Among the other "virtual" railroads mentioned in the Lehigh & Atlantic pages are Paul Fowlers' Gulf, Mobile, Ohio, and Rich Garbers' Ohio Rail. Two other personal favorites of mine are Werner Muellers Virtual Lehigh Valley and the Ontario & Western site of Joe Cooney. Some of these and Jim Ward's Port Ogden & Northern can be downloaded from the Train-Sim forum, which also supports one of the largest MSTS libraries on the planet. Be sure to visit Wayne Campbells London and Port Stanley
There are also the "official" websites of Microsoft Train Simulator and Auran, the publishers of Trainz
Research on many of the models and trains is aided by my ever expanding library of books and a half decent collection of old model railroad magazines. Indispensable for this research is Kalmbach Publishing 's Model Train Magazine Index
Equipment produced at the Lehigh & Atlantic "shops" is constructed using Train Sim Modeler, a basic 3D modeling software available from Abacus Software. There is also some development work being done using 3D Canvas, which is available from Amabilis
For those of you who would like more information on railroading through the 19th century I'd like to suggest you start at the Web Ring dedicated to modeling that era. It's supported by a small group of people interested in the "Golden Age" of American railroads. I've also included a list of my favorite reference sites on railroading, mining and the 19th century in general, here.
Check out the Golden Age of Aviation (1918-1940), or American Aces for a look at aviation at war. If you're considering learning to fly aircraft of any sort visit Be A Pilot.
For all of my fellow Oldsmobile fanatics there are several sites worth visiting. For mid-70's cars like mine there is one site that should be checked first, The Olds Cutlass Coupe Club (OCC). There are several other sites that have provided the tons of information needed to keep Ol' Mo' going. The information on the 200-4R swap was gleaned from a pile of really diverse car sites including The Herd, 700r4, and the Turbo Regal Web Site. Last but not least is The Olds FAQ which is available in a few places, including the OCC site and 442.COM
In a different direction...I would like to suggest you explore The Gutenberg Project. The site is dedicated to putting classic works, now in the public domain, on the Internet. Complete novels by authors like Charles Dickens, all the Bronte's, Lewis Carrol, Mark Twain and a host of others can be found there and at The Online Literature Library. There are several other good research and literature libraries online. Two of my favorites are the Humanum Site of Hong Kong University and the Cornell University Digital Library. Humanum has links to almost EVERYTHING, while Cornell has, among other treasures, scanned periodicals from the 19th century including Harpers Weekly and Scientific American. Another site with loads of historical reference material on all aspects of American life is American Memory
There will be tons of links constantly added to this page as I explore old and new interests and the Internet. Be sure to check back occasionally to see what's new.