Model Railroading Blog and News

Here's two more Memphis buildings perfect to print for your layout's background. Dixie Machine Welding has a great sign....

Gateway Division members John Lee and David Lotz began their efforts in 2001 to cosmetically restore one of the ex-CB&Q E units at the Museum of Transport with the goal of having it unveiled at the Burlington Route Historical Society Meeting Sept. 13, 2002....

Every restaurant and diner needs an interior. These classic prototypes from New Orleans and Memphis will quickly provide that "missing" interior behind your model's large front windows....

This train layout was part of an exhibit on models and miniatures at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park (Saint Louis) October 5, 2002 to January 21, 2003. This layout is no longer on exhibit at the museum, but you can still explore it through the approximately one hundred phot...

Factories, hotel, freight house, brewery, retail businesses, and bridges on the Missouri History Museum model railroad layout....

Warehouses, restaurants, freight house, grain elevator, retail lofts, concrete and brick streets, and figures on the Missouri History Museum model railroad layout....

Freight depot, interlocking tower, catalog showroom, auto parts store, team track, transformer, speeder shed, crossing gates, trackside shanty, and billboards on the Missouri History Museum model railroad layout....

This model railroad layout is based on the Saint Louis Central 2001 Model Railroader project designed and built by St. Louis area members of the National Model Railroad Association during the July 2001 National Train Show in downtown St. Louis. We’ll call this one "Version 2.002" beca...

A vacation road trip is always an excellent opportunity for railroad photos. Memphis and New Orleans streetcars, NOPB switchers, and a French 40 and 8....