Model Railroading Blog and News

Steel industry rail operations on a model train layout....

The Fall 2009 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, the RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....

The joint venture between St. Louis Chapter National Railway Historical Society and the Gateway Division National Model Railroad Association on Saturday, March 28, 2009, was organized by Ron Gawedzinski. The event took us to Quincy, Illinois, to see and operate trains on the Quincy So...

Techniques for upgrading the appearance of a model railroad stockyard with cattle....

The Summer 2009 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, the RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....

The key to building a successful model railroad layout access gate is in the design and construction....

You’ll feel like you're in Wyoming when you step into this model of the UP over Sherman Hill from Cheyanne to Laramie. There are also separate C&S and CB&Q routes to Denver. This double deck HO layout features several scenes modeled after specific spots on Sherman Hill. Eras are mixed...

The background, history and modeling of interurban railroads, with special emphasis on St. Louis prototypes....

The St. Louis Junction Railroad focuses on late 1990s era local and industrial switching, including Granite City Steel, in the metropolitan St. Louis area. Interchange and through traffic between the major railroads rounds out the operations....