Our monthly division meetings normally start at 7:00 pm with a model railroading clinic or workshop (see description below). A short business meeting follows the clinic. Regular division model railroading meetings are open to the public and are on the third Monday of each month. Refreshments are provided at the meeting. Guests are always welcome.
Our next scheduled meeting is on Monday, August 19, 2019 at 7 p.m. at the O’Fallon, Illonis VFW Hall.
Upcoming Gateway Division Meetings and Model Railroading Events
| Aug 19 | Division Meeting VFW Hall, O’Fallon, Illinois (Get Directions) Clinic: The Story of the Oldest Model Railroad Club in the St. Louis Area: Big Bend Railroad Club. |
| Sept 16 | Division Meeting Trinity Lutheran Church, West County (Get Directions) Clinic: tba. |
| Oct 21 | Division Meeting VFW Hall, O’Fallon, Illinois (Get Directions) Clinic: Arduino for Model Railroads-A Year Later. |
| Nov 2 | Gateway NMRA St. Louis Train Show, Saturday, November 2, 2019, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (home layout tours start at 5 p.m.), Trinity Lutheran Church, West St. Louis County, Admission: $7 per adult, children under 12 free with adult. |
Click on location name for directions and map or more information about that location or model railroading event.
Upcoming Area Model Railroading Events
| Next event Sept 1 | Midwest Money Layout Open House, Sponsored by the Midwest Money Company, First Sunday of every month from 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Every Sunday in December, 5901 Hampton, St. Louis (cross street Holly Hills), 3-rail scale O layout, steam and diesel operations, free admission. |
| Sept 7 | Boeing Employees’ Railroad Club St. Louis Railroad Swap Meet, September 7, 10 a.m.–3 p.m., Queeny Park, 550 Wiedman Rd., Missouri. Admission $3, Children under 12 free. http://www.berrc-stl.com/ |
| Next event Sept 21 | St. Louis Live Steamers: Free Train Rides, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., September 21 and October 12, 2019. Kircher Park, Eureka, Missouri. Kircher Park is located just south of I-44 on Williams Road on the east side of Eureka. If going west on I-44 from St. Louis, exit at State Route 109, turn left, go under I-44, then immediately go back onto I-44 eastbound for about a half mile. Then again take the exit ramp and the railroad is across Flat Creek in the park. |
| Next event October 5 | Missouri, Texas and Western Operating Sessions, 1st Saturday of every even month, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Mexico Train Works Model Railroad Club, 415-B West Jackson, Mexico, MO 65265, Open to the model railroading community, please notify the organizer if you wish to attend at patrickhiatte@gmail.com. Starts at about 11 a.m., with lunch on the premises, and ends around 3 p.m. More info at http://www.mexicotrains.com. |
| October 12-13 | 29th Annual Greater St. Louis Metro Area Train Show, Sponsored by the Mississippi Valley N Scalers LLC, Kirkwood Community Center, 111 S. Geyer Road, Krikwood, Missouri, October 12-13, Saturday 10 a.m.–4.p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Admission $7. All kids and students with ID age 25 and under free. |
| October 26 | Dream Land Palace Model Railroad Show, Saturday, October 26, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Admission $3, children under 12 free. 4 miles west of Waterloo, 3043 State Route 156, Foster Pond, Illinois. For more information call Mike Lang at 618-939-9922. |
| Nov 2 | Gateway NMRA St. Louis Train Show, Saturday, November 2, 2019, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (home layout tours start at 5 p.m.), Trinity Lutheran Church, West St. Louis County, Admission: $7 per adult, children under 12 free with adult. |
| Nov 9 | Dupo Train Show, Saturday, November 9, 9:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m., American Legion Hall, 200 South 5th Street, Dupo IL 62239. Admission $3, Children 12 and under free. |
