If you are in the deep south, the TCA has a train meet this Saturday, 9 am members, 11am for public. I find these TCA meets have more Lionel stuff than the GATS shows in the south especially since they have dropped the winter Houston show. That is for finding used Lionel trains, my favorite reason for going.
Do not know why this meet was not in the CTT meeting list but it is on the TCA website. Metairie is a suburb of New Orleans, LA.
Charlie