Model Railroading Blog and News

The Summer 2015 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, July 20, 2015 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Jeremy Janzen will demonstrate weathering with Pan Pastels. These dry paints are easy to apply, low mess, and completely removable if you ch...

Our "gang" met last week on our annual Spring pilgrimage to the Horseshoe Curve area. Included were Ken Heyl, Allan Silverberg, Stan Swope, Jim Martin, and Bob Hoover; we met up with several other regulars at the Station Inn B&B in Cresson, PA. Had great weather six of the seven days ...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 15, 2015 at the O'Fallon, Illinois VFW Post. Curt Regensberger will discuss various prototype railroad methods of dispatching and signaling. Curt will also discuss how prototype dispatch and signaling m...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 18, 2015 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Dave Roeder and Don Morice will present "1522 Stories" - short stories and discussion about their experiences during the restoration and oper...

A photo in the Wabash Railroad Historical Society calendar inspired construction of a 1955-era piggy-back flat and trailer....

The Spring 2015 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, April 20, 2015 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall in O’Fallon, Illinois. John Carty will present "A Brief History of the East St. Louis & Suburban System" - a look at the Great East Side Electric Railway S...

Stake bed trucks have been hauling merchandise and supplies for the last 100 years. The Classic Metal Works 1946 Chevy stake bed truck is a great model for all transition-era layouts but a detailed load is needed for this truck to really set the scene....