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Missouri Historical Society Exhibit Model Railroad
Layout
 The
Gateway Division NMRA designed, built and donated a new copy of the "St.
Louis Central" model railroad which was
originally designed and constructed for the Gateway 2001
National Convention. This new layout was donated to the
Missouri Historical Society for their use in a new
exhibit on toys, models and miniatures at the Museum
starting October 5, 2002 and closing January 21, 2003.
You can explore this
layout and its structures with the new MHS layout
pages (and over 100 photos) on our website.
Museum of Transport E-Unit Restoration
by Dave Lotz
photo at the unveiling - Dan Hollis - others David Lotz
 Gateway
Division members John Lee and David Lotz began their
efforts about a year ago to cosmetically restore one of
the ex-CB&Q E units at the Museum of Transport with
the goal of having it unveiled at the Burlington Route
Historical Society Meeting September 13th. John worked
his magic and arranged for DuPont to donate the paint
for the project, and arranged for the recasting of the
portholes. Dave concentrated on the details of
lettering, builder's plates, model designation plates
and arranged to have the BNSF West Burlington shop
boilermakers recreate the
 nose door headlight after unsuccessful
efforts to locate an existing one. The Illinois Railway
Museum allowed David to borrow the nose door from their
Milwaukee E-unit as a pattern.
Work on the unit was performed by the crew at the
museum and began in earnest the beginning of August. The
Marc decals and BN nose stripes had to be stripped and
the unit was sanded and primed. Unfortunately the
portholes were not ready for the unveiling, but will be
added soon.
 A
big thank you is due to Molly Butterworth at the Museum
of Transport for giving permission to undertake this
project, and to Don, Jeff and Ted for the many hours of
effort in very hot weather to get her done on time!
Others involved in the project were George Rust and Bob
Mitchell at DuPont; Scott Blair at the BNSF Havelock
Shops; Ron Hirsch at the BNSF West Burlington Shops;
Dave Dote at the Illinois Railway Museum; Gary Stengle
at EMD; AnyKinda Signs; Stiern Laser; Lasermasters;
Jamie Lee at Kenalloy Foundry and Kevin Schelen and Mike
Spoor of the Burlington Route Historical Society.
GM Aerotrain Restoration
The Gateway Division NMRA donated $10,000 to the
National Museum of Transportation for a cosmetic
restoration of the historic Rock Island GM Aerotrain
which is part of their collection.
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