Click a category button to view the complete listing of the model railroading articles, clinics, photos, and reference materials on that topic. Gateway Central Project Railroads Small Model Railroads Freight Yards Layout Design and Construction Trackwork...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, October 18, 2021 and will be held online as a virtual Zoom meeting. Dave Ackmann will present "2 and 1/2D CAD" - how Dave uses PowerPoint as Computer Aided Design software for his model railroad. Advanced Po...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, February 16, 2015 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall in O’Fallon, Illinois. Lonnie Bathurst and Mark Lewis will show photos of the Litchfield Train Group layout and describe the various scenes and towns. T...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Dave Roeder, MMR, will present on the techniques used for his scratchbuilt and kitbashed models of the depots at Ferguson and Webster Groves...

My goal with this layout was to create a "big time railroading" feel in only 4'x6'. I wanted lots of switching possibilities, a downtown city look, and continuous running. I used large city buildings to divide this layout into separate scenes without the need for a scenic background d...

Modelers enjoy visiting and running on model railroads that are realistic in appearance and operated in a realistic manner. This only happens when the model echoes the mission of a real railroad — cars move to transport freight and passengers....

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The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. CDT on Monday, September 19, 2022. This month we return to in-person meetings and will also be available via Zoom. Dave Ackmann will present Automating CAD For Model Railroad Structures Using “Generators.”...

The Gateway 2022 team is excited to announce the full opening of registration for the NMRA’s 2022 annual convention and convention activities. Go to www.gateway2022.org to sign up....

The new 50s-era HO scale Mini Metals Coca-Cola delivery trucks, sedans, billboards and vending machines are a great addition to my 50s-era St. Louis Southern Railroad. JL Innovative Designs also offers soda machines and billboards....

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 20, 2019 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Dave Roeder, MMR will present a clinic covering research, planning and design of the HO scale Kirkwood Cutoff layout. The subject is an 11.4 ...