Fond memories of the rebuilding and operation of the Frisco 1522 Mountain steam locomotive....

Techniques for modeling concrete, brick and asphalt streets, and concrete grade crossings, on your model railroad layout with the Walthers Cornerstone street system....

The Winter 2006 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, the RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....

Basics of Operations, Car Cards and Waybills for your Model Railroad Layout....

Inexpensive model railroad building detailing tips and tricks....

For the Microsoft TechEd 2004 conference, I stayed at a new hotel directly across the street from the San Diego Convention Center. Well, also across working railroad and trolley tracks. And the view allowed me to rainfan from my hotel room window. So here's some shots of BNSF, the Coa...

Looking for a small HO scale model railroad track plan? The Gateway Central X offers switching and train operation action, while still providing a complete mainline loop for just running trains in only 4x6 feet. This layout can be easily expanded in two different directions....

Instructions on the painting and assembly of the HO scale Walthers Cornerstone "Team Track" kit 933-3166....

Assembly and painting tips, and roof detail guidance, for the Walthers Cornerstone "REA Freight House" 933-3095....

Looking for a small HO scale model railroad track plan? The Gateway Central IX offers lots of switching and train operation possibilities, while still providing a complete mainline loop for just running trains. This layout can be easily expanded in four different directions. A "big ti...

This model railroad layout is based on the Saint Louis Central 2001 Model Railroader project designed and built by St. Louis area members of the National Model Railroad Association during the July 2001 National Train Show in downtown St. Louis. We’ll call this one "Version 2.002" beca...

We assembled the Walthers Cornerstone "Lakeside Shipping" 933-3084 kit as two separate buildings on the History Museum layout. Only one problem - the roof of the warehouse section had a notch out of it to fit the other building in this kit. Trying to match and patch the roof would tak...