Landsteiner made my response redundant, except, that I, and I see on here, at shows, etc..many, many people in "tinplate" also are "model railroaders", often to a great extent. There are so many facets to the "train hobby", that you CAN concentrate in one area....collecting, running trains, building layouts or rolling stock or structures....the list goes on. If you have all the trains and "stuff" you need, and are interested in the building side of the hobby...NMRA may be your greatest source. If you are into collecting or running the latest and greatest in "tinplate", TCA is it. I have interests across both areas and intermingle them, BUT, I feel NMRA is tunnel-visioned on HO, and I have been there and done that, so have never joined, although I bet I have more scratchbuilt and kitbashed rolling stock and structures than many of its members.
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