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Model Railroader Magazine
National Train Show Railroad (2001)
Saint Louis Central 2001
Model Railroader Project Railroad
Built in 3 days at the 2001 National Train Show
 This model railroad layout
was designed and built by Saint Louis Area members of
the National Model Railroad Association and is inspired
by scenes and railroads of the Saint Louis Area. It is
perfect for the beginning to advanced model railroading
enthusiast. Click the model railroad track plan (at
right) for enlarged view.
 The Missouri Historical Society /
History Museum saw this layout on our website and liked
it so much they asked us to build a copy of it for their
Winter 2002-2003 exhibit, "Our World in
Miniature." Click
here to see over a hundred photos of our
"second edition" of this layout and its
structures.
There are five pages of photos of this HO gauge
layout under construction. Click here for the first
page of photos.
[ NTS Layout 1 ] [ NTS Layout 2 ] [ NTS Layout 3 ] [ NTS Layout 4 ] [ NTS Layout 5 ]
KMOX radio (St. Louis) auctioned the entire HO scale
train layout, with all proceeds going to Outreach Saint
Louis. The railroad auction earned $3,010 for charity.
The following manufacturers, hobby shops and
individuals donated materials or provided support for
this project layout:
Model
Railroader Magazine
(sponsor, purchased items
funding) |
Micro-Mark
(tools, scenery supplies, misc parts) |
Life-Like
Proto 2000
(GP7, SW9, freight cars) |
Digitrax
(Genesis DCC system) |
SoundTraxx
(steam sound decoder for 2-8-0) |
Walthers
(Cornerstone structures) |
Atlas
(code 83 track and turnouts) |
Life-Like
Scene Master
(vehicles, figures) |
Badger-ModelFlex
(ModelFlex paint) |
AMI
Products
(AMI grey and black road material) |
City
Classics
(structures) |
Bar-Mills
(rooftop billboards) |
Red
Board Hobbies
Belleville, Illinois |
Jim
Scorse
North Coast Engineering |
Tenax
7R
(styrene glue) |
Paul
Fries
Red Board Hobbies |
Saint Louis Central 2001
Model Railroad Layout Design by Richard
Schumacher
Chairmen: Venita Lake, Richard Schumacher, & Rick
Lake
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