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F.Y.I. RESEARCH links to Useful / informative & unusual sites.
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 17, 2003 7:25 AM
Hey guys and gals, Rene has taken over this thread and made it a "sticky" so these linkes will be easily available whenever you need them.

May all your weeds be wild flowers........OLD DAD

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EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS.....CLICK ON A SUBJECT YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT BEFORE.....you may be missing some great ideas.
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POSTING PHOTOS ON THIS FORUM ..... from spankybird .... http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20382

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HANDY CONVERSION TOOL http://www.onlineconversion.com/

KALMBACH CATALOG.... http://store.yahoo.com/kalmbachcatalog/garden-railroading-downloadable-articles.html

Rene's e-mail address rschweitzer@kalmbach.com,

GARDEN RAILWAY CLUBS.... http://www.gardentrains.org/gta/community/clubs/clubs.asp
Garden RR Clubs; http://www.g-scale-links.com/13cat.htm

Colorado RR Museum .... http://www.crrm.org/
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New.... 11-3-04.... LINKS FROM YAHOO! "G" scale group....
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gscalegroup/links

NEW.... 11-2-04.... ONE MANS RAILROAD.... http://www.arvadahoundz.com/
link from carpenter matt.

NEW.... 10-29-04.... LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM ...from Chestnut226
http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/

NEW.... 10-22-04.... TRAINS WITH A MORE VERTICAL NATURE.... http://www.screamscape.com/html/top_coasters.html

NEW.... 10-12-04.... HORNBY.... http://www.hornbyrailways.com/pages/home.aspx
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ELEVATED ROADBED ..... http://www.btcomm.com/trains/primer/roadbed/ladder1.htm

TREX... Looking for a weather resistant material to build retaining walls, steps, elevated roadbed etc. etc.?.... www.trex.com

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"STEAMERS" click here..... http://www.steamup.com/
http://www.nmia.com/~vrbass/steam/steamfaq.htm
http://www.railfonts.com
$485 Disney live steam loco http://www.fortwildernessrr.com/

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SOUND.......Thinking of adding SOUND to your locos?
http://www.soundtraxx.com/
http://www.phoenixsound.com ....
http://www.locolinc.com

Background SOUNDS you can listen to......http://www.millermodels.com

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RAILROAD AVE. ... http://www.railroadavenue.com
http://www.railroadavenue.com/LargeScale_Houses.shtml

CLOVER HOUSE... http://www.cloverhouse.com

STONE WORKS..... http://www.rrstoneworks.com

REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEMS.... http://www.rcs-rc.com

NORTH WEST SHORT LINE.... http://www.nwsl.com/

TRAINWORLD.... http://www.trainworld1.com/index.html

BACHMANN ... http://www.bachmanntrains.com

USA TRAINS... http://www.usatrains.com/ ....

ACCUCRAFT.... http:www.accucraft.com ....

ARISTOCRAFT.... http://www.aristocraft.com ....

LGB.... http://www.lgb.com

KADEE..... http://www.kadee,com

SMITH POND JUNCTION RAILROAD .....http://www.spjrr.com/

SMALL TOOLS..... http://www.micromark.com

SIDESTREET.... http://www.sidestreet.info/railways/plans.html

GARDEN TEXTURE.... http://www.gardentexture.com

SLM Model Citizens.... http://www.slmonline.com

WOODLAND SCENICS figures.... http://www.woodlandscenics.com

the Model Railroader's Clip-Art CD ..... http://www.modelbuilder.info/

REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEMS ... http://www.rcs-rc.com

    Serv-O-Link
Manufacturer of Delrin chain, sprockets and gears.
http://www.servolink.com/ mdecker@g...

OUTBACK TURNOUTS....http://www.outbackturnouts.com/

COVERED BRIDGE MODELS.... http://www.rusticgardencharm.com/
http://www.lgb.com

RUSTALL http://www.rustall.com/

KORBER MODELS .... http://www.korbermodels.com./
http://www.internethobbies.com/internethobbies/korbermodels.html
http://www.enginetender.com/411m.htm

FIGURES....
Large selection of 1:24 figures and other cool stuff..... http://www.seltd.net/index.html

1:24/1:20 figures http://www.spirito.biz/

SLM Model Citizens.... http://www.slmonline.com

WOODLAND SCENICS figures.... http://www.woodlandscenics.com

PLASTIC OVERLAY PANELS..... http://www.appliedimaginationinc.com/precision_products/

OLD PULLMAN RAIL & SWITCH KITS..... http://www.oldpullmanmodelrailroads.com

PIKO.... http://www.piko.de/

JIGSTONES..... http://www.jigstones.com/

CABOOSE HOBBIES..... http://www.caboosehobbies.com
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Georgetown Loop RR.... FINAL SEASON... http://www.georgetownloop.com./ If you plan to be in Colorado don't miss this line.

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THE JOAT MILL....A STONE BUILDING.... http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19470

SCRATCH BUILDING CLASS..... http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18539

"G" SCALE LINKS ... http://www.g-scale-links.com

FAIRPLEX Garden Railway.... http://www.fgrr.org/

MORE LINKS.... http://www.hartfordpr.com/fav_links.asp?nav=10

CORRUGATED IRON.... http://www.corrugated-iron-club.info/index.html

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RIDE-ON-RAILWAYS.... http://www.worldrailfans.org/GardenRailway/Galleries/FBP500eV/FBP500eV.shtml
http://www.ridingrailkits.com/ Turn your sound UP for this one.

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LOADS OF LINKS AND TIPS.... http://www.stratuswave.net/~wd8jik/

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INDOOR "G" SCALE TRAINS for people with limited space.... http://www.iholmes.com

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ON LINE HOBBY SHOP .... http://www.squadron.com/

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ZERO GAUGE Trains .... http://www.monorails.org/

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MODELING FRUITS & VEGETABLES... http://www.forbesbookclub.com/bookpage.asp?prod_cd=IDACT

EAST BROAD TOP RR....http://www.febt.org/

CHICAGO TUNNEL CO. 2' gauge underground railroad .... http://www.ameritech.net/users/chicagotunnel/tunnel1.html

FALLEN FLAGS.... http://www.rr-fallenflags.org

http://www.narrowtracks.com

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ONE ... http://www.g-scale-links.com

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LARGE SCALE IN A SMALL SPACE.... [:D] So, you would like to get into LARGE SCALE railroading but you don't have enough room. Maybe you do and just havent realized it. Give these links a look-see.

http://www.worldrailfans.info/Gn15/links.shtml

http://www.gn15.info/

http://www.worldrailfans.info/gn15/

http://hometown.aol.com/gn15modeler/index.html

http://www.carendt.com/links/index.html

Ian Holmes' Gn15 Heywood modeling
An emerging site for Gn15 based on Heywood practices.
http://www.iholmes.com jbsaxton

http://www.miniaturerailways.fotopic.net/p6443933.html

Perrygrove Railway
The home of James Westerfield's replica "Ursula"
http://www.perrygrove.co.uk/ mdecker@g...

Thomas A Yorke Design Studio
Loco, rolling stock & structure kits for the Gn15 modeler
http://www.bellegladehighschool.com/yorke.html

Jeff Saxton's 7/8"n2 Models and Ideas
Various modeling and prototype pages with an Industrial or Estate railway point-of-view.
http://hometown.aol.com/jbsaxton/MyModels.html

http://www.ameritech.net/users/scalemodel/500loco.html

http://gn15.info/index.php?id=3

http://www.hometown.aol.com/jbsaxton/mymodels.html

http://www.seven8n2.com/

http://www.carendt.com

http://www.bts.au.com/7eighths/

http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/7-8inchscaletrains

http://www.narrowescape.com/3ft/

http://hometown.aol.com/gn15modeler/index.html

http://hometown.aol.com/on30modeler/index.html

http://hometown.aol.com/on18modeler/index.html

http://www.island.net/~brewer/
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NARROW GAUGE MODEL PLANS... http://www.urbaneagle.com/slim/NGSLGplanlist.html
Photocopy of a plan can be gotten from the N.M.R.A. Library at.... http://www.nmra.org/library

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http://www.narrowgaugeandindustrial.com/magazine.htm

FIGURE PAINTING and small layouts..... http://www.brifayle.ca/

"G" SCALE LINKS.... http://www.g-scale-links.com/zmain.htm

http://www.nemodel.com

CALGARY LINKS..... http://www.calgarymodelrailway.org/links.html

http://www.slmonline.com

http://www.svrronline.com

http://www.trainweb.org/girr/

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..........GERMAN NARROW GAUGE .....(Sorry, all text is in German)....http://www.fhwe.de/1920_1980_galerie/1972_99_594_auf_drehscheibe_in_wilkau_hasslau.html
http://www.erlebnisbahn.at/erben/bwb.htm
http://www.laenderbahn-forum.de/projektthemen/pfarrkirchen/pfarrkirchen.html
http://www.laenderbahn-forum.de/galerie/BayerSegmentdrehbuehne/BayerSegmentdrehbuehne.html
http://www.klauserbeck.de/Strecken1/LeipzigProbstzella/Leipzig-
Probstzella.htm
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ODD LOCOS..... http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/locoloco.htm
http://home.att.net/~Berliner-Ultrasonics/bw-apoc2.html

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G WHIZ modular layout.... http://members.aol.com/gwhizgang/

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WOW..................http://internet.cybermesa.com/~wmetcalf/index.html

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VERY inexpensive raido control trains, $40....http://www.thortrains.net/kidstoys/battery2.html

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N.M.R.A. in the U.S. http://www.nmra.org/ ... N.M.R.A. in the U.K. http://home.freeuk.net/nmrabr/welcome.htm

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SPLINE ROADBED .... http://www.btcomm.com/trains/primer/roadbed/ladder1.htm
TREX... Looking for a weather resistant material to build retaining walls, steps, spline roadbed etc. etc.?.... www.trex.com
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Capt Carrales home page http://normamicaela.tripod.com/passenger.html

PHOTOS from vsmith... NEW 6-20-04 ...http://www.mylargescale.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=23036

From the Great White North ... http://oddeseana0.tripod.com/bman36.html
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TONS OF COOL STUFF..... www.4largescale.com

You used WHAT to make that? ...... http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17070

TIPS PAGE .... http://islsmr.homestead.com/ISLSMR_Tips.html

From Bluebonnet-71
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17462

from Jim Duda, SCALE Speed.... http://www.mcr5.org/speed.htm

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From RhB_HJ
Foam logs ... http://4largescale.com/chris/c14.htm
Fixing switch problems .... Have a look at this for a few tips on what to fix on turnouts prior to installing them
http://www.girr.org/girr/tips/tips1/lgb_1600.html for LGB 1600 types. http://www.girr.org/girr/tips/tips2/aristo_turnout_tips.html for the Aristo types.
And while you're there guys; bookmark George's site, lots of excellent tips.
BTW having to fix things prior to installing them rubs me the wrong way, which was one of the reasons I decided to handlay my turnouts http://www3.telus.net/RhB_layout_Grischun/E/html/track.html that way I know which butt to kick when things don't work.
http://www3.telus.net/RhB_layout_Grischun/
Cheers
HJ
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LOGGING RAILROAD BOOKS.... http://www.timbertimes.com

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http://www.grandscales.com/

http://www.the7mmnga.org.uk mdecker@g...      
 
Adrian Sant's MINIATURE RAILWAY BOOKS & Artefact Emporium
Books, videos and other interesting items for sale, all on the subject of miniature railways
http://www.miniature-railway-books.com adriansant            
 
Black Dog Mining
Steve Bennet's Black Dog Mining and other lines, including on-line ordering.
http://blackdogmining.co.uk jbsaxton

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TRAXK PLANNING.... http://www.rrtrack.com/

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TWEETSIE RAILROAD..... http://www.tweetsie.com/

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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

Signs.... http://signofthetimesonline.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv

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COVERED BRIDGE INFO.... http://www.vermontbridges.com/

COVERED BRIDGE MODELS.... http://www.rusticgardencharm.com/
http://www.lgb.com

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From Rene;
Here's a link to Buffalo NY's grain elevators. Some great photos and a few illustrations:
http://lucky.phpwebhosting.com/~ah/h/grain.html
BNSF grain elevator directory.
http://www.bnsf.com/business/agcom/elevator/elevmenu.html

I'm baaaaaack! I just learned that Vance Bass, our technical editor, is a grain elevator nut. Here's a link to stuff from his column, Online station. Go to Feb. 2003's links:
http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/005/052figpd.asp
If you want more info, I can hook you up with him. Just send an email to me and I'll forward it on to him.

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http://www.rrstoneworks.com/

http://www.trainstuffllc.com/

http://www.specialshapes.com/

http://www.kamloopsjunction.com/buildings.html

http://www.rrmodels.com/structures/ihs_buildings_01.asp

http://www.nemodel.com/

http://www.hobbylinc.com/prods/uge.htm

http://www.modelbuilderssupply.com/

http://www.downtowndeco.com/largescale.htm

http://www.houseofbalsa.com/e/env/0001htiJ9KDhKB8Xjg2m694/index.html?link=/index.html

http://www.g-scale.com/g-scale/Exhibitors/Comstock/Comstock.html

http://www.island.net/~brewer/

http://www.railsidemodels.co.uk/ UK one

http://www.builders-in-scale.com/bis/parts-shingles.html

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From Marty Cozad on tunnels... http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/NTCGRR/tunnel2%20002.jpg
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/NTCGRR/newtunnel111.jpg
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/NTCGRR/newtunnel4%20001.jpg
OH be sure to allow for the roadbed height. note the gundersons just fit.
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/NTCGRR/ditchlight3%20001.jpg

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Small trains of WALES ... http://www.worldwidewales.tv/index2.php

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DISNEY
Walt Disney World garden RR http://gardenrr.com/layout.htm
Walt Disney's Garden Railroad http://carolwood.com/
Disney live steam loco in "G" http://www.fortwildernessrr.com/

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TAKE A LOOK.. www.showcaseline.com American Flyer couplers used in "G" ?

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RAILROAD DATA.... http://www.urbaneagle.com/data/index.html

FALLEN FLAGS.... http://www.rr-fallenflags.org

http://www.narrowtracks.com

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ONE ... http://www.g-scale-links.com

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http://www.trainweb.org/toenailridge "G" scale in AU
http://www.trainweb.org/toenailridge/articles.html
http://www.theghan.com Ausssie trains
It takes a while for this one to load..... www.gscalechuffchuff.com Cheap trackwork.

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NEW.... 11-3-04.... from YAHOO! ..... -French Tourist Railways (many NG).
xyz11
http://www.trains-fr.org/unecto/fedelist.htm#MTVS Scot_O      
  1st German Railway Museum narrow gauge!
xyz4
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dev_de/ LGB_Telegram      
  A comprehensive Swiss railway site
xyz5
http://www.rail-info.ch/index.en.html LGB_Telegram      
  A giant model and real railroad site.
xyz31
http://www.railserve.com phatkat64      
  All Gauge Model Railroading Page
Resources for all scales: layouts, scenery, basic manuals, large scale gardne railroading, photo galleries, etc.. We also have numerous track plans and layouts on site for G / LS / #1, O, HO, N, S, TT, and Standard Gauge, scenery info, free downloads and my garden railway.
http://www.thortrains.net ThorTrains      
  Austrian Narrow Gauge
xyz5
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wtippelt/homep_1.htm RogerTreadwell      
  BAUMANN Modellspielwaren Home Page
xyz12
http://www.nea-net.de/baumann uintahrr_alb_5002      
  Cal Pak LED's
LED's and electronic components.
http://www.hallbar.com/calpak.html plh215      
  Chemin de fer de la Vignettaz
Swiss garden railroad
http://www.vignettaz.ch.vu cfvignettaz      
  Club website with photos and videos
xyz37
http://piedmontgardenrailroaders.com cnjprr      
  Construction of my first line outdoors
xyz50
http://home.ptd.net/~kurtiz96/grailway/grailway.html mntnbike962001      
  Cyberspace World Railroad Home Page
xyz3
http://www.cwrr.com/ RogerTreadwell      
  Deutsche Bahn
xyz9
http://www.bahn.de LGBLady      
  Eckestrass Gartenbahn, Netherlands
xyz35
http://clik.to/lgb eckestrassbahn      
  Edaville Railroad History
xyz27
http://membrane.com/~elmer/rail/edaville LGB51      
  French site narrow gauge stuff
xyz32
http://perso.club-internet.fr/appeva/index.htm RogerTreadwell      
  G Scale Group
http:// RogerEClark      
  G Scale Index Webpage
xyz40
http://www.g-scale-links.com j_malte      
  Gardenvale Short Line
Jeffrey and Marthe's F-scale garden layout.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gslrr/ jmac_han      
  Gartenbahn Diskussionsforum
xyz34
http://www.gartenbahn-forum.de/ ho_gleichstrom      
  Geisler Keller Bahn
The Geisler Indoors LGB G Scale Train Layout. Also photos of railroad antiques and anthracite coal collectables as well as German Railroad collectables.
http://www.geocities.com/cg_134/Geislerkellerbahn.html gerry_g24      
  H&CPR Garden Railroad
Hugh & Cindy Peden Garden Railroad
http://www.pacific-pages.com/hpeden/h&cpr.htm hjp2003ca      
  HOm3 site with lots of RhB Pics.
xyz23
http://ozdoba.net/rhb/ ch546918467      
  Hartland Trains On-Line Connection
xyz38
http://www.HartlandTrains.com figelo      
  Harzer Schmalspurbahnen
xyz46
http://www.hsb-wr.de/ zby_s      
  Indoor G scale layout in Taiwan
xyz47
http://www.geocities.com/gscaletrains/ gscaletrains      
  KayDee's Arctic World of LGB & Mushers
xyz17
http://www.usinternet.com/users/krdokken LGBLady      
  LGB Tips - #20670 Tracking Cleaning Loco
Link to Bob Grosh's website that provides tips on improving the performance of your track cleaning loco. Specifically, it provides a fix to the 'bouncing cleaning wheel' syndrome.
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/bobgrosh/ally/tips/Trackcleaner/trackcleaner.htm rhbgeek      
  LGB and Large Scale Trains Archive
xyz2
http://hometown.aol.com/metzbahn/index.html RogerTreadwell      
  LGB in my backyard
xyz1
http://members.aol.com/johnl86680/index.html jludwig_98      
  LGB-group in Germany
http://de.groups.yahoo.com/group/OstalbLGBFreunde2 tigrabowsky      
  Larosnet - an other gartenrailroad
My latest devolpments are online... incl. Photo's, Video, and tip & triks.
http://www.larosnet.nl w_laros      
  Light Railways Site
xyz4
http://www.feldbahn.de/ RogerTreadwell      
  Little Granite & Boulder Railroad
xyz33
http://hometown.aol.com/lgber0672/LGB.html lgber0672      
  Lotuslok Austria
xyz28
http://www.lotuslok.co.at/welcome_e.html RogerTreadwell      
  Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad
xyz1
http://mngrr.rails.net/ RogerTreadwell      
  NYC (Brooklyn) Retailer
xyz39
http://www.trainworld.com j_malte      
  Newbie tips:Roundhouse Gn3 live steamer
xyz24
http://jsb.pennsy.home.att.net/tips.html JSBetsko      
  Nice LGB Retailer in Munich, Germany
xyz41
http://www.lgb-station-bauer.de j_malte      
  North American Tourist Railroad
xyz
http://www.railterminal.com/touridx.shtml RogerTreadwell      
  Outdoor Railway
xyz43
http://home1.gte.net/web10fm3/ usmrr      
  Pics of RhB,FO,DB,CD, CP, CN, WP&Y, D&S
xyz3
http://www.cadvision.com/ironroad rhb_crocodile      
  Quarter Line R.R.
Quarter Line R.R. in Bridgeport, CT
http://www.geocities.com/edflanejr/lgb.html chestnuttree_99      
  RailServe.com: The Internet Railroad Directory
Search or browse more than 9,000 model railroad sites, including G scale and live steam
http://www.railserve.com dragonkrys      
  Rhatische Bahn
xyz10
http://www.rhb.ch LGBLady      
  Rocky Mountain Garden Railroaders' Club
xyz29
http://trainweb.org/rmgr rhb_crocodile      
  Sandia Software Railroad Design Program
xyz16
http://www.sandiasoftware.com uintahrr_alb_5002      
  Schinznacher Baumschulbahn
xyz44
http://www.schbb.ch zby_s      
  Schweiger Spielwaren Nuremberg Home Page
xyz13
http://www.schweiger.de uintahrr_alb_5002      
  South African Railways Live Steam
Wether you own a G scale South African Railways Live Steam Loco or not, this site is a good visit!
http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/SAR_livesteam nexusdream2000      
  Steam in the Harz and a Yorkshire garden
xyz15
http://www.scalby.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm TonyPolson      
  THE HOME OF THE COLUMBUS GARDEN RAILWAY
xyz49
http://www.dj-inabox.com/cgrs/cgrs1.htm cochranw626743      
  The Lemke garden railway in Wisconsin
xyz6
http://www.wisnet.com/trains/index.shtml LGB_Telegram      
  The Orient Express Train
xyz8
http://www.wagons-lits-paris.com LGBLady      
  The official E.P. Lehmann/LGB website
xyz
http://www.lgb.de LGB_Telegram      
  The official White Pass & Yukon site
xyz7
http://www.whitepassrailroad.com/ LGB_Telegram      
  The ultimate Railroad links page
xyz14
http://www.tadlane.com/rrlinks.htm RogerTreadwell      
  Track Layout Software (even 3D View)
xyz42
http://www.rrtrack.com j_malte      
  Train Club in Joshua Tree, California
xyz36
http://www.jtsrr.org mistermetzoo      
  Turn-of-the-Century G-scale people
xyz51
http://www.peopleyouneed.com dftrain2001      
  UP's Big Boy
xyz25
http://www.bigboy4018.com dmontelaro      
  URBAN IRON UK©
Calling all South African steam fans!
http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/urbanironuk nexusdream2000      
  Venice Simplon Orient Express
xyz18
http://www.orient-expresstrains.com/index.html LGB_Telegram      
  WW&F Museum Homepage
xyz6
http://www.wwfry.org/ RogerTreadwell      
  Western Canada LGB dealer (Calgary)
xyz30
http://www.ultimatetrains.com rhb_crocodile      
  White Pass info on prototypes
xyz20
http://www.ovar.org/whitepass/ RogerTreadwell      
  Zillertalbahn
xyz45
http://www.zillertalbahn.at zby_s      
  cog and catenary operations
xyz22
http://jsb.pennsy.home.att.net/beacon.html JSBetsko      
  greatest LGB-club in Germany
xyz1
http://www.lgb-club.de toney5de      
  live steam and electric on Gn3
xyz21
http://jsb.pennsy.home.att.net JSBetsko      
  makes your Reichsbahn-locos perfect
xyz
http://www.plus-perfect-line.de toney5de      
  story of model RR, with pictures and lnx
xyz48
http://www.geocities.com/phatkat64/train1.html phatkat64      
  theulrich2002 royal blue line train
http://www.angelfire.com/fl4/derekul/train.html

No further input as of 12-12-2004 .... OLD DAD
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 17, 2003 3:49 PM
Umm, I tried the links, and couldn't find them, maybe try repasting them.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 17, 2003 3:52 PM
oh, and that is the wrong site for bachmann. go to http://www.bachmanntrains.com/ for the bachmann trains website. I have made the same mistake other times, but unless you want the electrical company....
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 17, 2003 10:37 PM
Do any of them work?

What am I doing wrong?

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 17, 2003 10:50 PM
I'm not sure, perhaps check the links themselves. The trex site works, but i'm not sure if it is the one you wanted to post. the top three do not work. The bachmanntrains.com link does work now.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 17, 2003 11:12 PM
ITS ALIVE!!!!

Finally.....OLD DAD
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 8, 2004 9:07 AM
thanks for it
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Posted by vsmith on Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:10 AM
Hello OLD DAD

Here's a link just for your "micro-layout"

www.hon30.org

This is for the HOn30 Depot, of great use to Nut-job's like you and me who also dabble in those tiny, tiny trains that run on tiny, tiny layouts.

I also highly recommend doing a micro-layout's to all out there, its a lot of fun.

check out the link above at carendt.com

   Have fun with your trains

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 7, 2004 3:49 PM
OLD DAD:

I like the idea of your postings of the informative weblinks. I have checked them all out and they all seem to be interesting.

The trouble I see is that when you add new links I can not tell which one is new. Could you please write the word "NEW" or put the date next to them when you add more. That will make finding the new link alot easier.

I hope you don't mind me butting in but I only want to make things easier for everyone.

Thanks,
Peter
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 8, 2004 11:21 AM
Good idea Peter, makes sense, I'll add a date to any new sites that I post.
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Posted by Kiwi Down Under on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 1:11 AM
A useful web page for those that cant afford commercialy made tracks look at ,
gscaleghuffchuff.com
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 8, 2004 9:38 AM
Old Dad, Add www.jigstones.com to your list. They carry stone and brick molds and a bunch of othe rcool stuff.

carpenter Matt
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 8, 2004 7:29 PM
Hi Matt, your link has been added, thanks.
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Posted by Rene Schweitzer on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 10:26 AM
How about adding : http://www.nmia.com/~vrbass/steam/steamfaq.htm
Lots of info for live-steamers, and it's by GR contributor Vance Bass!

This one isn't completely train related, but I've used it more than I care to admit:
http://www.onlineconversion.com/
You can convert just about anything here (for free!)

Rene Schweitzer

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 12, 2004 7:14 AM
Thanks Rene, I've already passed along your "conversion" site to a couple of non train people and posted both of your suggestions on the F.Y.I. thread.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 21, 2004 7:25 PM
Old dad, here's a good one www.narrowtracks.com they have club and literature(Books) on alot of the narrow gauge lines in the U.S. Good prototype stuff.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 7:12 AM
Thanks Matt i've posted your narrow tracks link, it looks like a very good one.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 5:45 PM
Old dad, Here's one www.humpyards.com really cool switching levers.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 25, 2004 7:41 AM
Hay Matt; your link doesn't work any ideas why not?
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Posted by bman36 on Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:58 AM
OLD DAD,
The link should be www.humpyard.com. These are really neat. Plan on ordering some next week. Will post how I like em' when I get em'! Later eh...Brian.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 25, 2004 7:28 PM
Thanks Brian for fix'n Matts link it works great.
Were you planning to use these levers outdoors or inside?

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 28, 2004 2:56 PM
You musta skipped over this one... it's my link www.rusticgardencharm.com I think it should get a mention.
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Posted by bman36 on Monday, March 29, 2004 11:10 PM
OLD DAD,
Gonna' order some to try out for switching on my indoor line. The only sidings will be in the laundry room where my trains are made up. Gonna' have a good look at these to see how they will be for outdoors. Got water in the basement this weekend. The ground is still very much frozen and we had a rain storm Saturday. Walls were fine. Water came in under my side door and ran down the wall when the water had no where left to go. A lot of flooded basements in Wpg. this weekend. Ours was minor compared to most. Cleared the floor to the drain and just let it run until the rain ended. Will take care of that when the weather warms up. Train line is 4' off the floor so all was good there. Life goes on. Later eh...Brian.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 7:03 AM
Brian,
Sorry to hear of all the wet basements up there I'm glad yours wasn't too bad. Twenty years ago I knew a lot of model railroaders from Wpg. but have lost track of them now. We all belonged to the N.M.R.A. ..... T.L.R. region I hope they all did as well with the water as you did.
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Posted by bman36 on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 11:36 PM
OLD DAD,
Oddly I don't know too many of the HO guys here. Have a good friend who started WinNtrack, the N scale module group here. The sun is shinin' and I can see more and more of my line each day. Supposed to keep getting warmer all week. Bonus! Still re arranging stuff in the basement. Like I said before...life goes on. Later eh...Brian.
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Posted by bman36 on Monday, April 19, 2004 8:43 AM
OLD DAD,
Just took a look at your layout pics. Very impressive! Great use of space. The rock castings are exellent. A friend and I are heading to the MWLSTS towards the end of May. If it would be all right with you I would love to stop and say Hello. We will be going right through on our way. Let me know what you think. Later eh...Brian.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 7:21 AM
Brian,
I would like very much to have you and your friend drop in for a visit.
Send me an e-mail and we'll set things up off line.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 1:05 AM
Larry

I had a look at Jigstone, it it just what i want i think but I'm a bit unsure how to proceed, have you used them? I want to build a viaduct 13' long with 16 arches, what do you think ! will it be suitable?

Brian You may feel unlucky that your basement flooded but I am worse off I do not even have a basement. Few people do here in the tropics and those that do, only have them for one reason, to store hundreds of bottles of wine and I do not have those either .

I do have 9' ceilings and ceiling fans though.

Regards

Ian; Kawana island.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 8, 2004 7:49 AM
Hi Ian; haven't checked this thread for a few days...sorry.
No; I have never used jigstone but from what I know it should work although placing all the individual "stones" may take some time.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 14, 2004 9:12 PM
Larry ;

I picked up Jigstones from your links and am about to order a few moulds and I think they will suit me for my viaduct. Thanks

Regards

Ian.

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