Location
Hickory Metro Convention Center
1960 13th Ave Dr SE
Hickory, NC 28602
Date and Time
November 21, 2020
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Saturday, November 21st, there will be a TRAIN SHOW / NC Railroad Expo at the Hickory NC Metro & Convention Center. located in Hickory, directly off I-40. This train show is a much needed event and the last one this year. It opens at 9:00 AM and ends at 4:00 PM. ShowMyHobby.com will be there with several tables of great G, HO, N, O and S scale model railroad trains and accessories for sale. Items available from ShowMyHobby include Steam and Diesel engine locomotives, train cars (assembled and kits), tracks, buildings (assembled and kits), trucks, trailers, semi-tractor trailers, Intermodal rail cars, trains sets, shipping containers, train ornaments, and other model railroad accessories.
This is an excellent opportunity to get into the World’s Greatest Hobby of model railroading or to add to your train empire or collection. ShowMyHobby has roadname signs and placards, lapel pins, engineer hats for both children and adults, plus tons of modern and older era trains and automobiles. Grab your spouse, the children and even a neighbor or two and come on over to the Hickory Train Show. The concession stand will be open with snacks. Make a day of it. You’ll love it!
Admission is $5 for adults and teens over the age of 12. Mask are required and social-distancing procedures are in place.
ShowMyHobby.com shall be a vendor in attendance at the train show. Cash and plastic are acceptable forms of payment (payment using plastic credit and debit cards incur an additional 3% processing fee). PayPal app users can pay using the app. Currently, there are over 100 items available on the ShowMyHobby website. There will be over 500 items at the show. Items sold at the show will take precedence over items sold online during the day of the show. Most of our items are in original boxes or packaging and are in great shape. Many of our items are new, old stock or opened-boxed items. Some items have been slightly used. At passed shows, we have allowed testing of locomotives. During this show, no testing will be allowed and items will not be allowed to leave our area without payment. Please limit your handling of items to a minimum prior to your purchase.
Not sure where we will be inside the building yet. Once I find out, I will try to update this ad. I will be wearing one of the Blue & White Denim Engineer hats that we sell.
Are you looking for Christmas Gift ideas? Trains are the World’s Greatest Hobby. They make excellent gifts for people. Can’t make it to the show. No problems. Visit ShowMyHobby.com. We now have GIFT Cards available online only for amounts up to $500. Give the train collector and enthusiast in your life a wonderful Christmas gift. Give them a Gift Card so they can get exactly the train item they want or need. Available online only!
The Hickory Train Show is sponsored by the Alexander Chapter- NRHS. ShowMyHobby.com helps promote the show to increase awareness and participation.