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St. Louis RPM is also fortunate to host the largest annual gath-
ering of railroad historical societies in the nation. Railroad his-
torical societies provided photos, drawings, company records,
books, magazines, models and more to help modelers and
writers research specific prototypes.
This year’s meet included historical societies representing the
New York Central, Wabash, Milwaukee Road, Missouri Pacific,
Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Gulf, Mobile & Ohio, Nickel Plate,
Pennsylvania, Chicago & Northwestern, Illinois Terminal, and
Terminal RR Association railroads.
The Barriger National Railroad Library was also on hand this
year, advertising the Barriger Library’s famous photo and
artifact collection available to the public at the University of
Missouri, St. Louis (UMSL) downtown. The Barriger Library
website is
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14. These steam-to-transition era freight cars are the work of
Brian Flynn of O’Fallon, MO.
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15. Mike Budde is the man who brought “the gremlins” to
the meet – Gremlin models, that is. Mike is well known in St.
Louis for his masterfully-detailed auto racks and more.
16. This red Ford truck is the work of Ted Richardson of
Libertyville, IL.
MRH-Sep 2014
