Gateway 2001 Model Railroads
on Layout Tours (S-W)
This is an online
reference to the model railroad layouts that were on
layout tours during the Gateway 2001 NMRA National
Convention in St. Louis (July 2001). The layouts are
described as they appeared during the July 2001
layout tours. Current descriptions of Greater St. Louis Area Model
Railroads are available in the Around Town section of our
website.
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Richard Schumacher
and Suzi Mestres
St. Louis Southern
Daylight
Special
Tour #31116, Tue 7:30 am-12:15 pm, $18
Tour #41116, Wed 7:15 am-noon, $18
 The SLS connects St. Louis
through Mississippi into the bayou country of Louisiana
to the heavy industrial port of New Orleans (on the
lower deck). Another division of the Delta Route (on the
upper deck) branches in southern Missouri to the
southwest to reach Texarkana and the Texas
"chemical belt." Trains from connecting roads
(MP, Santa Fe, Cotton Belt, IC) use these lines to carry
traffic and relieve their congested rails. When
completed, the HO St. Louis to New Orleans route
will travel almost 4 scale miles in the 34x42
railroad room. The 35x26 double-deck "first
phase" area will be on display. North Coast
Engineering DCC is used for control, and the layout
features steam and diesel engines with Soundtraxx sound.
Pete Smith
Loon Lake Railway & Navigation Co.
Colorado
Eagle
Tour #42103, Wed 12:30 pm-5:15 pm, $18
Tour #43103, Wed, 6:00 pm-10:45 pm, $18
Katy
Flyer
Tour #52105, Thr 1:15 pm-5:45 pm, $18
Experience logging, mining and waterfront operations
in Sn3 on this 28x20 layout. DC cabs with
Soundtraxx controls Shays and Heislers crawling on code
55 and 70 rail on the loop-to-loop 125 foot mainline.
Mark Soughers
Green
Diamond
Tour #51117, Thr 7:30 am-noon, $18
Tour #61117, Fri 8:00 am-12:30 pm, $18
This 20x18 N scale layout depicts the era
following WWII (1945-1950s) with steam and early diesels
running on two mainlines. Digitrax DCC.
Dave Stortzum
Burlington Route
Green
Diamond
Tour #51117, Thr 7:30 am-noon, $18
Tour #61117, Fri 8:00 am-12:30 pm, $18
CB&Q of the mid-1950s. A single track loop
configured to look like a double track mainline. See
November 2000 Rail Model Journal. Hilly and rocky
terrain, 22 tunnels, over 4,400 handmade deciduous
trees, lots of mainline run. N 38x16.
Mike Swederska
Ann
Rutledge
Tour #33115, Tue evening tba, $18
Tour #53115, Thr 6:00 pm 10:45 pm, $18
This 30x15 dual gauge S/Sn3 railroad is
designed for operational fun. The "U" shape
has a narrower "leg" against a wall with the
other 10x8 "leg" accessible from both
sides. All track is hand laid on spline roadbed cut from
popular and notched Homosote.
Don Take
Sunshine
Special
Tour #23102, Mon 6:00 pm-10:45 pm, $18
Tour #33102, Tue 1:00 pm-5:45 pm, $18
Midwest of the 1960s and 1970s provides the setting
for these twenty-seven (27) N scale modules designed to
move. Undulating hills with reverse loops to allow
continuous run. Dont miss the G shelf layout in the
same room (with a 6 bridge).
Don Taschner
Blue
Bird
Tour #51110, Thr 7:00 am-12:15 pm, $18
Tour #52110, Thr 1:00 pm-6:15 pm, $18
1950s transition period HO/HOn3 8x22 layout
featuring great award-winning scratchbuilt and kit based
structures, wonderful running equipment, and dual gauge
trackage. 130 double track standard gauge mainline
for steam and diesel operations with an eight track main
yard. Benchwork is 1"x4"s with a 2" foam
base. Aristocraft and PFM Sound control.
Jack Templeton
Buffalo, Pittsburgh & St. Louis
Ozark
Zephyr
Tour #43120, Wed 6:00 pm-10:30 pm, $18
Tour #53120, Thr 6:15 pm-10:45 pm, $18
See HO, N, Z and G all in one stop! The HO layout
includes an amusement park with its own N scale park
train, a cable car, an inclined railroad, two trolley
lines and an underground coal mine. The outdoor G layout
has a long trestle with over 500 feet of track. The 2x4
Z scale layout features an over and under trestle.
Ken Thompson
Baker Creek & Sun Valley
Zephyr
Rocket
Tour #43119, Wed 6:00 pm-10:30 pm, $18
Tour #42119, Wed 12:45 pm-5:15 pm, $18
Beautiful SP equipment operates on this compact but
highly detailed 10x13 HO layout set in the high
desert. The double track mainline may be viewed from
outside the loop or in the center via a duckunder. 1950
or 1980 era changes by changing rolling stock. Perfect
ballast. A G layout is mounted on the upper wall of Kens
family room.
Ty Treutelaar
Aina Nani Railway
Spirit
of St. Louis
Tour #21114, Mon 8:00 am-12:15 pm, $18
Tour #22114, Mon 1:15 pm-5:30 pm, $18
Ozark
Zephyr
Tour #43120, Wed 6:00 pm-10:30 pm, $18
Tour #53120, Thr 6:15 pm-10:45 pm, $18
Ozark
Mountain Ridgerunner
Tour #63121, Fri 5:00 pm-11:00 pm, $18
ANG (eye-nah non-ee, "beautiful land")
carries agricultural traffic from sugar mills to docks
on the 35x50 G freelance layout of Hawaiian
railroading during the 1930s. See tidal pools,
mountains, flumes, trestles and cliffs. The mainline is
187 feet with an additional 225 feet of sidings and
yards. Design considerations included broad aisles, no
duck unders, no doorway problems, hidden structural
support, room to socialize, and benchwork that would
blend and become part of the furnishings (a mixture of
pine and red oak). Backdrops are enlarged historical
pictures of Hawaii. This layout was featured in the May
2001 issue of the NMRA Bulletin.
Wabash, Frisco & Pacific Railroad
Prototype
tour #41203
 This live steam 12" gauge
railroad features a two (actual) mile round trip along
the scenic Meramec river, partly on the old MoPac right
of way, with a wye on one end and a roundhouse on the
other. An additional turntable is located on a siding
near the middle of the route and passenger station. The
50 members operate numerous steam, and some diesel,
engines on this naturally scenic layout.
Ulrich Wagner
Gottardt-Simplon-Bahn
Twentieth
Century Limited
Tour #23118, Mon 6:00 pm-10:15 pm, $18
Tour #33118, Tue 6:00 pm-10:15 pm, $18
This Swiss Alps European layout with steam, diesel
and traction allows you to travel the countryside and
into the Swiss Alps. The modern Swiss era (1960-1990) is
faithfully reproduced in detail including city and
country living, tunnels and high stone bridges. Like
Switzerland itself, 99% of the layout has overhead
catenary with all electric locomotives running with the
pantographs up. HO 24x18, complete scenery.
Dr. Harvey and Betty Walker
B&H RR
Morning
Star
Tour #42111, Wed 12:30 pm-4:45 pm, $18
Tour #51111, Thr 7:45 am-12:15 pm, $18
HO freelance 1950-1960 era 15x12 layout with
complete scenery focuses on the Southwest United States.
The main layout is on a 6x11 table with an urban
scene and yard. The three mainlines on the table access
an oval helix to reach a 66" high shelf that
leads to a sceniced around the ceiling layout on the
perimeter of the 42x27 railroad room.
Radio-controlled power packs, two reverse loops,
industrial and residential areas, lake, extensive
landscaping, and four painted wall murals.
Les and Mary Jo Walker
Tweetsie (ET&WNC) and the East Broad Top
Mark
Twain Zephyr
Tour #22113, Mon 12:30 pm-5:15 pm, $18
Tour #23113, Mon 6:00 pm-10:45 pm, $18
 If you like super detail and
prototype modeling, this layout is a must see. Steam and
diesel operate on this HO/HOn3 26x14 layout of the
ET&WNC and a generous portion of the East Broad Top.
The two sister railroads are finally joined here on this
layout. Johnson City and Mount Union yards are modeled
with their dual gauge trackage, and the ET&WNCs
Doe River Gorge section won and NMRA Merit Award. There
is some standard gauge representing the Pennsy and the
Clinchfield - sometimes running Cotton Belt stuff.
Infrared control and sound. Plan to have 95% of the
scenery complete for the Convention. Photo by Les
Walker. Doe River
Gorge.
Bill Wehmeier
Katy, KCS and Wabash
Blue
Bonnet
Tour #32106, Tue 12:30 pm-5:30 pm, $18
Tour #33106, Tue 6:00 pm-11:00 pm, $18
The Kansas City area in the late 60s is
represented on this 29x17 layout. Red MKT diesels
dominate, but there is also a good representation of KCS
and Wabash with a little RI also present. A very large
city is modeled which contains a scale 450 steel
viaduct. There is also a huge grain elevator and
industrial area with in the street running. All motive
power is custom painted and detailed. Layout featured in
the July 2000 issue of the NMRA Bulletin.
John Welther
Pheasant Run Railway Co.
Morning
Star
Tour #42111, Wed 12:30 pm-4:45 pm, $18
Tour #51111, Thr 7:45 am-12:15 pm, $18
See a 30 trestle and 1930s Missouri mining
structures in the wilds of Johns backyard. Prototypes
on which this layout is based include the Manns Creek RR
in West Virginia and the Dolly Varden mine. Beautiful
custom locomotives and rolling stock complete this fine
G 1:20 scale 20x30 layout.
Ted Williams
Wabash Tenth District
Mark
Twain Zephyr
Tour #22113, Mon 12:30 pm-5:15 pm, $18
Tour #23113, Mon 6:00 pm-10:45 pm, $18
The Wabash Tenth District of the Decatur Subdivision
from Bluff, Illinois to Hannibal, Missouri modeled in
HO. The layout reflects the Wabash just prior to the
N&W merger in the fall of 1964. You will see the
lift bridge at Valley City, IL and the swing bridge at
Hannibal. Every effort has been made to recreate the
prototype including a scratch built model of the unique
Wabash coaling tower, custom made searchlight and
three-color signals, plus all railroad structures are
painted in prototype colors. First generation diesels
and a Wabash business train travel through the highly
detailed scenes along a right of way which even includes
Wabash whistle and mile posts. Featured in the December
2000 issue of Model Railroader.
Carl Winkler
Colorado
Eagle
Tour #42103, Wed 12:30 pm-5:15 pm, $18
Tour #43103, Wed, 6:00 pm-10:45 pm, $18
Texas
Special
Tour #53104, Thr 6:15 pm-10:45 pm, $18
This layout utilizes seven cabs to run a major
freight and passenger yard, seventeen track engine
facility, and hundreds of feet of mainline trackage.
Beautiful western scenery and a large city complete the
railroad. Things to look for during your visit include
many locomotives and hundreds of weathered freight cars
of various prototypes including CP, MP, NP, GN & UP.
Layout featured in the June 2000 issue of the NMRA
Bulletin.
John Winter
JDS&E / Pennsylvania Railroad
Missouri
River Eagle
Tour #22101, Mon 12:30 pm-6:00 pm, $18
Tour #33101, Tue 5:30 pm-11:00 pm, $18
 This extremely detailed 14x13
"U" shaped layout depicts a bridge route for
the Pennsylvania RR between Johnstown and Collinsville,
PA. The B&O also has trackage rights over the
railroad. Small, highly detailed scenes featuring
scratch built structures are the hallmark of this
outstanding layout. Featured as a cover article in Model
Railroader. Photo
by John Winter.
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