COWCATCHER ROUND UP
CURRENT ISSUE
November/December 2008
MOTORING DOWN THE LINE
The Cowcatcher Round Up takes a look at a fast-growing segement in rail enthusiasm - motorcar or "speeder" runs. Once used by the railroads for maintenance-of-way duty, motorcars are being restored by individuals who take them on weekend rail runs across the region. Runs are common in Texas and Oklahoma and go for hundreds of miles. Many of the runs are sanctioned by the North American Rail Car Operators Association (NARCOA), which has more than than 1,800 members and 11 chapters.
HURRICANE IKE TAKES TOLL
The Galveston Railroad Museum was hit hard by Hurricane Ike, which blasted Texas Gulf Coast on Sept. 13. The museum sustained damage from heavy flooding and is closed until further notice. See a complete report of damage to the museum, plus the impact that Ike had on the regional rail community.
PLUS ...
N-scalers from across the region are getting ready for the 14th Annual Southern Plains N-Scale Convention in Oklahoma City Dec. 4-7. The convention runs in conjunction with the Oklahoma City Train Show ...
The Lone Star Division/Train Collectors Association hopes to build its membership with an incentive-laden membership drive ...
Read how to kitbash an HO-scale Missouri Pacific transfer caboose using an Athearn Blue Box bay window caboose kitt...
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.
November/December 2008 Issue
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