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Model Railroad Links

Compiled by Doug Lowing and Joe Kurland

Model Train Resources
Magazines
Images
Info, techniques
Area Model Railroading Clubs and Layouts
Other Model Railroading Clubs and Layouts
Miscellaneous RR and Model RR Hyperlinks
Museums
Golden Spike
Manufacturers
Custom Layout Designers and Builders
Dealers
More Links

Model Train Resources

  1. NMRA on the Web
  2. rec.models.railroad email list
  3. Model Railroad Directory Categorized directory of model railroading resources with sites added weekly
  4. Model Trains Attic - information on model trains, train sets, accessories, layouts, Lionel, Bachman, discount model trains.

Magazines

  1. Model Railroader Magazine
  2. Model Railroad Hobbyist (Web)Magazine

Images

  1. Clip Art Collection
  2. Unofficial Military Railroad Homepage
  3. Other Railroad Photos
  4. Setco Trains & RailServe's Train Board!

Info, techniques

  1. Gateway NMRA's DCC installation tips including a visual catalog of DCC decoder installations - example installations, with photos, for common HO engines.
  2. Etch pcb s & metal
  3. John Allen's Timesaver Layout in N scale
  4. Wiring for DCC by Alan Gartner
  5. The Model Railroading University
  6. building-your-model-railroad.com by Greg Warth: A comprehensive guide containing all the information, tools and techniques required to build a complete, realistic, artistic and fully operational model railroad

Area Model Railroading Clubs and Layouts

  1. Pioneer Valley Live Steamers
  2. Bedford Boomers
  3. Central New York Model Railroad and Historical Society, Inc.
  4. East Penn Traction Club
  5. Empire & Eastern Division of the Toy Train Operating Society (TTOS)
  6. Middlesex Central Railroad Club
  7. Mohegan and Pequot Model Railroad Club
  8. North Shore Model Railroad Club
  9. Northeast N-TRAK
  10. Pepperell Siding Model Railroad Club, Pepperell, MA
  11. Providence and Worcester Model Railroad Club
  12. South Shore Model Railway Club
  13. Tech Model Railroad Club of MIT
  14. Nashua Valley Railroad Association
  15. Hopewell Junction Model Railroad Club
  16. Valley N-Trak of Connecticut
  17. Worcester Model Railroaders

Other Model Railroading Clubs and Layouts

Miscellaneous Model Railroad Links

  1. Amherst Railway Society - home page
  2. Bedford Boomers
  3. da Trains!
  4. Cape Cod Model RR Club
  5. Club Modeliste Ferroviare de l'Estrie Model railroad club in Sherbrooke, Quebec
  6. David Harrison's Acela Express/NEC HO layout videos on YouTube
  7. The Diamond Springs & Western RR Co.
  8. Diamond Valley Railway Home Page, Eltham,Victoria,Australia
  9. DoD Railroad Homepage (Unofficial )
  10. The Four County Society of Model Engineers in Central Maryland
  11. Frameset1 Garden City Model Railroad Club
  12. The Gateway Division is the greater Saint Louis area chapter of the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA)
  13. Great Falls Model Railroad Club in Lewiston, ME
  14. GN Goat Great Northern Railway Page
  15. HOn30 Home Depot
  16. The Housatonic Model Railway Club
  17. Indian Railways Homepage (unofficial)
  18. Jeffrey's Personal Page
  19. Ken's Railroad Page
  20. Lackawanna railway model Movie Set in 1/32 scale (see also smaller size photo version for slower connections)
  21. League of Non Aligned Modelers
  22. Mark Rollins' HO railroad page
  23. Model Railroad Industry Association
  24. North America Rail Links - NE Rails
  25. Northlandz Welcome Page
  26. Personal Hobby Sites
  27. S. Berliner's Long Island Rail Road Page
  28. The Pere Marquette Historical Society
  29. Polish Railways Photo Gallery
  30. Pacific Northwest Railroads Prototype Modelers Group
  31. Railroad Web Ring: Next 5 Sites
  32. RailServe - Guide to 17,000 model railroad related websites
  33. Rensselaer Model Railroad Society Home Page
  34. Roller coaster models - not trains, but very interesting!
  35. RR-Track Software Home Page
  36. Silicon Valley Lines
  37. Trainorders
  38. TrainWeb
  39. TrainWeb Railroad Web Cameras - WebCams
  40. W&H SIGNAL SYSTEM: Railroad Related Software Listing
  41. WAGNER LINES MODEL RAILROAD COMPANY

Museums

  1. Granville Island (Vancouver, BC) Model Trains Museum (for no-Flash browsers), one of the Granville Island Museums
  2. Railroad Museum of New England (The Naugatuck Railroad)
  3. Miniatur-Wunderland in Gemrany -- Click here to see a 4 minute video of the world's largest model railroad

Golden Spike

  1. Golden Spike Ceremony, May 10, 1994
  2. Photographs of Charles Savage - Promontory Summit
  3. Golden Spike
  4. 1869

Manufacturers

  1. Accurail Inc.
  2. Athabasca Scale Models Limited fine etched brass kits and detail parts
  3. Atlas Model Railroad Company, Inc.
  4. Cargo-To-Go maker of loads for G Scale and O Scale trains.
  5. Choo Choo Cam.
  6. Digitrax, Inc. Home Page
  7. Kadee Home Page.
  8. Kaslo Shops
  9. M & L Model Train Accessories Manufacturers of operational crossbucks, crossing gates, bells and the controllers to properly operate those accessories.
  10. Microscale Decals
  11. NCE Corporation Makers of DCC systems (currently in use by ABEL)
  12. Railway Engineering
  13. Ragg's ...to Riches Laser-cut craftsman kits for model railroads
  14. RIES Models Brass models in HO. Finland
  15. Smoovy small motors
  16. Tamiya Paints and Models
  17. Train Control Systems makers of DCC decoders and harnesses
  18. Testors
  19. TrainTracker is an inventory system for your unique toy train collection.
  20. Z and N Models paper model kits in HO, N and Z scales

Custom Layout Designers and Builders

  1. Fran and Miles Hale "Model Railroad Builders"

Dealers

Mapmuse: Interactive mapping of Model Railroad Stores and other Railroad Attractions

  1. NMRA on the Web - Model RR Hobby Shops (good)
  2. Alain Pelletier's internet N-Scale model train store
  3. Bill's Train Shop (B.T.S.)
  4. Dave's Trains, Inc. (Postwar Lionel Trains)
  5. Discount Train and Hobby
  6. Discount Trains Online
  7. Electrade, Modelrailway and Electronics (Norway-Scandinavian & European HO models)
  8. e-toytrains.com toy trains, toy train sets, and toy train accessories
  9. Greenway Products
  10. Fifer Hobby Supply Internet n-scale shop with nice photos of the proprietor's layout.
  11. Loy's Toys Home Page (DCC systems)
  12. Micro-Mark, Model Train Supplies
  13. Model Railroad Trader
  14. Plum Loco of Colorado
  15. Railfan Specialties, Dealer of G-guage and garden railway gear
  16. Standard Hobby Supply
  17. Tony's Train Exchange specialists in Digital Command Control
  18. Train City Home Page
  19. TrainLand/Trainworld
  20. Tucker's Hobbies
  21. Walthers (good)

More Links

  1. Links pages on the Main Amherst Railway Society website.


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