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Model Railroad Links
Compiled by Doug Lowing and Joe Kurland
Model Train Resources
- NMRA on the Web
- rec.models.railroad email list
- Model Railroad Directory Categorized directory of model railroading resources with sites added weekly
- Model Trains Attic - information on model trains, train sets, accessories, layouts, Lionel, Bachman, discount model trains.
Magazines
- Model Railroader Magazine
- Model Railroad Hobbyist (Web)Magazine
Images
- Clip Art Collection
- Unofficial Military Railroad Homepage
- Other Railroad Photos
- Setco Trains & RailServe's Train Board!
How to buy a train set
- How To Buy a Model Train Set By Ursula Roberts
- How to Buy Your First Electric Train Set By Reynolds Maxwell Mathes-Redd
- Serious Model Railroading For $100 to $500 From Randall Roberts, former About.com Guide
- How to Buy a Model Train Set on eHow
- How to buy Model Treain Sets online on eHow
Info, techniques
- Gateway NMRA's DCC installation tips including a visual catalog of DCC decoder installations - example installations, with photos, for common HO engines.
- Etch pcb s & metal
- John Allen's Timesaver Layout in N scale
- Wiring for DCC by Alan Gartner
- The Model Railroading University
- 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
- Model Train Layout Advice including a downloadable booklet: 7 Model Train Mistakes to Avoid.
Area Model Railroading Clubs and Layouts
- Pioneer Valley Live Steamers
- Bedford Boomers
- Central New York Model Railroad and Historical Society, Inc.
- East Penn Traction Club
- Empire & Eastern Division of the Toy Train Operating Society (TTOS)
- Middlesex Central Railroad Club
- Mohegan and Pequot Model Railroad Club
- North Shore Model Railroad Club
- Northeast N-TRAK
- Pepperell Siding Model Railroad Club, Pepperell, MA
- Providence and Worcester Model Railroad Club
- South Shore Model Railway Club
- Tech Model Railroad Club of MIT
- Nashua Valley Railroad Association
- Hopewell Junction Model Railroad Club
- Valley N-Trak of Connecticut
- Worcester Model Railroaders
Other Model Railroading Clubs and Layouts
Miscellaneous Model Railroad Links
- Amherst Railway Society - home page
- Bedford Boomers
- da Trains!
- Cape Cod Model RR Club
- Club Modeliste Ferroviare de l'Estrie Model railroad club in Sherbrooke, Quebec
- David Harrison's Acela Express/NEC HO layout videos on YouTube
- The Diamond Springs & Western RR Co.
- Diamond Valley Railway Home Page, Eltham,Victoria,Australia
- DoD Railroad Homepage (Unofficial )
- The Four County Society of Model Engineers in Central Maryland
- Frameset1 Garden City Model Railroad Club
- The Gateway Division is the greater Saint Louis area chapter of the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA)
- Great Falls Model Railroad Club in Lewiston, ME
- GN Goat Great Northern Railway Page
- HOn30 Home Depot
- The Housatonic Model Railway Club
- Indian Railways Homepage (unofficial)
- Jeffrey's Personal Page
- Ken's Railroad Page
- Lackawanna railway model Movie Set in 1/32 scale (see also smaller size photo version for slower connections)
- League of Non Aligned Modelers
- Mark Rollins' HO railroad page
- Model Railroad Industry Association
- North America Rail Links - NE Rails
- Northlandz Welcome Page
- Personal Hobby Sites
- S. Berliner's Long Island Rail Road Page
- The Pere Marquette Historical Society
- Polish Railways Photo Gallery
- Pacific Northwest Railroads Prototype Modelers Group
- Railroad Web Ring: Next 5 Sites
- RailServe - Guide to 17,000 model railroad related websites
- Rensselaer Model Railroad Society Home Page
- Roller coaster models - not trains, but very interesting!
- RR-Track Software Home Page
- Silicon Valley Lines
- Toys That Travel: A Guide To Model Trains
- Trainorders
- TrainWeb
- TrainWeb Railroad Web Cameras - WebCams
- W&H SIGNAL SYSTEM: Railroad Related Software Listing
- WAGNER LINES MODEL RAILROAD COMPANY
- Toys That Travel: A Guide To Model Trains
Museums
- Granville Island (Vancouver, BC) Model Trains Museum (for no-Flash browsers), one of the Granville Island Museums
- Railroad Museum of New England (The Naugatuck Railroad)
- Miniatur-Wunderland in Gemrany -- Click here to see a 4 minute video of the world's largest model railroad
Golden Spike
- Golden Spike Ceremony, May 10, 1994
- Photographs of Charles Savage - Promontory Summit
- Golden Spike
- 1869
Manufacturers
- Accurail Inc.
- Athabasca Scale Models Limited fine etched brass kits and detail parts
- Atlas Model Railroad Company, Inc.
- Cargo-To-Go maker of loads for G Scale and O Scale trains.
- Choo Choo Cam.
- Digitrax, Inc. Home Page
- Kadee Home Page.
- Kaslo Shops
- M & L Model Train Accessories Manufacturers of operational crossbucks, crossing gates, bells and the controllers to properly operate those accessories.
- Microscale Decals
- NCE Corporation Makers of DCC systems (currently in use by ABEL)
- Railway Engineering
- Ragg's ...to Riches Laser-cut craftsman kits for model railroads
- RIES Models Brass models in HO. Finland
- Smoovy small motors
- Tamiya Paints and Models
- Train Control Systems makers of DCC decoders and harnesses
- Testors
- TrainTracker is an inventory system for your unique toy train collection.
- Z and N Models paper model kits in HO, N and Z scales
Custom Layout Designers and Builders
- Fran and Miles Hale "Model Railroad Builders"
Dealers
Mapmuse: Interactive mapping of Model Railroad Stores and other Railroad Attractions
- NMRA on the Web - Model RR Hobby Shops (good)
- Alain Pelletier's internet N-Scale model train store
- Bill's Train Shop (B.T.S.)
- Dave's Trains, Inc. (Postwar Lionel Trains)
- Discount Train and Hobby
- Discount Trains Online
- Electrade, Modelrailway and Electronics (Norway-Scandinavian & European HO models)
- e-toytrains.com toy trains, toy train sets, and toy train accessories
- Fifer Hobby Supply Internet n-scale shop with nice photos of the proprietor's layout.
- Fred's Train Shop, Overland, KS sales & repair service for new & vintage trains in all scale Z through G
- Greenway Products supplier of quality items to the scale model railroader
- Loy's Toys Home Page (DCC systems)
- Micro-Mark, Model Train Supplies
- Model Railroad Trader
- Plum Loco of Colorado
- Railfan Specialties, Dealer of G-guage and garden railway gear
- Standard Hobby Supply
- Tony's Train Exchange specialists in Digital Command Control
- Train City Home Page
- TrainLand/Trainworld
- Tucker's Hobbies
- Walthers (good)
Train Shows
- Amherst Railway Society's Annual Railroad Hobby Show, West Springfield, MA, Last weekend of January.
- World's Greatest Hobby on Tour Traveling model train show designed to promote the hobby of model railroading
- Greenberg's Train and Toy Show The largest traveling train and toy show in the northeastern United States
- Great Midwest Train Show The Midwest's oldest and largest monthly model train show held in Wheaton, IL
More Links
- Links pages on the Main Amherst Railway Society website.
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