The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, October 17, 2016 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, IL. We learned how to lay track and ballast it at our June meeting. Now, our “Basics of Model Railroading” series continues with Brian Post's discussion on how t...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 20, 2016 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, IL. Gregor Moe will present a short discussion on track laying and ballasting, followed by a hands-on exercise. Bring your own favorite tool you use for ballasting....

A hose level was used to create the level areas required for the layout - so I thought they were level. But my free-rolling car wheelsets found the minor variations in benchwork construction and decided to seek their own level. Nylon mono-filament fishing line to the rescue!...

The Spring 2012 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, the RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....

Tips and techniques to hand lay model train track....

Low Cost Tips to Improve Your Railroad Modeling Photo by Richard Schumacher Trackwork is the most visible representation of your model railroad. It does not matter if the train is even on the track, the track is still there for all critical eyes to critique. It defines from where your...