Model Railroading Blog and News

Members of the St. Louis Chapter National Railway Historical Society and the Gateway Division NMRA toured the locomotive repair facilities and paint shop of Metro East Industries, Inc. on Oct. 3, 2015. MEI is a family owned and operated business that repairs locomotives and freight ca...

On Sept. 19, 2015 the Gateway Division NMRA and the St. Louis Chapter NRHS held their 8th Annual Train Picnic at the Wabash, Frisco and Pacific Railroad in Glencoe, Missouri. The weather was great, the steam and diesel train rides were many, the food and drinks were plentiful, and the...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, October 19, 2015 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, IL. Rich Velten will demonstrate the use of the various types of speakers and enclosures he installs in HO scale engines when adding DCC sound. Our monthly meeti...

The Gateway Division NMRA and the St. Louis Chapter NRHS are having a joint picnic Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the Wabash, Frisco & Pacific Railroad from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Food will be served at 12:30 pm. Food, beverages, train rides and attendance prizes will be furnished by the ...

A railroad-related side trip needs to be part of any vacation. Since we were in the Tampa area, Alex and I took a morning trip to the Florida Railroad Museum. The Museum is open Wednesday through Sunday and operates diesel-powered train excursions on Saturdays and Sundays on six miles...

Arrangements have been made for a tour of Metro East Industries, Inc. on Saturday, October 3, 2015, starting at 9:00 a.m. This special event is only for members of the Gateway Division NMRA and the St. Louis Chapter NRHS....

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 21, 2015 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Phil Bonzon MMR will take you thru the process of building the three award-winning HO scale steam locomotives that swept the 2012 NMRA Nati...

John Carty describes the steps to create an HO scale model of a Wabash Lima-Hamilton diesel switcher....

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, August 17, 2015 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, IL. Jon Marx will discuss the history of the Nickel Plate Railroad, some of the railroad's more interesting equipment, and resources to aid in layout planning. Ou...