Favorite Links

See also the Member Layouts, the Hobby Shops and the Local Clubs pages for other links.

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Model Railroading Links

Model Railroading: Other Clubs and Associations

Some local clubs/associations are listed here too for convenience.

1-87th Scale Vehicle Clubs
British Railway Modellers of North America (BRMNA)
Bytown 3rd Railers (O- Scale)
Bytown Railway Society (BRS)
Canadian Association of Railway Modellers 
CARM National Capital Chapter
Club JacHobby O-gauge club in Laval, PQ
Erin Mills Model Railroad Association homepage in Erin Mills, Ont
Edmonton, Alberta homepage for train activities
Merrickville Model Railroad Club
Mississippi Valley Associated Railroaders (MVAR)
Moccasin Railroad Club in Cornwall, Ont.
Modelistes ferroviaires de Gatineau
Montreal Railroad Modelers Association
Montreal G-Scale Web Site
National Model Railroad Association (NMRA)
New England, Berkshire & Western (NEB&W) Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst
Niagara Frontier Region, NMRA
NTRAK
National Capital Toy Train Collectors and Operators
Ottawa Railway History Circle
Ottawa Valley Garden Railroad Society
Ottawa Valley HOTRAK Model Railway Club (HOTRAK)
Ottawa Valley NTrak Club
Proto 4
Quebec Model Railroad Society
Richelieu Valley Railroad
SeawayValley Model Railroaders
St. Lawrence Division, NMRA
Teen Association of Model Railroaders (TAMR)

If you would like your model railroad club listed here, simply e-mail our webmaster.

Model Railroading: General

Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (history and railfan)
Trains.com (anything and everything about trains)
TrainWeb.org (more anything and everything about trains!)
PartsGeek's model railroading page.

Model Railroading: On-line Discussion Groups

Yahoo! Canadian Model Trains
Yahoo! carplandrawings (info and drawings for traction modelling)
Usenet group: rec.models.railroad
VIA Rail Fandom

Model Railroading: Manufacturers
See also CARM Manufacturers' Links

3D Plan It
Abracadata
Accurail
Alan Curtis Models (North American prototype N-scale freightcars & accessories)
Alder Models -- bought out by Surrey Custom Models
Athabasca Scale Models
Athearn
Atlas Model Railroad Company
Bachmann/Spectrum
Back Drop Warehouse
Badger Air-Brush Co
Bear Locomotive Co casting alloys
Berkshire Junction electronics (ie. block detectors, etc)
Bladebender Productions G Scale, Scratch Built Garden Railway scenery
Bowser
Centerline Products (rail cleaning cars)
Challenger Imports Brass models
Champ Decals
ChoochooCam (video camera for HO locos)
Concor
Custom Decals
CustomTrax custom turnouts
Dallee
DPM - Design Preservation Kits
E&C Shops (bought out by LBF)
Ertl
Faller
Fallowfield Station
Fine Scale Miniatures as well as Franklin & South Manchester Layout
GHQ pewter vehicles (N & HO)
H&O (Harbor & Ocean Maritime Accessories)
Hamilton Model Works
HobbyCraft (aka LifeLike Canada)
HomaBed
Intermountain Railway Co
Kadee
Kamind (Engine Commander & Computer Dispatcher)
Kaslo Shops
Kato
Kibri
LBF (was E&C Shops)
LGB (Lehmann)
Lifelike/P2K Canada (aka Hobbycraft)
Lifelike/P2K USA
LightWorks USA (Electro-luminescent lighting products) Micro Structures
Micro-Trains Line
MLR Tools
Model Die Casting (Roundhouse Products)
Model Railroad Industry Association, and product search engine
NorthEastern Scale Models
North West Short Line
NuComp Miniatures (mobile home kits)
Old and Weary Car Shop Limited Run paint schemes
Paasche Airbrush Co
Pacific Western Rail System
PBL Tools
Phoenix Sound Systems
Plastruct
QSI (sound systems)
Scenic Express
S-Helper Service Inc (S-scale locomotives)
Ship It
Signs Galore
Sillub Inc (XTrkCad)
Slaters Plastikard Ltd
Soundtraxx
Stewart
Surrey Custom Models
Sylvan Scale Models
Testors
Train Safe (Storage units for locos)
TrainTracker
Vista Scenics
Water and Rails (Large Scale trains & structures)
Wm. K. Walthers
Woodland Scenics

Model Railroading: DCC Manufacturers/Retailers

Digitrax
EasyDCC
Flying Scotsman Hobbies
Lenz Elektronik, GmbH
Northcoast Engineering
DCC standards page (NMRA)
Loys Toys
Tony's Train Exchange
DCC software that allows you to use an old PC as a command centre for command/control on your layout

Model Railroading: Publications

Canadian Railway Modeler
Classic Toy Trains
Garden Railways Magazine
LPD Publishing (RailCanada series of books)
Model Railroader
Model Railroading
Looking for a magazine article?  Try the Model Train Magazine Index

Model Railroading: Retailers

Bonnechere Custom Models
The Caboose
Caboose Hobbies
Custom Trains Canada
JacHOBBY, Laval
Lark Spur Line LTD
Micro-Mark
Mitchell's Hobby Shop
The Whistle Stop
VCR Trains
TLA Custom Models

Model Railroading: Layouts
HO -  Chicago Museum of Science & Industry: Great Train Story
Z thru G - Hartmann Model Railroad
HO  - Northlandz

For OVAR member layouts, see Member Layouts.

If you would like your model railroad layout listed here, simply e-mail our webmaster.

Model Railroading: Other

George Schrier's Large Scale Technical Pages
Granville Island Model Trains Museum
Private Name Modellers SIG
Cyberspace World Railroad
Railserve search engine of railway-related web sites
MapQuest (maps that show rail lines)

Children's Trains

Brio
Lego
Playmobil
Thomas the Tank Engine - Learning Curve Toys
Thomas the Tank Engine - TV Program Site
Walden Hobbies
Wooden Railroad
Wooden Trains

Prototype Railroading Links

Prototype Railroading: Railways

Amtrak
BC Rail
Conrail
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
OCTranspo (Official site)
Ontario Northland (Official site)
Ontario Northland (Unofficial site)
Procor
RailAmerica (formerly RailTex) North American System Map
Includes: Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Railway, Ottawa Valley Railway, Goderich-Exeter Railway, Southern Ontario Railway
Railway Association of Canada
TTX Online (lists all of their types of leased cars)
Union Pacific
VIA Rail Canada
Wisconsin Central Railroad

Prototype Railroading: Publications

Classic Trains
Railfan and Railroad
Railway Memories (photo collection of David Shaw)
Trains
Train Scan Railway News

Prototype Railroading: Videos

Pentrex
Rail Innovations
Chandos Television Productions  

Prototype Railroading: Historical Societies and SIGs

Amtrak Historical Society
CN Lines SIG
CPR SIG
Chessie System Historical Society
Conrail Technical Society
Delaware & Hudson Historical Society (Bridge Line Historical Society)
Grand Trunk Western Historical Society
National Railway Historical Society
Ontario Northland Historical & Technical Society
Ottawa Railway History Circle
Pere Marquette Historical Society
Private Name Modellers SIG
SOO Line Historical Society
Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society
Thurso and Nation Valley Railway webpage
Toronto Hamilton & Buffalo Historical Society

Prototype Railroading: Museums and Libraries

Canadian Railway Museum (Exporail)
CN Images of Canada at the National Museum of Science & Technology
National Museum of Science & Technology
Library and Archives Canada: "Canada, by Train"
C. Robert Craig Memorial Library - Ottawa, Canada
Smiths Falls Railway Museum

Prototype Railroading: Tourist and Heritage Railways

Halton County Radial Railway near Milton, Ont
Hull-Chelsea-Wakefield Steam Train Sunset Dinner Train
Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway, Hunstville, Ont

Prototype Railroading: Other

Bombardier Transportation Division
GE Transportation Divison
GM Electro-Motive Division
LORAM Maintenance of Way Inc
Rail Pins
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