Houton Tinplate Operators Society

Model trains!!  Come and see them and meet people who love them, work them, and want them to stick around for years and years to come.  Since 1988, the Houston Tinplate Operators Society has existed to do just that, and you can visit their permanent location at Memorial City Mall.

Here are the trains in action at Memorial City Mall...



And more trains...

You can see all these trains in action at the HTOS permanent location in Memorial City Mall in the hallway immediately west of the inside-the-mall entrance to Target.  Here it is...

This photo was taken a few months ago just as HTOS was moving into this spot next to the entrance to Target.  However, if you don't know where to look, it is hard to find.  However, the train guys have spruced things up a bit...

Here is a MAP of the mall.  Note the 'Houston Tinplate Society' west of the inside entrance to Target in the blue section.  HTOS is just west of 'Milano Men's' and can be accessed from the parking lot off Gessner north of Kingsride.

This is a really great place, and long-time mass-transit advocate and METRO buff Dominic Mazoch introduced me to this place.  Pretty cool!