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Asheville / Fletcher Autumn Rails 2025 Train Show

ShowMyHobby will be selling trains and model railroad equipment at the Asheville / Fletcher Autumn Rails 2025 Train Show on Friday and Saturday, October 10th and 11th, 2025. All the trains you see available in the Shop on this site will be there plus many, many more. ShowMyHobby has N scale locomotives, freight cars, and tracks; HO scale locos, passenger cars, freight cars (assembled and kits), buildings galore, new and used Atlas Nickel Silver tracks and turnouts, and brass tracks; S scale locomotives and rolling stock (most in original boxes), and some O scale items that really need to go.

I would love to have enough time to put all the trains that are available from ShowMyHobby at the Asheville / Fletcher Autumn Rails 2025 Train Show as buyable items on this site, but I just don’t have the time. You can view over 1200 photos and videos of just some of the items that may still be available in my Google Photos Album with this link. If you see something you like and want in the album, and it isn’t available here on the website, then come on up to the train show and get it. Best prices for cash transactions, but if you wish to use a card, my card reader is available at the show.

The Asheville / Fletcher Autumn Rails 2025 Train Show is being held at the WNC Agricultural Center located at 1301 Fanning Bridge Rd, off Boylston Hwy in Fletcher, NC 28732. Friday hours: 12:00 Noon to 6:00 PM. Saturday hours: 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM. There may be an entrance fee for the general public. Unfortunately, I don’t know what that is. I do know that some children get in for free and others may have a reduced price. So, bring your youngsters and come see all the wonderful trains for sale and on display at the Asheville / Fletcher Autumn Rails 2025 Train Show. There will be a lot of vendors there. I don’t know yet where my tables will be. Walk around, ask folks where ShowMyHobby tables are (if you ask as you walk through the entrance, the ticket people probably have a map and can route you right to me). I will be one of the guys smiling, displaying, and selling trains. If you mention to me that you saw my advertisement and it motivated you to visit the train show, I will give you $5 or 5% off whatever you purchase from me (whichever is less [I can’t giveaway too much — need to make a profit at this show.]).

The following photos represent some pictures of train show tables that I have had in the past. So, I have 3 tables at this train show, and the layout should look similar, only I hope a lot of the items gets sold during this show. Train enthusiast, hobbyist, model railroaders, collectors, new beginners, and seasoned train lovers, come on out and get yourself a train today.

Have you seen my list of famous people that are into trains? Have you been on a train ride recently? Do you see trains daily? They are everywhere. You could visit and just see a train car or locomotive that you have a memory of or a special connection with. Buy it. Take it home. Put it in a display case. Or come do some early Christmas shopping. Nothing is better than having a train run around the Christmas tree each year. Or give a train as gift this year. You want to get a youngster off a phone or away from a computer screen? Then put a model train building kit in front of them, or an entire set of tracks, transformers, and trains that make bells and whistles, and you just might just accomplish something you’ve been trying to make happen for years… Watch a youngster’s eyes light-up with accomplishment after they get a train running, or a building built, or a landscaping scenery project completed. It’s magical. And it could all get started today by seeing me, Henry from ShowMyHobby, while visiting the Asheville / Fletcher Autumn Rails 2025 Train Show. See you there!

Henry

hickory nc train show
Hickory Train Show

Thank you to everyone that showed up and visited the Asheville / Fletcher Autumn Rails 2025 Train Show. The event went over very well. Trains were run, people were entertained, trains and related items were bought and sold. There was fun and excitement for everyone that participated. Be on the lookout for ShowMyHobby.com at other area trains shows and back here in Asheville / Fletcher again next year near the end of February / beginning of March. Special thanks to everyone that bought something from ShowMyHobby.

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Fort Mill SC Train Show September 2023

Saturday, September 16th, 2023 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, ShowMyHobby.com will be participating in the Train Show being held at the Carowinds exit off I-77 South at the Clarion Hotel, 4695 Foothills Way in Fort Mill, South Carolina. There will be many other vendors present too. This is a NC / SC Train Show SALES EVENT happening in the Charlotte Area and is a good opportunity to buy model trains and model railroad related trains, parts, supplies, and accessories.

I will have with me a good selection of locomotives and rolling stock including box cars, passenger cars, gondolas, tank cars, hopper cars, diesel engines, steam engines, and other types of train cars, plus buildings, tracks, controllers, bridges, and other pieces in HO, S, N, and O scale train related items. I will NOT have enough room to display everything, but I will try to have handy a good mix of the items.

Review the latest update to the list of consigned items. You may see something listed that you like and want to make sure you get it. You can actually BUY ITEMS BEFORE THE TRAIN SHOW and then Visit the Train Show and pick them up without paying for shipping. Follow the instructions and use the coupon code mentioned below.

Although I haven’t taken pictures of Most of the items in the Consignment List, I am going to import the majority of the listed items into the website early Thursday morning the 13th of September. You will easily identify these items on my website because they won’t have a picture that matches the item or there will be a note in the description of a pictured item that the item shouldn’t be ordered for shipping purposes because the packaging information is incorrect.

Instructions for Buying Train Related Items prior to the Train Show and Picking them up:

  1. While viewing items in the SHOP on my ShowMyHobby.com website, add items you want to the shopping cart.
  2. When you have everything you want in the cart, apply the coupon code FMTSPKUP. This coupon code will remove the shipping charges from the total amount due.
  3. Buy the items prior to 8 PM on Friday, September 15th.
  4. Print-out or write down your order including the order number.
  5. Arrive at the Train Show Saturday. (Admission cost to get into this Train Show is via voluntary, monetary donation.)
  6. Locate my tables by asking any Show Vendor or Representative (as I do not know exactly where my tables will be located yet).
  7. Tell me your order number or show me your printed order receipt and I will hand you your web-ordered item(s).

Additional information that you should be aware of:

Remember, all sales via ShowMyHobby are final. All items are sold “As Is”. No items are returnable. And No Refunds are provided for any items sold. These policies apply to ALL items and ALL sales whether made online, in person, or at a Train Show.

If you buy items using the Train Show Pickup Coupon Code, you must show-up during the published show hours and pick-up your items directly from me / ShowMyHobby.com. No other vendor is responsible for the items you purchased, nor may any other vendor supply you with the items that you purchased from ShowMyHobby.com. It is a good idea to show up at least 2 hours prior to the published end of show time. I am often not completely set-up during the first 1 to 2 hours of a show. Arriving between 11 AM and 2 PM is the best time to pick-up your online orders during a Train Show.

I’m not certain exactly where my tables will be at the Train Show. Ask around and someone should be able to direct you to my area. The coupon code will EXPIRE at midnight on Friday the 15th. However, any order placed after 8 PM may not make it into my car so make sure you purchase your order prior to 8 PM. Any order placed after 8 PM could get the items sold again without me being aware that they were sold on the website. I will print the items sold inventory pick list at 8 PM. I would end the coupon earlier if I could, but the system doesn’t allow me to change the time of day on which the coupon cancels. Coupons cancel at midnight.

If you fail to show-up and pick up your order, next week I will package your items, weigh the box, and email you an invoice for the actual shipping costs plus payment processing fees. You will need to pay that invoice and then your items will be shipped to you. Be aware: the shipping fees will most likely differ significantly from any shipping charges my website may show you before you enter the coupon code. This will happen because in order for me to import items into my website, I must SPECIFY a PACKAGED WEIGHT and SIZE for every item. Since I haven’t taken a picture of several hundred of the items, it means that I also haven’t yet WEIGHED those same items or measured them to know what size shipping box will be required to ship them. To import the items, I am going to assign the same fictitious weight and box dimensions to all the imported items. This weight may not be anywhere close to the real size and weight of any particular item. My website automatically calculates the shipping box(es) size and total combined weight for multiple items based on whatever these figures are associated with each item. During the days prior to this upcoming Train Show, it is not a good idea to purchase items without pictures online if you do not plan to pick them up at the train show. Shipping charges for those items may be grossly incorrect.

To avoid unpleasant circumstances and inconveniences, try your best to pick-up any online ordered items at the Train Show. If you fail to pick-up items and further fail to promptly pay the invoice to ship items to you, you forfeit any monies you paid for the items or the right to receive the items. No refunds will be issued! Additionally, you subject your yourself to possible collection actions that might also include additional charges such as restocking fees. Please be certain to PICK-UP items at the Show or promptly pay shipping invoices if you are unable to make the train show.

The ShowMyHobby.com Prize Sweepstakes may be available if there is space to present the Sweepstakes Reception Box. (Follow this link for the prize available for this show)

I look forward to seeing you at the Fort Mill SC Train Show on September 16th, 2023.

The photos are from past train shows and may show items that are no longer available for purchase.

The updated listed of All Consigned Items as of 9/13/2023. You can also use the Shop Via List for a better interactive list.

All Consigned Item ListDownload