Celebrate TCA's 70th in Lancaster, PA!
The 2024 Convention is hosted jointly by two great TCA Divisions: Keystone & Eastern! These divisions welcome you to Lancaster County and the heart of railroading in Strasburg.
Share 70 years of fun and fellowship based on "These Little Trains That Bring Us Together" at the Lancaster Marriott, a dynamic modern host hotel innovatively integrated with the Convention Center. From Penn Square, the convention complex expands southward down Queen Street to Vine Street, covering two blocks. Vehicle access to the Penn Square hotel lobby or Parking Garage is straightforward from US-222 using Lancaster's efficient grid of one-way streets. Easy luggage cart access to the inspiring Hotel Lobby on Penn Square also occurs from versatile parking(6'8" clearance) in a connected garage. Convenient public elevators provide cart access to the brightly carpeted Train Marketplace in the Freedom Hall and the TCA convention office in the Vine Street Lobby.
The Lancaster Marriott is a stately building with a modern interior in an upscale area of historic attractions, restaurants, and markets, only 10 miles from the heart of railroading in Strasburg and "Amish Country". Its amenities include three restaurants, a rooftop bar, an indoor pool, a whirlpool tub, a gym, a spa and a business center. Refined rooms have flat-screen TVs. Wi-Fi (for a fee), desks, minifridges and coffeemakers; some rooms contain pull-out sofas and/or feature city views. Free Wi-Fi is available in the lobby.
Encounter outstanding trains in multiple gauges — "art that moves" — via tours, seminars, the Kid's Club, the Welcome Party, The Banquet, auctions, layouts and unique national-level Marketplace items. Access for layouts and selected Marketplace multi-table groups may be scheduled through the loading dock. Selected trailer parking will be available in the Vine Street auxiliary lot.
Expand your railroad vacation experience by using one of seven AMTRAK trains that arrive daily at the Lancaster Station (LNC) just a few miles from the Convention Center. Locally, by tour or car, the Strasburg Railroad offers a variety of steam train ride experiences. The neighboring Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania displays 100 locomotives and cars from the mid-19th to the 20th centuries, including the priceless PRR Historical Collection. Other individual extended vacation experiences within a several-hour drive include Ed Alexander's barn site in Yardley, Pennsylvania (where it all began for TCA), the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, and the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square
Registration Deadline - May 13, 2024
2024 Convention Day Tours
