Model Railroading Blog and News

The Gateway Division NMRA Saturday Operations Night will be Saturday, April 30, 2016. Operating sessions for NMRA members only are available at three area model railroads. The operating sessions start at 7 p.m. Contact Chris Oestreich to sign up at oestreich62@yahoo.com or 636-207-170...

The first 2016 issue of the Caboose Kibitzer, published by the Mid-Continent Region of the NMRA, 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, March 21, 2016 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. David Lowell will present a history of the Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway, an examination of the 121 mile long class 1 short line locat...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, February 15, 2016 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, IL. Jim Ables, Rich Velten, and Don Ayres will start a new series of "Basics of Model Railroading" clinics with a discussion of available soldering equipment an...

Arrangements have been made for a special tour of the Barriger National Railroad Library on Saturday, March 5, 2016 for Gateway NMRA members....

The Winter 2016 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, The RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....

2015 contest results. 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....

John Carty's scratchbuilt Winstanley Powerhouse won first place in the Online Structures category at the 2015 Gateway Division NMRA model contest....

David Lowell's award winning Havana Transfer coal dock diorama was entered in the 2015 Gateway Division NMRA model contest. This coal dock is one scene on David’s HO scale Chicago & Illinois Midland Railroad which depicts the 121 mile route between Peoria and Taylorville Illinois in t...