By the 1880s, logging railroads were common in the dense old-growth forests of California. The loggers would clear-cut sites (usually the easiest to access first) which met their needs for a camp: service buildings, tramways, and sawmills. Tom's diorama includes all the elements of a ...

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....

Tom's sawmill won first place in the popular vote for on-line structures at the 2014 Gateway NMRA model contest. A number of kits and added detail parts were combined to create this highly detailed structure....

The 2014 Gardenland Express holiday flower and train show at the Missouri Botanical Garden, on display from November 22, 2014 through January 4, 2015, presented a journey through the history of the Garden's plant collections. This year's show included models of structures from the Gar...

Marvel at the scenic wonder and beautiful details on Pete Smith's 28’x20’ Sn3 narrow-gauge layout. Shays and Heislers crawl over the 125-foot loop-to-loop mainline servicing logging, mining and waterfront operations....

The Gateway Division NMRA sponsored this contest to encourage member model building and skill improvement. Grandt Line Reese Street Row Houses kits were distributed at the June 21 Division meeting for this year's contest. Completed models were brought to the November 17 holiday party ...

The third 2014 issue of the Caboose Kibitzer, published by the Mid-Continent Region of the NMRA, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, November 17, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. We will have our annual pot-luck dinner and the display and judging of the "Kitbashing Contest" models that you built from kits distribu...

The Annual Gateway Division NMRA Train Show and Model Contest will be held November 1&2, 2014, 9 am to 3 pm Sat and 11 am to 3 pm Sun, at a new location this year - OC Joseph Chrysler in Belleville, Illinois. The Gateway Division Train Show features clinics on model railroading, swap ...

The Fall 2014 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, The RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....

An easy-to-make one-hour project: a Steak 'n Shake billboard of the 50s using a gift card and some plastic strips....

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, September 15, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Brian Post will explain and demonstrate how to use your smart phone as a throttle to operate your DCC layout. This will be a hands-on c...