LEDs are great for model building lighting, but working with and soldering individual LEDs can be tricky. Here is a very tiny (3/8-inch square) single LED module that is inexpensive, installs easily, and can be powered by any 12 volt DC power supply....

On September 15, members of the Gateway Division NMRA and St. Louis Chapter NRHS toured Continental Fabricators on Park Avenue in St. Louis. Continental fabricates pressure vessels, towers, drums, and many more items. They have special expertise in fabricating, restoring and rehabbing...

Roger Verbeeren, President, Gateway Rail Services, gave an extensive tour of the rebuild shop, fabrication shop, wheel shop and some private rail passenger cars to a group of 24 railfans from the St. Louis Chapter NRHS and the Gateway Division NMRA....

Atlas now has a different way to finish your HO scale code 83 flex-track ends. Atlas #598 "Wood End Tie Sections" (also available for "concrete" flex-track) slide on the end of the flex-track after 3/4" of ties have been removed (4 ties). It uses the same end tie design as sectional t...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, July 17, 2017 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. Dale Dewitt will present on model railroad photography. Why do you want to take photos of your modeling or layout? What type of photos do mo...

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 sponsored an Operations Night Saturday, April 30, 2016. Operating sessions for NMRA members were available at three area model railroads. Jason Janzen and Dale DeWitt share their experiences of the event....

The Annual Gateway Division NMRA Train Show and Model Contest will be held November 7, 2015, 9 am to 3 pm, at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. The Gateway Division Train Show features clinics on model railroading, swap tables, model and photo contests, and home train ...

On Sept. 19, 2015 the Gateway Division NMRA and the St. Louis Chapter NRHS held their 8th Annual Train Picnic at the Wabash, Frisco and Pacific Railroad in Glencoe, Missouri. The weather was great, the steam and diesel train rides were many, the food and drinks were plentiful, and the...

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Trinity Lutheran Church in West St. Louis County. The focus of this special meeting will be on operations with an opportunity to operate on a local model railroad layout. The activities s...

The Annual Gateway Division NMRA Train Show and Model Contest will be held November 1&2, 2014, 9 am to 3 pm Sat and 11 am to 3 pm Sun, at a new location this year - OC Joseph Chrysler in Belleville, Illinois. The Gateway Division Train Show features clinics on model railroading, swap ...

An easy-to-make one-hour project: a Steak 'n Shake billboard of the 50s using a gift card and some plastic strips....