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East Omaha Action on the High Plains Route!

East Omaha Action on the High Plains Route!

Some of the COSM members made tracks to Jeff’s fabulous High Plains Route this July! Big Union Pacific steam power thunders along the high iron. FT’s in Missouri Pacific blue and grey grace the scene with a heavy freight train. Fabulous modeling performed...

Module Design Evaluation Samples

COSM Module Design Evaluation The Survey Monkey voting has been sent out and the voting will soon be closed; thank you COSM membership for your participation in the layout design study! The COSM membership choose one of the following designs which includes a fourth...
California Zephyr Dreamin’ on the High Plains Route

California Zephyr Dreamin’ on the High Plains Route

A few COSM members gathered at COSM MEMBER Jeff MacDonald’s incredible High Plains Route model railroad Friday afternoon for some train time.  Key Model Imports really knows how to pull off the ultimate CZ power! Jeff and Mike struggle with the Kadee’s on...
COSM meeting April 1st

COSM meeting April 1st

Some of the COSM MEMBERSHIP had a planning meeting for the Mainline Railroad Wednesday evening at Tim’s Toy Trains in Louisville, Colorado. In attendance was of course Tim Burton of Tim’s Toy Trains, Bob Kjelland, Rick Trinkle, John Johnson, Bob Hiller,...

The TECO Train Show in Colorado Springs!

Mark Your Calendar folks! Coming up April 25th and 26th the Longmont Terminal & Northern will be on exhibit at the TECO Train Show.  COSM MEMBER Rick Trinkle is our host for coming to Colorado Springs in April!  Thanks, Rick! ...

Our Main Line Railroad Plan is Underway! by: Bob Kjelland

Greetings, all. Here is a summery along with color commentary of the last time we talked while watching trains at Jeff MacDonald’s place. First question: why so long? Well, since that meeting I have been in Florida and Minneapolis for work, plus attending...
COSM group meeting Thursday the 29th of January was a hit!

COSM group meeting Thursday the 29th of January was a hit!

COSM member Jeff opened up his private Boulder home layout for a tour for the group and we finalized plans for a new sectional layout. One member has a 20′ trailer for storage and transport of the new layout. As we move along and we build a prototype this spring...