The Great Train Extravaganza

The Great Train Extravaganza The Great Train Extravaganza! December 7th, 2025

11/26/2025

The Capital District's largest model and historic railroad show is almost here! The 2025 Great Train Extravaganza is Sunday, December 7th at Empire State Plaza. Come see numerous operating model railroads in all scales and get that hard to find item for the train lover in your life from hundreds of vendor tables. Tickets are still just $10 for adults and children 12 and under are free! But tickets now at https://gtealbany.com

11/15/2025
We’re open and we’ve got a great crowd so far! Stop by and see us at Empire State Plaza any time before 4 PM. And stay f...
12/08/2024

We’re open and we’ve got a great crowd so far! Stop by and see us at Empire State Plaza any time before 4 PM. And stay for the State Tree Lighting and ice skating just upstairs.

It’s a little cold outside and there’s a few flakes on the ground, but it’s shaping up to be a great day for a train sho...
12/08/2024

It’s a little cold outside and there’s a few flakes on the ground, but it’s shaping up to be a great day for a train show. Stop by Empire State Plaza and check us out. Doors open at 10 AM!

$10 for adults, children 12 and under are free.

We’re all set for a great show today. Doors open in 15 minutes, and the show runs until 4.
12/03/2023

We’re all set for a great show today. Doors open in 15 minutes, and the show runs until 4.

11/27/2023

THIS SUNDAY at Empire State Plaza, visit the Capital Region's largest model railroad hobby show, the Great Train Extravaganza! We have over a dozen operating model train layouts and over 50 vendors selling that perfect item for the train lover in your life. Buy your ticket today and skip the lines.

11/13/2023

We’re less than three weeks from the show and it’s going to be a great one. We’re packed completely full with over a dozen operating layouts and more than SIXTY excellent vendors and exhibitors!

Get your tickets today and skip the lines at the door: https://gtealbany.com/tickets

11/05/2023

Join us December 3rd at Empire State Plaza for the Capital Region's Biggest Model Railroad Show. The Great Train Extravaganza returns with more than 50 vendors, over a dozen working model railroads, interactive exhibits, and more! Admission is only $10 and children under 12 are free with paid adult.

Skip the lines and buy tickets now at https://gtealbany.com/tickets/

08/02/2023

It's almost that time again! Vendor registration forms for the 2023 Great Train Extravaganza will be in the mail in a few days.

We’ve got a great turnout so far! Stop by and join us until 4 at Empire State Plaza.
12/04/2022

We’ve got a great turnout so far! Stop by and join us until 4 at Empire State Plaza.

It’s beginning to look a lot like train show time!
12/04/2022

It’s beginning to look a lot like train show time!

12/03/2022

We are just one day away from The Great Train Extravaganza in Albany! Come see us on the Capital Region Model Railroad Club’s Catskill Adirondack & Berkshire Railroad!

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This year’s Great Train Extravaganza will be on Sunday, December 1st, 2019, from 10 AM to 4 PM.

The Great Train Extravaganza is eastern New York's largest model railroad and toy train hobby show. It's held every year at the Empire State Convention Center in Albany, New York, usually on the first Sunday in December, coinciding with the tree lighting ceremony at Empire State Plaza. Our dozens of vendors offer new and used trains for sale, plus parts, clothing, memorabilia, photographs, and accessories. We also feature numerous exhibitors showing off all kinds of pieces of railroad history and artifacts, and several operating model railroads in N, HO, and O gauges, LEGO, and larger. We even have a Roaming Railroad that will take you on a ride around the Empire State Plaza Concourse.