COWCATCHER ROUND UP
CURRENT ISSUE
May/June 2009
GULF WESTERN SIZES IT UP
The Cowcatcher Round Up takes a close-up look at the Gulf Western Modular Railroad Society's 24' x 50' HO traveling layout that appeared recently at two Central Texas shows. Among the big industry depicted on the layout is a freelanced oil refinery scene based on commercial model kits and a little creativity using common parts from the hardware store. Click here for more on the Corpus Christi, TX-based GWMRS.
STEAMERS TO BUILD BRIDGE
The Houston Area Live Steamers (HALS) got a financial boost for their planned bridge from the Texas Gulf Division of the Lone Star Region/National Model Railroad Association in April.
PLUS ...
The Central Arkansas Model Railroad Club resumed work in April on a 1950s park train that circles the Conway (AR) Human Development Center ...
ATSF superintendent car No. 408, once assigned so the Slaton, TX, Divsion in the 1950s, is awaiting restoration at the Martin & Francis Lehnis Railroad Museum in Brownwood, TX ...
Got a green thumb? Check out a guide to selected regional garden railroad clubs ...
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS ... AND MORE!
The Cowcatcher Round Up is a bi-monthly
model railroad/rail enthusiast news magazine that covers
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana.
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