This is mostly extrapolated from previous years; shows rarely move weekends save for those that have to shuffle for Easter. Right now I don't have anything confirmed past January. You'll have to check back for updates or check directly with the host organizations if no update is posted here.
One clue to if a show will be cancelled will be the state's color coding for regions. I would expect a show in any area with a yellow, orange or red zone will be cancelled unless someone can find a way to engineer it as a retail sales event and not a gathering. To me it makes no sense - if the mall can be open, if the flea market can be open, you can have a train show. Maybe you don't have huge display layouts going, but certainly people can sell trains. But I'm not in charge, so.
I would also add it looks like smaller shows have a better chance of happening, just because they draw fewer people, a 500-1000 person event will slip past the radar easier than a 4000-6000 person event. Those fall shows that did happen had very small attendance, I don't think either one saw 300.
So here's how we're going to do this.
Known to be cancelled - RED
Known to be postponed - ORANGE
Nothing known, not confirmed - BLUE (yellow is unreadable on the default background color)
Known to be happening - GREEN
Jan
Sunday 1/17– Utica – TTCS Utica Train Show, Union Station POSTPONED date unknown
(Cancelled – Springfield, MA – Amherst Model RR Club huge show)
Sunday 1/24 – Buffalo – Trainorama, Pvt. Leonard Post, Walden Ave.
Amherst club has advertised they are cancelled entirely. Utica per Facebook update on their page. Train-O-Rama had some issues with a venue for their fall show, I would expect between that and Covid status of Erie County it will be safe to assume it didn't happen.
Feb
Sunday 2/7 – Buffalo (Depew) – TTCS Buffalo Snowball Train Show, Polish Falcons
Weekend 2/13-2/14 – Buffalo (Hamburg) – WNYRHS Winter Train & Toy Show, Erie Cty Fairgrounds
Sunday 2/21 – Syracuse (Eastwood) - Syracuse Model RR Club show
Weekend 2/27-2/28 - Rochester - Greenberg's Train Show, Location TBA (Dome?)
Saturday 2/28 – Rochester – Edgerton Model Railroad Show, Edgerton Community Center
Based on what I hear from SMRC there won't be a show due to Covid and also due to they're set to lose their space as the building is being sold finally.
The Greenberg details come from a tentative list they had posted in October. They took it down and had nothing posted last I looked.
March
Sunday 3/7 - Scranton, PA - Scranton Train Show, Lackawanna Station Hotel
Sunday 3/7 – Syracuse (Camillus) – NHRS Spring Ahead Train Show, Camillus Fire Dept.
Saturday 3/13 - Albany - Albany Train Show, Polish Community Center
Sunday 3/14 – Rochester – TTCS Rochester Shamrock Train Show, Radisson Hotel Rochester Airport
Saturday 3/20 – Binghamton – Greater Binghamton Regional Train Show
Sunday 3/21 - Kingston - Kingston Model Train and Railroad Hobby Show, Murphy Midtown Center
I'm going to presume the WASPS show that has been held various weekends in March and April won't happen given it's held at a senior center.
Of this group Binghamton stands most likely to be held, they were one of the few to successfully hold a fall show.
The Albany show might move up a week, I think in 2020 it was a week later because the calendar had five Saturdays in March.
April
Sunday 4/11 – Batavia – GSME Great Batavia Train Show, Genesee Community College
Sunday 4/11 – Amsterdam – Alco T&HS Rails Along The Mohawk Show , Riverfront Center
Sunday 4/18– Buffalo (N. Tonowanda) – TTCS Spring Into Summer show, Knights Of Columbus
Weekend 4/24-4/25 – Lockport - TTCS/NOME Train Show, Keenan Center
Batavia is confirmed locked in for April 11. Amsterdam was looking at the same day, but it wasn't set in stone yet.
May
Weekend 5/1-5/2 - Fulton (Volney) - Oswego Valley Railroad Assoc. Spring Show, Volney VFD
This show will almost certainly happen but they are unsure of their date yet. It had been expected they'd be opposite a show if they held it the third weekend of April, so they were looking at moving out into May. In 2020, the show was planned for April but actually took place in June.
June
Saturday 6/12 – Schoharie – Schoharie Valley RR Museum train show
My guess is they'll be able to hold this show if they want to; 2020 was postponed into September but did take place, however I don't know if it was successful or not.
Of course it's all also subject to how some other things shake out in the coming weeks. We're all pretty much going to have to wait and see what happens. If you have direct info on a show, shoot a PM or post here. The only real rules are the show must be in New York state outside of the New York City metro area, or adjacent to it such that it draws dealers and customers from New York. If you're not sure or have not heard directly, I would suggest sending a PM and I will look into it to try to confirm it.
One clue to if a show will be cancelled will be the state's color coding for regions. I would expect a show in any area with a yellow, orange or red zone will be cancelled unless someone can find a way to engineer it as a retail sales event and not a gathering. To me it makes no sense - if the mall can be open, if the flea market can be open, you can have a train show. Maybe you don't have huge display layouts going, but certainly people can sell trains. But I'm not in charge, so.
I would also add it looks like smaller shows have a better chance of happening, just because they draw fewer people, a 500-1000 person event will slip past the radar easier than a 4000-6000 person event. Those fall shows that did happen had very small attendance, I don't think either one saw 300.
So here's how we're going to do this.
Known to be cancelled - RED
Known to be postponed - ORANGE
Nothing known, not confirmed - BLUE (yellow is unreadable on the default background color)
Known to be happening - GREEN
Jan
Sunday 1/17– Utica – TTCS Utica Train Show, Union Station POSTPONED date unknown
(Cancelled – Springfield, MA – Amherst Model RR Club huge show)
Sunday 1/24 – Buffalo – Trainorama, Pvt. Leonard Post, Walden Ave.
Amherst club has advertised they are cancelled entirely. Utica per Facebook update on their page. Train-O-Rama had some issues with a venue for their fall show, I would expect between that and Covid status of Erie County it will be safe to assume it didn't happen.
Feb
Sunday 2/7 – Buffalo (Depew) – TTCS Buffalo Snowball Train Show, Polish Falcons
Weekend 2/13-2/14 – Buffalo (Hamburg) – WNYRHS Winter Train & Toy Show, Erie Cty Fairgrounds
Sunday 2/21 – Syracuse (Eastwood) - Syracuse Model RR Club show
Weekend 2/27-2/28 - Rochester - Greenberg's Train Show, Location TBA (Dome?)
Saturday 2/28 – Rochester – Edgerton Model Railroad Show, Edgerton Community Center
Based on what I hear from SMRC there won't be a show due to Covid and also due to they're set to lose their space as the building is being sold finally.
The Greenberg details come from a tentative list they had posted in October. They took it down and had nothing posted last I looked.
March
Sunday 3/7 - Scranton, PA - Scranton Train Show, Lackawanna Station Hotel
Sunday 3/7 – Syracuse (Camillus) – NHRS Spring Ahead Train Show, Camillus Fire Dept.
Saturday 3/13 - Albany - Albany Train Show, Polish Community Center
Sunday 3/14 – Rochester – TTCS Rochester Shamrock Train Show, Radisson Hotel Rochester Airport
Saturday 3/20 – Binghamton – Greater Binghamton Regional Train Show
Sunday 3/21 - Kingston - Kingston Model Train and Railroad Hobby Show, Murphy Midtown Center
I'm going to presume the WASPS show that has been held various weekends in March and April won't happen given it's held at a senior center.
Of this group Binghamton stands most likely to be held, they were one of the few to successfully hold a fall show.
The Albany show might move up a week, I think in 2020 it was a week later because the calendar had five Saturdays in March.
April
Sunday 4/11 – Batavia – GSME Great Batavia Train Show, Genesee Community College
Sunday 4/11 – Amsterdam – Alco T&HS Rails Along The Mohawk Show , Riverfront Center
Sunday 4/18– Buffalo (N. Tonowanda) – TTCS Spring Into Summer show, Knights Of Columbus
Weekend 4/24-4/25 – Lockport - TTCS/NOME Train Show, Keenan Center
Batavia is confirmed locked in for April 11. Amsterdam was looking at the same day, but it wasn't set in stone yet.
May
Weekend 5/1-5/2 - Fulton (Volney) - Oswego Valley Railroad Assoc. Spring Show, Volney VFD
This show will almost certainly happen but they are unsure of their date yet. It had been expected they'd be opposite a show if they held it the third weekend of April, so they were looking at moving out into May. In 2020, the show was planned for April but actually took place in June.
June
Saturday 6/12 – Schoharie – Schoharie Valley RR Museum train show
My guess is they'll be able to hold this show if they want to; 2020 was postponed into September but did take place, however I don't know if it was successful or not.
Of course it's all also subject to how some other things shake out in the coming weeks. We're all pretty much going to have to wait and see what happens. If you have direct info on a show, shoot a PM or post here. The only real rules are the show must be in New York state outside of the New York City metro area, or adjacent to it such that it draws dealers and customers from New York. If you're not sure or have not heard directly, I would suggest sending a PM and I will look into it to try to confirm it.