Model Railroad Article Library

This is a directory to the model railroading articles from backissues of the Gateway Division's publication, the RPO (Railway Post Office), as well as other clinics, photos, articles and reference materials of interest to model railroaders that are available on our website.

Freight Yards

• Adapting Prototype Operations to Model Railroading, Richard Lake
• What Are All Those Tracks?, Richard Lake
• All Those Tracks II, Richard Lake
• All Those Tracks III, Richard Lake

Model Railroad Operations

• Designing Model Railroad Operations, Richard Schumacher
• Essence of Operations, Robert (Bob) Johnson
• Car Card Resources, Richard Schumacher
• Notes on Operations-How Other Folks Do It, Rick & Venita Lake
• Timetable and Train Order Operation, Bob Amsler
• Operator's Guide to Better Operation, David Barrow, et al
• Layout Owner's Guide to Better Operation, David Barrow, et al
• Operations on the Webster Groves & Fenton RR Using Computer Spreadsheet, Dave Roeder, MMR
• Operations and the Steel Industry, Curt Regensberger
• Video Clinic: Introduction to the Pseudo-Soo, Bob Johnson

Trackwork and Train Layout Design

• Freelancing from a Prototype, Richard Lake
• Build a Project Layout (Gateway Central 1997), Richard Lake
• Logging Theme Project Layout (Gateway Central 1999), Richard Lake
• Video Clinic: St. Louis Southern Design Concepts, Richard Schumacher
• Hand Laid Rail ... It Can Be Done!, Charlie "CUPS" Stapleton
• Steps in Hand Laying a Turnout, Randolph Meyer
• Oh, No! Not Another Module Article, Tom Troughton
• Gateway Central Project Layouts, Richard Schumacher

Model Railroad Scenery and Structures

• Assembling Plastic Model Structures, Rich Schumacher & Venita Lake
• Cheap Tricks, John Winter
• More Cheap Tricks, Kraichely, Winter, and Treutelaar
• Vintage Color Signs, Don Consolver
• Building City Streets Using Walthers Cornerstone Street Systems, Venita Lake
• Stockyard Upgrades, John Carty
• Colorful Scenery of the Canyon & Rocky Mountain Railroad, Randolph P. Meyer
• Structure Magic: Starting a Wood Model Structure, Phil Sheahan
• Light at the End of the Tunnel, Tom Troughton, MMR
• DPM Kitbashing Contest 2009, Richard Schumacher

Rolling Stock - Railroad Cars and Locomotives

• Dependable Performance from Inexpensive Car Kits, Dan Osborn
• Boxcar Grain Loads, John Carty
• Scratch Building a Freight Car for AP Awards, Dave Roeder, MMR

Electrical and Electronics

• Easy Block Detection and 2-Color Signals, Richard Schumacher
  Part 1:  Detection Systems and Circuit Design
  Part 2:  Step by Step Assembly Instructions
  Part 3:  Connecting 2-Color Signals
• Interlocking Signal Circuits, Richard Schumacher
  (from Madison NMRA National Convention - coming soon)
• Easy Model Railroad Electronic Projects, Richard Schumacher
  (from MCoR Regional Conventions - coming soon)
• Scratchbuilt Searchlight Signals, Richard Napper, MMR
• DCC: Digital Command Control, new website section

Computers and Computing

• Computers and Model Railroading, Richard Schumacher
• Software Index as a Modeling Tool, Richard Lake

Prototype Railroads, Railfanning and Railroad History

• St. Louis Riverfront Railfan Guide, Brad Joseph, MMR
• St. Louis Area Railfan Guide, Brad Joseph, MMR
• Railfanning the KCS, Brad Joseph, MMR
• Railfanning the C&NW, Brad Joseph, MMR
• The CB&Q Mark Twain Zephyr, David Lotz
• Railroads in the Civil War, Bob Amsler
• Frisco 1522: Steam Train Adventures, Dave Roeder, MMR
• Overview of Interurban Railroads, John Carty

General Interest

• Imagineering, Pat Harriman, MMR
• Playing Trains With The Kids, John Carty
• Wabash, Frisco & Pacific Live Steam Railroad
• MBG Gardenland Express Garden Railroad Display
• Taking Stock, for Now or Later, Inventory Management by Venita Lake
• Build a Roll-Around Workbench for Your Layout, Larry Sayre
• Researching the Kalmbach Memorial Library, Marty Vaughn, MMR
• Preparing For a National Convention Home Layout Tour, Hank Kraichley

NMRA Achievement Program

• Golden Spike Award, Brad Joseph, MMR
• Scratch Building a Freight Car for AP Awards, Dave Roeder, MMR

Layout Photographs

• Brad Joseph's Union Pacific
• Phil Bonzon's Buffalo Creek and Gauley
• Bob Buschart's Burlington Route
• Litchfield Train Group
• Paul Fries's Red Board Hobbies
• Hank Kraichely's Burlington Route

Model Contest Photographs

• 2009 Model Contest Winners
• 2008 Model Contest Winners
• 2007 Model Contest Winners
• 2006 Model Contest Winners
• 2005 Model Contest Winners
• 2004 Regional Model Contest Winners
• 2004 Model Contest Winners
• 2003 Model Contest Winners
• 2002 Model Contest Winners
• 2001 Model Contest Winners
• 1999 Model Contest Winners
• 1998 Model Contest Winners
• 1997 Model Contest Winners
• 1996 Regional Model Contest Winners
• 1996 Model Contest Winners
• 1995 Model Contest Winners
• 1994 Model Contest Winners

RPO Backissues

• The RPO, Vol 17, No 3, Fall 2009 (pdf 1,405KB)
• The RPO, Vol 17, No 2, Summer 2009 (pdf 872KB)
• The RPO, Vol 17, No 1, Spring 2009 (pdf 314KB)
• The RPO, Vol 16, No 4, Winter 2009 (pdf 2MB)
• The RPO, Vol 16, No 3, Fall 2008 (pdf 2MB)
• The RPO, Vol 16, No 2, Summer 2008 (pdf 364KB)
• The RPO, Vol 16, No 1, Spring 2008 (pdf 220KB)
• The RPO, Vol 15, No 4, Winter 2008 (pdf 1MB)
• The RPO, Vol 15, No 3, Fall 2007 (pdf 1MB)
• The RPO, Vol 15, No 2, Summer 2007 (pdf 2MB)
• The RPO, Vol 15, No 1, Spring 2007 (pdf 357KB)
• The RPO, Vol 14, No 4, Winter 2007 (pdf 652KB)
• The RPO, Vol 14, No 3, Fall 2006 (pdf 20MB)
• The RPO, Vol 14, No 2, Summer 2006 (pdf 579KB)
• The RPO, Vol 14, No 1, Spring 2006 (pdf 1MB)
• The RPO, Vol 13, No 4, Winter 2006 (pdf 381KB)
• The RPO, Vol 13, No 1, Spring 2005 (pdf 560KB)

RPO Backissue Article Archive

• The Light at the End of the Tunnel, Tom Troughton, MMR
• Oh, No! Not Another Module Article, Tom Troughton, MMR
• Software Index as a Modeling Tool, Richard Lake
• Civil War Railroads, Bob Amsler
• Build "Roll-Arounds" for your Layout, Larry Sayre
• Colorful Scenery of the C&RM RR, Randy Meyer

RPO Cover Photographs

RPO Dispatcher's Desk Column

• Dispatcher's Desk V6, N3, Bob Amsler
• Dispatcher's Desk V6, N2, Bob Amsler
• Dispatcher's Desk V6, N1, Bob Amsler
• Dispatcher's Desk V4, N3, Bob Amsler
• Dispatcher's Desk V4, N2, Bob Amsler
• Dispatcher's Desk V3, N4, Bob Amsler
• Dispatcher's Desk V3, N3, Bob Amsler
• Dispatcher's Desk V3, N1, Bob Amsler
• Dispatcher's Desk V2, N2, Bob Amsler
• Earlier issues coming soon!

Gateway 2001 NMRA National Convention

• Convention Downloads

Didn't find what you are looking for here? You may want to make a request to the NMRA's Kalmbach Memorial Library.

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