The Lehnis Railroad Museum announced Thursday that Buster’s Concho, Colorado & Brazos Valley Railroad, a 7 1/2″ gauge mini-railroad, will have its grand opening during the 2011 Brownwood Reunion Celebration September 16-18, 2011.  The Martin & Frances Lehnis Railroad Museum is located at 700 E. Adams, Brownwood.

Tickets will be $2 per person and hours of operation during Reunion will be:

• Friday 5 to 8 p.m.
• Saturday 10 to 8 p.m. (Steam engine operating on Saturday only!)
• Sunday 12 to 5 p.m.

This new exhibit is made possible through generous donations from the following donors:

*City of Brownwood
*Vulcan Materials
*Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
*Citizens National Bank
*Harley Ethridge
*Fred Springer

The Martin and Francis Lehnis Railroad Museum offers a special thanks goes out to those who gave their support and time to the project:

Volunteers:   Craig Seger, Alfred T. Gerhard, Luke Broussard, Derek Little, Rex Reed, Frank T. Hilton, Jack Lamkin, Thomas Havens Unit, and Brownwood Community Service.

City of Brownwood:  Mayor Stephen E. Haynes; Councilmen H. D. Jones, Eddie Watson, Carl McMillan, Draco Miller, and Jerry DeHay; City Manager Bobby Rountree; City Engineer Don Hatcher; Parks & Recreation Department: David Withers, Artie Ragland, Travis Brandstetter, John Mobley, & Ray Chapma; Street Department: Casey Barker; and Utility Department:  Kevin Scalley; Lehnis Museum Advisory Board members Candace Cooksey Fulton, Pat Coursey, Frank Hilton, Roger Levesque, Ladon Spence, Lehnis Railroad Museum Curator: Mary Lynn Irving.

For more information about the miniature railroad, please see the previous articles:

City Council to Consider Construction of Railroad Attraction

Council Approves Construction of New Mini-Railroad Attraction

Pictured above is the mini steam engine.  Photo courtesy Lehnis Railroad Museum