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Some of my favorite Links
The sites listed below are some of my favorite railroad related sites on the web. I've enjoyed collecting these sites as they represent a wealth of information.
If you experience problems connecting to a site listed here, please e-mail the site address and information to me and I'll check it out. Help me to keep this page as up-to-date as possible.
You can either scan down this page or click on the category of site you are interested in.
Model Railroads & Club Web Sites
- New Jersey Southern N-trak - This group of N-Trak modelers assembles their layout at several shows in the Philadelphia and New Jersey area. They have some absolutely gorgeous modules, and this site tells a little about the various modules. Trust me when I say though that pictures don't do their modules justice! A great group of guys with a great group of modules.
- The Strasburg Model Railroad Club - This is the site of a sectional model railroad club located here in New Jersey. This club has accurately modeled the Strasburg Railroad and the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in HO scale. Check this site out for more information about their accomplishments and a schedule of events they will be attending so you can see this layout in person.
- GATSME Lines Model RR Club, Inc. - A beautiful club located just outside of Philadelphia that I have had the pleasure of operating on.
- The Raccoon Valley Model Railroad - Another great local layout that I operate on frequently. PJ's layout is a nice size home layout, packed with lot's of operating action.
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Prototype Railroad Sites
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Organizations and Historical Societies
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Manufacturers
- Accu-Rail - Accu-Rail, manufacturers of great HO scale cars. See what's available and information on their new 'Accu-Mate' coupler.
- Athearn - This new site at Athearn is definitely something to check out. Athearn is releasing a new line called Genisis. You can preview this line, as well as check out the many other products available by Athearn.
- Atlas Model Railroad Company - This is a great site and contains a complete listing of products currently offered by Atlas, as well as news and pictures of new products coming soon. For the N-scalers, there is also a database that allows you to look up certain cars that are produced by Atlas. A must see!
- Bowser Manufacturing Co. - New site of an old friend! This great site gives a listing, with photo's, of Bowser's line of cast Locomotives and plastic freight cars, including information of new items coming your way.
- Centerline Products Inc. - Centerline manufactures a complete line of track cleaning cars in all scales. Their site contains information on their unique line of track cleaning cars and accessories for these cars.
- City Classics - Manufacturers of great HO and N scale building kits.
- Digitrax - This is the home of Digitrax Digital Command Control. This site contains a wealth of information for those looking into digital command control. It also lists information about the various products offered by Digitrax.
- InterMountain Railway Company - Manufacturer of O, HO and N Scale freight car kits. Complete on line catalogue, including pictures, of their product line.
- Kadee Home Page - Need information of what coupler to use where? This is the place to look. The site offers extensive information on Kadee's line of couplers and other related products.
- Kato U.S.A., Inc. - Kato HO and N Scale products. Check this site out to see what they are up to now!
- Life-Like Products - New site of Life-Life products. This site features in depth information on their line of products, including information about their line of Proto-2000 Locomotives and cars, as well as a "help" section with questions and answers about some of their products.
- MDC - Home Of Roundhouse Products - MDC Roundhouse HO and N Scale products. An informative site which includes the company history as well as product listings and photos.
- Micro Scale Decals - On line listing of decals currently available from Micro Scale.
- Miniatronics - Miniatronics electronics for the hobbyist, suppliers of bulbs, LED's, switches and more. Browse their on line catalogue.
- Stewart Hobbies, Inc. - A leading manufacturer of locomotives and freight cars. Check out what's new at Stewart today!
- SoundTraxx - New Dimensions in Digital Sound ... - SoundTraxx is no doubt the leader in development of sound systems for model railroads. They make a variety of systems, including DCC sound equipped decoders.
- Red Caboose - Manufacturers of O, HO and N scale plastic freight cat kits. This site contains a listing of their current products as well as information of upcoming models.
- Rix Products - Rix Products manufacturers a variety of items such as bridges, telephone poles, building kits and much, much more. In addition to information about their line of products, a section of this site is dedicated to Rick Rideout's (who owns Rix Products) home HO Layout. He models the L&N and has a large HO layout that has been featured in the magazines many times. Excellent pictures.
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Railroad Magazines, Videos & Books
- Railmodel Journal Magazine - Railmodel Journal's site contains information about the current issue, as well as listings of articles for past issues. Railmodel Journal focuses on prototype modeling, with lots of great articles on prototype freight cars.
- Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine - Another popular magazine, this site contains information about the current and next month's issues.
- Model Railroader Magazine - No introduction needed here! Everyone should be familiar with this great publication, but you might not have seen their web site. Featured are links to most of Kalmbach's periodicals that include photos and text from their current issues, as well as information on next month's issues.
- Model Railroading Magazine - Model Railroading Magazine offers the serious modeler informative articles on a variety of topics, and their current issue is featured on their site, as well as other information such listings of the many great books they publish.
- Railpace Magazine - Check out articles from the current feature of RailPace Magazine. Also contains a section of really nice photos.
- Train's Magazine - Another must for the prototype enthusiast. Featured are links to most of Kalmbach's periodicals that include photos and text from their current issues, as well as information on next month's issues.
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Miscellaneous Sites
- Chris Brandt's Pennsylvania Railroad Homepage - Pennsy fans seeking photo's, artwork and more need to see Chris' great page. His home page is a piece of art! And lot's of great links too! I owe Chris a thanks for allowing me to use some of his artwork on my own home page.
- Keystone Crossings - Jerry Britton's home page, home of PRR Talk, an email based PRR information exchange group, and Merchandise Service, an internet based hobby business. Lot's of links too!
- Larry Puckett's DCC Page - Many of you know Larry Puckett from the pages of Model Railroading magazine. Check out his web site for information on DCC, as well as notes and pictures of some of his modeling efforts.
- RailServe - The Internet Railroad Directory - This is a great site for model railroaders. A huge listing of model railroad related sites, chat rooms, bulleting board type postings and much much more. If you want to surf the web to other model railroad related sites, this is the place to go!
- The Broad Way: A Pennsylvania Railroad Home Page - For the modeler of the great Pennsylvania Railroad, this site is a must! Loads of prototype information, and it's growing every day. If your doing research on the PRR, this site is definitely worth your time.
- Wiring for DCC by Allan Gartner - If you use DCC, then you really need to check this site out. Lots of great information and tips on using Digital Command Control.
- Model Railroads.Net - Model Railroad Directory - An interesting site for model railroaders. A growing listing of model railroads, both home and club layouts, as well as other model railroad related sites.
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Last page update - October, 2007
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