The Texas Western STAR arch February 2010 2010 w w w. t w m r c. o r g January 2013 William s 2013 Officer Family Installation Take Tour Banquet of The 7;00 Texas - 9:00 Western PM Model Railroad @ Mercado Juarez at Interstate 20 / Matlock exit. 2012 - The Year in pictures on pages...4-5 In This Issue TWMRC Officer Intallation Banquet...1 President s Car...2 Engineer of the Year...3 Year in Pictures...4-5 The Train Schedule...6 From the CDO...7 The Exposition Flyer...8 Upcoming Train shows...9 Birthdays...10 Just a reminder that our banquet for installation of the 2013 BOD will be held on Thursday night, January 3, 2013. It will be held at the Mercado Juarez on I-20, (Matlock Exit) from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. This is the regular night for our business meeting and since we have very important things to discuss, The Regular Monthly Business Meeting will be held on Thursday night, January 10th, at 7:30 pm. The 4th Annual Cowcatcher 2012 Gold Rail Awards Announced Have a Suggestion Or a Story Idea? Contact: stareditor@ twmrc.org For Sale: Santa Fe El Capitan trainset, interior lights, passengers, full Walthers set. Plus 3 Modern Athearn Diesels, Good Prices. See Kevin Lambert Best Train Show - 1. OKC Train show, OKC, 2. Dallas Area Train Show, Plano, TX Best Club Layout, Permanent - 1. Texas Western, Ft Worth 2. LMRA, Ft Worth Best Rail Special Event - 1. UP 844 Tour, Region. 2. Arkansas & Missouri RR, Springdale, AR TEXAS WESTERN MODEL RAILROAD CLUB TAKES TOP HONORS IN 2012 READERS POLL.
2 January 2013 The STAR From the President s Car: H Congratulations to the New Board for 2013! 2013 Board of Directors are: CEO - Fred Tucker COO - Glen Buie The STAR is published by The Texas Western Model Railroad Club & The Texas Western Railroad Association, A 501c Non-Profit Organization. Visit our web site: www. texaswesternmrc.org CAO - Kathy Tucker CFO - Jay Waters CDO - Dave Kohler The Annual New Officers Installation and Club Banquet Dinner Party will be held, Thursday, January 3, 2013, at the Mercado Juarez Mexican restaurant in Arlington. Located at I-20/Matlock Road. Currently, each person or group of persons would pay their own bills. Food, tea or coffee, & gratuity would be included, ALCOHOL IS EXTRA! Fred Tucker President, TWMRC Executive Board Fred Tucker President Glen Buie Chief Operations Officer Dave Kohler Chief Development Officer Jay Waters Chief Financial Officer Kathy Tucker - Chief Administrative Officer
3 January 2013 The STAR The Nominations Texas Don Western Hamilton Engineer for 2011 Of Board the Year of Directors: Monday Run Night Award to be presented at the Banquet Dinner Each year, the Texas Western selects one individual member to be the Don Hamilton Engineer of the Year! The award goes to the club member who has contributed in some way or another, be it my modeling, helping others, and or by service to the club. Don Hamilton, is a Charter member of the Texas Western, and the driving force behind the creation of this prestigous award. Don encourages all active members to cast a vote for the one individual member who has given time, talent, and been a friendly ambassador for the Texas Western over this past year. This Year s Nominee s are: J.T. COME Bailey OUT Joe Batson John Callesen James & RUN French WITH US. Chris Galvin Kevin Lambert The Winner will be announced at the January New Instalation of Officers Banquet & Business Meeting to be held on Thursday, January 3rd at the Arlington Mercado Juarez Mexican Restaurant at I-20 & Matlock, 1/3/2013 at 7 pm.
4 January 2013 The STAR LOOKING BACK AT 2012 ( Hutch above running trains on Monday nights )
5 January 2013 The STAR
6 January 2013 The STAR Upcoming Meetings, Events, Shows & Clinics JANUARY 2013 3RD - Texas Western MRC Annual Officers Installation Banquet, Thursday, at Mercado Juarez Restaurant, 125 East I-20, Arlington, TX 76018, PH# 817-557-9776, www.mercadojuarex.com, its on the Highlands side of I-20. 7p - 9p 5th & 6th- Worlds Greatest Hobby Show, Will Rogers, Ft Worth, $11. plus parking, Sat: 10a-6p, Sun: 10a-5p THE TRAIN SCHEDULE 21st - Open Run & Work Night: Monday, 6 p - 10 p MLK Day 24th- Thursday, Work & Run Night, 7:30 PM - 10 PM 26th- Saturday, Work & Run Night, 7:30 PM - 10 PM 28th - Open Run Night: Monday, 6 p - 10 p 31st - Work & Run Night, Thursday, 7:30-10 PM FEBRUARY 2013 5TH - Open Run Night, Any Era, Saturday, @ TWMRC 7PM - 10PM 7TH: - Texas Western MRC Regular Club Business MeetinG, Thursday, 7:30 p - 9 p 7th - Open Run Night: Monday, 6 p - 10 p 10th - Texas Western MRC Regular Club Business Meeting: Thursday, 6807A Anglin Dr, Ft.Worth. 7:30-9 PM 12th - Saturday, Run, Work 7:30 p - 10 p 14th - Open Run & Work Night: Monday, 6 p - 10 p. ) 17th- Third Thursday AP Workshop, 7:30 PM - 10 PM 18th- HAPPY BIRTHDAY Don Hays 19th - Saturday, @ TWMRC 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
7 January 2013 The STAR The CDO s R.P.O. W ell, we have traveled through (the) Christmas season and I hope you received that which you most desired. It may have not been a new locomotive or that new passenger car set, but rather better health for you, a family member, or close friend. I am blessed with family and friends as I hope you are. As the Texas Western Model Railroad Club ventures into its 17th year, we might take a look at where we have come from and where we are going. From a small group of modular layout modelers deciding to break away from their current club in 1996 and form a new permanent club, to the laying of the first rail on a plywood base, to the completion of the loop into the big room in 2001; we have always been building. We have constructed scenery, torn it down, built yards, torn them out, put in rail joiners, and removed them again; yet through it all we have rebuilt better and moved forward. Sometimes in leaps, but most of the time at a steady pace adding track, structures, and scenery to build arguably the best layout in the southwestern USA. We have struggled with electrical issues, changed control systems to Digitrax, and moved from rudimentary operations to sophisticated Pro Trac in order to make our railroad empire come alive. We have structures that would win awards if entered into contests, and structures that qualified members toward their Master Model Railroader goal; there is much talent and skill in this club. Yet we are willing to share this knowledge with clinics and partnering with a new person. We actively seek out younger people and women to balance our family and share the joy of model railroading with a broader base of people. We have been visited by, my very rough estimate, over 7,000 people in these 17 years; many have decided to join our group of friends and modelers after visiting. We have only a few of the original members left in the club now, with the most noticeably missed being our best friend and benefactor, Joe Williams. We have been blessed with great leadership over the years and currently, along with some interesting episodes that have thankfully faded with time. We will again face obstacles and challenges, but we will persist because we are not just a model railroad club, but a group of close friends with a very common interest and concern. As we move into 2013, we may be moving to a new location or we may stay here a while longer as we plan ahead. But being a member of the Texas Western Model Railroad Club will always be the best place to be. Happy New Year, Proud Lifetime Member Darrell Cowles Chief Development Officer
8 January 2013 Colorado Passenger Trains of 1945-1959 The Exposition Flyer model train consist by James French The STAR The Exposition Flyer was a Burlington-Rio Grande-Western Pacific passenger pool service inaugurated in 1939 that later culminated, a decade later, with the California Zephyr. It ran from Chicago Illinois to San Francisco, California via Denver Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah that were the change over points between the three carriers. It was so named after the 1939 Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco. The train consists as modeled on the TWMRC is in the later years of service 1947. The engine is CB&Q O-5 # 5931 a 4-8-4 wheel arrangement that ran this route in the winter. It had a streamline pilot and enclosed cab. New F3 EMD diesels could be seen on this route also as the complete train set would not be ready until 1949. The car set is as follows a rebuilt troop kitchen car for mail service, which was dropped off in Denver, a general service standard baggage car, a second mail service car that ran to San Francisco, a standard combine with plated windows for RPO service, then three new Budd stainless steel dome coaches first unlettered, then lettered with Burlington, and finally in 1949 two years after service, California Zephyr. Three to five Pullmans were added depending on load factors. This consists is the CB&Q section that ran from Chicago to Denver where the one mail car would run through and passengers would re-board a D&RGW train. The D&RGW used 4-8-4 in the 1700 series for motive power. In Salt Lake the passengers would again change trains to a Western Pacific and ride to San Francisco behind a 4-8-2 that they got from the Florida East Coast. This train name changed in 1949 to the California Zephyr when the rest of the eleven car all stainless Budd cars were complete. ( Top: CBQ #5931 Leads the Exposition Flyer thru the Red Mountain s, 3 new Observation steel domes are in the consist. ) The Exposition Flyer by James French
9 January 2013 The STAR World s Greatest Hobby on Tour Fort Worth,TX - January 5 & 6, 2013 at the Will Rogers Memorial Center. www.wghshow.com Show Location: Will Rogers Memorial Center 3401 W Lancaster Fort Worth, TX 76107 Show Hours: Saturday, January 5, 2013: 10:00a - 6:00p Sunday, January 6, 2013: 10:00a - 5:00p Admission: Adults: 2 Day registration $12 Saturday only $11 Sunday only $10 Kids Under 16: FREE! (must be accompanied by a parent) Parking: Parking is no longer Free at Will Rogers, $5. 28th ANNUAL DALLAS AREA TRAIN SHOW Plano, TX - January 19 & 20, 2013 at the Plano Centre. www.dfwtrainshows.com Show Location: Plano Centre 2000 E. Spring Creek Pkwy, Plano, TX Show Hours: Saturday, January 19, 2013: 10:00a - 5:00p Sunday, January 20, 2013: 10:00a - 4:00p Admission: Adults: $8. (good for both days), Kids 12 & Under: FREE, Free Parking
10 January 2013 The STAR HAPPY BIRTHDAY - JANUARY 2013 Don Hays 1/18 Clean UP Crew JANUARY 2013 Jay Waters J.T. Bailey Joe Batson John Callesen THE TEXAS WESTERN STAR Texas Western Railroad Association P.O. Box 1303, Kennedale, TX 76060 www.twmrc.org