Model Railroad layout sites
Vendors and Suppliers (and stores)
Clubs and Organizations
Model Railroad magazine sites

Model Railroad layout sites

Joe Fugate's Siskiyou Lines - A large mushroom layout depicting the Southern Pacific in Oregon from Eugene to Medford with a branchline to Coos Bay over the proposed alignment from Roseberg. Many pictures and layout design insight.

Lee Nicholas Utah Colorado Western layout - from Denver to Salt Lake City competing with the D&RGW and UP. Lee is Mr. Operations (and scenery too!)

Ted Yorks Santa Fe layout - over the Cahon Pass in HO scale. Ted's prototype based layout has great scenery and operation feature helper service. (Ted York photo)

Jack Burgess' Yosemite Valley layout - The YVRR as it was in August of 1939. Accurate prototype modeling at its best.

Rick Fortin's Sierra Western & Santa Fe layout - The SW&WF is a proto-lanced, multi-deck layout depicting a what-if scenario of a Santa Fe gateway to the Pacific Northwest.

Roger Travis's HO scale Great Eastern Railway - Lots of pictures of highly realistic scenery. (Roger Travis photo)

Rick Blanchard's Da Trains! - Mucho prototype and model trains information.

Craig Bisgeier's 1892 Housatonic Railroad - Old time model railroading with a heavy dose of prototype. (Craig Bisgeier)

Wayne Roderick's Teton Short Line - Photos and many how-to pages including tips for scratchbuilding reliable double slip switches!.

Lex Parker's D&RGW tour - Check out this On3 layout.

The Espee Modelers page - Information for all you modelers of the late, great Southern Pacific railroad.

Vendors and Suppliers

Model Railroads and Freight Cars - more links to model trains stuff.

Arizona Rock & Mineral / Railroad Scenery - many sizes, colors, textures etc. of rock products (and more) for your scenery. This site also contains lots of how-to articles and some cool stories.

Canyon Creek Scenics - purveyors of incredibly detailed trees and other forest products for your model railroad (check out the Canyon Creek Scenics trees in Jallen Branch pictures)

Eldorado Software / TrackPlanning.com - the folks that created Third Planit!, the best Model RR cad package on the market today.

Railway Engineering - Custom turnouts, track gauges, operating switchstands, information for hand laying track and HOn3 Carter Brother's ventilated box cars!

American Model Builders - Laser Kits R us.

Kato USA - The standard of HO diesel power.

Kadee - Couplers, wheel sets, and the absolute best HO box cars and covered hoppers available (suitable for use in prize winning photos).

Mainline Trains - in Forest Grove, Oregon - trains and supplies at a discount.

Scenic Express - the US distributors of SilFlor...

Shenendoah Software - software to print McFall style car cards and waybils and to inventory all those models on your layout.

Clubs and Organizations

NMRA home page and NMRA Directory of World Wide Rail Sites

Friends of SP 4449

Golden State Model Railroad Museum - my old alma mater!

The Layout Design Special Interest Group - These kids are SERIOUS about layout design!

The Operations Special Interest Group - These kids are SERIOUS about running trains in a prototypical manner!

The Pacific Railroad Preservation Association - operators of the SP&S 700

The Pacific Northwest Chapter - of the National Railway Historical Society

The Internet Railroad directory

The San Diego Model Railroad Museum - home of four huge scale model railroads including the Tehachapi Pass layout of the La Mesa model railroad club

SP&S 700 home page - The Spokane Portland & Seattle 700 is the last of the E-1 class Northern steam locomotives. Based in Portland Oregon it still gets up steam to pull excursions.

Magazines

Model Railroader - The name says it all!

Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette - For all those narrow-minded folks.

Mainline Modeler - Model the mainlines of North America!