The fourth 2017 issue of the Caboose Kibitzer, published by the Mid-Continent Region of the NMRA, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....
Glenn Koproske displayed his HO scale "Halloween Fright Fest Layout" at the recent Gateway NMRA St. Louis train show. This layout has been displayed at a number of area shows, the Iron Spike Museum and at Mark Twain Hobbies, and always draws a crowd. The layout and base are made of 2-...
LEDs are great for model building lighting, but working with and soldering individual LEDs can be tricky. Here is a very tiny (3/8-inch square) single LED module that is inexpensive, installs easily, and can be powered by any 12 volt DC power supply....
As is our tradition, we will not have a meeting in November; rather, we'll be holding our annual holiday party. This year's party will be Monday, November 19th, 6:30 p.m. at the Ballwin Golf Club, 333 Holloway Rd, Ballwin MO. Cost is $18.50 per person. Payment must be received no late...
Make sure to attend these clinics which are part of the 2018 Gateway NMRA St. Louis Train Show on Saturday, November 3, 2018. Learn about the Frisco 1522 steam program, Arduinos and model railroading, and learn hands-on how to decal your models. Find out more at https://www.gatewaynmr...
On September 15, members of the Gateway Division NMRA and St. Louis Chapter NRHS toured Continental Fabricators on Park Avenue in St. Louis. Continental fabricates pressure vessels, towers, drums, and many more items. They have special expertise in fabricating, restoring and rehabbing...
Roger Verbeeren, President, gave 24 members of the Gateway NMRA and St. Louis NRHS an extensive tour of Gateway Rail Services, Inc. We visited their rebuild shop, fabrication shop, wheel shop, and two private rail passenger cars, as well as viewing their inventory of passenger equipme...
Joe's freelanced HO scale East Bluff Terminal Railroad models Illinois along the Mississippi river bluffs in 1971. 95' of single-track mainline follows the around-the-walls layout design with a grain complex peninsula, a duckunder at the doorway, and a 13-track single-ended staging ya...