guests to come and learn all about the benefits of belonging to the LCCA, The Best Toy Train Club on the Planet! We Love Lionel Trains and we know how to have F.U. N!!
For more detailed information about these three events, please see information below. If you have any questions, please contact me at 248 709-4137.
Please note, the LCCA will also be at the NJ Hi-Railers Club in Paterson NJ on Sunday, Dec 21, 2014 for another holiday season Open House event. The LCCA will be represented at this event by Lionel employee, Bill Schmeelk. Come, experience their fabulous 185’ long spectacular layout, the fine cuisine of Chef Vinnie and the family friendly atmosphere of the NJ Hi-Railers club! For more details, please visit the Special Events section on our website www.lionelcollectors.org
Best regards and be safe with your travels,
Al Kolis
President Elect & Special Events Manager
Lionel Collectors Club of America
Boston Metro Hi-Railers Model Rail Road Club’s Christmas Open House Event (Dec 13)
The Lionel Collectors Club of America (LCCA) is proud and excited to be going to Boston Metro Hi-Railers Railroad Club’s (BMHR) Christmas Open House event on Saturday, December 13, 2014 from 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM. We invite all LCCA members, family and friends to attend this family friendly, train filled, holiday season event. Come and meet with Santa Claus who will be making a special guest appearance at the children’s display. The club house features the largest O-gauge model train layout in the state of Massachusetts and numerous trains on display or in operation. LCCA volunteer member George Sipprell and friends will be at this event representing the LCCA. Please invite your friends, family neighbors to this great holiday season, train filled event. Spread the word!
BMHR Christmas Open House Event
Date & Time: December 13, 2014 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Location: 5 Waltham St
Wilmington MA 01887
Donation: $10 for Family, $5/Adult,
Children 10 and under FREE
Food will be available for purchase.
Contact Bob Hilliard 781-944-1794
The BMHR will be featuring a special person at the children's display, Santa Claus. He will be running trains with the children on two displays. These expanded displays have some new interesting features, For adults the club will be running their best trains, both passenger and freight. Special trains will include the Acela, NSA Rocket, Milwaukee Hiawatha, New Haven, Boston and Maine and C&O coal train, as well as several new freight car sets. In addition you will be surprised at how much work has been completed on our 60'x40' multi-level layout.
Come and experience these phenomenal train operating layouts, share some camaraderie with other LCCA members, and start off your holiday season celebration with the LCCA and the BMHR! Welcome all new LCCA members from the LRRC. The LCCA is very excited about being in Boston during this festive Holiday season. We hope you can attend and experience the Magic of Lionel Trains.
I also want to invite all of you to attend our 45th Annual Convention at the DoubleTree Hotel in Danvers, MA, July 20-25, 2015. If you have never been to an LCCA convention, you don’t know what you are missing. We know how to have F. U. N.!!! Stay tuned to our website www.lionelcollectors.org for upcoming information about our 45th Annual Convention in Boston.
Best regards,
Al Kolis
President Elect & Special Events Manager
Lionel Collectors Club of America
248 709-4137
agkolis@comcast.net
Dec 12-13, 2014 - LCCA at NLOE Open House, Long Island, NY
The Lionel Collectors Club of America (LCCA) is proud to be part of the Nassau Lionel Operating Engineers (NLOE) December 12-14, 2014 Open House event. The LCCA invites all members, families and friends to join us for an FREE open house event. Come to this event and enjoy Lionel trains running on the largest operating O-Gauge layout on Long Island. The show will be open to the public from 8-10 PM on Friday December 12, 1:00-4:00 PM on Saturday December 13 and Sunday December 14 from 1-4 PM at the NLOE club located in Levittown Long Island. LCCA Member Steve Koferl will be there representing the LCCA on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon only. Spread the word, invite your family friends and neighbors.
Nassau Lionel Operating Engineers
Long Island’s Largest Operating O-Gauge Layout
2953 Hempstead Turnpike, Levittown NY 11756
LCCA President Dennis DeVito has established a goal of meeting with 2500 LCCA members and family members at Special Events before our 45th Annual Convention which will be held next year in Danvers MA (near Boston MA) July 20-25, 2014. Spread the word, Come to the event and be eligible to win some LCCA door prizes.
If you have any questions, please contact the NLOE at 516-735-6370 or LCCA member Steve Koferl at 631-582-6326 or by email at sjk4476@aol.com
The NLOE’s 80 X 35’ layout will be operating for the entire open house. Spread the word, bring the entire family to enjoy this family friendly event. Come and experience the magic of Lionel Trains alongside other LCCA members. For further information and directions you can go to www.nloe.org.
We hope to see you there on December 12-14! We will definitely have FUN!
Best regards,
Al Kolis
President Elect & Special Events Manager
Lionel Collectors Club of America
248-709-4137
agkolis@comcast.net">agkolis@comcast.net
December 13/14 - LCCA joins Lionel at Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh
The Lionel Collectors Club of America (LCCA) is proud to be part of the “Locomotion Weekend”- Presented by Lionel at the Carnegie Science Center on December 13-14, 2014. Locomotion Weekend, Presented by Lionel will feature the Carnegie Science Center loaded with local train enthusiasts’ operating toy train layouts of all sizes and types, many are interactive for the kids. There will be an interactive "build your own train layout" with Lionel Little Lines in the Lionel Kids Zone.
The LCCA will be there to give a continuous hands-on demonstration “How to get Started with Lionel Trains”. Please spread the word, bring your kids, invite all of your family and friends to this family friendly event. We hope to see you there! Also on view in museum display cases will be rare items from Lionel’s Archives on public display. Of course the centerpiece will be the museum’s own Miniature Railroad & Village, newly reopened for the 2014 season complete with new additions.
Please refer to the Carnegiesciencecenter.org for cost of admission to the museum and hours of operation. I look forward to seeing you at “Locomotion Weekend” at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh PA. Let’s have some fun with Lionel Trains!
Al Kolis
President Elect & Special Events Manager
Lionel Collectors Club of America
248-709-4137
agkolis@comcast.net
Dec 13, 10th Annual X-Mas Holiday Train Party & Open House in Lewisville NC
Rich and Kathy Dissosway (LCCA Member RM 28158) will host their 10th Annual Christmas Holiday Train Party and Open House at their home in Lewisville, NC on Saturday December 13th from 4:00 P.M. to midnight. All LCCA members and their families and friends are invited to attend free of charge. The layout runs through 3 rooms in our basement, and can run up to 12 trains at a time. The layout includes numerous scenes, animations and accessories. A full dinner buffet will be served. Typically we have 250 – 300 people attend the Open House.
Please call Rich and Kathy Dissosway at (336) 766-3151 or e-mail him at rdissosway@triad.rr.com for more information and directions.
