The Arborway, T.T. & Northwestern Railroad is one of the largest private miniature railroads in North America. It is located on Woodsvalley Farm near Steelville, Missouri. It was the dream of investment banker John R. Woods with five miles of track, two tunnels, one wood trestle, auto...

Members of the Gateway Division NMRA and St. Louis NRHS recently visited the Iron Spike Model Train Museum. The museum was established in 2016 to honor and preserve the railroad heritage of the Midwest. This dream of a few model train enthusiasts, with the support of dedicated volunte...

For a quarter century the American Flyer "S" Gaugers of St. Louis presented the corner window display model train layout in Macy's (formerly Famous-Barr) downtown St. Louis store. A cherished holiday tradition, the 400 square foot display had trains on three levels with 300 feet of tr...

Atlas now has a different way to finish your HO scale code 83 flex-track ends. Atlas #598 "Wood End Tie Sections" (also available for "concrete" flex-track) slide on the end of the flex-track after 3/4" of ties have been removed (4 ties). It uses the same end tie design as sectional t...

Jack and Ellen Bray started JEB Mfg., LLC about 4 years ago to create "what is not being made that people want" and "things that are not made anymore" using 3D printing. He started with one 3D printer and added another with a smaller nozzle for detail parts. The models are made in O, ...

Make sure to attend these clinics which are part of the 2017 Gateway NMRA St. Louis Train Show on Saturday, November 4, 2017. Learn about custom decals, kitbashing, Chicago & Illinois Midland Railroad, and speakers for Digital Command Control. Find out more at https://www.gatewaynmr...

The Fall 2017 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, The RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....

The third 2017 issue of the Caboose Kibitzer, published by the Mid-Continent Region of the NMRA, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....

When Gregor Moe relocated from St. Louis to Chatham some modules from his original layout moved with him. For this module he extended the scenery on both sides of the original trackwork, and hid the slide-switch turnout controls within the new highly-detailed scenery....

The Summer 2017 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, The RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....

Cyanoacrylate glue, also known as CA glue or "super glue," is great for model building as it works on a variety of materials. It works by chemically changing when exposed to the water vapor in the air. Here's the best way to store opened bottles of cyanoacrylate to maximize their life...

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...