by LandDownUnder
Hello all
Being a follower of American model railroads, I was intrigued to hear about the TAMR organisation in the US, as I find few systems of model railroad societies targetted primarily at youth modellers, both in the UK and home in Australia. I am however a member of one dedicated club in Australia, based in Sydney, which is primarily a school student and youth modellers guild.
As posted in other forums and NJ Forum, I'll be headed over to the United States in a fortnight's time for a duration of a month, and plan on alot of extensive railfanning in the North-Eastern area, as I'll be primarily staying out of Philadelphia, PA.
I'm curious if the TAMR (Or any other teen-based enthusiast club) regularly holds meetings/excursions for its members, and if it'd be possible for a 'guest visit' to a meeting, mainly for my observation to experience what the clubs are like over in the US compared to home and get to know a few people.
Also, how often do enthusiasts here, exclusively through the Railroad.net forums, arrange to meet up to spend a day of railfanning around a location or meet up of an evening at a bar/resturant to talk trains? Very often here, through the RailPage website (Being the Australian equivalent of railroad.net), I organise Friday night gatherings at a Sydney Central Station bar for forum members to meet up and have a good night of chatting.
I'm hoping to arrange something of this nature to get to know a few local enthusiasts in the North-East. Although I'm mainly staying out of Philadelphia, I'm happy to travel to NYC, Baltimore or Washington if anyone is interested in also forming a social meeting one day.
Thanks for any assistance provided.
Being a follower of American model railroads, I was intrigued to hear about the TAMR organisation in the US, as I find few systems of model railroad societies targetted primarily at youth modellers, both in the UK and home in Australia. I am however a member of one dedicated club in Australia, based in Sydney, which is primarily a school student and youth modellers guild.
As posted in other forums and NJ Forum, I'll be headed over to the United States in a fortnight's time for a duration of a month, and plan on alot of extensive railfanning in the North-Eastern area, as I'll be primarily staying out of Philadelphia, PA.
I'm curious if the TAMR (Or any other teen-based enthusiast club) regularly holds meetings/excursions for its members, and if it'd be possible for a 'guest visit' to a meeting, mainly for my observation to experience what the clubs are like over in the US compared to home and get to know a few people.
Also, how often do enthusiasts here, exclusively through the Railroad.net forums, arrange to meet up to spend a day of railfanning around a location or meet up of an evening at a bar/resturant to talk trains? Very often here, through the RailPage website (Being the Australian equivalent of railroad.net), I organise Friday night gatherings at a Sydney Central Station bar for forum members to meet up and have a good night of chatting.
I'm hoping to arrange something of this nature to get to know a few local enthusiasts in the North-East. Although I'm mainly staying out of Philadelphia, I'm happy to travel to NYC, Baltimore or Washington if anyone is interested in also forming a social meeting one day.
Thanks for any assistance provided.