We are always adding to this list and welcome additions. If you have a suggestion (or find a link that's no longer working), please email rschweitzer@kalmbach.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL INFO POSTING PHOTOS ON THIS FORUM http://www.trains.com/TRC/CS/forums/961075/ShowPost.aspxhttp://www.trains.com/TRC/CS/forums/1343609/ShowPost.aspx
ADDING SIGNATURE AND AVATARS TO YOUR PROFILE:http://www.trains.com/TRC/CS/forums/1051253/ShowPost.aspx
MODEL TRAIN INDEX:http://index.mrmag.com/HANDY CONVERSION TOOL http://www.onlineconversion.com/ RENE'S EMAIL ADDRESS rschweitzer@kalmbach.com GARDEN RAILWAY CLUBS. http://www.gardentrains.org/gta/community/clubs/clubs.asp
Manufacturers and the scale(s) they make:http://www.lsceverything.com/index.php?title=Who_makes_which_scale
BOOKS and VIDEOS
Kalmbach books: www.kalmbachbooks.comLogging railroad books: http://www.timbertimes.com Rail-videos.net (prototypes): http://www.rail-videos.net
CLUBS and MUSEUMS COLORADO RR MUSEUM: http://www.crrm.org/ FAIRPLEX Garden Railway: http://www.fgrr.org/ LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM: .http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/ N.M.R.A. in the U.S. http://www.nmra.org/WW&F Museum Homepage: http://www.orient-expresstrains.com/index.html INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF LARGE SCALE MODEL RAILROADERS: islsmr.homestead.com/ISLSMR_Tips.html
HOBBY SHOPS Caboose Hobbies: http://www.caboosehobbies.com Online Hobby Shop: http://www.squadron.com/ Trainworld: http://www.trainworld.com St. Aubin Station: www.lgbpola.com Walthers: http://www.walthers.com/ Watts: http://www.wattstrainshop.com/main.shtml
Find a hobby shop here: www.hobbyretailer.com
LIVE STEAM LOCOMOTIVES http://www.nmia.com/~vrbass/steam/steamfaq.htmLocomotive of the month by Marc Horovitz (all live-steam locomotives): http://www.sidestreet.info/locos/intro.htmlDISNEY LIVE STEAM LOCO: www.fortwildernessrr.com
DETAILS FIGURE PAINTING and small layouts..... http://www.brifayle.ca/ BILLBOARDS of the Past http://www.billboardsofthepast.com/index.html Scale Size posters: http://nyow.railfan.net/pfmsig/posters.html http://www.trainweb.org/tylick/signintro.htm Highway signs: http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~jlin/signs/ Safety signs: http://www.safetysign.com/Trafficsigns.html Foam logs: http://4largescale.com/chris/c14.htm Swiss automobiles: http://www.alpenwagen.ch/
GARDEN RAILROADS Capt Carrales home page http://normamicaela.tripod.com/passenger.html Photos from vsmith.: http://www.mylargescale.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=23036 From the Great White North: http://oddeseana0.tripod.com/bman36.html Tweetsie Railroad: http://www.tweetsie.com/ The Toenail Ridge: www.trainweb.org/toenailridgeBill Reynolds 7/8"-scale railway: www.amalgamatedconserves.org.uk Orland Newville and Pacific: http://www.onprailroad.8k.com Boulder Creek and Western: http://bouldercreekrailroad.tripod.com Takasaki Light Railway: http://www.freewebs.com/mjhfoster/ Jackson and Burke Railroad: http://www.jbrr.com/ Skeena Pacific Railway: http://railway.skeenapacific.ca Hitchcock Railway: http://www.HitchcockRy.comTurkey Creek Railroad: http://www.hotdoodle.com/tntrr/Andi Engi's RhB Gartenbahn LGB: www.gardenrailway.chPeter Jones' Compton Down Railway: www.comptondown.co.ukBarry Bogs' Colorado & Western: http://www.cwrr.orgAvalanche Creek Railroad Company: http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/rastun/acrc/avalanche.htmlVines Garden Railroad: www.vinesgardenrailroad.comMoose Creek (Swiss): www.gartenbahn-moosecreek.comNoware garden railway: http://gscaletrains.net.nz/
MAGAZINES G Scale Mad (British): www.gscalemad.co.ukLive Steam: http://www.livesteam.netGartenbahn (German): http://www.gartenbahn.deGartenbahn Profi (German): http://www.gartenbahnprofi.de/Steam in the Garden: http://www.steamup.comWestlake Publishing (annuals, formerly Finescale Railroader): http://www.finescalerr.comSpur G Magazin (German): http://www.spur-g-magazin.deClub der LGB Freunde Rhein/Sieg (German): http://www.lgb-rheinsieg.de/de
MANUFACTURERS ACCUCRAFT: www.accucraft.com ARISTOCRAFT: .www.aristocraft.comAVALANCHE CREEK MINIATURES: http://www.avalanchecrk.comBACHMANN: .www.bachmanntrains.com BREWER PLANS: www.brewerplans.comBRITISH OUTLINE BUILDINGS: www.railsidemodels.co.ukBUILDERS IN SCALE: www.builders-in-scale.com/bis/parts-shingles.htmlCLOVER HOUSE: .www.cloverhouse.com COVERED BRIDGE MODELS: www.rusticgardencharm.com DOWNTOWN DECO: www.downtowndeco.com/largescale.htm FIGURES BY CARLO SPIRITO: www.spirito.biz ELEVATED ROADBED: www.btcomm.com/trains/primer/roadbed/ladder1.htm GARDEN TEXTURE: www.gardentexture.com HOBBYLINC: www.hobbylinc.com/prods/uge.htmHORNBY: http://www.hornby.com HOUSE OF BALSA: www.houseofbalsa.com IRON HORSE SUPPLIES: www.rrmodels.com/structures/ihs_buildings_01.aspJIGSTONES: www.jigstones.com KADEE: www.kadee.com KAMLOOPS JUNCTION:www.kamloopsjunction.com/buildings.html KORBER MODELS: www.korbermodels.com MARKLIN: www.marklin.com MODEL BUILDER'S SUPPLY: www.modelbuilderssupply.com MODEL RAILROADER'S Clip-Art CD: www.modelbuilder.info NORTH EAST NARROW GAUGE: www.nemodel.com NORTH WEST SHORT LINE:www.nwsl.com OLD PULLMAN RAIL & SWITCH KITS: www.oldpullmanmodelrailroads.com PIKO: www.piko.de PRECISON PRODUCTS: www.appliedimaginationinc.com/precision_products RAILROAD AVE: www.railroadavenue.com REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEMS: www.rcs-rc.com RUSTALL: www.rustall.com SLM Model Citizens: www.slmonline.com SMITH POND JUNCTION RAILROAD: www.spjrr.com SERVO-LINK: www.servolink.com SIDESTREET BANNERWORKS: www.sidestreet.info/railways/plans.html SILVERGATE DISTRIBUTORS: www.silvergatedistributors.com
SMALL TOOLS: www.micromark.com SPECIAL SHAPES: www.specialshapes.comSTONE WORKS: www.rrstoneworks.com TRACK PLANNING: www.rrstoneworks.com TRAIN LI USA: http://www.train-li-usa.com/TRAINWORLD: http://trainworld.com/ TREX: www.trex.com WOODLAND SCENICS: www.woodlandscenics.com WESTERN SCALE MODELS: www.westernscalemodels.com
NARROW GAUGE German narrow gauge: (NOTE: All text is in German): www.laenderbahn-forum.de/projektthemen/pfarrkirchen/pfarrkirchen.html www.laenderbahn-forum.de/galerie/BayerSegmentdrehbuehne/BayerSegmentdrehbuehne.html NARROW GAUGE MODEL PLANS: www.urbaneagle.com/slim/NGSLGplanlist.html GN15
www.gn15.infowww.carendt.com/links/index.html 7/8N2www.carendt.comwww.bts.au.com/7eighthswww.groups.yahoo.com/group/7-8inchscaletrainswww.ameritech.net/users/scalemodel/500loco.html OTHER SCALESPlans from the N.M.R.A. Library: www.nmra.org/library RAIL-SERVE: www.railserve.com
PLANS/DRAWINGS
Patents from Google: http://www.google.com/patentsOrdering older pullout plans from Sidestreet Bannerworks: http://www.sidestreet.info/railways/plans.html Brewer Railroad Plans: www.brewerplans.comGarden-Texture: www.gardentexture.comJigstones: www.jigstones.comStoneworks: www.jigstones.com
PLANTS
For links to more gardening-related web sites, see our Plant resource list.
ARROWHEAD ALPINES: www.arrowhead-alpines.comBLUESTONE PERENNIALS: www.bluestoneperennials.com/b/bp/index.htmlFOREST FARM: www.forestfarm.comMINI FOREST BY SKY: store.miniforest.comMINIATURE PLANT KINGDOM: www.miniplantkingdom.comMULBERRY CREEK HERB FARM: www.mulberrycreek.com PLANT DELIGHTS NURSERY: www.plantdelights.comRICE CREEK GARDENS: www.ricecreekgardens.comStepables: stepables.comWHITE FLOWER FARM: www.whiteflowerfarm.comUSDA HARDINESS ZONE MAP: www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/index.html
PROTOTYPE RAILROADS AROUND THE WORLD:
CHICAGO TUNNEL CO. 2' gauge underground railroad: www.ameritech.net/users/chicagotunnel/tunnel1.htmlwww.narrowtracks.comEAST BROAD TOP RR: www.febt.orgFALLEN FLAGS: www.rr-fallenflags.orgGEORGETOWN LOOP RR: www.georgetownloop.comRAILROAD DATA: www.urbaneagle.com/data/index.htmlThe Monorail Society: www.monorails.org Calgary links: www.calgarymodelrailway.org/links.htmlEckestrass Gartenbahn, Netherlands: www.bahn.de RhB photos: http://www.rhbfoto.ch/ UNUSUAL STEAM: www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/locoloco.htm
REPAIR/MAINTENANCE/TIPS FIXING SWITCH PROBLEMS:BEGINNER TIPS FROM PHIL CREER: http://www.trainweb.org/toenailridge/articles.htmlCosmetic modifications for Bachmann's K-27 locomotive: http://www.trains.com/grw/default.aspx?c=a&id=870Bachmann K-27 chuff trigger and loose counterweights: http://www.trains.com/grw/default.aspx?c=a&id=871Bachmann three-truck Shay wiring modification: http://www.trains.com/TRC/CS/forums/1008447/ShowPost.aspx LOADS OF LINKS AND TIPS: www.stratuswave.net/~wd8jik/TONS OF COOL STUFF: www.4largescale.comRAIL FONTS: www.railfonts.comPARTS FOR LGB PRODUCTS: http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/G_Scale_Details_Parts_s/2196.htm
RIDE-ON TRAINS PHOTO GALLERY: http://www.worldrailfans.org/GardenRailway/Galleries/FBP500eV/FBP500eV.shtml GRAND SCALES QUARTERLY: www.grandscales.com
Rene Schweitzer
Classic Toy Trains/Garden Railways/Model Railroader
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