Model Railroading Blog and News

On Wednesday, May 29, 2019, a joint group of 28 railfans from the St. Louis Chapter NRHS and the Gateway Division NMRA toured Amsted Rail Co. foundry. The foundry, over a hundred years old, is the global leader in fully integrated freight car systems for the heavy haul rail market. I...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, September 16, 2019 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Steven Hamilton will present "Railroad Radio Communications" covering the history and evolution of railroad radio communications. Steve...

The Spring 2019 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, August 19, 2019 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, Illinois. Ken Rimmel will present "80 Years In Webster Groves, The Story of the Oldest Model Railroad Club In the St. Louis Area, Big Bend Railroad Club." This in...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, July 15, 2019 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Dave Ackmann will present "Building Billboards for the Baden, Vogt and DeSmet Railroad." Dave will cover acquiring prototypical art work, ma...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 17, 2019 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, Illinois. This meeting features four short clinics: “Hand Brakes–Holding Cars In Place” by Gregor Moe, “Using LEDs to Light Structures” by Rich Velten, “Weathering ...

The Winter 2019 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, May 20, 2019 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Dave Roeder, MMR will present a clinic covering research, planning and design of the HO scale Kirkwood Cutoff layout. The subject is an 11.4 ...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 15, 2019 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, Illinois. This meeting features four short clinics: “Hand Brakes–Holding Cars In Place” by Gregor Moe, “Using LEDs to Light Structures” by Rich Velten, “Weathering...