Model Railroading Blog and News

Make sure to attend these clinics which are part of the 2019 Gateway NMRA St. Louis Train Show on Saturday, November 2, 2019. Learn about the DCC++ and JMRI, N & HO Scale Locomotive Maintenance, and Scratchbuilding Billboards for Your Model Railroad. Find out more at https://www.gatew...

A group of 27 members and guests from the Gateway Division NMRA and the St. Louis Chapter NRHS toured the Micro Engineering Co. manufacturing shop in Fenton, Missouri. Micro Engineering was started in 1964 under original name of “Rail Craft Products.” They manufacture a wide assortmen...

David Bufka's modern-era model railroad is located in a finished 12'x15' attic room in his 100-year-old farmhouse. Union Pacific, Illinois Terminal and BNSF trains pass through the countryside, cityscape, and downtown yard scenes on this HO scale railroad. Dave has been working on his...

Dave’s YouTube videos support his clinic “Building Billboards for the Baden, Vogt and DeSmet” which he recently presented at an Gateway Division NMRA monthly meeting. In both the clinic and the videos, Dave describes why he thinks making your own billboards is a good idea, how to retr...

The fourth 2019 issue of the Caboose Kibitzer, published by the Mid-Continent Region of the NMRA, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....

The new 50s-era HO scale Mini Metals Coca-Cola delivery trucks, sedans, billboards and vending machines are a great addition to my 50s-era St. Louis Southern Railroad. JL Innovative Designs also offers soda machines and billboards....

It's that time of year again, we're planning our annual holiday party. The party will be in place of the regularly scheduled November 18 meeting. This is a Gateway NMRA members-only event. Social hour begins at 6 p.m. with dinner served at 7 p.m. After dinner Gregor Moe will give a pr...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, October 21, 2019 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, Illinois. Tom Ose will review Arduino for model railroads and what has happened over the last year. We will look at new technology used for lighting and turnout ...

The Summer 2019 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, The RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....