These links will get you to other railroad and model railroad sites.
Our Other Sites
The Army Men Homepage - not exactly Railroad, but it covers the other great toy of the 1950s: plastic toy soldiers. See a gallery of vintage soldiers, spacemen, cowboys, Indians, Pirates and others. Lots of info for collectors, nostalgia, humor, and even some free battle games. If you're into classic toys, you'll love it!
All Miniatures and Holiday Villages, too! - Our collection of miniature figures, from village miniatures to toys to the unusual and unique! There are also miniature houses and other mini things, plus a complete course in making better holiday villages, vignettes and dioramas!
All Wargames and Wargaming - Our site of information on games with toy soldiers of all kinds, all eras. Great links to free games, resources and more
Milihistriot - Our online resource for military miniature collectors and miltiary history
O / O27
Bowser makes O special items.
Lionel - the biggest maker of O and O27 trains. Large site has catalogues, hobby info, and plenty of support.
Marx Trains makes tinplate / tin-lithographed O gauge toy trains in the style of the original Louis Marx company.
Mike's Train House manufactures O / O27 trains, track and accessories
3rd Rail Trains manufactures O gauge trains in short runs
Williams manufactures an assortment of O / O27 gauge trains
Atlas - primarily a maker of N and HO, but recently they added O. Info on products, hobby support, etc.
GarGraves Trackage Corporation makes its own brand of three-rail O track.
S Gauge
Lionel now makes the American Flyer brand of trains
The Showcase Line of S Gauge trains made by S Helper service
HO & N Scale
(major producers)
Athearn makers of excellent, affordably-priced HO locomotives and car kits
Bowser trains makes HO & N rolling stock, detail parts, figures, locos and specialty items
Atlas Model Railroad Co. produces fine HO and N scale locomotives, cars and track products
Bachmann makes HO & N trains and train sets, scenery kits & figures. Also produces Plasticville kits for O & S gauge.
Kato USA - imports Japanese-made HO and N trains and track.
Life-Like Products is a well-known maker of scenery as well as HO & N trains, scenery kits, operating signals, etc. Also makes O scenery & signals
Marklin is a German coimpany that makes HO and Z scale trains. (Site is in German)
Marklin USA imports Marklin's HO and Z trains. Site is in English!
Micro-Trains Line makes N scale cars
Walthers is mainly a maker / importer of HO & N trains ,scenery and accessories. They also carry some O, S and G scale items.
G Gauge / #1 Gauge / Scale
Bachmann makes G trains and sets
Hartland Locomotive Works makes excellent G trains, especially old Western types
LGB of America imports the LGB line of G scale trains from Germany
Lionel - produces various G gauge trains
Marklin is a German coimpany that makes #1 scale / G gauge trains
Marklin USA imports Marklin's #1 scale scale trains.
USA Trains - makes locomotives and rolling stock for G gauge.
JLM Trains - makers of reproduction Lionel tinplate trains, also does repairs and restoration
Maker of other Supplies for All Scales
Mt. Albert Scale lumber - they make superb miniature lumber for scale model work - (imagine if we had this 20 years ago!)
Kadee - makers of operating couplers and related gear, for all scales. Also make HO freights.
For more N, HO, and Z scale sites, check with the NMRA website
For Toy Train Operators and Model Railroaders
Trains.Com (Kalmbach Publications)
Periodicals for Railfans
Kruger Street Toy and Train Museum: a mecca for Marx toy & train fans, exhibiting classic Marx toys and Marx train layouts. Museum is near the old Marx factory in West Virginia
Wise Avenue Volunteer Fire Dept Christmas Garden Wise Avenue Volunteer Fire Dept.Annual Christmas Display - This is one of the most amazing websites on the Net, especially for train buffs. It is a massive seasonal display that includes trains, animations and miniature villages. Photos and videos.
National Model Railroad Association - big organization with massive website, great info and links for model railroaders.
National Association of S Gaugers - organization serving those who model S Gauge
Toy Train Operating Society - for operators and collectors of toy trains
The Train Collector's Association - for collectors of tinplate toy trains
Lionel Collector's Club of America - for collectors of Lionel Trains
North American Rail Alliance - online groups of people worldwide who model North American railroads
Because these scales have little commercial support,and have relatively small followings, we are listing reliable resources.
TT Scale.com - has resources for American TT, including history, facts, links, etc.
Pine Creek Railroad (NJ Museum of Transportation) - fine little narrow-gauge railroad in Allaire State park - they have steam, diesel, even a Shay - must see! (Our favorite prototype railroad!)
Railfan Net - the best network of railroad-oriented sites, bar none! Constantly up[dates, with scores of member sites - hey - we have a site there, too!
Jersey Central N-Trak: Modular N scale club that does some amazing work - massive modular layout, detailed scenery, 100+ car trains - great bunch of folks, too!
George Schreyer's Large Scale Trains Page - don't let the plain look fols you. George's site has some very useful resources. There is even a reprint of an The US Army Corp of Engineers Military Railways Handbook for 1917. Definitely worth a visit!
S Scale Model Railroading is a wealth of information about S Gauge.
Collecting and Running S Gauge trains - lots of photos of Chris's layout here, with more to come
Display Planning and Building - online illustrated lessons in making a large Holiday display with trains, buildings,. etc. The display is a seasonal 18 by 44 pike with trains and over 100 animations.
The O Gauge Toy Train Page - loads of resources of O gauge - many old links, has not been updated in years!
Micro Layouts for Model Railroads: http://carendt.com: a large collection of tiny layouts, most under 4 square feet! Carl's innovative plans can fit a model railroad in even the smallest spaces.
Collecting Model Trains and Dept. 56 Buildings - interesting site focusing on O gauge with the Department 56 collectibles. It's a modern collector's Tin Scale.
Binn's Road: Welcome to the Wordl Of Horby-Dublo...and Meccano...and Dinky Toys.... - everything about classic British toy and model trains -fantastic!
Badger Creek Lumber Company - interesting site with layouts, photos,, scratchbuilding projects and more.
Larry's Tracks & Trains - O Gauger's website with photos and info on O Gauge, layout pics, and pics of real trains
The Klazy S RR Page - photos, track plans and rosters of a Washington state O Gauge railroad.Boylerwerx - Catt's entertaining N scale site, soon to add On30 as well. Plenty to see here!
marklin-users.net at http://www.marklin-users.net/ - Features an immense amount of information on model railroading with Marklin. Everything from model making to wiring to discussion forum to and digital technology
uk.rec.models.rail Unoffical
Website - http://www.ukrecmodelsrail.co.uk/. - a website devoted to the
British model railroading newsgroup, includes news, hobby information, links
to British and non-British sites.
Pine Creek Railway at Allaire State Park in New Jersey, featuring genuine Narrow Gauge trains. Operating steam and diesel - all the critters you can stand! Our favorite railroad!
Kruger Street Toy and Train Museum: a mecca for Marx toy & train fans, exhibiting classic Marx toys and Marx train layouts. Museum is near the old Marx factory in West Virginia
O Gauge RR Magazine Forum - forum for O Gauge trains.
Railroad-Line forums - busy forum for discussion, model railroading and railfanning..
Trainboard.Com - another busy forum for railfanning and model railroading.
Internet Train Club - online forums, classified ads, etc
All Gauge Train Hobby Discussion Group - a place to talk trains, get advice, trade notes and discuss the hobby. Our email group on Yahoo
Choochooauctions - this online train auction has a message board for all scales.
Railserve search engine, forum, classified & model & proto RR links
Large Scale Central - forums, classified and other Large Scale resources
MyLargescale.Com - user-friendly Large Scale forums
TT Scale E-group - fourm / email group discussing TT scaleLionel Super-O egroup - forum for discussion of Super O track
JLM Trains - makers of reproduction Lionel tinplate trains, also does repairs and restoration
www.MrTrain.com - Alan Dechant makes all sorts of fine things, from very realistic miniature telegraph poles to aluminum display shelves for O and HO. He also carries some railroadiana and other products. Good prices, too.
Vienna Station (Trainmarket.com) - Ray has a huge selection of original tinplate, scale and plastic Marx, pre-war and postwar Lionel , Ives, Haffner and American Flyer. Good prices, too.
JDP Limited - Debbie and Jim have a nice selection of Marx, plus pre-war and postwar Lionel. Most items are illustrated with photos.
Train City - Charlie Siegel deals in new and old trains, especially classic O gauge and tinplate. He's got an interesting inventory and there's always something new.
Choochooauctions - a great online auction for all kinds of trains - we prefer choochooauctions to the big auction places.
The Western Depot - they carry trains in all scales and the major O/O27 brands.
American Flyer Trains - vendor of vintage American Flyer S and pre-war O gauge and accessories, etc.
Hobbylinc.com - carries supplies for various hobbies, including trains.
Card models are an excellent resource, especially since some kits are detailed enough to rival plastic or wood. Here we list places where you can download the kits online.
Space Station 42 - has free downloadable kits, including many useful as scenery
Iceberg Paper Model Links - loads of links to superb kits, many of which would make fine lineside scenery.
Saul's Paper / Card Model Page - comprehensive site with links to many downloadable card kit sites.
We get many children coming here, not to mention harried parents Trains were toys before they were models, after all.. Here are some site for kids - and yes, it will give Mom & Dad a break, too.
Craft sites have a lot of ideas, and since many of today's railfans have more than one hobby, might be quite useful.
Freekidscrafts.com - loads of free craft projects for children, with reviews and more. Great way to get the children away from your trains for a while.
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