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Gateway Division Annual Train
Show and Model Contest
November 1, 2008
9 am to 3 pm
(home layout tours at 4pm)
Trinity Lutheran Church
West St. Louis County
Our Annual Gateway
Division Fall Model Railroad Meet and Train Show will be held
November 1, 2008, 9 am to 3 pm, at
Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County
(Clayton and 141).
Admission: $5 per person, children 12 and under
free when accompanied by an adult.
The Gateway Division
Fall Meet features clinics on model
railroading, swap tables, model and photo contests, and
home train layout tours.
- Bring your model
railroading questions - we'll give you the
answers!
- Bring your models to enter
in the contests.
- Bring your model railroad
or prototype train photos to enter in the photo
contests.
- Special grand prize drawings.
- Browse the swap tables for that model you're
looking for.
- Go on self-guided tours of
local model railroad layouts.
- Vote for your favorite models and photos.
- See the MZ&D modular layout (from Quincy, IL) on
display.
Attend Model Railroading Clinics, Talk Trains
 Help yourself
to coffee and donuts (for as long as they last), look
over what's being offered at the swap tables, check to
see if you've won a door prize, take your pride-and-joy
model to the contest room, and settle down in one of the
clinic rooms and learn something new.
A railroad clinic is a presentation on some
particular aspect of model railroading or prototype
railroading (the real thing). Usually a clinic runs from
45 minutes to an hour long and may allow time for
questions. Model railroaders love to share their
experience with others through demonstrations, slides,
samples, and even hands-on/try-it-yourself
presentations. This "how to" aspect is one of the
 best
ways to learn about the many facets of modeling. Clinics
on present-day railroads, as well as long-gone and
merged railroads, provide background on how the real
railroads do things, from operations to laying track and
building stations to the kinds of equipment and freight
or passenger service to be found. They help the modeler
to build and operate a more realistic railroad.
Watch the Construction of a Small Model Railroad
Layout
Throughout the Fall Meet,
the Gateway Central Crew will be
working on the next Gateway
Central project railroad. See firsthand
modeling techniques by local experts, ask questions,
learn how to ballast, wire, create scenery, detail
scenes, weather buildings and rolling stock, and plant model
trees. Ask questions, watch what they are doing, and
offer to help!
Home Layout Tours
Some members of the Gateway Division will open their
homes to tours on Saturday afternoon and evening,
beginning around 4 pm. Directions (maps) and information about
these layouts will be available at the Fall Meet.
Map to Trinity Lutheran Church.
For more information on this event, contact
Hank Kraichely, (636) 394-5151.
Please check this website to
get details on other Division
activities and events planned for this year.
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