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Tristatemodelrailroaders Tristate Model Railroaders is a group of model railroaders who promote the hobby of model railroading.

Springfield 6/1: GP15 #1567 awaits its next job while Georgia Central #1714 slumbers in the high grass. ..some reaso...
06/03/2026

Springfield 6/1:
GP15 #1567 awaits its next job while
Georgia Central #1714 slumbers in the
high grass. ..some reason they tore up the cul de sac on the west side..best I could get. Jt

Don’t miss the Joplin History & Mineral Museum Model Train Show, Saturday July 18, 2026.
06/02/2026

Don’t miss the Joplin History & Mineral Museum Model Train Show, Saturday July 18, 2026.

Hercules Powder Company had one of its plants in Carthage. Quite an explosion there in 1968.Still in operation as Dyno N...
06/01/2026

Hercules Powder Company had one of its plants in Carthage.
Quite an explosion there in 1968.
Still in operation as Dyno Nobel.

Photo location unknown, courtesy
Classic Freight Cars.

Typical, well cared for, Cotton Belt GP40-2 #7639 between runs at Hutchinson 8/97. Jt
06/01/2026

Typical, well cared for, Cotton Belt GP40-2 #7639 between runs at Hutchinson 8/97. Jt

Soon, very soon!😂🚂
05/30/2026

Soon, very soon!😂🚂

Nevada 5/28:Work train headed to Eve on the Katy line...rather see couple of GP7s with mixed colors of beat-up hoppers, ...
05/28/2026

Nevada 5/28:
Work train headed to Eve on the Katy line...rather see couple of GP7s with mixed colors of beat-up hoppers, and a 1 to 20-series caboose. Jt

Courtesy Missouri Nostalgia:Hard to find Lindale on a map these days.This was a cornfield crew change point on the MKT S...
05/21/2026

Courtesy Missouri Nostalgia:

Hard to find Lindale on a map these days.
This was a cornfield crew change point on the MKT St. Louis line between Appleton City and Rockville.
Anyone with information about operations would be appreciated. Jt

Another rerun--seven months after the CR units were captured in Bartlett, caught this eastbound at Edna Jan. '83.Like B...
05/21/2026

Another rerun--seven months after the CR units were captured in Bartlett, caught this eastbound at Edna Jan. '83.
Like Bartlett, nothing remains from this scene. Jt

A few shots of the Tri-State Model Railroaders traveling layout. Come see us at the Joplin History & Mineral Museum Mode...
05/19/2026

A few shots of the Tri-State Model Railroaders traveling layout. Come see us at the Joplin History & Mineral Museum Model Train Show. Saturday, July 18, 2026, 9 am to 3 pm. Located at 504 South Schifferdecker, in Joplin, Missouri.

05/17/2026

Using a gear drive I saved years ago along with a KFC bucket I got in a box of junk sometime to make a back KFC behind a business at the backdrop, no restaurant. Replace shaft with brass tubes and heat shrink to hold it all together. Also scratch built an unloading ramp for the trw plant. Fred

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