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1955 Wabash Piggy-Back Flat

Modeling A 1955 Wabash Piggy-Back Flat

A photo in the Wabash Railroad Historical Society calendar inspired construction of a 1955-era piggy-back flat and trailer....
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Railroad Modeling In The Computer Age – Gateway NMRA Meeting Jan. 19, 2015

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...
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Kitbash the Belleville Radium Mine

Kitbash the Belleville Radium Mine

Kitbashing an HO scale model of the Radium Mine that was located on the south side of Belleville, Illinois....
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Bob Weinman's Harbor Point & Western Railroad

Bob Weinman’s Harbor Point & Western Railroad

Bob’s HO layout uniquely combines his two hobbies, model railroading and boating. A beautiful harbor scene is the highlight of this fine layout. It is alive with activity from the fisherman straining to haul his large net on to the wharf, to an open-air seafood restaurant. Surrounding...
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Don Ayres' ATSF Los Angeles Division Model Railroad

Don Ayres’ ATSF Los Angeles Division Model Railroad

Don's HO layout, set in 1949 and featuring impressive car and engine facilities, utilizes a 17'x22' folded dog bone design to capture the beautiful mountains and scenic route east of San Bernardino....
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Fall 2013 RPO, Vol 21, No 3

The Fall 2013 Issue of The RPO is Now Available Online

The Fall 2013 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, The RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....
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Kitbashing for Dummies Clinic – Gateway NMRA Meeting October 21, 2013

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, October 21, 2013 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars‎ Hall in O’Fallon, Illinois. John Carty will present "Kitbashing for Dummies." Ready to run, build-ups, and kits provide modelers with a variety of motive pow...
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Model Railroading, St. Louis, and Railroad Web Links

NMRA on the Web The NMRA (National Model Railroad Association) is the largest organization devoted to the development, promotion, and enjoyment of the hobby of model railroading. Operation Lifesaver OLI is a national, non-profit education and awareness program dedicated to ending trag...
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Dundon on Phil Bonzon's Baltimore & Ohio

Modeling From the Prototype – the Buffalo Creek & Gauley

Welcome to hills and hollers of West Virginia and the 1950s on the B&O and Buffalo Creek & Gauley....
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New York Central 1950s-Era Freight Cars in HO Scale

During the transition era, the New York Central operated the second-largest U.S. railroad freight car fleet. A well-balanced freight car fleet on any model railroad should therefore include a selection of New York Central Cars. This article presents appropriate freight car models in H...
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Model Railroad Layouts (K-O)

The Division officers are working on an update of this information. Here is the content that was on the old website. Please send changes to layouts@gatewaynmra.org. John Kalin, Rio Grande Southern John Kalin’s Rio Grande Southern captures the Ridgeway to Rico route of this narro...
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Model Railroad Layouts (A-B)

The Division officers are working on an update of this information. Here is the content that was on the old website. Please send changes to layouts@gatewaynmra.org. Jim Agnew, Ajuga Flats Jim has three separate G scale layouts, two inside and one in the “wilds” of his back...
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