MGB Model Railroad Club

Alabama Public Television and MGB Model Railroad Club have successful partnership. May 24, 2010

Mon, 24 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Sunday night Alabama Public Television aired "Celebrating Steam Railways - Telling the Story of Steam". MGB Model Railroad Club Members and Friends manned the phones to take pledges for APT. It turned out to be a very successful night for all involved. APT had 106 pledges and 77 of those were new to APT. The total pledged for the evening was $16,620 which was the best live pledge event for APT in the last 6 years. Even better was the fact that APT was still fielding calls today for additional pledges. The MGB Model Railroad Club had similar success. Our website had 55 visitors Sunday smashing its previous one day visitor count of 23. Thanks to all of you that support APT and the MGB Model Railroad Club.

MGB Model Railroad Club Members to be on Alabama Public Television - Announced May 15, 2010

Sat, 15 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT

MGB Model Railroad Club to be on Alabama Public Television Sunday, May 23 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM CT. Members will man the phones, supporting APT while they show "Celebrating Steam Railways - Telling the Story of Steam". The club will be mentioned by name, should be able to see us, and one of us will be interviewed.

MGB Model Railroad Club - May 1, 2010 - Ledbetter's Ledger Issue 13 (Spring 2010) Published

Sat, 01 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT

MGB Model Railroad Club publishes another Issue of Ledbetter's Ledger. Articles by Brenna Faith Ledbetter, Harold Ledbetter, and Gary E. Maitland. Member Spotlight Josh Whitman and of course some great new Train Watching Photos.

MGB Model Railroad Club - April 9, 2010 - Won a Web Gem Award given by Trainnet.org

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT

The Web Gem award is bestowed upon railway-oriented web sites that meet or exceed the minimum criteria as established by TrainNet.org and have been nominated by the site's users or Webmaster or Staff of TrainNet.org and also receive a winning vote by the TrainNet.org Staff. www.mgbrr.org scored votes as follows: 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8; Average: 8.66 on a scale of 1 to 10.

The MGBRR Website gets Enhancements, New Content, and long lost Photos added March 20, 2010.

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

The MGB Model Railroad Club has really been on fire lately - so much going on, there is no way to cover it. We have had recent visitors from Ohio, Florida, and South Carolina. Our operating sessions are really doing well now, moving lots of trains and shuffling lots of cars. We received many donations of rolling stock, assistance with maintenance, and model assembly and detailing. Scenery is coming along with buildings popping up everywhere, and just the overall fun has really picked up. Even the website has undergone several enhancements.

Video page updated to include more model and live action

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:00:00 GMT

The MGB websites video page was updated with a built in player and a longer listing of the clubs videos. Currently that list includes videos from some past open house events. Couple of videos from the layout that started it all, version 1. One of our most popular videos is of the clubs switching layout. This portable layout was built to take to shows and open houses to give people a chance to run trains and find their inner child again. There is a brand new video of live train action. This is a collage of train watching from around the country.

MGB Model Railroad Club Starts "How To" Series

Sat, 23 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT

MGB Member Gary Maitland received his NMRA Achievement Program Certificate "Master Builder - Structures" in May, 2006. Gary not only builds fantastic structures, he is a writer. Why is that important you ask? Well Gary would like to become an NMRA "Master Model Railroader". To do this, he needs to work towards more Achievement Program Certificates. One of which is "Author". So you and many others can improve your own modeling skills from his lessons. So choose an article, sit back, enjoy, dream, then make your dream a reality on your own diorama or layout.

Spring 2009 Ledbetter's Ledger Available Online

Sat, 16 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT

The Spring Edition of the MGB Railroad newsletter, Ledbetter's Ledger hits the Internet today, May 16, 2009. The latest issue contains a comprehensive reconstruction update by Gary Maitland, a Member Spotlight - Ray Cox, and pictures from our recent train watching.

Spring 2009 Ledbetter's Ledger Published

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT

The Spring Edition of the MGB Railroad newsletter, Ledbetter's Ledger hits the streets today. If you are an MGB Passenger, you should be receiving your advanced copy this coming week. The newsletter will be posted to the website for all others May 16, 2009. The latest issue contains a comprehensive reconstruction update by Gary Maitland, a Member Spotlight - Ray Cox, and pictures from our recent train watching.

Trains running in Amzi Yard

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Officers and members of the MGB Model Railroad Club are excited to report that trains are running again in the newly expanded Amzi Yard.

MGB Model Railroad Clubs Reconstruction Update

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT

The MGB reconstruction has been in "notch 8" (that's wide open to you non-railroad types) . We have updated the pictures during the last month or so. The overall track plan has been updated to include several more scenes. We also have a complete journal update of the progress over the last month. If you haven't checked out our progress lately, now is a good time.

MGB Model Railroad Clubs Express Mail

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT

MGB started its very own RSS feed Nov. 14, 2008, to help MGB Passengers and MGB Model Railroad Club website visitors keep up with what is going on with the club. With this new service, we'll strive to keep our visitors' interest while not irritating them with foolishness. In addition of this RSS feed, the members of the MGB Model Railroad Club have renewed their commitment to publish the famous Ledbetter's Ledger quarterly newsletter, beginning in 2009. With the new MGB Express Mail RSS feed, you won't have to waste time visiting the website all the time looking for updates; you will know right when updates are posted.