Prototype Tours
We hope you're ready for hours of interesting and unique activities including tours of historic stations, grain elevators, the BNSF Operations Center, the McKinney Avenue trolley barn, the Museum of the American Railroad, the Texas State and Grapevine Vintage Railroads, and top-shelf railfanning opportunities around the region! Read More >Clinics for Every Interest
There will be clinics for all scales and aspects of Model Railroading: scenery, photography, DCC, electronics and animation, operations, painting and weathering, prototypes, and so much more - delivered by notable modelers from the Region and around the world - including the make-and-take Modeling with Masters series. Read More >Amazing Location
An amazing convention needs an amazing location, and the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine delivers! Located a short six miles from the DFW airport, it includes huge indoor gardens, a waterpark, golf course and ten restaurants with food for every taste. Read More >Layout Tours
The DFW area hosts dozens of world-class layouts in all shapes, sizes and scales that will be open for visitors on both guided and self-guided tours. Read More >
Thank you to
BNSF
for helping to make the 2023 Texas Express possible. Make sure to join our
tour
of BNSF's National Operations Center!
Banquet Speaker
Spencer Christian
Be sure to join us at Saturday's closing banquet, which will feature guest speaker and host of Tracks Ahead, Spencer Christian.
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Celebration Room
Whether you want to work towards your Master Model Railroader award or just want to show off your latest work, the Celebration of Models, Photos and Crafts will include both judged contest and non-judged categories of all types, including modules, kit-built models, and more. Read More >
Thank you to
Scale Trains
and its family of quality model railroading brands for helping to make the 2023 Texas Express possible.