DFW Train Show — Plano, Texas

The DFW Train Show is held at the Plano Event Center in Plano, Texas, and is organized by the North Texas Council of Railroad Clubs (NTCRC), a nonprofit that promotes the hobby of model railroading. The council lists a fall show and a January show.

The organizer describes operating train layouts built by clubs across North Texas, educational clinics, interactive attractions, and a vendor hall of trains, collectibles, scenery, tools and hobby supplies. Family attractions include rides on the Choo Choo Express, a Junior Engineer Academy, raffles and hourly door prize drawings. Clinics cover scenery building, 3D printing, layout design and modeling techniques, and the show also promotes self-guided tours of private home layouts.

Operating layouts by North Texas clubs, clinics and demonstrations, vendors, train rides on the Choo Choo Express, a Junior Engineer Academy for kids, raffles and hourly door prizes.

Plano Event Center, 2000 East Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, Texas. Admission is paid at the door in cash or by card, with a small discount for cash, and children 12 and under are free. The organizer's site has a clinic schedule and information on home layout tours.