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Spring 2019 RPO, Vol 27, No 1

The Spring 2019 Issue of The RPO is Now Available Online

The Spring 2019 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, The RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....
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The Story of the Oldest Model Railroad Club in the St. Louis Area: Big Bend Railroad Club – Gateway NMRA Meeting Aug. 19, 2019

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, August 19, 2019 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, Illinois. Ken Rimmel will present "80 Years In Webster Groves, The Story of the Oldest Model Railroad Club In the St. Louis Area, Big Bend Railroad Club." This in...
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Dave Ackmann HO Scale Scratchbuilt Billboards

Scratchbuilding Model Railroad Billboards – Gateway NMRA Meeting July 15, 2019

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, July 15, 2019 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Dave Ackmann will present "Building Billboards for the Baden, Vogt and DeSmet Railroad." Dave will cover acquiring prototypical art work, ma...
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Mini Clinics by Gregor Moe, Rich Velten, Herbert Koenig, Dan Knipp – Gateway NMRA Meeting June 17, 2019

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 17, 2019 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, Illinois. This meeting features four short clinics: “Hand Brakes–Holding Cars In Place” by Gregor Moe, “Using LEDs to Light Structures” by Rich Velten, “Weathering ...
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Winter 2019 RPO, Vol 26, No 4

The Winter 2019 Issue of The RPO is Now Available Online

The Winter 2019 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, The RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....
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The Kirkwood Cutoff Layout Plan – Gateway NMRA Meeting May 20, 2019

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 20, 2019 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Dave Roeder, MMR will present a clinic covering research, planning and design of the HO scale Kirkwood Cutoff layout. The subject is an 11.4 ...
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Four clinics! Gregor Moe, Rich Velten, Herbert Koenig, Dan Knipp – Gateway NMRA Meeting Apr. 15, 2019

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 15, 2019 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, Illinois. This meeting features four short clinics: “Hand Brakes–Holding Cars In Place” by Gregor Moe, “Using LEDs to Light Structures” by Rich Velten, “Weathering...
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Arduino and Model Railroading Clinic by Thomas Ose – Gateway NMRA Meeting Mar. 18, 2019

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 18, 2019 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Thomas Ose will recap the “Arduino and Model Railroading” clinic he presented at the fall meet and go deeper in the usage of Arduinos for y...
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Locomotive Maintenance – Gateway NMRA Meeting Feb. 18, 2019

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, February 18, 2019 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, Illinois. Glenn Koproske and Richard Velten will be presenting "Locomotive Maintenance," a clinic on their recommendations to perform periodic maintenance on yo...
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Model Railroading Insights, A Collection of Short Clinics – Gateway NMRA Meeting Jan. 21, 2019

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, January 21, 2019 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Come experience the insights of a group of St. Louis area modelers who will present a collection of 10 minute (more or less) clinics. See...
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Cab instructions and switchlist.

Developing an Operations-Focused Model Railroad: How We Did It

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....
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“Bring it and Brag” and Swap Meet – Gateway NMRA Meeting Dec. 17, 2018

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, December 17, 2018 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, Illinois. Bring it and Brag - Bring your favorite model and tell the group why it’s a favorite. Tell us about the techniques you used to arrive at this masterpi...
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