Train Collectors Association

The tca incurred operating costs to maintain and expand the museum's displays and collections of tinplate toy trains. Visitors to the museum numbered approximately 22,100.

The tca operates a library for the education and preserving the history of tinplate train collecting.

The association is organized for the purpose of collecting and operating tinplate trains, preserving and exhibiting these items for their historic value, and providing educational and informational materials to members, historians, and the public.