Model Railroading
DCC Digital Command Control (mainly Digitrax) sites (including dealers)
O-Scale O-Scale sites (including dealers)
Miscellaneous Modeling Modeling Information
| DCC Sites |
| DCC Manufacturers |
| Digitrax |
| Digitrax decoders Digitrax decoder/loco database |
| Lenz |
| NCE |
| NCE decoders |
| Train Control Systems - DCC decoders |
| DCC How to |
| Wiring Your Railroad Allan Gartner |
| Wiring Turnouts Allan Gartner |
| DCC Controlled Uncoupler Dick Bronson |
| Model Railroading with DCC Don Crano |
| DCC meets FREEMO |
| MS-100 clone Stefan Haack´s Loconet Interface |
| Ditch lights and crossing lights |
| Continuous Brightness Lighting tries to overcome the prevalent problem of lighting in model locomotives |
| Don Crano's Wiring Controls, Reverse Mechanisms, Wiring, and Commons! |
| DCC Cheatsheets by Joel Amromin based on work by John Hill |
| TORTOISE Switch Machines wiring Les Halmos |
| Scale Command.com 2-rail O scale affordable interactive wireless command control and sound systems |
| O-Scale Sites |
| Equipment Registers on Disk |
| O Scale Resources |
| Modern O Scale list |
| Oregon O Scale Newsletter |
| 48/ft O Scale News |
| The Railroad Magazine & Newsletter List |
| Burlington Route Historical Society Model Index |
| HiRailers Unlimited |
| Marthaller Consulting O Scale classifieds |
| NMRA |
| O Scale Kings |
| Gordon Hall's links |
| O Scale Vehicles |
| Corgi 1:43 scale models - lists Corgi and Lledo |
| Diecast Direct has 1/48 equipment |
| Lledo 1:43 scale models |
| Daniel Beck's Model Car Collection Dan Beck's links to die cast vehicles |
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| Parts Manufacturers/Suppliers |
| K&S Engineering Hobby Metal Specialist |
| Micro Loco Motion Inexpensive motors and gearboxes |
| Precision Scale Model Engineering |
| TechMax surplus and phased out microgearhead units from instruments at cheap prices |
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| O Scale Manufacturers |
| Adirondack Car & Foundry Ed Reutling |
| Atlas O |
| Babbitt Railway Supply Co. no link to site |
| Berkshire Valley Inc. Exclusively in "0" or 1/4" scale Trains |
| Blackstone Valley Railway bridges |
| Central Locomotive Works |
| Chooch Enterprises |
| Intermountain Railway O |
| Johnny "O" O gauge model train layout accessories |
| Kaslo Shops Distributing wide safety cab |
| K-Line Electric Trains |
| La Belle Woodworking Company |
| MTH |
| Oak Ridge Hobbies |
| P&D Hobby Shop no link to site |
| Pennsylvania Heritage Models, Ltd. Laser cut wood buildings |
| Peterson Supply Company 2-rail and 3-rail |
| Red Caboose excellent products |
| Rich Yoder Models brass |
| Scaled World Train Order Board/Semaphore |
| Smoky Mountain Model Works Jim King |
| 3rDCC |
| Weaver Models |
| Williams Electric Trains |
| O-Scale Dealers |
| A+Plus Hobbies in Warren, Indiana |
| American "O" Scale Professional Services Bill Davis |
| Anbar Trains 2 and 3 rail |
| Brass Locomotive Company brass models and supplies |
| Caboose Hobbies |
| Canadian Model Trains have O-Scale - specialize in brass. Supposedly have catalog pages of Overland models which are mostly photos of prototype equipment |
| Central Hobby Supply |
| Cool Trains.com |
| Custom Trains Bill Driscoll's O-Scale store |
| D & S Hobbies some O-Scale |
| Discount Trains have HO BevBel T&OC hoppers - 800-387-8135 |
| Evers Toy Store 4,000 different products from over 20 different manufacturers |
| Flying Scotsman Hobbies good discounts - especially the "Intermountain multi-purchase agreement" |
| Gene's Trains good to deal with, O Scale is mostly (all?) 3-rail |
| The Irondequoit Car Shops Specializing in 3 rail "O" Scale Model Trains & Custom Electronics |
| Jay Cohen - Model Trains O Scale out of production, limited run & hard to find items |
| JusTrains of Delaware 2 and 3 rail - good deals |
| Mainline Trains and Band Instrument Repair Slogan: The O Gauge e-commerce Train Store For The 21st. Century |
| Mitchell's Trains, Toys & Hobbies some O brass - good book list |
| Model Expo some O scale stuff |
| Norm's O Scale |
| P&D Hobbies |
| Pecos River Brass John C. Smith |
| Rails Unlimited Ted Schnepf |
| Standard Hobby Supply |
| Stereo Video Center Train DepartmeFnt 3-rail with discounts |
| Sumpter Valley Depot Brass O Scale |
| Uncle Jack's Wilkes Barre, PA 570-823-1888 |
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| S-Scale Sites |
| S Gauge Prototypes - Boxcar-ology 101 by Pieter Roos |
| S-Scale Manufacturers |
| American Model Builders LASERkit includes Interlocking Tower, Dill's Market, amp; Sonny's formerly from The Building and Structure Co. kits (Banta has remainder) |
| American Models |
| Aspen Modeling Company S scale figures |
| B.T.S. |
| BTS Passenger Car Details from Earl Tuson's site |
| Banta Modelworks includes some former The Building and Structure Co. kits except for Interlocking Tower, Dill's Market, amp; Sonny's (American Model Builders has those) |
| Bar Mills Scale Models some S scale structures |
| Clever Models Art crafted, computer precision card models - has S scale |
| Crystal River Products various building kits, some in S |
| Cuyahoga Valley S Gauge Association club hosts the Spring "S" Spree on a rotating basis |
| Dover Publications has books of cut out buildings in HO scale - go to Children's > Cut & Assemble |
| Echo Mountain Model Products some S scale parts (mostly steel saw sets) and custom decals |
| Evergreen Scale Models |
| Fast Tracks Turnout Building Tools For Model Railroads |
| Funaro and Camerlengo |
| GCLaser specializing in laser-cut plywood construction railroad kits does produce S scale models, even though not shown on web site (per Roy Inman - S-Scale Modeling 3/30/05) |
| Gold Coast Railway Co. has former Pacific Rail Shops products |
| Gold Coast Railway Co. was Pacific Rail Shops (PRS) |
| Hump Yard Purveyance Mechanical track turnout lever kits - "lever & choke rod manual turnout controls" |
| Integrated Signal Systems mission is to provide prototypically correct HO signals and the electronic controls to simulate an ABS system - useful in S? |
| JAKS Industries Includes Finest Kind Mdl's |
| Kaslo Shops Distributing PS-1 Boxcar and N5-C Caboose in progress |
| KingMill Enterprises Quick boxes - list S scale kits but nothing shows |
| Make My Model 3D printing - currently only in N and Z scales |
| Microtech Scale Models has S scale structure kits and detail parts |
| Model Railroad Warehouse S Scale Coal Loads |
| Model RailStuff Limited S scale, including some under Red Ball; apparently other S scale products are scattered throughout their product lines |
| Model Tech Studios series of backdrop buildings - supposedly coming soon in S |
| Mountaineer Precision Products several S-scale structure kits |
| NJ International has S scale signals |
| Northeastern Scale Lumber Company Complete scale hardwoods |
| Old Pullman Model Railroads several S-scale structure kits |
| Paper Creek Model Works/ Laser cut paper craftsman kits |
| Pine Canyon Scale Models products |
| Pine Canyon Scale Models/ detail parts |
| Plastruct/ |
| Prototype "S" Parts 1608 Cottagewood Drive Bradenton, FL 33510 Has passenger car details, including toilets for restrooms Proprietor is Mr. Ladd Houda |
| Punch! Software Allows paper buildings to be printed from any "RealModel" products |
| Putt Trains 0-6-0 & 2-6-0 based on 40 year old tooling |
| Ragg's..to Riches Laser-cut craftsman kits for model railroads |
| Rio Grande Models Sn3 - has kits, trucks, structures that might be useable in S |
| S-Helper Service |
| S-Scale Loco & Supply has CN Mogul |
| Shiloh Signals signals in various scales |
| Smoken Hole Hobbies street lighting from the 1930 to 1990 (Dan Nowicki?) |
| Standard Railway Castings Company Earl Tuson - steam and transition eras |
| Stevens Creek Models Laser Cut Glazing for S scale windows |
| Tichy Train Group S scale, including NBW, Rivets and freight car parts |
| Three Brothers Manufacturing HO Warren or Pratt truss bridges suitable for S scale; also offers DCC accessory and signaling decoders |
| Tomalco Track - information current as of 01/17/2006 Larry Morton 289 Orchard Circle Hendersonville, NC 28739 828-694-3858 |
| TrainStuff Dayna & Randy Williamson - Interlocking towers and extensive line of S structures and walls |
| Turner Model Works/ Has FinestKind MDl's line of S scale structures, details and models |
| Vintage Lagoon Buildings and flats on paper applied over a foam core product. All can be made in S scale |
| Westport Model Works Over 1100 Modular building drawings in O, HO, N, S, and G scales for use in creating backdrops, and full or partial building models S scale buildings printed on card-stock |
| Ye Olde Huff 'n Puff S Scale freight car kits |
| Ye Olde Huff 'n Puff S Scale cast metail detail parts and figures |
| S-Scale Decals |
| Art Griffin decals car side decal lettering is extracted directly from builders' photographs, 1880s-1930s |
| CDS carried by TMR Distributing (Terry Link) available from Earl Tuson (dba Standard Railway Castings Company) in S for 3.00/set |
| Clover House decals, pc ties, poles, etc. |
| Echo Mountain Model Productscustom decals - used by Ed Loizeaux |
| Dan's Resin Casting has DT&I covered hoppers with red lettering |
| Greg Komar Dry Transfers 2 Set minimum for S scale |
| Highball Graphics conversion fee for S scale, then buy however many sets you want at the regular price - has some NYC (not under roadnames), PC & DT&I |
| Microscale Decals |
| Milepost 169 Champ/Enhorning decals |
| Oddballs Decals |
| Prime Mover Model Railroad Decals focuses on Northeastern United States model railroaders - will print any of their artwork in S scale for a minimum of 25 sets (per 10/15/03 S-Scale list) |
| Rail Graphics Custom decals |
| TMR Distributing CDS decals from Terry Link |
| S-Scale Dealers |
| A&K Hobby Xenia, Ohio - have accessories - picked up Marks Toy Box line |
| Ashville DieCast vehicle replicas |
| The Con-Cor Yard Sale NJ International HO items might be useful in S - last updated in 2003 |
| Central Hobbies S Scale Page Canadian store - has PRS cars |
| Elizabeth Station Toy Trains Dayton, Ohio |
| Engine Tender on-line Hobby Shop has Grandt line S scale list |
| First Place Hobbies has S scale with discounts |
| Flying Scotsman Hobbies carries BTS w/ 20% discount from list |
| Heimburger House Publishing Company similar to Walthers |
| Hovels includes farm animals (war-gaming site) |
| Hunterline Canadian dealer -
distributors for Mt. Albert scale lumber and carries a large range of S scale lumber Has bridge kits |
| InternetTrains many manufacturers listed |
| Micro Macro Mundo has Viessmann signals/lights appropriate for S scale |
| Milepost 169 carries Enhorning decals |
| Model Builder's Supply Line part of The N Sscale Architect - brick sheets for different eras; also other types of building materials |
| Port Lines Hobby Supplies |
| Railmaster Exports from New Zealand, has steam kits and R-T-R |
| Reviresco has extensive S scale vehicle selection along with 28 mm animals |
| Scale University likely MTH figures - gives volume discounts |
| Scenic Express not much S scale, but some non-scale specific items - has ballast, ground cover and Artissa figures |
| Scenic Express not much S scale, but some non-scale specific items - has ballast, ground cover and Artissa figures |
| Thunderbolt Mountain war-gaming site (supposedly has 28 mm, but only saw 30 mm) |
| Tichy Train Group neat detail parts in S, Grab Irons, Rivets, Nut & Bolt castings, etc. |
| TMR Distributing CDS decals from Terry Link |
| Tomar Industries S scale drumheads |
| White Bear Studios detail parts |
| Brass Dealers |
| Brass Guide Exchange have not seen any S scale items |
| Broad Ripple Station Indianapolis - no scale given - HO only? |
| The Caboose |
| Caboose Hobbies |
| Canadian Model Trains emphasis Overland Models - apparently do not handle S |
| Mitchell's Trains, Toys & Hobbies |
| Peach Creek Shops did not see any S listings (brass or otherwise) |
| Uncle Dave's Brass Model Trains |
| Figures |
| Sculpting Miniatures by Professor Christian Ellegaard |
| Miniature Figure Sculpting by Bob Lippman |
| Putty using various putties to create figures |
| Fun & Games |
| Fun & Games O Scale Figures from various manufacturers |
| Honourable Lead Boiler Suit Company has 28 mm WW I era figures |
| Langley Models 1/43rd white metal - Accessories, farm equipment, figures, animals, wagons |
| ml designs "Little Critters" is our line of custom painted birds for use by model railroaders and crafters. Although done for HO gauge, they work just as well in S scale and some even in O scale. |
| DCC |
| NMRA DCC Information Selecting an NMRA DCC System for S scale by Michael Greene |
| DecoderPro used to program decoders |
| PanelPro an application for making control panels |
| I think you can generalize and say that most engines will take the 1.5 amp units fine. Exceptions for me have
been the Sunset Geeps with dual motors and I think SHS recommends a heavier unit for their F units.
I run many engines with Digitrax 120 series (120-121-123), many with 163's , a few with 140's, several with 83's (no longer made) and I bought a bunch of 383's that I think are about 4 amps because I got a good deal on them.Right now I'm running a Rex Docksider with the original open frame motor with a 121 and it's seems to work fine. - Bob Werre (S-Scale Modeling 28 Mar 2005) I know Bob has installed a lot of decoders, so the above information is very useful. This is especially true of his comment about the Rex 0-4-0T motor, which is a Pittman DC-71A. Previously I figured a model with an open frame motor required a big capacity, expensive decoder, which meant it was more practical to replace the motor with a newer, low amp can motor. I myself have settled mostly on the NCE D13SR (1.3 amp, 2.0 amp peak) decoder for my installations, though I have one Digitrax decoder and one Lenz decoder in models. I put one in an AM FP-7, purchased in 1985, and it works great. The FP-7 installation required sort of a leap of faith on my part. The DCC experts advise measuring the motor's stall (peak) current, then using a decoder to match. I skipped that step and simply wired the D13SR decoder in place. I was prepared for the worst, but the decoder/motor combination worked out well: no erratic performance; no smoke; no flames. - Bill Roberts (S-Scale Modeling 28 Mar 2005) We've used a pretty good cross section of decoders on the Des Plaines Valley, our guru can't make up his mind! They're installed in most AM and SHS diesels with no problem. Mainly we have gone to other decoders to improve response especially when running several locomotives in consist. I've sort of settled on North Coast for steam, although I installed Zema decoders in my T-1's. - Jim [Raison One](S-Scale Modeling 29 Mar 2005) |
| Can anyone reccomend a good way to clean the track on a large exhibition layout, whihc has a number of tracks
covered by scenery. We currently use sandpaper or track cleaning fluid but find it unsatisfactory. I like the wet method, I run Center Line rollers and use Goo Gone on them. Nice wet application. Then to help keep things clean run a car or two with Masonite blocks under them to keep the lintand dust off. If the layout is in a fairly dust free environment you may find oils like RailZip works great. Just a drop or two is all you want to use, then let the trains spread it around the layout. But if there is no ceiling or dust in the area, then the oil acts like a magnet and will attract it all right on the rail heads. But I would suggest you might want to stop using the sandpaper, even fine paper will put grooves in the rail heads, and they will just collect more dirt in the grooves. - Don Crano (Digitrax 3 Sep 2000) |
| S-Scale Resources |
| S Gaugers' locations |
| The construction zone: Locomotives and Rolling Stock how to's, including sub assembly shots |
| Bridge Designer from John Hopkins University site - allows trusses |
| "S" Scale Model Railroading Homepage links to S scale resources - by Craig O'Connell |
| Terry Harrison's S Scale Layout |
| Tom Troughton's Sn3 Cimarron & Tall Timbers RR includes project summaries |
| Yesterday's Tractors Great source on researching tractors and the years they were manufactured |
| Fiddlers Green Paper Models cardstock models - some are free downloads |
| Signmaker This Java applet formats freeway signs for you |
| Highway route markers View highway route markers, past and present, from around the world |
| Using Cyanopoxy: Tips and Techniques Mike Rose's tips |
| Standi Toys all sorts of farm equipment and farm animals |
| Weathering Wood - Twice Weathered Wood Harold Minkwitz' tips |
| Cork for Thin Sedimentary Rock Harold Minkwitz' tips |
| Making a Pond Harold Minkwitz' tips |
| Making a Cardboard Party Balloon Pond Harold Minkwitz' tips |
| Making Horse Roads for an On30 Layout Harold Minkwitz' tips |
| Thoughts on Cleaning Track Harold Minkwitz' tips |
| Making Dead Brush From Fake Fur Harold Minkwitz' tips |
| Fake Fur Grass Harold Minkwitz' tips |
| Fake Fur Grass - Further Adventures Harold Minkwitz' tips |
| Making Polyfiber Bushes Harold Minkwitz' tips |
| Making an Eroded Field Harold Minkwitz' tips |
| Easy Tender Truck Pickups Harold Minkwitz' tips |
| Making Plastic Look Like Weathered Wood Harold Minkwitz' tips |
| Styrene as Rough Weathered Wood Harold Minkwitz' tips and photo |
| Making Styrene Look Like Aging Wood Harold Minkwitz' tips and photo |
| Tarpaper from Pastel Paper Harold Minkwitz' tips and photo |
| Making a Timber Portal Harold Minkwitz' tips and photo |
| Adding the Loose Dirt Look with Stippling Harold Minkwitz' tips and photo |
| Making Clay Clods and Old Dirt Roads Harold Minkwitz' tips and photo |
| The Weathering Doctor Troy Simpkins' tips |
| Bragdon Enterprises Cutting Edge Scenery Technologies |
| Die-Cast Promotions 1:64 Monaco Coaches |
| Action Farm Toys Farm Toys |
| Action Farm Toys - store specials |
| Pennsy Class G22 Gondola in S Scale Keith Thompson project |
| NMRA 1/64th Scale SIG forum for 1:64 scale narrow gauge and standard gauge scale modelers |
| The Miniatures Page has 28mm wagons and carriages |
| Fozzbozz Trading Company has 28mm characters |
| Model Railroad Manufactures [sic] and Corporations |
| S Scale Buyer's Guide |
| S Scale Buyer's Guide - figures |
| S Scale Buyer's Guide - Locomotives |
| S Scale Buyer's Guide - Rolling Stock |
| NASG listing of Model Railroad S scale plans can be e-mailed for 10 cents a page |
| NASG Products |
| NASG listing of S scale events |
| S Scale Freight Cars Database |
| NASG "S" Detail Parts |
| S Scale Model Railroad Homepage By Craig S. O'Connell |
| S Scale Locomotives and Rolling Stock By Craig S. O'Connell |
| Articles on Prototypes of S Scale Rolling Stock by Ted Larson |
| Mass Produced S Scale Models by Ted Larson |
| Brass and Short Run S Scale Models by Ted Larson |
| S Scale Vehicles by Ted Larson |
| MHRREAST Reference Section by Ted Larson - Minnesota Heartland Railroad |
| S-Trains Paul Yorke's site |
| Paul Yorke's S scale links |
| Paul Yorke's Photo Albums |
| S/Sn3 Modeling Guide |
| S Scale Model Trains |
| Penn Western Railroad |
| Lehigh Valley S Gaugers |
| Fast Tracks Printable Tie Template Library free, downloadable printable tie templates |
| da Trains! Railroad Data Rick Blanchard's site |
| da Trains! Conversion Charts Scale to Scale conversions |
| da Trains! Railroad Data rail comparisons Rick Blanchard's site |
| Diecast Direct has 1/64 equipment and figures |
| Railmaster Exports figures and vehicles |
| Fun & Games figures |
| Dakotah Toys farm kits and animals |
| S&K Toy Trucks 1/64th die-cast tractor-trailer trucks |
| Toy Farmer Official Site of Toy Farmer Magazine |
| Boley Products The 1/87th animals appear to be slightly smaller than ERTL 1/64th scale animals |
| Armorcast under decals are appropriate S scale decals. Also most 28mm figures are approximately S scale |
| Route 66 Collection available only at Kmart |
| Ertl figures and vehicles |
| Division Office Mike and Jim Tylick - includes downloadable sign links |
| Stephans Railroad History |
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| Thomas |
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| Choo Choo Track and Toy Company |
| Whittle Shortline Railroad |
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| Layouts |
| O-Scale Layouts |
| Angels Gate Hi-Railers Model Railroad Club San Pedro, California |
| Ed Reutling's On30 layout |
| Ballard Southern Railroad Capt'n Dick Wightman's O-Scale layout |
| Crescent Model Railroaders Hi-rail modular group - Washington, DC |
| Jay Beckham's layout East Broad Top in On3 |
| Newton St. James O-Scale |
| Rich Trowbridge O-Scale - Grand Truck Western's Laurel Street (fictional) subdivision |
| Carl Arendt's layout O-Scale 1950's daily mixed |
| Carl Arendt's Monet |
| Carl Arendt's Dega |
| Carl Arendt's Rene |
| NPF Railway Bob Davis' 3-rail O-Scale layout |
| Metrowest O Scalers Marlboro, MA |
| The Adirondack Line Malcolm Alberry's Adirondack Line railroad site |
| HO Scale Sierra Western & Santa Fe RR informative site, uses Wangrow's System One |
| Sean Franklin no layout yet |
| Southeastern Michigan S Gaugers Devoted to American Flyer, Highrail, and S Scale Model Railroading |
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| Miscellaneous Modeling |
| Links to miscellaneous modeling ideas |
| Railroad Turnout Drawings "from American Railway Engineering Association (AREA) layout drawings published in the 1926 Railway Engineering and Maintenance Cyclopedia" |
| Whatever Happened to Standard Oil? A highly abridged history of the petroleum companies that have used the 'Standard' brand name |
| Birthplace of modern oil industry Search by subject for "petroleum industry" then sort by date. Many great photos at high resolution. |
| Fast Tracks Printable Tie Template Library free, downloadable printable tie templates |
| Fiber Optic Products "We carry all sizes of Fiber optic fibers in Sideglow, Endglow, Stranded, Jacketed and Unjacketed for any projects" |
| Scenic Express Supertree modeling 2 how to clinics on using SuperTrees |
| The Zumbro Valley & Western: Making Trees advice on making various types of trees in HO and O scale |
| Gilbert Gribi modeling includes article in French by Michel Gribi on tree making use Babelfish to translate http://www.gilbert-gribi.ch/GGribi/ |
| Billboards of the past |
| CraftsmanKits.com FreeStuff free Olde Time Advertising billboards |
| Mayang's Free Textures Brick texture library |
| M.L.W. Services Andy Malette's site - includes boxcar details and PRR trust plates |
| Nautical Research Guild Early paint colors and "scale colors" |
| The Back Shop Making brass castings from your plastic originals |
| Traditional-Building.com information regarding lead, terne, copper, galvanized and nonmetallic roofing |
| Preservation Briefs several "briefs" devoted to the restoration and preservation of roofs |
| Decals |
| T&OC decals |
| ALPS decals listing of manufacturers using ALPS printers |
| Central Hobbies Black Decals listing |
| Champion Decal |
| La Belle Woodworking Company Pendleton, IN |
| MicroScale |
| Oddballs Decals |
| Rail Graphics |
| Rails Unlimited Milwaukee Road |
| Raritan Bay decals |
| Font |
| Benn Coifmann¹s fonts |
| Acid Fonts possibly some free fonts |
| freewarefonts.com links to free font sites |
| 1001 free fonts |
| FontFreak.com free-/shareware font archive |
| Dealers |
| Resources |
| Billmeyer & Small Builders of Wooden Railway Cars |
| Rail Driver Cyclopedias various Cyclopedias |
| Saskatoon Railroad Modellers Working With Styrene |
| North East Rails main page |
| North East Rails link to steam photos |
| The Railroad Paint Shop - Freight and Passenger Car Equipment drawings of various equipment types |
| Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections Includes railroad photos |
| Kansas City Public Library Includes railroad photos |
| M. D. McCarter Photographs |
| Antique Tractors Online |
| Slater's Plastikard kits for an extensive range of model railway wagons, carriages and locomotives, as well as the supply of lost wax cast brass fittings for modellers |
| Peco-UK some O Scale |
| Scale Line some O Scale |
| Discover Scale Model Railroading at HO.RAILROAD.COM Foamcore/Veneer method of structure building |
| NMRA Directory categorized listing of 'hyperlinks' to prototype and model railroading websites around the world |
| The Model Train Magazine Index formerly on Accurail's site |
| Western Maryland Railway References - Magazines |
| The League of Non-Aligned Modelers luan (lauan?) modules |
| The Proto Journal |
| The Proto Journal Right-O-Way Rail Product List |
| North East Rails Over 7000 rail photos, with focus on Pennsylvania and the North East |
| WT&W Ad Sign Exchange downloadable signs |
| Schrader's Railroad Catalog "the finest in gifts for railroad enthusiasts" - many of the advertised signs are the right size for O scale |
| The Keystone Modeler Downloadable and printable magazine |
| The B&O Modeler Downloadable and printable magazine from the B&ORRHS |
| The CNWHS Modeler Downloadable and printable magazine from the CNWHS |
| O Scale Trains Magazine Downloads |
| Rochester Model Rails newsletter downloadable newsletter |
| Screws, Nuts and Bolts |
| American thread specification substitution table |
| What Screw is This? |
| Everything you wanted to know about . . . . Maryland Metrics |
| Thread Identification Maryland Metrics |
| Drill Sizes Cross Reference Chart |
| Smith Fastener's TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| A Compilation of Thread Size Information |
| Workshop Hints BA Threads |
| Screw Threads and Tapping Drills Pages |
| Galtran.com small screws with hex heads - owned by Bill Box (O scaler) |
| J.I. Morris Co. one of the largest manufacturers of miniature screws and fasteners in the USA |
| McMaster-Carr Over 400,000 items to choose from |
| Micro-Mark |
| Micro Fasteners Major supplier of small nuts, bolts, and other hardware in small quantities at reasonable prices |
| MicroMo Electronics OEM supplier of fractional horsepower DC motors |
| MSC Industrial Direct over half a million items |
| Small Parts Small Parts, Inc: The Hardware Store for Researchers and Developers |
| Drill bits |
| Something I've used for a long time is piano wire of the correct diameter, especially for resin or styrene. The burr left when you cut the wire to the right length works quite well on these materials. A 3' length of wire will provide a lot of drills! - Jerry Michels (STMFC 9 Feb 2005) |
| Drill Bit City wide range of small to large tungsten carbide tools; also has resharpened drill bits and end mills |
| DrillsAndTaps.com Polished, High Speed Steel, Jobber Length Wire Gauge Sizes - down to #97 |
| Electronic |
| Action Electronics electronic supply house |
| Electrical Circuits you can build Rollins World Wide Web |
| Mills, lathes, etc. |
| CAMERON Micro Drill Presses fantastic micro drill....expensive but extremely accurate |
| Taig lathe articles Articles on the Taig lathe and micromachining by Jose Rodriguez |
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Trains
New York Central
Toledo and Ohio Central
Miscellaneous Train Sites
| New York Central Sites |
| locomotives |
| Richard D. Leonard's New York Central collection includes a photo of K&M 9501 |
| freight cars |
| freight schedules |
| 1949 and 1964 Freight Schedules Terry Link's CASO site |
| books |
| depots |
| NYC plans and data for field use from Giancarlo Marco's website |
| Allen County Museum's railroad collection Charles Bates, Assistant Curator of Railroad Collections, ACM - (419)222-9426 |
| New York Central The New York Central Railroad Homepage |
| NYC Museum NYC Museum site |
| index of NYC steam pictures |
| NYC book list |
| NYC video list |
| NYC RS-3 New York Central Alco RS-3 Units |
| Chris Fisher 1940/1950s Dayton area NYC pictures |
| Steam Locomotive.com USRA info, NYC, with some T&OC |
| NYC System photos New York Central System photos by Jeff Sumberg |
| NYC passenger car roster from Terry Link's Canada Southern site |
| NYC freight car roster from Terry Link's Canada Southern site - has T&OC/K&M/Z&W listings - freight car diagrams cross indexed by lot and car numbers |
| NYC freight equipment |
| NYC locomotives |
| Harold K. Vollrath's Photo Collection |
| hand-drawn images of various NYC equipment by Custom Trains |
| 1947 wreck New York Central wreck Brookfield, Ohio, around July 1, 1947 |
| Ohio Rails - NS West Virginia Secondary by Chris Burchett |
| Utilities in Ohio railroad maps - check the utilities layer |
| MapQuest can view rail lines |
| EarthExplorer satellite images, aerial photographs, and cartographic products through the U.S. Geological Survey |
| TerraServer-USA |
| Sandy Ridge & Clear Lake Railway 7 1/2" gauge railroad |
| Late steam locomotives by Ted Cherry |
| 1960s roster NYC 1960s roster |
| Internet Resources The New York Central System Internet Resources |
| NYC-RR@onelist.com |
| NYC-Railroad@onelist.com New York Central and any of its components |
| Terry Link web site |
| Bill Davis web site |
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| Toledo and Ohio Central Sites |
| My Unofficial Toledo and Ohio Central Home Page |
| My Unofficial Winona Railroad Home Page |
| Everett Lee DeGolyer, Jr. Railroad Photographs Kanawha & Michigan, Kanawha & West Virginia, Ohio Central, and Toledo & Ohio Central Ry listed; Anne Peterson @ 214-768-2661 (apeterso@smu.edu) is the Curator of Photography |
| CSX timetables |
| CSX Great Lakes Division - Toledo Branch Subdivision Toledo to Columbus (through Kenton) |
| CSX Great Lakes Division - Scottslawn Secondary Subdivision Ridgeway to Columbus |
| CSX Great Lakes Division - Western Branch Subdivision Columbus |
| CSX Great Lakes Division - Mount Victory Subdivision Galion to Bellefontaine - the old Indianapolis Line |
| CSX Great Lakes Division - Columbus Line Subdivision Galion to Columbus - probably not former T&OC |
| CSX Great Lakes Division - Fostoria Subdivision B&O Yard to Fostoria - probably not former T&OC |
| CSX Chicago Division - Garrett Subdivision |
| The Bullsheet CSX information, including train symbols |
| CSX Northern Sub from the UTU 1377 site - for a reference point, on the Northern diagram the signals at MP 55 and 54.7 are located where the CSX line crosses over the NS line behind Sumburger on business loop US23 (North Bridge St) on the north side of Chillicothe. |
| Penn Central Railroad Online Jerry Jordak's PC site |
| K&M 531 Bill Navari Collection |
| Rails to Trails - Athens, Ohio Athens, Ohio |
| Ohio depots Existing Ohio Railroad Stations by Dan West |
| Bookshop Dan West's bookshop |
| Mark Thomas' depot site |
| Ohio (and some Michigan) Railroad Structures |
| Little Cities of Black Diamonds scattered T&OC, Z&W, and K&M pictures |
| roadbed links apparent broken link |
| Ohio Rail Trails RAIL-TRAILS AND TOWPATH-TRAILS IN OHIO |
| Indian Lake apparent broken link |
| Hocking Valley history some T&OC history |
| Hocking Valley Railway Chris Burchett's site |
| USRA locomotive listings |
| ??? David Dupler home page |
| Ry-ops-industrialSIG Ohio industries served by NYC - includes former T&OC |
| ??? Rendell collection of railroad certificates |
| Canadian freight cars Ian Cranstone - includes reporting marks |
| ??? Railroad reporting marks sorted by company |
| Trainscan reporting marks Reporting marks for modern railroading |
| ??? First hand |
| ??? Decision sub no. 1 - Ohio |
| Penn Central modeling Penn Central Model Railroading Information (includes TOC reporting marks) |
| Penn Central Penn Central home page |
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| Miscellaneous Train Sites |
| Boxcars & Freight Cars of North America This site is intended to provide a resource for railroad freight car images. |
| Horns Inc. A Collection of Airhorns |
| Five Chime Consultants Railroad Airhorn Guide |
| MapMuse Railroad attractions |
| St. Charles Car Company images of turn of the century passenger and freight cars |
| Delaware Public Archives
A Brief History of the Jackson & Sharp Company, Car and Ship Builders, 1863-1950 Later became part of ACF - the DPA holdings include negatives |
| Literature on American Freight Cars "All articles, including those from modelling magazines, contain information on the full scale freight cars." |
| American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association A listing of independent railroads including web sites and radio frequencies |
| I.C.C. Historical Railroad Investigation Reports (1911-1966) Three reports for the T&OC and none for the K&M and Z&W |
| Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety Analysis apparently only goes back to 1975 |
| Rail Merchants International rolling stock, including cabooses, for sale |
| JFS Railcar rolling stock, including cabooses, for sale |
| RailPictures.net Caboose photos |
| Early Railway Signals by J. B. Calvert (University of Denver?) |
| The Ohio Broad Gauge and Other Fables by J. B. Calvert (University of Denver?) |
| Photohio.org an online repository of historic Central Ohio images |
| U.S. Steel Gary Works Photography Collection, 1906-1971 search on "Railroad Freight Cars" and "Maintenance & Repair" |
| University of Washington - Lee Pickett collection over 900 photographs documents scenes from Snohomish, King and Chelan Counties in Washington State from the early 1900s to the 1940s. Has Great Northern photos and automobile photos |
| Syracuse University Library Department of Special Collections - Erie Railroad Company includes glass plate negatives |
| Prelinger Archives |
| The Internet Archive - Prelinger Archives |
| Wouter Van Belle movie of Pacific 231 |
| Railroad Quick Pic Books has NYC books |
| Larry's Railroad Homepage Larry Lawler's site - has PC and Conrail photos |
| The Philadelphia Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society has PC and Conrail photos |
| Rensselaer Model Railroad Society's Railroad Heritage Website |
| Oil History - Tank Cars by Samuel T. Pees |
| Union Tank Car Company UTLX History in Photos Page |
| C&O Historical Society painting and lettering diagrams |
| C&O Historical Society photo database |
| C&O Historical Society digital image gallery |
| Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum |
| The Florida Photographic Collection State Archives of Florida |
| Grand Trunk Western Historical Society Robert Hadley DT&I steam photos - '40s and '50s |
| Illinois Central Resources by Michael Seidelman |
| Library of Congress |
| Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog |
| Digital Image Library Indiana Historical Society |
| Denver Public Library The Photography Collection - Western History / Genealogy Department / Denver Public Library |
| Kansas State Historical Society - Western Trails collection 1867: Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division, by Alexander Gardner |
| Kansas State Historical Society - Western Trails collection 1910: L.W. Halbe Collection |
| Shipler Commercial Photographer Collection approximately 100,000 negatives and documents the people and places of the Intermountain West from 1903 to 1980 |
| Railfan.net ABPR Rail Photo Archive; Includes search of over 12,000 Stations and Depots |
| Railfan.net ABPR Archive - NYC listings |
| Keystone Crossings Celebrating the late, great Pennsylvania Railroad and her ancestor and successor railroads |
| Union Pacific Rolling Stock |
| Reading Company Technical & Historical Society Photo Gallery-Rolling Stock |
| N8OAY's Railfan Help Desk Database of Railfan-Friendly Train Watching Locations, Railroad Radio Frequency Database, Train Symbol Database |
| Rail sections selection of prototype rail sections with their dimensions |
| Passenger Car Photo Indexes |
| C&O Historical Society - Photo Database has at least one Toledo & Ohio Central depot listing; has HV photos |
| C&O Historical Society - Digital Image Gallery has HV photos |
| Castle Graphics misc. freight cars and steam engines (some DT&I) |
| The Photography Collection - Western History/Genealogy Deparment - Denver Public Library no matches found on a quick search |
| Railroad Paper Collectibles Dave Cramer's site - lots of goodies including charts |
| The Pullman Company List of Standard and Tourist Cars Tom Madden's resource |
| The Pullman Project Tom Madden's resource |
| The RIP Track has Schenzinger Image Directory - includes K&M Pacific |
| RailArc The Ultimate Railroad Photo Archive - freight cars only? |
| RailArchives.com Has DT&I roster shots and freight equipment |
| Digital Images from the Norfolk & Western Railway Historical Photograph Collection - Virginia Tech Newman Library |
| Bill Davis' Lansing Railfan Home Page - NYC engine photos most taken by Dennis Schmidt |
| Rob Sarberenyi's Penn Central photo gallery by various photographers |
| Rob Sarberenyi's Misc Freight Cars photo gallery Photos taken by Clyde King of various freight cars found in California in the 1970s, '80s, and '90s. |
| Rob's Pennsy home page Great PRR resource |
| PRR diagrams from Rob Schoenberg's page |
| PRR Equipment Arrangement and Lettering Drawings from the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society site |
| Pennsylvania Railroad Through Freight Schedules |
| John Nixon's Wabash home page Includes DT&I photos |
| Railway Technical Web Pages for those interested in the technology, planning, maintenance and operation of railways - includes printed materials |
| Trains Magazine |
| Railpace Magazine |
| Green Frog DVDs |
| Central California Haunted Rails different images of rolling stock from fallen flags that today, still haunt the rails |
| Central California Rails |
| Modern Freight Cars Chris Butts' listing of various freight cars during the 1980s-1990s timeframe |
| Conrail Cabins & Cabooses |
| Basic Design (BD) of several popular UTLX tank cars |
| Robert Morris' online catalog of photos |
| MidContinent Railway and Museum has photo links of their equipment |
| MidContinent Railway and Museum has photo links of their equipment |
| 1952 Edition of the AAR Rules scans from the 1952 Edition of the AAR Rules for loading flat cars - by Ian Clasper |
| Library of Congress photo collections - try photos |
| Lauder Autochrome Collection at the Kansas City Public Library |
| West Bottom collection/1903 flood at the Kansas City Public Library |
| Minnesota Historical Society Visual Resources Database collection includes early railroad photos, very early motorcycle photos, log poles |
| N&W negative collection at Virginia Tech on "indefinite loan" from Norfolk Southern |
| ORER listing ORER & Cyclopedia Listing - Ian Cranstone's compilation |
| Cleveland State University Library's Special Collections has photos of the Newburgh & South Shore Collection |
| Historic Orange Preservation Online Local History Collection of the Orange (Calif.) Public Library - has railroad car photos (use "Photo Database" tab) |
| Railroad Picture Archives includes various collections (Joe Hughes, Jim Sands, etc.) |
| Railroadfan.com Photo Gallery |
| The Freightcars List archives maintained by Richard Hosker |
| Literature on American Freight Cars German/American site - list of freight car modeling articles |
| CN Images of Canada Gallery Canada Science and Technology Museum - many turn of the century items |
| Canadian Branchline Miniatures Ian Wilson |
| Canadian Branchline Miniatures - box car data from Ian Wilson |
| California Rails quite a few steam-era freight cars |
| Los Angeles Public Library initial picture |
| Old Iron Links Trains, Railroads and more... |
| Early American Industries Association General Information an extensive list of books on tools and crafts. They are part of the serious tool collecting hobby, which has followers on all continents. However, they present material on organized craft establishments ( factories) and have links to their compadres around the world as well as to sellers of old tools and books on how to use them. |
| Association for Preservation Technology, International detailed discussions of Bollman trussed rail bridges and many other rail artifacts can be found written by knowledgable professionals. Obviously, other aspects of the scene are also covered. |
| The Nation Park Service - Links To The Past dealing with all aspects of the components of various types of buildings |
| Traditional Building Magazine Professional magazine for construction personnel either restoring or building new structures using old techniques. Has extensive list of suppliers of old components, or copies therof; as well as firms that do construction using these components. There are countless links that often have photos, drawings and descriptions of what they do. |
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| Pullman Car Construction Record Spreadsheet by Tom Madden |
| Wisconsin Central car types |
| American Rail Car |
| GATX |
| EMD |
| GE Transportation |
| New Norfolk Southern roster |
| Conrail Techical Society |
| Ohio Steam Existing steam in Ohio |
| Ohio Central Railroad |
| Ohio Central Railroad schedule |
| Hocking Valley Scenic Railway |
| Chessie |
| DT&I modelers page |
| Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Historical Page Eric Davis' site - Dedicated to the history of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad |
| DT&I Railroad History Site |
| DT&I list |
| Indiana & Ohio Rail System RailFan |
| Railroads of NW Ohio "Covering railroad info of NW Ohio, SE Michigan, and NE Indiana." |
| Bee Line Railroads of Madison County - CCC&StL |
| Hocking Valley Railway Information Center - by Chris Burchett |
| David W. Dupler's Railroad Web Page |
| Railroad Station Historical Society Home Page Railroad structure information |
| Cyberspace World Railroad |
| The Ohio Rail Page Dedicated to Ohio railroads, past and present |
| The Special Interest Groups Hard core, hard facts, hard to find resources |
| RailServe |
| Railroad structures Railroad structures |
| Penn Central photo gallery |
| Central Indiana Railroad Information Network |
| train pictures? |
| RSHS |
| RSHS Depot list archives |
| Railroad Related Links Page |
| Hobby Shop list |
| United States Hobby Shop List |
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