2010 LSR Convention Announced
LSR Convention 2010 - Alamo Rails
One of the highlights of Saturday's banquet was the announcement of the 2010 LSR convention in San Antonio, TX - Alamo Rails. June 2-6, 2010. for more information, take a look at the alamorails.com website.
A Word From The Top
This year’s convention will be held at the Sheraton Grand DFW Hotel, a 4-star, full service hotel located in Irving, just north of the airport. We’ll get started Wednesday evening the 3rd of June and run through Sunday the 7th. More information about the hotel and a link to make your reservations can be found by <clicking here> or on the hotel button above.
We’re planning 5 full days of great fun just check it out!
Latest Convention News
Trinity Railway Express
“The Trinity Railway Express Corporate Headquarters and Maintenance Facilities”
On this tour you will visit the Trinity Railway Express Corporate Headquarters and Maintenance Facilities where TRE’s extensive fleet is maintained on a daily basis for busy commuter activity. In 2008 over 2.5 million passengers traveled between the cities of Dallas… the online suburbs… and Ft Worth on the TRE.
You will be able to examine all of the equipment used by TRE from the operator’s perspective cab-side, to the maintenance technician’s view of the equipment in the shops… Equipment ranging from EMD motive power to the “HEP” system (Head End Power) which is an ancillary CAT diesel that provides “Hotel Power” to the coaches.
McKinney Avenue Transit Authority
A behind the scenes tour of the Maintenance & Restoration Barn, and FREE trolley ride to boot!
2009 LSR Convention Prototype Tour: The "McKinney Avenue Transit Authority"
In 1981, while removing the asphalt and concrete to restore the original brick streets on historic McKinney and Cole Avenue in Dallas, it was discovered that there were over 4800 feet of the old Dallas Railway and Terminal streetcar track still in place. That discovery sparked an idea, and after hundreds of volunteer hours were spent restoring the original 4 vintage units, on July 22, 1989, “MATA”, The McKinney Avenue Transit Authority re-introduced streetcars to the Dallas
20 years later, with funding, help from local volunteers who spent endless hours restoring numerous vintage streetcars, and miles of additional track being laid, the MATA has evolved from a tourist attraction to one of the finest transit systems of its type in the Southwest. In 2008 MATA carried over 290,000 riders.
BNSF Operations Center
BNSF Offers "All Facilities" Tour
at the 2009 NMRA/LSR Convention
Larry Swigert, 2009 LSR Convention Publicity and Communications Chair
FRIDAY, JUNE 5th PROTOTYPE TOUR: “The BNSF Network Operations Center”:
Ever wonder how BNSF dispatches its nationwide rail system?
Join us in Dallas-Ft. Worth at this year's NMRA/LSR SUPER Convention, the "Trinity River Interchange", for a rare "all facilities" tour inside the BNSF Network Operations Center in Fort Worth and see how BNSF dispatches nearly the entire railroad from one room in the corporate headquarters in Fort Worth.
At this location BNSF has 4 vintage business cars.
They have been carefully and totally restored in every detail.
LSR 2009 Layout Tour Weekly Update May 1
We are excited to announce a change in the Super Tour. James Peterson of Discount Model Trains has graciously offered to provide lunch for the Super Tour participants on Saturday June 6th. This has necessitated a change in the tour schedule. The tour will begin in McKinney at Master Model Railroader Jerry Hoverson’s Rocky Mountain Central, head south to Chip Romig’s beautiful S/Sn3 Colorado and Silver River, visit the two layouts of Allan Gartner, the HO High & Xiety and the G scale Finchfield and Wrensylvania, before heading to Coppell for lunch. After lunch, Master Model Railroader Lloyd Keyser’s Chicago and Northwestern will be the next stop. The tour will finish at the two layouts of the South Side modelers, the well detailed HO South Side and Rio Mesa and the under construction O scale division
