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Hands-On Clinic: Digitrax LNWI WiFi Interface for LocoNet – Gateway NMRA Meeting Sept. 17, 2018

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, September 17, 2018 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Glenn Koproske will present an interactive clinic on the Digitrax LNWI WiFi Interface module for LocoNet. There will be audience partic...
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Kenneth Kroschwtz's Amazing K-10 Model Trains Layout

Kenneth Kroschwtz’s Amazing K-10 Model Trains Layout

Ken Kroschwtz has a huge HO layout filling a 60×81 foot railroad room. The layout includes three major railroads (ATSF, UP & SP) that all interchange with each other, two short lines, and five major industries. The ATSF includes a 255' double track main line and a 19 track yard. The U...
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Gateway NMRA Website Information

This is the official web site of the Gateway Division NMRA, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization incorporated in the State of Missouri and serving model railroaders and the general public in the Greater St. Louis Area including St. Louis City and County, St. Charles and...
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Gateway NMRA Constitution and By-Laws

Gateway Division NMRA Regulations – Revised July 2021 Article I Name, Purpose and Legal Status SECTION 1: The Gateway Division was organized as a subordinate body of the Mid-Continent Region of the National Model Railroad Association, Inc. The full legal name of the Division is ...
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Building Billboards for the Baden, Vogt and DeSmet

Building Billboards for the Baden, Vogt and DeSmet

Dave’s YouTube videos support his clinic “Building Billboards for the Baden, Vogt and DeSmet” which he recently presented at an Gateway Division NMRA monthly meeting. In both the clinic and the videos, Dave describes why he thinks making your own billboards is a good idea, how to retr...
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Developing an Operations-Focused Model Railroad: How We Did It

Venita Lake explains how operations were developed for the El Dorado & El Reno Railroad, the waybills, track warrants and switchlists used, and the evolving role of their dispatcher's desk....
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Greater St. Louis Area Model Railroad Clubs

Big Bend Railroad Club O scale, 2 rail railroad in the ex-Frisco Webster Groves Station, 8833 Big Bend, Webster Groves, Missouri. Open house first Tuesday at 7 p.m., member meetings Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Open for new members. Call Kenneth Rimmel 314-966-5227. Big River Valley Club A medi...
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Diorama: The First Time

Gateway Division “Start With a Boxcar” Kitbash Contest Results

This year’s contest featured a very simple set of rules. The first rule required the entrant to start with a box car. Entries were divided into models and dioramas. The seven entries provided a nice variety of what can be accomplished with a box car....
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Kenneth Kroschwtz's Amazing K-10 Model Trains Layout

Special Member’s Tour and Operating Session at K-10’s Model Trains

As a special member's event, Gateway NMRA and St. Louis NRHS members are invited to visit, tour and operate HO model trains at K-10’s Model Trains, 19 Schiber Court, Maryville, Illinois, on Saturday, October 29, 2016, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sign up at the next meeting or contact Ron G...
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Division Operations Night

Division Operations Night

The Gateway Division NMRA sponsored an Operations Night Saturday, April 30, 2016. Operating sessions for NMRA members were available at three area model railroads. Jason Janzen and Dale DeWitt share their experiences of the event....
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Gateway Division Operations Night Member Event, April 30, 2016

The Gateway Division NMRA Saturday Operations Night will be Saturday, April 30, 2016. Operating sessions for NMRA members only are available at three area model railroads. The operating sessions start at 7 p.m. Contact Chris Oestreich to sign up at oestreich62@yahoo.com or 636-207-170...
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Clinics at the Nov. 7, 2015 Train Show

Gateway NMRA Announces Clinics at the Nov. 7, 2015 Train Show

Make sure to attend these clinics which are part of the 2015 Gateway NMRA St. Louis Train Show on Saturday, November 7, 2015....
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