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Group photo from the 2010 Gateway Rail Services tour.

Gateway Rail Services Tour 2010

NRHS/NMRA tour of Gateway Rail Services shops, and photos of the process of rebuilding, remodeling and maintaining private rail cars....
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Bob Johnson's Pseudo-Soo Line HO Scale Model Railroad Layout

Bob Johnson’s Pseudo-Soo Line HO Model Railroad Layout

The Pseudo-Soo Line (PSL) is set in north-central Wisconsin in June of 1953. It represents the Third Subdivision of the Gladstone Division of the "Soo." The HO scale PSL is in an approximately 50’x16’ area using an around the wall design with a long center peninsula. The layout uses D...
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Operation Lifesaver 2010 Trip.

Union Pacific Operation Lifesaver Trip 2010

Photos from the 2010 NRHS/NMRA Union Pacific Operation Lifesaver train trip from Pacific to Washington, Missouri....
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Rick & Venita Lake's El Dorado & El Reno HO Model Railroad

Rick & Venita Lake’s El Dorado & El Reno HO Model Railroad

This golden era layout is a free-lanced shortline railroad with heavy Rock Island influence, running northwest from Lillie, Louisiana, to El Reno, Oklahoma, with the modeled portion ending at Howe, Oklahoma. It also serves as a bridge route for the CRI&P Railroad through El Dorado, Ar...
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UTL 14387 Tank Car at the Museum of Transportation

Freight Car Placement in a Train

Railroads take great pains to ensure shipments arrive at their destination intact, especially hazardous materials. Find out how to replicate these efforts on your model railroad, as well as the forces acting on trains....
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Scratch Building a Stone Arch Viaduct.

Scratch Building a Stone Arch Viaduct – Casting and Construction

Scratch-building an HO scale model of a stone arch viaduct using plaster and a latex rubber mold....
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Summer 2010 RPO, Vol 18, No 2

The Summer 2010 Issue of The RPO is Now Available Online

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