Toy Train Operating Society

Cal-Stewart Meet 2008
Pasadena Convention Center Exhibition Building

November 21st thru the 23rd
Celebrating our 35th year

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For members in good standing of all toy train, train related, and model railroad clubs and their guest.

Schedule

Friday, November 21st

1:00-7:00 pm Seller unloading. Buyers and Sellers may pickup registration packets at the rear door. Sellers only will be allowed in the hall on Friday. No trading. 3 tables or more may setup, cover required; 2 tables or less, closed box rule. Sellers must leave the hall as soon as set up.

6:30 pm-midnight The John King Memorial Welcoming Cocktail Party. Please join us for warm fellowship where you can greet old friends and find out what trains are coming to the meet. There will be lots of hors d’oeuvres, a raffle, entertainment and a no host bar. Adults only. You must have a registration badge to attend. For family dining there are many fine restaurants in the Pasadena area.

Saturday, November 22nd

7:30 am Registration at front door. Unloading at back door. No trading. 3 tables or more may setup, cover required; 2 tables or less, closed box rule. Sellers, except disabled persons, must leave the hall as soon as set up.
8:45 am Clear hall to prepare for opening of trading
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Trading
1:00 - 5:00 pm Regular Saturday Daytime Auction

Sunday, November 23rd

9:00 am - 4:00 pm Trading. No early set-up
10:00 am - 2:00 pm Open to public

9:00 am - 12:30 pm Sign-Up at race track for train races and demolition derby.
1:00 pm - until done Steve Marinkovich Memorial Train races and demolition derby, with separate classes for modified stock.

12:00 noon - 3:00 pm Regular Auction
2:00 pm Grand Raffle Drawing
4:00 - 5:00 pm Pack-Up / Clean-Up and leave
5:00 pm Hall closes

Location & Services

Freeway Access to the Pasadena Convention Center is most convenient from the 210 freeway, which connects with most of the major freeways in the area. Use the Fair Oaks/Marengo Ave. off ramp and go south on Marengo Ave. Hall is at the corner of Marengo & Green Street, one block south of Colorado Blvd. Sellers should proceed down the first parking structure entrance on Marengo to the unloading docks (down one level).

Parking under the Sheraton Pasadena Hotel is provided for hotel guests and Cal-Stewart attendees for a fee, with in-and-out privileges for Hotel guests only. Permanent parking is not allowed in the Exhibition Hall unloading area. Call (626)395-7130 for 24hr parking information.

Food is available at the Sheraton Pasadena Hotel, which has a coffee shop in the hotel. A snack bar with sandwiches and beverages will be open in the convention hall. There are many additional restaurants in Old Town and across Green street at the Paseo Colorado. A restaurant guide will be available at the registration desk.

Sheraton Pasadena Hotel
303 E. Cordova St.
Pasadena, CA 91101
(626) 449-4000

To make reservations at the Pasadena Sheraton Hotel, call direct at 800-325-3535 or 626-449-4000. Ask for the Toy Train Cal-Stewart Meet rate. Special rate reservations must be made no later than October 20th.

For a list of additional lodging and tourist activities, contact the Pasadena Convention and Visitor's Bureau at (626)-795-9311

Registration & Seller's Forms: These forms will be available for download (a  printable copy of the 2008 Cal-Stewart Brochure & Registration Form & the Guest Registration Form in Adobe PDF format) from this website when they are published and printed in mid 2008. Watch this site for more detail..  

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Toy Train Operating Society, Southwestern Division
1108 West Palm Ave.
Burbank, Ca 91506
818-848-2653

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TTOS Southwestern Division is the first division of the Toy Train Operating Society

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