The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, September 20, 2021 and will be held online as a virtual Zoom meeting. "The White Pass and Yukon Journey" is a historical documentary following the origins of the railroad from the Klondike Gold Rush era to t...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, February 19, 2018 at Oliver C. Joseph Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM, 3795 IL-15 Belleville, IL 62226. Owner Brad Joseph has arranged loan of a display designed and built by the Milwaukee Country Historical Society...

2019 contest results. NMRA conventions and train show events feature a model and photo contest where entries are displayed to be viewed and enjoyed by other model railroaders and the general public. Any NMRA member may enter models and photos into these contests....

A recent “Trains and Locomotives” video on the RFD-TV channel inspired Bill Linson to railfan Centralia, Illinois, historically an Illinois Central town, which now sees Canadian National, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, and Amtrak traffic. Bill captured blue skies and a variety of train...

David Lowell’s Chicago & Illinois Midland Railroad is a 10’x16’ oval with a 15-foot shelf extension. It depicts the southern two-thirds of the Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway’s 121 mile route between Peoria and Taylorville Illinois in the mid 1950s....

2014 contest results. NMRA conventions and train show events feature a model and photo contest where entries are displayed to be viewed and enjoyed by other model railroaders and the general public. Any NMRA member may enter models and photos into these contests....

One common thread unites model railroaders: the love of trains. Additionally, most people, model railroaders included, love their children. While sharing your model railroad with your children, or grandchildren, remains a noble endeavor, some guidelines must be followed....

Fond memories of the rebuilding and operation of the Frisco 1522 Mountain steam locomotive....

Basics of Operations, Car Cards and Waybills for your Model Railroad Layout....

Warehouses, brewery, department store, REA shipping warehouse and dock on the country town Gateway Central model railroad....

Gateway Division members John Lee and David Lotz began their efforts in 2001 to cosmetically restore one of the ex-CB&Q E units at the Museum of Transport with the goal of having it unveiled at the Burlington Route Historical Society Meeting Sept. 13, 2002....

The largest fleet of named streamliners in the United States were the Burlington's Zephyrs. Competing in markets against the famed Eagles, Chiefs, 400's, Cities and Hiawathas on almost every route, the polished Zephyrs covered almost every route on the mainline of the Burlington and f...