Alton Model Railway Group

The Gazette is Alton Limited very own exhibition guide, but in the tradition of the Limited, its also much more. The Gazette provides updates on the American Section of Alton Model Railway Group, and their layout Pine Bluffs and Ceda Falls Railroad, details of what can be found in the Limited, Constructor's Corner, giving modeling hints and tips from the members, Phil Clark's articles 'What's on Your Workbench?', Wreckers Review, extracts from the Pine Bluffs Gazette Newspaper from the 1950s, the latest products from Model Railroad Innovations, and much more.

On this page you will find previous copies of the Gazette for download in PDF format, and a brief guide of what is contained within them.

Gazette 2006

• 'What's on Your Workbench? - Phil's Chills' - By Phil 'Boxcar' Clark
• 'A Postcard from Vactionland' - By James 'Guitar Man' Taylor
• 'Al's Truck Stop' - By Alan 'Trucker' Rose
• Pine Bluffs Gazette from July 1958
• 'Down and Dirty on the On30 - Detailing the Bachmann On30 Gas Mechanical' - By Paul 'Sparks' Joel
• 'Moose Droppings - Pine Bluffs - the layout' - By Mike 'Moose' Stent
• All the latest from Model Railroad Innovations
• Details of layouts and Traders who attended

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Gazette 2005

• 'What's on Your Workbench? - Passenger cars to the fore!' - By Phil 'Boxcar' Clark
• 'Wreckers Review' by Roger 'Wrecker' Joel
• 'A Postcard from Vactionland...Sound Advice' - By James 'Guitar Man' Taylor
• 'Al's Truck Stop' - By Alan 'Trucker' Rose
• Pine Bluffs Gazette from July 1957
• 'Narrow Minded - Adventures on the 30" Gauge' - By Paul 'Sparks' Joel
• 'Moose Droppings - Random Droppings' - By Mike 'Moose' Stent
• All the latest from Model Railroad Innovations
• Details of layouts and Traders who attended

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Gazette 2004

• 'What's on Your Workbench?' - By Phil 'Boxcar' Clark
• Guitar Man's Notes - 'Review of MRI Real Steam v.2' by Model Railroad Innovations
• 'A Postcard from Vactionland...The White Mountain branch gets a ten-wheeler' - By James 'Guitar Man' Taylor
• 'Al's Truck Stop' - By Alan 'Trucker' Rose
• Pine Bluffs Gazette from July 1958
• 'Narrow Minded - Adventures on the 30" Gauge' - By Paul 'Sparks' Joel
• 'Moose Droppings - The View from North of the Border' - By Mike 'Moose' Stent
• All the latest from Model Railroad Innovations
• Details of layouts and Traders who attended

Download here (1.14Mb pdf)

Gazette 2003

• 'What's on Your Workbench?' - By Phil 'Boxcar' Clark
• Wreckers Review - 'Mini-Critter' by Model Railroad Innovations
• 'A Postcard from Vactionland...A tender for #199 and other tales' - By James 'Guitar Man' Taylor
• 'Al's Truck Stop' - By Alan 'Trucker' Rose
• Pine Bluffs Gazette from July 1956
• 'Surfin' USA - The Pine Bluffs Online Evolution' - By Paul 'Sparks' Joel
• 'Moose Droppings - The View from North of the Border' - By Mike 'Moose' Stent
• All the latest from Model Railroad Innovations
• Details of layouts and Traders who attended

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Gazette 2002

• 'What's on Your Workbench?' - By Phil 'Boxcar' Clark
• Wreckers Review - 'In Cab Control' by Model Railroad Innovations
• 'A Postcard from Vactionland...' - By James 'Weathered' Taylor
• Pine Bluffs Gazette from July 1958
• 'Alton Limited - The Origins of the Name' - By Roger 'Wrecker' Joel
• 'The View from North of the Border' - By Mike 'Moose' Stent
• All the latest from Model Railroad Innovations
• Details of layouts and Traders who attended

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Gazette 2001

• Constructors Corner - 'A Handy Shack with a Hidden Purpose' - By Paul 'Sparks' Joel
• '30 Minutes on a Sunday at Waycross, GA' - By Roger 'Wrecker' Joel
• 'What's on Your Workbench?' - By Phil 'Boxcar' Clark
• Wreckers Review - 'Insta-layout' by Model Railroad Innovations
• Pine Bluffs Gazette from July 1957
• 'The View from North of the Border' - By Mike 'Moose' Stent
• All the latest from Model Railroad Innovations
• Details of layouts and Traders who attended

Download here (1.51Mb pdf)

Gazette 2000

• 'What's on Your Workbench?' - By Phil 'Boxcar' Clark
• Wreckers Review - 'Micro-Climate' by Model Railroad Innovations
• Pine Bluffs Gazette from July 1959
• All the latest from Model Railroad Innovations
• Details of layouts and Traders who attended

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Gazette 1999

• 'Everybody's Gone Surfin - Railroads on the Internet' - By Roger 'Database' Morris
• 'Phil's Ramblings' - By Phil 'Boxcar' Clark
• 'Plain Loco - Scratch Building On3 Locomotives' - By David 'Smokey' Cole
• 'Presentation is Everything' - By Roger 'Wrecker' Joel
• 'Minimalist L-Girder Construction' - By Tony 'Plasta Casta' Rogers
• 'EMD and what it really means' - By Roger 'Database' Morris
• 'The Saga of Pine Bluffs and Ceda Falls' - By Roger 'Wrecker' Joel
• Pine Bluffs Gazette from July 1958
• All the latest from Model Railroad Innovations
• Details of layouts and Traders who attended

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Gazette 1997

• 'Weathering Locomotives and Freight Cars using chalks, pastels and powders'powders - By Nic 'Joker' Monks
• 'The Need of a Wooden Trestle' - By David 'Smokey' Cole
• 'What's on Your Workbench?' - By Phil 'Boxcar' Clark
• 'Making the figures on Pine Bluffs and Yubend Canyon' - By Denis 'Art' Holland
• An introduction to Pine Bluffs modular standards
• Pine Bluffs Gazette from 17th May 1956
• Pine Bluffs Gazette from 3rd March 1883
• Details of layouts and Traders who attended

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