Model Railroad Information

Featured Pages

• Train Miniature (TM) Car Spotter's Guide
• A Guide To HO Steam Locomotives
• A Guide To HO Brass Steam Locomotives
• Making a switch machine power supply
• The Many Life Skills Model Railroading Can Teach

On-Line Stores

• Model Train Market
• Tony's Train Xchange
• Model Train Supplies
• Legacy Station (Lionel)
• Trainz
• American Models (American Flyer)
• Dave's Trains, Inc. (Lionel)
• Graham's Trains (Lionel)

Specialty Items

• Magnificent Woodworkings
• Mega-Steam (Model Railroad Smoke Fluid)
• TrackPlanning.com (Layout Design Software)
• MiniRail (Switchlist Software)
• Rob Preston Model Locomotives (steam mineatures)
• Yesteryear Toys (Toys)

International Sites

• Micro-Feinmecahnik

HO Locomotive Slide Shows

• Rivarossi UP Challenger
• Athearn NH A-B-B-A
• Athearn Genesis Mikado Axle Gear Replacement
• Rivarossi GN 2-8-2
• Westside/Katsumi SP GS-4
• An eBay Purchase Gone Wrong
• Rivarossi B&O 2-10-2

Crossing Gate Articles

The following articles were written for a local newsletter. If you you wish to publish them somewhere else, permission is granted provided that the following statement accompanies any article:

This article was originally written by Wes Barris for publication in "The Crossing Gate", the newsletter of the "Twin Cities Division" of the NMRA.

• Remotoring an HO Rivarossi Big Boy
• HO Kadee coupler information
• Just how sharp is that curve?
• Helixes, Tunnels, Spirals, and Other Unique Trackag e

Hobby Shopps

• MapMuse: Model Train Hobby Shops
• Arnies Toy Trains (Los Angeles)
• Caboose Hobbies (Denver)
• Dean's Trains (HO Brass)
• Mitchell's Trains (Mainly Brass)

Informational Sites

• TroveStar N Scale Model Trains Database
• National Model Railroad Association
• Model Train Search Engine
• Z Central Station
• Restoring Brass Steam Locomotives (Regearing, remotoring, repainting)
• Ztrains
• Model Railroad Forums
• The Train Show
• All Gauge Page
• Northern Virginia NTRAK (N-Scale)
• S Scale Model Railroading Homepage
• System Of Life Institute (Model Trains)
• Tried & True Trains

Manufacturer / Supplier Sites

• Atlas Model Railroad Co.
• Peco (Tracks)
• Walthers

Live Steam

• Live Steam Locomotives
• Live Steam in the USA
• Queensland Society of Model and Experimental Engineers Inc. (Brisbane, Australia)
• Sandy Ridge & Clear Lake Railway (Michigan)
• Cinder Sniffers (Cincinnati, OH)
• Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum
• Mid-South Live Steamers (near Nashville, Tennessee)
• QRC Innovation (4-4-0 construction prints)
• Michigan AuSable Valley Railroad
• UP Challenger & Big Boy drawings and castings
• The 7+ Railroader
• Discover Live Steam
• Moe's Locomotive Works
• Pennsylvania Live Steamers
• Southern Steam Trains
• Grand Scales Quarterly
• The Lake Shore Live Steamers
• Real Trains
• The Stapleford Miniature Railway

USA Clubs & Layouts

• Northlandz (New Jersey)
• NScale160
• Lake Town & Shire Garden Railroad
• Cambridge Model Railroad Club Cambridge, ON
• Central Wisconsin Model Railroaders
• Orange Belt Lines Fontana, CA
• The Model Railroad Club, Inc. Union, NJ
• Twin City Model Railroad Museum St. Paul, MN
• Anthracite Model Railroad Society Hazleton, Pennsylvania
• Nn3

Australia Clubs & Layouts

• All Gauge Model Railway Club (Brisbane, QLD)
• Railway Modellers Club of Queensland
• Union Pacific Model Railroad Club (Brisbane, QLD)
• N Scale Resources
• Model Railway Clubs
• Model Railway Exhibitions
• Our Town H.O. Model Railway Club (Newcastle, NSW, Australia)