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I would be interested in going. Hearne is a small town. it lost a lot of
population when the railroad moved out serveral years ago. The tracks are now
storage tracks leased to railroads to store extra cars. The tracks have a lot of
traffic. The north-south tracks are up mainline from Dallas to Houston,
east-west tracks are up main line from San Antonio to Texarkana. It's a
poor town, about 60% black and has a Dairy Queen and Dixie Cafe. Other than a
railroad town, it was a farming community. I worked there some helping out
a friend. The main employer now is the GATX tank car repair facility. You might
get a tour of their operation.
Buddy Burk
In a message dated 2/24/2011 1:43:32 P.M. Central Standard Time,
dano1219@gmail.com writes:
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:09 PM, <dwayneg57@aol.com> wrote:
Hey Trackers,
The club has been notified of a possible invite to set up our
layout and run trains for the Grand Opening of a new Train Museum in Hearne,
Tx. A tentative date of April 9 & 10 has been suggested for this
event but that could change. The train museum is being opened up in an
old train station which sits along the side of the UP tracks, much like in
New Braunfels, except it is at a diamond where two tracks cross each
other. Both tracks are in use by the Union Pacific so the possibility
of seeing trains is high. The suggested set up would be in the baggage
room and from the looks of it, would hold a layout about the size of
a 1 X 3, possibly 2 x 3. Don't know for sure. Hearne is
located about 100 miles east of Austin past Taylor on Highway 79. This
event sounds like it would be a lot of fun but to my knowledge has no
potential of a financial compensation. There would be exposure of our
club to a different audience and who knows, maybe a future event that could
have a compensation. This is the weekend that we selected
for a Work Day at the last Board Meeting. Does this look like an event
the Membership would be interested in pursuing? It may require
that we change the work day but I think it is worth going for. Please
respond with your thoughts so further contacts can be made with the
Museum if we choose to do this.
Thanks,
David
Sounds interesting, what would the turn out be? I've never been to
Hearne. How large is Hearne, Texas and I'm guessing they are going to
advertise this event, along with the Austin Tinplate Trackers if we go or
would there be others also. Are you sure about the lay out size, is that
suppose to be 11x30/12x30?
Dano
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