Model Railroading Blog and News

The Winter 2018 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, The RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, February 19, 2018 at Oliver C. Joseph Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM, 3795 IL-15 Belleville, IL 62226. Owner Brad Joseph has arranged loan of a display designed and built by the Milwaukee Country Historical Society...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, January 15, 2018 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Gary Brandenburger, D.Sc., will return to follow-up on last year’s discussion on Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs). Gary will recap what are L...

The Arborway, T.T. & Northwestern Railroad is one of the largest private miniature railroads in North America. It is located on Woodsvalley Farm near Steelville, Missouri. It was the dream of investment banker John R. Woods with five miles of track, two tunnels, one wood trestle, auto...

On December 16, 2017 the Gateway Division hosted their first “Model Railroading 101” class open to the public at the Museum of Transportation. Greg Gramlich demonstrated how to build a simple layout using Bachmann EZ-Track on a 42"x60” piece of 2" thick extruded foam board. The hands-...

Members of the Gateway Division NMRA and St. Louis NRHS recently visited the Iron Spike Model Train Museum. The museum was established in 2016 to honor and preserve the railroad heritage of the Midwest. This dream of a few model train enthusiasts, with the support of dedicated volunte...

For a quarter century the American Flyer "S" Gaugers of St. Louis presented the corner window display model train layout in Macy's (formerly Famous-Barr) downtown St. Louis store. A cherished holiday tradition, the 400 square foot display had trains on three levels with 300 feet of tr...

Atlas now has a different way to finish your HO scale code 83 flex-track ends. Atlas #598 "Wood End Tie Sections" (also available for "concrete" flex-track) slide on the end of the flex-track after 3/4" of ties have been removed (4 ties). It uses the same end tie design as sectional t...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, December 18, 2017 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, Illinois. This month is our annual Bring it and Brag/Swap Meet event. Everyone is welcome to bring your favorite models (engines, cars, structures) and show the...