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David Bufka's Modern-Era HO Scale Midwest Model Railroad

David Bufka’s Modern-Era HO Scale Midwest Model Railroad

David Bufka's modern-era model railroad is located in a finished 12'x15' attic room in his 100-year-old farmhouse. Union Pacific, Illinois Terminal and BNSF trains pass through the countryside, cityscape, and downtown yard scenes on this HO scale railroad. Dave has been working on his...
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Building a Mobile Substation for the Day Lines

Building a Mobile Substation for the Day Lines

A mobile substation car provides power to the overhead traction wire in order to keep trains running while line crews conducted repairs to a substation or other power source. Since I model the East St. Louis & Suburban Railway System in HO scale, such a car provides a unique piece of ...
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Illinois Terminal Railroad Clinic – Gateway NMRA Meeting March 18, 2013

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 18, 2013 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Dale Jenkins, the President of the Illinois Traction Society, will present a prototype clinic on the history and operations of the Illinois...
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Fall 2010 RPO, Vol 18, No 3

The Fall 2010 Issue of The RPO is Now Available Online

The Fall 2010 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, the RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....
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