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January/February 2012

EMBRACING RAIL FANS

The Cowcatcher Magazine shows how railroads in recent months have extended an olive branch to rail enthusiasts through safety and security awareness programs aimed at getting another set of eyes on the nation's rails. In addition, we visited with corporate railroad photographer Ken Fitzgerald, who has taken thousands of photos from BNSF, Union Pacific and the Fort Worth & Western Railroad.. He offers tips on photographing trains.

KCT OPS OFFER VARIETY

im Senese's HO-scale Kansas City Terminal Railway in Claremore, OK depicts Frisco, M-K-T, Missouri Pacific and Kansas City Southern operations on the trunk line in the Kansas City Bottoms on Nov. 15, 1980. But Senese, with some 15 railroads to choose from, doesn't mind the thought of changing things up.

PLUS ...

The annual Olahoma City Train Show, which attracted a little more than 11,000 over two days in December, showcased a number of manufacturers and their latest products, including InterMountain's plans to produce an offset-side 2-bay hopper ...

After two years, the Big Texas Train Show is going to take a breather so the Gulf Coast Chapter/National Railway Historical Society can focus on finding a new home for the Houston Railroad Museum ...

The DeQuincy Railroad Museum in DeQuincy, LA, is using grant money to organize its collection ...

Athearn went to the locomotive bone yard to fine-tune features on its GP7/9 HO-scale models. After complaints surfaced following the model's release last year, the company is doing some retooling and plans to make changes on for future releases ...

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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2012

News

TOP STORIES

  • DCTA officially opens maintenance facility
  • Woodland Scenics "business as usual" after fire
  • TEXRail sets startup date

ALSO

  • Patriot Rail adds new frac sand business
  • IDOT gets high-speed rail funding
  • Amtrak Exhibit Train to stop in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana

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2011 GOLD RAIL AWARDS

Each year our subscribers decide the best of the best in the model railroad/rail enthusiast community in the region. And the votes are in for the 2011 Cowcatcher Gold Rail Awards. See who took home top honors in 13 categories, and who won the region's Achievement Award as selected by the publisher in the 2011 Gold Rail Awards!

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