Gateway NMRA

The Gateway Division is the greater Saint Louis area chapter of the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA), the world's largest organization devoted to the development, promotion, and enjoyment of the hobby of model railroading. You'll want to bookmark this model railroad web site for future visits.

	2007 Gateway Division Train Show & Model Contest
	Photos of the contest winners from the 2007 model and photo contest will be online soon. The winning entries from the 2006 contests may be viewed here.

	Gateway Central XIII (2006) Small Model Railroad Layout Our 15th project railroad was given away at our Nov. 4 Train Show. Click to preview this new small railroad you can build. It is a shortened and customized version of the "The Stocking Valley Railway" published from Model Railroader magazine. This photo is from its appearance at a St. Louis area train show. Additional photos will go online soon.
	The Gateway Central XII (2005) HO model railroad features a small river port with oil terminal, grain elevator, dock and a lift bridge. Click for dozens of newly added photos.
	View dozens of new photos of the Gateway Central X project railroad. View the photos of the finished structures (Buildings Page 1 and Buildings Page 2) used on this small railroad and the "photo tour" of this HO train layout (4 'x 6') you can build.

Model Train Layouts

	Photos from the Missouri Botanical Garden's "Gardenland Express" G-gauge garden railroad Winter 2003-2004 flower and train show.
	See online the second edition of the "St. Louis Central" model railroad the Gateway Division designed and built for the Missouri Historical Society as part of their Winter 2002-2003 exhibit at the History Museum on models and miniatures, "Our World in Miniature." This 4'x8' layout is built on a sheet of 2" extruded foamboard supported by 1"x4" framework. It uses Atlas Code 83 track and structures from a variety of manufacturers. It is designed to have the "look and feel" of 1950s era St. Louis. Dozens of vehicles and hundreds of figures and added details enhance the various scenes on this model railroad.
	The exhibit at the Museum is now closed, but you can always explore this model train layout online with the dozens of layout and structure photos we have published on our website. Photos and descriptions of all twenty-six major structures on this layout are online (Buildings 1, Buildings 2, Buildings 3) along with a collection of views of the completed layout.

A Model Railroad You Can Build

	Three of our recent project model railroads were designed to be only 4'x6' - the minimum size for an HO scale train layout with a continuous run loop of track. We have 31 photos of this small model railroad layout you can build.
	The original Saint Louis Central 2001 Model Railroader magazine layout was constructed by Gateway Division members at the St. Louis National Train Show. See how the work progressed with 68 step-by-step photos.

Award Winning Models and Photos

Like train photos? Look at the 2004 regional model and photo contest winners. Or view 396 contest winning model photos or past covers of our newsletter, the RPO. Or go on one of four regional railfan photo trips with MMR Brad Joseph.

Model Railroading Events and Activities

Visit us at one of our Monthly Model Railroading Meetings, which are open to the public. Come and meet other model railroaders, talk trains, show your railroad models, participate in a modeling clinic, and have a nice evening sharing the hobby. Our next regular meeting is on Monday, September 15 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Click here for map and directions.

Model Railroad Scenery, Operations, Wiring, Techniques

We have lots of articles on model railroading in our expanded Online Model Railroading Library. Are you starting your first plastic structure kit? Check out a "how to" article on plastic structures and two more articles on building specific HO scale plastic model structures. New articles are constantly added here. Our newest articles are Essence of Operations and Vintage Color Signs. The latest electronics updates included recommendations for wiring a railroad for DCC, a table of HO scale DCC decoder installations with photos of 20 DCC installations, and specific information on replacement light board decoders for Atlas and Kato engines.

We have lots of other model railroading topics - click on the categories at left to go to that area of our site or enter a topic on our search page. Check back regularly for exciting new content we are constantly adding to this site. Go to the updates page to see what's new!

Contact Information

The public is invited to visit at any of our general monthly model railroading meetings.  Information on upcoming meetings and events is available on our Division Meetings page. The membership of the NMRA is a diverse group of individuals unified by their love of model railroading. We represent a wide variety of interests and wish to improve and expand the hobby through mutual effort. Our local members are from St. Louis city and county, southern Illinois, and Jefferson and St. Charles counties in Missouri. The Gateway Division has members from all over the United States.

Gateway Division NMRA
PO Box 510305
St. Louis, Missouri 63151-0305
email:  info@gatewaynmra.org

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