Page Updated 12/19/2024      

Meeting Programs
with
Video Recordings on Youtube

ALL COWCATCHER DIVISION MEETINGS ARE ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
This Page Lists Each Meeting and the Program/Clinic with Presentor(s)
Along with Direct Link Info.
Access the Channel via the Button Below:

   COWCATCHER YOUTUBE CHANNEL   
  • The Cowcatcher Division meetings are on Zoom and In Person. Prior to the meeting, a Division Notice goes out to division members and NMRA Friends Outside the Division announcing the Zoom Meeting ID & PW along with the program description.

  • Each Cowcatcher Division meeting includes a segment on TIPS & TRICKS and a segment on SHOW & TELL. Often things shared in these two segments are like a Mini Clinic that could be of real help to all modelers.

  • Each Cowcatcher Division monthly meeting includes a scheduled program that is either a clinic or a special information presentation.

  • The division's Program Manager arranges these monthly programs. Contact the Program Manager on the Leadership Team page for any suggestions or questions about programs.

  • Past and future Cowcatcher Division meeting programs and clinics are listed in the tables below.

  • NOTE: The "Clinics" button in the menu above provides listings of other clinics.

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       2025 Cowcatcher Division Program Schedule    

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    Selecting the Progr link makes the video play from time the Program/Clinic Starts.

      January   11   Moving Big Boy 4014 From Pomona Fairgrounds, California
    - - - - Awakening a Sleeping Giant    		   Steve Crise    
      February   8        
      March   8        
      April   12        
      May   10        
      June   14   Annual June Hot Dog Cook-Out      
      July   12        
      August   9        
      September   13        
      October   11        
      November   8        
      December   13   Division Christmas Party      

       2024 Cowcatcher Division Program Schedule    

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    Selecting the Progr link makes the video play from time the Program/Clinic Starts.

      January   13   Making It Yours; A roundtable on Laser, Resin,
    . and 3D Printed Structures    		   Jim Ogden   Start   Progr
      February   10   Livestock Operations   Steve Sandifer, MMR   Start   Progr
      March   9   The Details Make the Difference   Duane Richardson, MMR   Start   Progr
      April   13   A Brief History of Time (Railroad Timepieces)   Pat McCarthy   Start   Progr
      May   11   Train Horns   Ken Fitzgerald   Start   Progr
      June   8   Annual June Hot Dog Cook-Out
    . British Railway Modeling    		   Everyone
    . Steve McEwen via Zoom from UK    		   - -
    . Start    		   - -
    . Progr
      July   13   Magnorail   Russell Gifford   Start   Progr
      August   10   Engine Service Facilities   David Steckler   Start   Progr
      September   14   3D Printing   Eric Smith   Start   Progr
      October   5   ** Note Date Change **
    . Building a Tool/Speeder Shed(Hands On) Part 1 & 2    		   Duane Richardson,MMR   Start   Progr
      November   9       no video  
      December   14   Christmas Party   Everyone   no video  

       2023 Cowcatcher Division Program Schedule    

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      January   14   The Port of Galveston   David Hager   Start   Progr
      February   11   Railroad Signs   Duane Richardson, MMR   Start   Progr
      March   11   Arduino Projects (Hands-on clinic) - A special kit must be ordered from Amazon.   Speed Muller   Start    No Record
      April   8   Make it Run Like a Dream   Joe Fugate   Start   Progr
      May   13   Wiring Your Layout for Peak Performance   Tom Pearson   Start   Progr
      June   10   Cook Out - Hot Dogs ++ w/ Tips, Show & Tell   Everybody   Start    No Progr
      July   8   Decidous Trees   Mike Ross, MMR   Start   Progr
      August   12  Adventures Beyond the Wood Pile; An overview of the pulp and paper industry in East Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana   Jim Ogden   Start   Progr
      September   9   Love those Loads   Bob Frankrone   Start   Progr
      October   14   Loading Dock Make & Take   Duane Richardson, MMR   Start   Progr
      November   11   NMRA Gauge Clinic   Brian Barnt   Start   Progr
      December   9   Christmas Party   Everyone   No Video  

    For 2020-2022 Tables below, play back is different.
    2020-2022 Tables playback will be converted to be just like 2023 table play back.
    Selecting the Video link makes the video play from time zero or from the last place you stopped that video.
    If you fast forward or fast reverse to the time stamp listed, you will be able to start play at Program/Clinic begin point.

       2022 Cowcatcher Division Program Schedule    

      January   8   Colorado Model Railroad
      Museum    		   Michelle Kempema   Video at 0:12:25
      February  12   Mini Prints' Line of
      Layout Small Details
      Ground Goop Formula and
      Making Tree Stumps for Pennies    		   Bernard Hellen
     
      Ed McGinley
          		  Video at 1:19:07
      Video at 2:12:40
      March  12   2.5D CAD for Drawing Things
      for 3D Printing    		   Dave Ackmann   Video at 1:12:00
      April   9   Roads of Different Types
      and Construction Techniques    		   Jeff Palmer, MMR   Video at 0:39:34
      May  14   50 Years of Railroad Photography   Charles Goodrich, MMR   Video at 1:07:35
      June  11   Summer Cookout and Social   All   Video at NA
      July   9   Fort Worth's Tower 55   Ken Fitzgerald   Video at 1:18:56
      August  13   Operattion Life Saver
      Google Earth Pro & Sanborn Maps    		   Patti Donaldson
      David Crumpton    		   Video at 0:12:53
       Video at 1:27:49
      September  10   Rod Stewart Model Railroad   Steve Crise   Video at 1:15:51
      October   8   Different types of Maintenance of Way Equipment   Erik Lewis of Union Pacific   Video at 1:06:08
      November  12   From Dream to Reality (Designing a Layout)   Gary Ray   Video at 0:50:32
      December  10   Christmas Party and
      Awards Banquet    		   All   No Video

       2021 Cowcatcher Division Program Schedule    

      January   9   Mainline Modeling in a Small Space   Greg McComas   Video at 1:30:27
      February   13   Answering your DCC Questions   Bruce Petrarca   Video at 1:16:32
      March   9   What is Dead Rail?   Pete Steinmetz   Video at 1:09:00
      April   10   Mining Operations on Your Railroad
      (It's not just Coal)    		   Clarence Zink   Video at 0:27:11
      May   8   Giving Your Railroad a Purpose
      Deep Pour, Rivers & Lakes    		   Duane Richardson
      Cole Rash    		   Video at 1:13:13
      Video at 1:24:26
      June   12   Hand Laid Turnouts, J&A Custom Trains
      Summer Cookout and Social    		   James Winebrenner
      Mike Mackey    		   Video at 0:50:30
      --
      July   10   Flat Car Make and Take Part 1   Duane Richardson   Video at 0:37:54
      August   14   Flat Car Make and Take Part 2   Duane Richardson   Video at 1:04:44
      September   16   Signs for Your Railroad
      Flat Car Make and Take Part 3    		   John Lowrance, MMR
      Duane Richardson    		   Video at 0:47:47
      Video at 1:36:35
      October   9   Making a silk purse from a sow’s ear
      Making East Texas Pine Trees    		   Jim Ogden
      Cole Rash    		   Video at 0:40:01
      Video at 1:27:18
      November   13   Railroad Trackside Signage
      Laying Backwoods Track    		   Paul Buhrke
      Rich Mossholder    		   Video at 1:03:32
      Video at 1:54:38
      December   11   Christmas Party and Awards Banquet   All   --

       2020 Cowcatcher Division Program Schedule    

      May   Curves, Spirals, & Superelevation
      AK Weathering Pencils    		   Mike Armstrong
      Duane Richardson    		   Video at 0:36:30
      Video at 1:28:18
      June   Building T&P Boxcars   Jim Ogden   Video at 0:49:46
      July   Professional Railroaders' Stories   Several Current, Former,
      and Retired Railroaders    		   Video at 0:01:00
      August
      Cowcatcher Magazine History
      Prototype CTC, TWC and Crossing
      Signal Operations    		   Tim Blackwell
      Eric Lewis    		   Video at 0:01:16
      Video at 1:13:37
      September   Funaro & Camerlingo Products
      Makeing Plastic Look Like Wood    		   Whit Fancher
      Bob Brendle    		   Video at 0:40:56
      Video at 1:11:40
      October   Western Canada on the Rocky Mountaineer   Garfield, Treadaway, Waters, Kaiser   Video at 1:07:11
      November   Making Your Structures Look Real   Mike Corley   Video at 1:08:24
      December   Demystifying Scratchbuilding   Rich Mossholder   Video at 1:46:33