METCA

Thank you Michael McNamee and the Kisco Falls RR for the kind words about the Lionel Legacy PRR #5741 that was a METCA exclusive. We are happy that you are happy with your engine.

Found this gem of a photo in a book titled "150 years of Model Trains" by Hal Carstens. You may recognize some of the names and faces. One of these guys became METCA'S President and TCA President. Do you know which one?

Do you like Lionel trains? Do you like MTH trains? Do you like Atlas O trains? Maybe you like different series such as 6464 Boxcars or Beer trains or Entenmanns. Well, whatever you like, chances are that METCA has something for you. Check out the new releases we've just put in the METCA webstore: https://metca.org/store.html Those items listed as "in-stock" are limited to the last few we have on hand, while supplies last. Others are available for pre-order/reservation....

Our good friends from Southern division Charlie and Mary Anyan, were having breakfast this morning in Florida with the gulf of Mexico behind them. 80 degrees there. So I returned the favor of sending a photo of snow and 29 degree weather today. Best part is the hat that Charlie is wearing... looking good Charlie but I bet the hat would look better on Mary

Eastern division message regarding York

Happy 60th anniversary to the Metropolitan Division. 60 years of trains, friendships, good times and more trains. November of 1961 to present day, thousands of TCA members belonged to the METCA Division. This division is one of the best in TCA. We have made so many friendships along the way and will continue to make more in the future. if anybody has METCA pictures they want to share, especially from the beginning please post them or send them to us. we would love to put them in our archives. do not forget we have all the newsletters posted on the website. www.metca.org. attached is a 60th letter from our President along with 60th logos. HAPPY 60TH ANNIVERSARY TO ALL OF OUR MEMBERS.

Little bit of snow and wind in the Metropolitan Division this morning. NJT 4110 & 4103 return from snow plow duty.. the other view of NYC and the Freedom tower is non existent this morning.. both photos taken from NJT Terminal Tower.

METCA table set up at The Train Doctor open house and lot sale. come on down and say hi and see the trains

ok, Not a model train but a pretty historic equipment move in METCA territory. Morristown and Erie 20 hauls the abandoned equipment that belonged to the New York & Greenwood Lake Railway out of Passaic NJ. The moved crossed the Passaic river and proceeded down Monroe street in Garfield NJ. the Dundee spur was a former Erie street running spur to service industries in Passaic. this is probably the second to last move over this bridge, the last will probably be the work train that is ripping up the rail. the hospital move made its way to NJT Bergen County line and went west a few miles to NYSW yard at Passaic Jct in Saddle Brook NJ.

some informational items regarding METCA events and new products. September 26th Ridgefield Hobbies meet and greet - CANCELLED October 10th METCA table set up at THE TRAIN DOCTOR open house and parking lot train show. Tinton falls NJ ... November 7th- train show with NYSME. St Joes, East Rutherford NJ some new products produced by METCA. Lionel #60 Trolley Red Lettered Variation Pennsylvania #5741 G5 4-6-0 see website for details. www.metca.org

METCA has announced that they're doing a custom run Santa Fe warbonnet GP7 in conjunction with the other GP7's in Lionel's 2020 Volume 2 catalog. https://www.metca.org/store.html Stu

Today's mail brought 2 METCA 6-9272 New Haven Bay window cabooses...in 1979 the Metropolitan Division released these cabooses. There is a difference in these cabooses, can you see the difference? One variation is worth more than the other. Only because there was a limited amount produced. Let's see if you can tell us which variation is worth more...

This past weekend one of our own was at the throttle of Strasburg RR's 475.. SC4HT & METCA teen Ricky Sepe got engineer experience at the Strasburg RR. When in doubt throttle out.....Way to go Ricky

could it be METCA????? Nope. it's just NJT's 4109.. The geep 40-2 was repainted in original CNJ colors as part of their heritage program..I don't know.... looks a lot like METCA.... LoL

The METCA table will be set up at this event..

This may be bad news, but at least We’re keeping ourselves safe in 2020 until next year. Stay safe everyone, and see you soon for 2021.

METCA announcing a couple of events that are still a go. we have been discussing a couple of contingency events just in case. September 26 is our Meet and Greet at Ridgefield Hobbies and our train show with NYSME is on November 7th. we also are announcing a few new offerings that are posted on our website. https://www.metca.org/store.html Lionel Jeremiah O'Brien GP-7 with LEGACY This patriotic red, white, and blue scale sized GP7 has all the bells and whistles (literall...y) of Lionel's Legacy system and it has Bluetooth on-board so you can control it from your phone/tablet; no special controller needed. Reserve one with just a deposit; deadline to guarantee a unit is the end of this month, August 2020 and they'll be delivered the middle of next year. Lionel Long Island and Pennsylvania Railroad Milk Reefers We've already put these into production, so the quantities are fixed. Available for reservation on a first come, first reserved basis. These LIRR and PRR Lionel Milk Reefers will arrive at the end of the year along with our long-ago announced Brookside and Riverside Milk Reefers. Got milk? Lionelville Rapid Transit #60 Trolley with RED Letters Inspired by the rare Postwar RED lettered #60 Lioneville trolley, METCA is proud to offer this limited quantity new item. Yes, you're thinking that the Postwar #60 was only offered in black and blue colored lettering, but those were the 2 common colors. Very few red lettered ones were ever made. IN STOCK NOW, limited to the stock on hand. We'll be shipping these out towards the end of August.

It's time to play with trains again!

check out this sharp looking locomotive. TCA exclusive for members only. proceeds of this locomotive get allocated to kids and teen programs.