NMRA conventions and train show events feature a model and photo contest where entries are displayed to be viewed and enjoyed by other model railroaders and the general public. Any NMRA member may enter models and photos into these contests.
The following are the contest winners from the 1997 Gateway Division annual model and photo contest.
Steam Locomotives First Place 1997 Tom Troughton
Steam Locomotives Second Place 1997 Ralph Miller
Steam Locomotives Third Place 1997 Ralph Miller
1st&2nd Generation Diesels First Place 1997 Don Taschner
1st&2nd Generation Diesels Second Place 1997 Don Taschner
1st&2nd Generation Diesels Third Place 1997 Ray Grosser
3rd&4th Generation Diesels First Place 1997 “William F Schumacher Spirit of Model Railroading” Award Kurt Rudolph
3rd&4th Generation Diesels Second Place 1997 “Gateway Western Modern Railroading” Award Brad Meers
3rd&4th Generation Diesels Third Place 1997 Brad Meers
Freight Car First Place 1997 Dan Osborn
Freight Car Second Place 1997 Kevin Hampton
Freight Car Third Place 1997 Kent Hurley
Passenger Car First Place 1997 Charles Taylor
Passenger Car Second Place 1997 Charles Taylor
Passenger Car Third Place 1997 Charles Taylor
Caboose First Place 1997 Anna Isbell
Caboose Second Place 1997 Charles Taylor
Caboose Third Place 1997 Kent Hurley
Maintenance of Way First Place 1997 Dan Kohlberg
Maintenance of Way Second Place 1997 Kent Hurley
Maintenance of Way Third Place 1997 Kent Hurley
Structures First Place 1997 “WHGK Architects Award for Model Architecture” Don Taschner
Structures Second Place 1997 Don Taschner
Structures Third Place 1997 Tom Troughton
Dioramas First Place 1997 Tom Troughton
Dioramas Second Place 1997 Paul Metzler
Dioramas Third Place 1997 Renee Grosser
Whole Train First Place 1997 Richard Lake
Whole Train Second Place 1997 Dan Osborn
Whole Train Third Place 1997 Charles Taylor
Prototype Color Slide 1st – Gregor Moe – Steam on Kirkwood Hill
Prototype Color Slide 2nd – Kevin Hampton – Wheelsets in Rust
Prototype Color Slide 3rd – Kevin Hampton – CSX Lineup
Prototype Color Print 1st – Curt Regensberger – IT at Edwardsville
Prototype Color Print 2nd – Melvin Nierdieck – Washed Up
Prototype Color Print 3rd – Chris Oestriech – Eads Bridge
Prototype B&W Print 1st – Richard Schumacher – Cotton Belt 819
Prototype B&W Print 2nd – Loren Casey – Snowy Night
Prototype B&W Print 3rd – Melvin Nierdieck – Mixed Train Daily
Model Color Slide 1st – Gregor Moe – Engine House
Model Color Print 1st – Curt Regensberger – Local Switch
Model Color Print 2nd – Gregor Moe – Steel Country
Model Color Print 3rd – Charles Taylor – Fire Scene
Model B&W Print 1st – Gregor Moe – Self Portrait with Train
Youth Best of Show Mark Schneider – FNM at Piturreal, Mexico
Special Note
It takes a long time to add and format the photos for each of these model contest gallery pages. To get the new gatewaynmra.org website online a month or more earlier, the Division officers decided to initially publish the model contest pages without the photos, and to add them over time. For those with an immediate need to view small photos of the winning entries for this contest, you may view a pdf of the old webpage for this contest page.
