2023 TEXAS EXPRESS
Layouts in the National Media, 2023

Updated 07/27/2023



The BIG EVENT of the 2023 Texas Express NMRA International Convention of August 20-26, 2023, has resulted in several of the HOSTS', Lone Star Region and its Cowcatcher Division 1 and Trinity River Division 3, layouts appearing in 6 National Media/Magazines. CONGRATULATIONS to all the following layout owners in Divisions 1 and 3 of the Lone Star Region. AWESOME WORK !!


  1. Two Layouts have appeared in Cowcatcher Magazine.

         July/Aug     2023 - Brady McGuire's Laurel Valley Secondary of PRR
         May/June    2023 - Mike Armstrong's Rock Island Mid Continent Route Railroad

  2. Three layouts have appeared in Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine.

         August       2023 - Texas Northern Model Railroad Club
         July            2023 - Greg McComas' Michigan Interstate Railroad
         June           2023 - Mike Armstrong's Rock Island Mid Continent Route Railroad

  3. Six layout interviews are in recent Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine.

         August       2023 - MMR Jerry Hoverson's Rocky Mountain Central & Colorado Pacific
         July            2023 - Mike Armstrong's Rock Island
         June           2023 - Dean Ferris' Oregon Joint Line
         May            2023 - MMR Dr. Michael Ross' Virginian Railroad.
         April           2023 - David Crumpton, President & CEO, The Texas Western Model Railroad Club
         March         2023 - MMR Mike Mackey's Texas & St. Louis Railroad

  4. One layout has appeared in Model Railroad Hobbyist's TrainMasters TV video.

         April           2023 - MMR Mike Mackey's Texas & St. Louis Railroad

  5. Nine layouts have appeared in recent NMRA Magazine issues.

         July            2023 - MMR Stan & Karen Pirzchalski's MDAK Railroad
         June           2023 - MMR Charles Goodrich's D&RGW Railroad
         May            2023 - MMR Mike Mackey's Texas & St. Louis Railroad
         April           2023 - MMR Jerry Schoenberg's Allegheny Railroad
         March         2023 - Dean Ferris' Oregon Joint Line
         Febrary      2023 - David Crumpton's MKT Railroad.
         January      2023 - Leo & Lorrie Palitti's Black Bear & Bayou Railroad.
         December  2022 - MMR Dr. Michael Ross' Virginian Railroad.
         November  2022 - MMR Jim Packer's Nevadun Railroad.

  6. Three layouts have appeared in the Narrow Gauge & Short Line Gazette.

         July/Aug     2023 - MMR Marc LaChey's Cripple Creek & Tincup
         May/June    2023 - MMR Leon Bangma's Chinook Southern, Poudre Valley
         March/April 2023 - MMR Jerry Hoverson's Rocky Mountain Central & Colorado Pacific