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COWCATCHER MAGAZINE

Cowcatcher Train Order

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our readers and the show industry.

Basic Listings in Train Order are published free of charge, on a space-available basis, as a service to non-profit clubs and organizations. Postings are generally limited to public shows, events and conventions and will be edited as necessary.

When you are finished entering information, your listing will appear in the following format in a future Cowcatcher edition as space is available: 

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Aug. 20-21 2024 WXYZ Model Railroad Show, 1313 WXYZ Blvd, The WXYZ City, TX; Hours: Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; For more information, contact Your Name at 555-555-5555 or visit Website Address

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Current Issue: Sept/Oct 2026

Piney Empire

Empires don’t have to take a lifetime of work. Just ask Vern Hallead, who has only been at the hobby for about 20 years and just may be the model railroad magnate of Northeast Texas. Hallead had his massive HO-scale layout professionally built from bench work to structures to weathering to a painted backdrop for operations. And no piece of ballast has been left unturned on a kingdom that sits obscured by towering pine trees in a quiet lakeside neighborhood. The layout, loosely depicting towns within a few miles of where Vern and wife Sparky live was operational but had no name. Only after Vern consented to this story did his empire become the Jefferson & Lone Star Railway.

Ghost Train a Comin'

Paranormal activity on railroads is nothing new, as Pat Hiatte explains in a ghostly account sure to bring a shiver.

Touring Diorama

One NMRA member is spending his summer talking up model trains. But he doesn’t have a honed presentation and PowerPoint clicker. Darrell Cowles, MMR, is toting around a small, museum-quality HO diorama that’s getting second looks at local libraries with a subtle message: See what you can do with model trains?

Plus

BNSF’s planned intermodal facility in Barstow, CA, represents a fundamental shift in how freight will flow through California, the South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad’s No. 6071 is waving stars and stripes, Micro-Trains by Atlas makes its product debut with several freight car releases and pre-order announcements over the summer and a PSC 70-ton ore car pays tribute to a popular freelance Minnesota HO mining railroad. And more!