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The Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway – Gateway NMRA Meeting March 21, 2016

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 21, 2016 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. David Lowell will present a history of the Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway, an examination of the 121 mile long class 1 short line locat...
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Basics of Model Railroading: Soldering – Gateway NMRA Meeting February 15, 2016

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, February 15, 2016 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, IL. Jim Ables, Rich Velten, and Don Ayres will start a new series of "Basics of Model Railroading" clinics with a discussion of available soldering equipment an...
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Winter 2016 RPO, Vol 23, No 4

The Winter 2016 Issue of The RPO is Now Available Online

The Winter 2016 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, The RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....
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Custom Decals for Your Model Railroad – Gateway NMRA Meeting January 18, 2016

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, January 18, 2016 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Dave Roeder MMR will present “Custom Decals for Your Railroad.” This clinic explains how to produce custom decals using artwork created i...
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Chicago Create – Gateway NMRA Meeting December 21, 2015

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, December 21, 2015 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, IL. Curt Regensberger will discus the Chicago Create. The Create is a private/governmental program to relieve rail congestion in Chicago. Curt will talk about s...
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Annual Holiday Pot-Luck Dinner

Annual Holiday Pot-Luck Dinner – Gateway NMRA Meeting November 16, 2015

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, November 16, 2015 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. We will have our annual pot-luck dinner. Bill Levin will give a presentation on his recent trip to South America. Members please bring a...
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Speakers and Enclosures for Great DCC Sound – Gateway NMRA Meeting October 19, 2015

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, October 19, 2015 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, IL. Rich Velten will demonstrate the use of the various types of speakers and enclosures he installs in HO scale engines when adding DCC sound. Our monthly meeti...
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NMRA-NRHS 8th Annual Train Picnic Sept. 19, 2015

Attend the NMRA-NRHS 8th Annual Train Picnic Sept. 19, 2015

The Gateway Division NMRA and the St. Louis Chapter NRHS are having a joint picnic Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the Wabash, Frisco & Pacific Railroad from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Food will be served at 12:30 pm. Food, beverages, train rides and attendance prizes will be furnished by the ...
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Researching and Scratchbuilding Steam Locomotives – Gateway NMRA Meeting Sept. 21, 2015

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 21, 2015 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Phil Bonzon MMR will take you thru the process of building the three award-winning HO scale steam locomotives that swept the 2012 NMRA Nati...
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The Nickel Plate Railroad: History and Modeling – Gateway NMRA Meeting August 17, 2015

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, August 17, 2015 at VFW Post 805 in O’Fallon, IL. Jon Marx will discuss the history of the Nickel Plate Railroad, some of the railroad's more interesting equipment, and resources to aid in layout planning. Ou...
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Weathering Models with Pan Pastels – Gateway NMRA Meeting July 20, 2015

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, July 20, 2015 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Jeremy Janzen will demonstrate weathering with Pan Pastels. These dry paints are easy to apply, low mess, and completely removable if you ch...
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Westbound NS empty hoppers pass the Station Inn, our B&B, in the background with the red & white awnings.

Springtime Cresson Railfanning with Bill Linson

Our "gang" met last week on our annual Spring pilgrimage to the Horseshoe Curve area. Included were Ken Heyl, Allan Silverberg, Stan Swope, Jim Martin, and Bob Hoover; we met up with several other regulars at the Station Inn B&B in Cresson, PA. Had great weather six of the seven days ...
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