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D&RGW Narrow Gauge in the Twenty-First Century – Gateway NMRA Meeting November 21, 2022

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. CDT on Monday, November 21, 2022. This in-person meetings will also be available via Zoom. The meeting will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church, 14088 Clayton Road, Town and Country, MO 63017. Get Directions Edward M. K...
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Pete Smith’s Beautiful Loon Lake Railway & Navigation Co. Sn3 Model Railroad

Loon Lake and Navigation Co. Sn3 Layout Tour – Gateway NMRA Meeting June 19, 2017

The next monthly meeting of the Gateway Division will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 19, 2017. Our originally scheduled clinician had to cancel due to a work commitment. Instead, Gateway Division member and Master Model Railroader Pete Smith has agreed to host the June meeting as a layo...
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Pete Smith’s Beautiful Loon Lake Railway & Navigation Co. Sn3 Model Railroad

Pete Smith’s Beautiful Loon Lake Railway & Navigation Co. Sn3 Model Railroad

Marvel at the scenic wonder and beautiful details on Pete Smith's 28’x20’ Sn3 narrow-gauge layout. Shays and Heislers crawl over the 125-foot loop-to-loop mainline servicing logging, mining and waterfront operations....
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Herb Koenig's Cordite & Flatriver Model Railroad

Herb Koenig’s Cordite & Flatriver Model Railroad

Herb's Cordite & Flatriver is a freelance 3-foot narrow-gauge and standard-gauge HO scale model railroad set in the Colorado Mountains. The beauty of the Rocky Mountains is recreated on this 30’x18’ layout with scenery that reaches from knee-level to above eye-level....
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Bob Lenz' Colorado Western & Aspen Junction Model Railroads

Bob Lenz’ Colorado Western & Aspen Junction Model Railroads

Two railroads operate on Bob's beautiful layout, the HO standard gauge Colorado Western and the HOn3 narrow gauge Aspen Junction. Each railroad is based on the prototype Colorado Midland. The standard gauge Colorado Western runs from Leadville through Hellgate past Thomasville, where ...
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Don Taschner's HO and HOn3 Scenic Model Railroad

Don Taschner’s HO and HOn3 Scenic Model Railroad

Don's 1950s transition era HO/HOn3 8’x22’ layout features great award-winning scratchbuilt and kit based structures, wonderful running equipment, and dual gauge trackage. The layout has a 130-foot double track standard gauge mainline for steam and diesel operations with an eight track...
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Pete Smith's Loon Lake Railway & Navigation Co. Sn3 Model Railroad

Pete Smith’s Loon Lake Railway & Navigation Co. Sn3 Model Railroad

Experience logging, mining and waterfront operations in Sn3 on this 28’x20’ layout. DC cabs with Soundtraxx controls. Shays and Heislers crawling on code 55 and 70 rail on the loop-to-loop 125-foot mainline....
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John Kalin's Rio Grande Southern Sn3 Model Railroad

John Kalin’s Rio Grande Southern Sn3 Model Railroad

John Kalin's Rio Grande Southern captures the Ridgeway to Rico route of this narrow gauge railroad at the end of the thirties. Trains start at Ridgeway/Rico (which is a double-ended hidden staging yard), and proceed to Vance Junction, Ophir, the High Line, and Lizard Head. At Vance Ju...
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