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White Castle Window Scene on Gregor Moe's HO Layout

A Happy Little (Structure Detail) Accident

Gregor Moe's Salt Creek and Western/Chicago Great Western HO scale model railroad is filled with hundreds of beautiful structures and miniature scenes. Unfortunately, he accidently broke the window in his Dubuque White Castle while handling the model. Instead of just replacing the gla...
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This BNSF GP38-2 is switching the Pinnacle Foods, Inc. plant in the background. A larger railroad yard, located in an industrial park, is beyond the plant, which manufactures cake mix for Duncan Hines.

Railfanning Centralia, Illinois with Bill Linson

A recent “Trains and Locomotives” video on the RFD-TV channel inspired Bill Linson to railfan Centralia, Illinois, historically an Illinois Central town, which now sees Canadian National, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, and Amtrak traffic. Bill captured blue skies and a variety of train...
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Pete Smith’s Beautiful Loon Lake Railway & Navigation Co. Sn3 Model Railroad

Loon Lake and Navigation Co. Sn3 Layout Tour – Gateway NMRA Meeting June 19, 2017

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 19, 2017. Our originally scheduled clinician had to cancel due to a work commitment. Instead, Gateway Division member and Master Model Railroader Pete Smith has agreed to host the June meeting as a layo...
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Hank Kraichely’s HO Scale Burlington Route Hannibal Division

Hank Kraichely’s HO Scale Burlington Route Hannibal Division

Hank’s double-deck layout depicts the St. Louis to Hannibal portion of the CB&Q Railroad’s northbound main known as the “K” Line along with interchanges, a branchline, and lots of online industries....
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