Venita Lake explains how operations were developed for the El Dorado & El Reno Railroad, the waybills, track warrants and switchlists used, and the evolving role of their dispatcher's desk....

Glenn Koproske displayed his HO scale "Halloween Fright Fest Layout" at the recent Gateway NMRA St. Louis train show. This layout has been displayed at a number of area shows, the Iron Spike Museum and at Mark Twain Hobbies, and always draws a crowd. The layout and base are made of 2-...

Make sure to attend these clinics which are part of the 2018 Gateway NMRA St. Louis Train Show on Saturday, November 3, 2018. Learn about the Frisco 1522 steam program, Arduinos and model railroading, and learn hands-on how to decal your models. Find out more at https://www.gatewaynmr...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, August 20, 2018 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, Illinois. Illinois Valley Division member Thomas Ose will recap the "Arduino and Model Railroading" clinic he presented in April and go deeper in the usage of Ard...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 18, 2018 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, Illinois. Pete Smith will take us on a photographic tour of his layout while discussing the design concept and some of the modeling techniques he used. Our monthly ...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 16, 2018 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, Illinois. Illinois Valley Division member Thomas Ose will present "Arduino and Model Railroading." Arduinos are inexpensive, small computers that have many differe...

Joe's freelanced HO scale East Bluff Terminal Railroad models Illinois along the Mississippi river bluffs in 1971. 95' of single-track mainline follows the around-the-walls layout design with a grain complex peninsula, a duckunder at the doorway, and a 13-track single-ended staging ya...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, February 19, 2018 at Oliver C. Joseph Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM, 3795 IL-15 Belleville, IL 62226. Owner Brad Joseph has arranged loan of a display designed and built by the Milwaukee Country Historical Society...

Atlas now has a different way to finish your HO scale code 83 flex-track ends. Atlas #598 "Wood End Tie Sections" (also available for "concrete" flex-track) slide on the end of the flex-track after 3/4" of ties have been removed (4 ties). It uses the same end tie design as sectional t...

Preassembled model railroad structures have gained in popularity with more and more modelers as a way to scenic layouts faster. Menard's Hobby Shop is a nice addition to any town scene....

The Missouri, Texas & Western is the modern-era HO scale layout of the Mexico Train Works in Mexico, Missouri. David Lowell, and other Gateway NMRA members, recently attended an operating session there and everyone had a great time. David shares his experience of the event and photos ...

The advertising was not wrong. WOW! What a great time, what a great pike! Thanks to Ron Gawedzinski for setting up this event and Ken Kroschwitz of K-10 Hobbies and his minions who were gracious hosts and literally gave us the run of the railroad. At least twenty NMRA & NRHS members p...