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Clubs & Associations
Events
Historical Societies
Manufacturers
Micro Layouts
Modular Layout Designs
Museums
Z Scale Web-Sites

Links of Interest

Events
Jan 16-18, 2009
Diamondhead, MS
Diamondhead Live Steam Up
3rd weekend in January
Jul 5-11, 2009
Denver, CO
National Garden Railway Convention
 
Jun 25-29, 2008
Louisville, KY
National N Scale Convention
 
Jul 16-20, 2008
Sacramento, CA
National Summer Steam Up  Sacramento, CA
3rd weekend in July
Jul 18-20, 2008
Anaheim, CA
National Train Show
 
Jul 23-26, 2008
Worcester, MA
O Scale National Convention
2007
Sep 10-13, 2008
Portland, OR
National Narrow Gauge Convention
2007
Nov 8-9, 2008
Roseville, CA
International Railfair  Roseville, CA
2nd weekend in November
  Great Train Expo

Modular Layout Designs
  Z-Bend Track
  T-Trak  (small Table Top)
  Bend Track  (N scale)
  NTrak
  Free-moN
  HOn30  ( HOn2½ / HOn2.5)
  New Mexico Narrow Gauge Modular Club  (HOn3)
  Free-mo  (HO scale)
  Orange County Module Railroaders  (HO scale)
  Sacramento Modular Railroaders  (HO scale)
  Free-mo Sn2
  NASG S-Mod  (S scale)
  Free-mo On2
  Free-MOn30  (On30)
  Narragansett Bay Railway & Navagation  (On30)
  LSTM  Large Scale Train Module (Gauge One / 45mm)
  Free-mo multi-scale

Z Scale Web-Sites (1:220 scale)
  Do it Yourself in Z-scale
  Guide to Z-Scale
  Ztrack magazine
  Ztrains
  Z-World

Micro Layouts
  Micro Layouts  Carl Arendt
  Gn15.info
  Gn15 Modeler
  Pepper7

Clubs & Associations
  The 2mm Scale Assoc.  UK 1:160 scale (2mm = 1ft)
  16mm Association  UK 1:19 scale (16mm = 1ft)
  Bay Area Garden Railway Society  BAGRS
  Capitol City NTrak  Sacramento, CA
  Garden Trains Association
  Gauge One Model Railway Assoc.  45mm gauge (~1.75in)
  The Gauge 3 Society  2.5inch gauge (~63.5mm)
  Golden State Model Railroad Museum  O, HO, & N
  Large Scale Online  LSOL
  National Assoc. of S Gaugers  NASG
  NMRA  National Model Railroad Assoc.
  The Nn3 Alliance
  Nn3  Canada
  Northwest Pacific Z Scalers  (Club Z-Bend Standards)
  Roseville Roundhouse Model Railroad Club  HO & N
  Sacramento Model Railroad Historical Society  HO
  Sacramento Valley Garden Railway Society  SVGRS
  Sacramento Valley Live Steamers  7½ inch & 4¾ inch gauges
  San Diego Model Railroad Museum
  SE Lounge 7/8ths  1:13.7 scale (7/8th Inch = 1ft)
  Sn3
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Manufacturers
  Accucraft Trains
  Accurail, Inc.
  American Limited Models
  American Z Line AZL
  Aristo-Craft Trains
  Athearn
  Atlas - Atlas O
  Bachmann Trains
  BK Enterprises  (Trout Creek Engineering, Inc.)
  Black Stone Models
  Bowser
  Brass Car Sides
  Broadway Limited Imports / Precision Craft Models
  Busch
  Con-Cor
  DCC Specialties
  Digitrax DCC
  Eastern Seaboard Models Corp.
  Evergreen Scale Models
  Fast Tracks  (Hand Laid Track)
  Grandt Line Products
  Hartland Locomotive Works
  Hornby International - Hornby USA  -Rivarossi
  InterMountain Railway Co.
  International Hobby Corp.  IHC
  JnJ Trains
  Kato
  Lenz Elektronik  DCC
  LGB - LGB of America
  Märklin
Micro Trains® Line
  Micro-Seasons® from MTL
  Model Power
  Model Rectifier Corp  MRC
  NCE Corporation
  Noch  German language
  Northwest Short Line  NWSL
  Old Pullman Model Railroads
  Peco
  Railway Recollections
  Red Caboose
  Republic Locomotive Works  Nn3
  Roundhouse
  San Juan Car Co.
  Tichy Train Group
  Union Station Products
  Wm. K. Walthers
Wheels of Time
  Woodland Scenics

Historical Societies
  Amtrak Historical Society
  Atlantic Coast Line & Seaboard Air Line Railroads Historical Society
  Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Historical Society
  Central Pacific RR Photographic History Museum
  Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society
  Chessie System Historical Society
  Chicago & North Western Historical Society
  Erie Lackawanna Historical & Technical Society
  Geared Steam Locomotive Works
  Great Northern Railway Historical Society
  Missouri Pacific Historical Society
  Narrow Gauge Heaven  UK
  National Railway Historical Society
  New Haven RR Historical & Technical Assoc.
  New York Central System Historical Society
  Nickel Plate Road Historical & Technical Society
  Norfolk & Southern Historical Society
  Norfolk & Western Historical Society  Virginian
  Northern Pacific Railway Historical Assoc.
  Northwestern Pacific RR Historical Society
  Pennsylvania RR Technical & Historical Society
  Railway & Locomotive Historical Society
  Reading Company Technical & Historical Society
  Rio Grande Modeling & Historical Society
  Santa Fe Rwy Historical & Modeling Society
  Shay Locomotives.com (on-line resource)
  Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society
  SP: my ESPEE Modelers Archive
  Southern Railway Historical Assoc.
  Union Pacific Historical Society
  Western Pacific RR Historical Society

Museums
  Allen County Museum Railroad Collection  Lima, Ohio (Shay Locomotives)
  Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum  Baltimore, MD
  California State Railroad Museum Foundation  Sacramento, CA
  Colorado Railroad Museum  Golden, CO
  Feather River Rail Society & Western Pacific RR Museum  Portola, CA
  Golden Gate Railroad Museum  San Francisco, CA
  Illinois Railway Museum  Union, IL
  Lake Superior Railroad Museum  Duluth, MN
  New York Central Railroad Museum  Elkhart, IN
  Niles Canyon Railway  Sunol, CA
  Northern Pacific Railway Museum  Toppenish, WA
  Pacific Southwest Rwy Museum  Campo, CA
  Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania  Strasburg, PA
  SP: Cab-Forward SP #4294  Calif. State RR Museum
  SP: Friends of SP 4449  Portland, OR
  SP: Cascade Club  Golden Gate RR Museum
  Western Railway Museum  Solano County, CA