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Meet LCCA Member Tom McComas of TM Books and Video (part 6; video)

Lionel Collectors Club of America member Tom McComas (RM 1083) graciously produced a series of videos especially for LCCA members and visitors to our website. In part six of this video series, you’ll learn about the meaning of “TM” and the origin of their video logo. more

Update about LCCA Member Angela Trotta Thomas

In this video, learn about renowned Lionel-licensed artist and LCCA member Angela Trotta Thomas’ latest work, “Christmas Switchers.” This painting was featured on the cover of the December issue of our club publication, The Lion Roars. Angela is now approaching her 20th year of drawing Lionel-inspired art. more

Meet LCCA Member Tom McComas of TM Books and Video (part 5)

Lionel Collectors Club of America member Tom McComas (RM 1083) graciously produced a series of videos especially for LCCA members and visitors to our website. In part five of this video series, you’ll learn about Tom’s son Jeffery and how Tom created the concept for the popular I Love Toy Trains series. more

Meet LCCA Member Tom McComas of TM Books and Video (part 4)

Lionel Collectors Club of America member Tom McComas (RM 1083) graciously produced a series of videos especially for LCCA members and visitors to our website. In Part 4 of this video series, you’ll learn how he transitioned from the toy train book publishing business and entered into the toy train video business. more

Meet LCCA Member Tom McComas of TM Books and Video (part 3)

Lionel Collectors Club of America member Tom McComas (RM 1083) graciously produced a series of videos especially for LCCA members and visitors to our website. In part 3 of this video series, you'll learn about the early years of his toy train book business. more

Meet LCCA Member Tom McComas of TM Books and Video (part 2)

Lionel Collectors Club of America member Tom McComas (RM 1083) graciously produced a series of videos especially for LCCA members and visitors to our website. In part two of this video series, you’ll learn about Tom’s favorite Lionel train and how he got started in the toy train book business. more

Meet LCCA Member Tom McComas of TM Books and Video (part 1)

Lionel Collectors Club of America member Tom McComas (RM 1083) graciously produced a series of videos especially for LCCA members and visitors to our website. In Part 1 of this video series, you’ll see the TM Books and Video production facilities and studio. TM B&V produced the popular I Love Toy Trains video series and created licensed videos for Lionel, John Deere, Caterpillar, and others. more

Meet Charter Member #1 Jim Gates (part 1)

As part of the Lionel Collectors Club of America’s 40th anniversary year celebration, we met with club founder and Charter Member #1, Jim Gates of Perry, IA. Watch an interview with Jim. Learn about the early formative days of the club and Jim’s first (failed) attempt to form a club dedicated to Lionel trains. Later (thankfully), he succeeded in creating what is now known as the LCCA with a group of 83 Charter Members. more

LCCA Charter Member #1 Talks About Our Club’s Humble Beginning

As part of the Lionel Collectors Club of America (LCCA) 40th anniversary celebration, the club proudly releases the following video clip about our origin. This video made its debut to our members during the Saturday night (July 31, 2010) banquet at our recent Convention held in the Denver Marriott Tech Center Hotel. This video features Charter Member #1 (Jim Gates of Perry, IA) and includes some 8 mm archival film footage taken at the club’s first Convention held in 1971 in Des Moines, IA. more

Interview with LCCA Charter Member #30 - Thomas Rains of Des Moines, IA

As part of the Lionel Collectors Club of America's 40th anniversary year-long celebration, we met with Charter Member #30, Thomas Rains of Des Moines. Watch the video below to see our interview with Tom. Listen to his recollection of how he met Charter Member #1 (Jim Gates) and joined the club, and learn more about the origin of our great club and its first Convention held in Des Moines in 1970. more

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