In late October, 41 modelers from Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas descended on Houston for a weekend of operating on model railroad layouts. The Houston Operators Of Tiny Electric Railway Systems (HOOTERS) included 20 layouts, and operating crews ranged from ten to two participants. Each guest operated on four layouts during the three-day event, which included a Saturday night social.

HOOTERS is one leg of a three-city rotation between Tulsa, Dallas, and Houston that meets each year. The event started in 1998 as part of the Dallas Interchange. The initial Dallas Interchange featured 30 out-of-towners operating on nine layouts in Dallas.

The Event was held in 2007 as the Dallas Interchange and in 2008 as the Tulsa Line 2008 Operations Meet.

Here are a few pictures of the event taken on the All Points North layout