Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Question: What Texas town has a Glockenspiel tower featuring two cowboy figures reenacting a fictitious train robbery?

Answer: Grapevine. The 127-foot-tall tower was completed in 2012 as part of the Grapevine Convention and Visitors Bureau at the site of the historic Cotton Belt Hotel. Throughout the day, nine-foot-tall animatronic cowboys named Nat Barrett and Willy Majors exit the clock tower to engage in a duel. Currently, the Would-Be Train Robbers are “behind bars and will not emerge,” according to the convention center’s website.