Welcome to James Eckman's Model Railroading Links Page

Contents ©James Eckman 2002
April 8th, first release, my old pages were getting too big.

Links to My Other Pages

My main railroad page
Layout Page, South Pacific Joker Mine Spur

On30 resin kits and plastic kits (not complete!)
Boulder Valley Models - makers of resin kits in O scale
The Foothill Model Works Home Page
GulfWestern Model Company
Ian Lindsay Models - Oz prototypes On30
Jim King's Smoky Mountain Model Works
Miniatures by Eric

On30 specific model railroads and information
Apple Bottom & Hemlock Acres Rail Road - On30 portable
Colorado Springs On30
The On30 Information and Resource Center
On30 Model Railroading
On30 models built by Tony's Trains, includes Russion River, Sandy River Car Shops and Grandt Line
VoieMetrique - Zafra On30 Cuban Railroad
YahooGroups : Bachmann_On30_trains
YahooGroups : On30conspiracy* The premier e-mail list for all things On30 and many that are not ;)

How to
Brief etching in a bag instructions
Compensated chassis in 0 gauge
Darin O'Brien's Climax page with bevel gear construction
Dutton Bay Tramway, excellent link, good casting how to
Electrically Driven Locomotives In 1/480th Scale
The Gordon-Gilmore Website, trains, etching and machining
Handlaying Track - Handlaying your own turnouts *
Handlaying Track
Inglenook Sidings Shunting Puzzle
Guide to Repowering and Regearing
Jeff Bissonnette, Model Railroading Machinist
K-27 Project, an On3 scratchbuilding project
Laurie Green's Rio Grande Southern - On3 with good how-to
Layout Design Special Interest Group
Making 4mm wheels
Micro Layouts for Model Railroads
Missing Links Article Adam Wilder Painting and Weathering
Modellbahn-Werkstatt J. Witteyer - Loco how to - German
Model RR. Scratchbuilding Pages - Janos Ero's fantastic brass
Resistance Soldering
RZine - $100 Dollar Railroad Module
Scott Perry's Model Railroader's Notebook - great how to!
Scratchbuilding
Turnout Construction by John H. Wright
XCLent Design - Strange model railways and how-to

Manufacturers
48/ft, OSN - O Scale Business List: addresses & descriptions
Aristo-Craft Trains Internet Depot
The Back Shop - details and kits
Backwoods Miniatures, fine kits in various scales
Banta Modelworks - On30 goodies and structures
Bear Locomotive - Product Information
Boulder Valley Models - makers of resin kits in O scale
Bill's Train Shop (B.T.S.)
Builder in Brass of Australian Model Steam Locomotives
Dave Frary's Blue Ribbon Railroad Models
Die-cast Direct, Inc. Home
Echo Mountain Imports, Inc. - Small Logging and Construction Locomotive and Equipment Models - Crafted in Brass
Euro Rail Hobbies & More - Vancouver, BC, Pola Brawa Faller Roco Fleischmann Trix Kibri Vollmer Preiser Noch
FEBT models and decals - HOn30 and On3
Frog Creek Hobby, discounts model railroad products
Fun & Games - Scale figures in many scales including O
GMCRail - Unique Decal Solutions for Discriminating Model Railroaders
Grandt Lines Price List July 2001
Greenway Products - Greenway Custom Railroad Paint, Cases & Trackside details
IHC Online
Japanese Model Supplies
Kadee Quality Products Co. - couplers, etc.
Karat Creek Model Design
Lloyds Model Railways Catalogue - Australian supplier
Mark Rollins - Maker of narrow gauge kits
Markits model railway products
M.G. Sharp Models Brand, UK
Model Railroad Industry Associatation
Model Railroading Suppliers
Model Trains International
Modelers Boatyard Inc
MTH O scale electric trains
NWSL modeling & miniatures tools and equipment
Oso Publishing Company & Evergreen Hill Designs
Pepper 7 - Online store with great pictures!
Precision Scale Co., Inc.
Railway Engineering - Maker of turnouts and HOn3 Carter cars
Roundhouse Products - Kits and such
Sharman Wheels
Tall Pine Model Railroading Supplies
TT scale railroad and manufacturer
Trout Creek Railroad - Manufacturer and Dealer of kits
Valley Model Trains HO and O Scale Big Buck Buildings

Publications
Model Railroading

E-mail lists
HOn3 E-mail List Page - courtesy of Railway Engineering
HOn30 Home Depot

Clubs and individuals - Narrow gauge
Australian Narrow Gauge Web-Exhibition - Mighty fine modeling!
British Nn3 Modelling
Haruhiko Suga's Hiju Transportation Firm
The Home of the Wiscassest, Trevino & Western - Great layout! Many pictures...
Lex Parkers' On3 D&RG Model Railroad
Michael Blank's Narrow Gauge Layouts
Narrow Gauge Model Railway Exhibition *Truly a wonderful site
Narrow Tracks & Trains welcomes you to their web site
Nobuo Koizumi's Karat Creek Model Design
NPF O gauge railway with tips and links
The Pakesley Mill & Timber Co. - An On30/On3 resource
Proto87 layout with operation
Shozo Kitamura's Rokaru Light Rail Road
West Side Lumber Co Club: Shays

Clubs and individuals - Standard gauge OK 10/02/2001
2mm Scale Association
Avalon, Tintagel & Santa Fe Railway - N scale
Charlie's Railroad Page, layouts, timesaver and tips
Model railway links, O scale model railways, photo backdrops, O gauge railway links,.
O Scale Kings
Patten Mines Railroad - HO mining railroad
Rensselaer Railroad Heritage Exhibit Home Page
San Luis Model Railroad Club - HO modular club
Sheboygan Society Of Scale Model Railroad Engineers
Sipping and Switching Society aka League of Non Aligned Modelers
Wolfgang Dudler's Westport Terminal RR

Prototype information OK 10/02/2001
20th Century: Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Co.
Australian Railway Detail Photos
Boerries Narrow Gauge Homepage
The Cane Railway (Tramline) Modelling SIG
Colorado Railroad Museum - Golden, Colorado
East Broad Top Railroad Historic Roster
Ghost Depot - Rio Grande reference and plans
Industrial Narrow Gauge in Austria
The Lawndale Railway and Industial Company narrow guage "Dummy Line" from Lawndale to Shelby, NC. "Schenck's Dummy"
The Narrow Gauge Circle - A Colorado narrow gauge site
Ohio River & Western Gallery
Rio Grande Southern RR - Interesting Info
Taplines - Shortline Railroads, Narrow Gauge Railroads and Industrial Railroad Photographs and History
The Unofficial TC&W Homepage - News page

Live Steam OK 10/02/2001
The 7+ Narrow Gauger Magazine with links
Drawings for Small-Scale Live Steamers
Eureka 4-4-0 1875 Baldwin
Live Steaming - Home Page
Scratch Steam List Resources Page
Small-scale live steam FAQ with links

Reference and standards groups OK 10/02/2001
British 1:87 Scale Society
Cad drawings of steam engines and rolling stock
Chris Nevard's Railway Photography Gallery
The CLIMAX Locomotive
Colorado Digitization Project -Digital photo collection
da Trains! - Railroad Data
Drawings of WW&F Railway Rolling Stock
Denver South Park &Pacific Group, online reference
Fallen Flag Railroad Photos
FREMO freeform modules club
Friends of the Tanana Valley Railroad
Gateway NMRA Online Model Railroading Library, great hints and tips
Gord's O gauge railway links
Historical Model Railway Society - for all UK railway modellers, historians and enthusiasts
The Hotbox -- North Central NMRA, hints and tips
Idaho Narrow Gauge News December 2001 - 18" railroading
Industrial Locomotives and Links
International Working Steam Locomotives 2000
Japan's Railroad Technical Research Institute
Jim-Inman.com - Model Train Manufacturer Sites
Jim's Printable Minis
John & Karen Shaw - Links and lists of hobbyshops
Layout Design Primer
Le Monde du Modélisme, in French but great links
Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc
Narrow Gauge From Off The Beaten Path
Narrow Gauge on the Net
NOAA Photo Library - Historic National Marine Fisheries Album
North American Steam Locomotives
NTRAK Modular Railroading Society, Inc.
NTRAK On The Web
Old West Structure Plans - very cool!
Proto87 International Team, Gérard Huet
Proto87 layout with operation
Rails USA - All Rail All American Search Engine and Directory
Roots of Motive Power - Willits, CA
S/Sn3 Modeling Guide - Model Railroad Information
Scale Models and History of the Keweenaw - Huge amounts of drawings and how-to *
The Scalefour Society
Shay Locomotives Reference
SlimRails library and links page
SLIM RAILS - Links to the Narrow Side
Sources for Tools: Nautical Research Guild
30" Gauge California Railroads, includes excellent links
TrainWeb - Amtrak Rail Travel - Transportation Trains - Railways Transit - Model Railroading - Garden Railroads - Amtrack Railroads & Railroading
The Ultimate Steam Page - recent prototype steam projects
War Department Light Railways
Western Railway Preservation News
Wisconsin Logging Railroads