Woodland Scenics Emilio’s Italian Restaurant models a family style restaurant typical of what you would see from the steam era through today. This beautiful structure is the first of their Built-&-Ready® Landmark Structures® to feature their new Just Plug™ Lighting System....

The Gateway Division NMRA leadership team has completed review of the results of our member survey and we’re starting to work on implement the findings. we’re going to need your help implement the changes. We sent out 214 surveys and received 68 responses. Please review the findings a...

I model the transition era of the late 1950s. It was a time of distinctive automobiles, many of which are now classics. When you see early Thunderbirds and Corvettes, classic Chevy Bel-Airs and tailfins you immediately know the era. The 1958 Edsel advertising said "Once you've seen it...

In 1953 Vess Bottling Company of St. Louis commissioned a giant revolving neon-lit soda bottle. The 12 foot tall bottle sat on a 13 foot pole and at the time was the largest lit bottle sign in the world. Two ways to model this type of sign are discussed, including a photo of the Vess ...

The Gateway Division NMRA Saturday Operations Night will be Saturday, April 30, 2016. Operating sessions for NMRA members only are available at three area model railroads. The operating sessions start at 7 p.m. Contact Chris Oestreich to sign up at oestreich62@yahoo.com or 636-207-170...

Make sure to attend these clinics which are part of the 2015 Gateway NMRA St. Louis Train Show on Saturday, November 7, 2015....

St. Louis modeler and photographer Gary Hoover is nationally known for his beautiful model railroads and amazing model photography skills. He is currently in the third major rebuild of his 24'x49' basement model railroad, and the design goals and philosophy, new track plan, and his mo...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, January 19, 2015 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Jim Ables will give a presentation on Modeling In The Computer Age. The presentation will include information on using the internet for r...

Kitbashing an HO scale model of the Radium Mine that was located on the south side of Belleville, Illinois....

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...

We have all visited beautiful layouts boasting meticulous track, detailed motive power and rolling stock, hundreds of citizens, large swaths of beautiful trees, and lots of buildings. Somewhere along the line, you start to recognize some of the structures as kits everyone has purchase...

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