MVNS Photo Gallery

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   Pennsylvania Railroad E8 at the Iron Mountain NRHS Trip, 10/21/2023   

   Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern at Iroquois IL   

   SOO Line at Schiller Park   

   Amtrak at 19th Street   

   Illinois Central and Canadian National in Chicago   

   BNSF, CSX, and NS in Chicago   

   Catalpa Falls Private Bedroom Lounge By Executive Rail, June 16, 2023   

Springfield, Illinois Train Fair March 12, 2023

Great Train Show St. Charles, Missouri January 28 & 29, 2023

Great Train Show Collinsville, Illinois November 26 & 27, 2022

31st Annual MVNS Train Show Kirkwood, Missouri October 8 & 9 2022

30th Annual MVNS Train Show October 8, 9, 10, 2021

T-TRAK Layout at the De Soto Train Day July 17, 2021

T-TRAK Layout at the Staunton VFW with MVNS Joined by NSBN June 19, 2021

Seaboard Hollywood Beach Car on the Missouri River Runner April 11, 2021

W Shaped NTRAK Layout at the Museum of Transportation February 12-16, 2020

NSE Chicago 2019 Reid Brothers

NSE Chicago 2019 Ultimate Lionel Collector

NSE Chicago 2019 Elmhurst Model Railroad Club

NSE Chicago 2019 Illinois Railway Museum

GK's Halloween Fright Fest Layout at the Gateway NMRA Show November 3, 2018

DeSoto Train Day June 2, 2018

DC Power Stand March 31, 2018

Poinsettia Express at Fahr Greenhouses December 2&3, 2017

Jerry Prott's Basement Empire Has Been Disassembled, He Has to Move April 23, 2017

Canadian National Paint Shop at Centralia, Illinois April 21, 2017

MVNS "W" layout at the 2017 Springfield Illinois Train Fair March 19, 2017

UP 844 Stops In Pacific, Missouri Oct 18, 2016

George Wolfrum's Layout in Boise, Idaho

Justin's Layout On a Door at the Kirkwood Farmer's Market

N Scale Enthusiast 2016 Convention in Overland Park, Kansas Welcome

NSE 2016 KC Convention Home Layout Tour

NSE 2016 KC Convention Bus Tours

NSE 2016 KC Convention NTrak & TTrak Hotel Layouts

NSE 2016 KC Convention Swap A Rama

Wheeling & Lake Erie Ore Train

Steamtown National Historical Site May 13, 2016

Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum May 14, 2016

Horseshoe Curve National Historical Landmark May 14, 2016

The Fallston Flagstop B&B May 15, 2016

Fostoria Iron Triangle Railroad Park May 16, 2016

Iron Spike Model Railroad Museum Open House April 30, 2016

Union Pacific Chairman's Special at Valley Park 4/26/2016

MVNS Visits the St. Louis Lionel Club

Layout Design and Operations NMRA Convention at Tulsa 2014

Mid-Continent Region NMRA Jefferson City June 2015

Hank Kraichely Operating Session

Lenox Tower Railfanning

Gateway Rail Services

March 2007 Layout Tours

Monon Indiana Railroad Museum

Garden Railway tour

Metra Joliet Yard Facility Early On Sunday Morning

Virginia Railway Express

Oklahoma Railroad Museum

Tour of Metro East Industries Rebuilders

MVNS Proposal for Six Flags Holiday in the Park

Fixtures for Setting Up Our Corner Modules

MVNS Annual Meeting November 2015

Train Day at Union Station May 10, 2014

MVNS Train Show October 12-13, 2013

Garden Railroad Tour May 18, 2013

MVNS Annual Meeting November 3, 2013

MVNS Joins With Nashville N-Trak
at the World's Greatest Hobby Show January 2013

MVNS Annual Train Show October 2012

The Great Train Story at the Museum of Science and Industry

Illini Terminal GP10 at Litchfield, Illinois

GK Medford, OR N Scale Pre-Convention Vacation Trip

Foam Board X Base for an N Scale Portable Layout

Alton Illinois Rail Sights Along the River

Worlds Greatest Hobby On Tour January 2012 Indianapolis

MVNS at the January 2012 WGH Show in Indianapolis

Bob Miano's Modules at the MVNS Show October 2011

MVNS at the Collinsville 2011 GTE Show

MVNS Show October 2011 Photos By Tim O'Fallon

MVNS 2011 Annual Meeting, Maryville IL

MVNS 2011 Annual Train Show on the Miano.tv Website

UP 844 Excursion train in Pacific, MO

MVNS trip to the 3rd Annual Ohio N-Scale Weekend

Fred Houska With His Lionel Celebration Train

Steps to Upgrade a Digitrax Throttle with a Toggle Switch

MVNS Operating Session at K-10's Model Trains

On/Off Switch for a Digitrax Throttle

Open House Event in Fenton for MVNS, Jan. 19, 2011

Lionel Christmas 2010 Layout in Fenton, MO

MVNS 20th Annual Train Show

Vic Smith's City Edge Layout Visit

UP Challenger No. 3985 Missouri Eagle

Grand Prize Winner at the 2010 MVNS Train Show

Belleville IL Great Train Expo Show July 2010
Tee Modules with Inside Yard

MVNS at Show Me MO!
Photos by Jo Beck

MVNS at Show Me MO!
Photos by Nancy Lubinski

MVNS at Show Me MO!
Photos by Tim O'Fallon

John Sing's Visit to Fred Houska's Layout

Grand Prize Winner at the 2009 MVNS Train Show

Ali and Brooke Shahriary Wedding 09-19-2009

Larry Rude Estate Modular Layout

Portland Convention Cars

St. Charles GTE Show February 2009

Derby City Express
2008 National N Scale Convention in Louisville

Rehab of Cold Water Canyon modules

Fred Houska NMRA Home Layout Tour

MVNS at the Collinsville Train Show March 2008

MVNS Visits the St. Charles Club Layout

World's Greatest Hobby On Tour show in St. Louis

MVNS Show 2007 by Fred Houska

MVNS Show 2007 by Bob Miano

MVNS 2007 Annual Meeting

Grand Prize Winner at the 2007 MVNS Train Show

MVNS At the WF&P 2007

Double Deck Layout Lighting with C9 Bulbs

Turtle Creek Central Custom Paint Job

Arcola & Tuscola Train Show and Train Watching

Illinois Transit Assembly Corp. Tour -- Fred Houska

Illinois Transit Assembly Corp. Tour -- Bob Miano

Rockome Gardens Show at Arcola, Illinois April 2007

Collinsville GTE Show March 2007

Building the Fenton Chrysler Auto Assembly Plant

Fenton Chrysler Plant Reference Photos
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Valley Park Work Train

Grand Prize Winner at the 2006 MVNS Train Show

Kansas City Train Expo

Ohm's Law

Jack Stein's Lionel Museum and Toy Train Heaven

2006 Denver N Scale Collector Convention

N-Trak Module Rehab Series

Another Visit to Fred Houska's Layout

Fred Houska's Layout

Arcola Train Show at Rockome Gardens 2006

Watching Trains in Tuscola, Illinois

Charlie Aue's Layout

Springfield, Illinois Train Show

Prototypes

Making SD40-2's Tick

Flying's Rules of the Air
(not trains, but fun nonetheless)

Monticello Railway Museum

Railfanning in Tolono, Illinois

Railroad Days Train Show in Mattoon, Illinois

Building the Ambassador Hotel

Gateway Div. NMRA Contest Winners

Great Northern Big Sky Blue Woodchip Car

Another Visit to Jerry Prott's Layout October 31, 2004

MVNS Modules at the Wabash, Frisco & Pacific

Visit to Robert Hermann's G Scale Layout

Model Railroading By Sven Engdorf

How Tall Are the New N Scale Auto Rack Cars?

Louisville 2004 Show Sponsored By KSONS

UP 3985 Challenger In St. Louis

A Second Visit to the Missouri & Valley Park Railroad

Tuscola and Arcola Revisited

Railfan Wedding Vows

Union Pacific DeSoto Car Shop

Augusta Station Plaster Cloth Rocky Mountains

Dave Stortzum's New Layout

Missouri & Valley Park Railroad

Augusta Station Pink Highway to the Sky

Augusta Station Steel Stud Benchwork

2003 N Scale Collector Convention in Tulsa

Yard Module Power Control Box for DCC

DCC at Rockome Gardens in Arcola, Illinois

C&NW Coal Train Wreck at Augusta Station

Augusta Station Progress Report

KSONS All DCC N-Trak Layout at Louisville GATS

Christmas 2002 at St. Louis Union Station

Train Wreck at Pacific, Missouri

2002 Circus Train

Augusta Station

A Visit to Jerry Prott's Layout

Union Pacific Challenger 3985 at Rochelle, IL

So. Ill. Train Club 2002 Show at Carterville, IL

Rockome Gardens 2002 Show at Arcola, IL

The 1522 Gets Ready for a New Season

Train Trip to the Show Me Lines Hobby Shop

City Museum Special Event

Makin' Tracks at Rockome Gardens

Southern Ill. Train Club Spring Show

City Museum Train Layouts

K-10's Model Trains

Rails of Fun Miniature Train Ride

Scenic Ridge Turned Into an N-Trak Module

Hannibal Zephyr

The 1999 N Scale Collector Convention (no thumbs)

Downtown Yard Modules

The Modules of the MVNS

Models Built by MVNS Members

MVNS Events and People

MVNS Annual Train Show at Kirkwood Community Center