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Gateway Division St. Louis Train
Show and Model Contest
November 3, 2012
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
(home layout tours start at 4 p.m.)
Trinity Lutheran Church
West St. Louis County
Our Annual Gateway
Division NMRA Model Railroad Train Show and Model
Contest will be held
November 3, 2012, 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
Train Show 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.
- Hands-on activities for children.
- Special grand prize drawings. Lots of door
prizes.
- 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 small and modular layouts 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.
Model Railroad
Layouts on Display
 Throughout
the Fall Meet, a variety of small and modular model
railroads will be on display. Compare the different
sizes of model trains, ask questions, enjoy
seeing different approaches to model railroading.
Modular layouts combine a number of small elements to
create a larger layout.
Home Layout Tours
Four 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 provided with admission to the
Train Show.
More Ways to Win in the Model Contest
 In an effort to increase participation in Gateway
Fall Meet Contest and to give you more chances at
receiving an award; the Gateway Division's Fall Meet
Contest has adopted the NMRA National rules, with
Scratchbuilt and Kitbashed categories and Peoples Choice
(Popular Vote) Judged with 1st, 2nd and 3rd place
awards, Merit Judged with Best of Show, 1st, 2nd, 3rd
and Honorable Mention for those scoring merit (87.5
points), but not placing, and Model Showcase (Display),
no awards, just show and explain your work. Please,
those entering Merit Judged, should complete the
following forms in advance.
NMRA Contest Entry Form (#901)
NMRA Model Contest Judge's Score Sheet (#902)
Map to Trinity Lutheran Church.
For more information on this event, contact
Hank Kraichely, (636) 394-5151.
Dealers, and those desiring
swap tables, please
contact Brian Post, (314) 249-6986. Modular layouts
please contact Hank.
Please check this website to
get details on other Division
model railroad activities and events planned for this year.
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