NEB&W Links to Related Sites

Last Update: 2009-10-11

(Commercial Sites are listed below.)

National Organizations:

Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection - Some 1,600 color photos and over 164,000 black and white photos on are posted on this site, all dating from the late '30's into 1943.
National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) - And they have one of the most complete sets of links, so if you don't see what you are looking for here, try this site.
Ian Cranstone's Canadian Freight Car site and list of all North American reporting marks from 1923 to the present.
US Geological Survey Aerial Photos c. 1990's. (Great for layout planning.)
Modeling Magazines Index - great search tool for finding an article in a past issue.
Historical American Engineering Record, aka HAER.
Tony Cook's HO Scale Trains Resource - Providing prototype information about all the ready-to-run models.

Delaware & Hudson Railroad

Rutland Railroad and Railroading in Vermont

Order form for Jim Shaughnessy's The Rutland Road book.
Remembering The Rutland - A good place to start and to find links to other sites.
Railroads Of Vermont - About the Vermont Railway and other contemporary railroading.
Proposal to convert the long-abandoned Burlington-Alburgh Island Line to a rail-trail.

Other Organizations, Clubs and Historical Societies

The 470 Club - Founded to commemorate the last run of steam loco no. 470, it has developed into a general historical society with collections of both prototype railroad equipment (on display at North Conway, NH) and photo archives of New England railroading.
Akron, Canton & Youngstown Historical Society
American Rails - Informational guide to American railroading covering all aspects of the industry.
Burlington Route Historical Society - about the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad.
Canadian Freight Cars - an extremely complete all-time roster for Canadian roads (including private owners) and also any US subsidiaries such as Central Vermont, all painstakingly compiled by Ian Cranstone.
Canadian Freight Cars - Info on post-steam freight cars.
Central Operating Lines, Ltd. - An operating Lionel club, located in Ronkonkoma (Long Island), NY. They have a 35 foot by 55 foot operating command control Lionel layout with four mainlines, passenger yard, and an engine terminal. They also have a meeting room, and over 50 members. They are open to the public every Friday evening (8 pm to 11 pm) and also on special Open-House dates. They also run 6 Swap Meets a year at the Bingo-Hall in Bohemia, NY (dates & directions on webpage).
Chesapeake and Allegheny Live Steamers (Live Steam)
Chicago & North Western Historical Society
Delaware & Hudson Historical Society
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Modelers Page
Franklin & South Manchester, George Sellios' masterpiece creation.
Freight Car Mailing list - Tim O'Connor said to send a message with subject: "subscribe" to freightcars-request@sunny16.photo.tntech.edu: Richard Hosker is the list moderator and owner. There are excellent and nearly complete archives for FCL at http://sunny16.photo.tntech.edu/~richard/Freightcars/archive/archive.php
The Fund for North Bennington, Inc. - Information about past and present North Bennington.
Garden State Model Railway Club - HO scale in northeast New Jersey. A lot of railroad history.
Geared Steam Locomotive Works - Dave Thomas's site for preserving and promoting information on North American built geared steam locos.
Hagley Museum & Library - This is one of America's renowned outdoor museums (and the birthplace of the DuPont Co.) The library is famous world-wide for its collections on the history of American business and technology, and how this affected socity.
HO Beer Car Collectors Web Site
Hopewell Junction Model Railroad Club - A modular HO scale club modeling Hopewell Junction, NY as it looked in the 1920's.
Keith's Train Pics
Long Island Model Railroad Engineers - A group of model railroaders currently constructing three of the largest prototype model railroad layouts in Suffolk County, New York. Their HO, HOn3 and N scale layouts are located in a new space of over 3500 square feet.
Missouri Pacific Historical Society, also including the Texas & Pacific, the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, and other predecessors.
Modern Tank Car Homepage - Tim Frederick's site is dedicated to show HO scale models that can be built from the limited kits and decals available.
Mohegan Pequot Model RR club. Modular HO model RR club based out of southeastern CT.
Mon Valley Railroad Club of West Virginia - They are building a 2,500 square foot HO scale layout in Morgantown, WV.
Nashua Valley Railroad Association - (also home of SMP Industries : Accupaints, Accu-cals) Large 26'x66' "HO" scale walk-around layout with 500+ feet of mainline. All hand laid track, CVP Railcommander carrier operations, based on fictional New England Rail (NER) systems that runs from Calais, ME to Maybrook, NY. Featured in Model Railroading 1988 article and an upcoming article in Model Railroader.
New England Railroad Photo Archive - mostly modern photos.
New York & Western
NY Capital District Railfanning - Pictures taken around Albany, NY by NEB&W's President Corey Lynch.
New York Central Historical Society
North American Steam Locomotive Information page
North Creek Rail Depot - restoring the North Creek station into a regional museum.
Northern Virginia N-Trak
Pendon Museum - Bill Badger said that U.S. modelers might find this English layout interesting. It is the model his friend Robin Harding is involved with. Badger said their modeling is considered the standard in the UK against which others are measured.
Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society
Rob Schoenberg's PRR Freight Car Photo Gallery
Pere Marquette Historical Society
Puget Sound Model Railroad Engineers - Spectacular club layout.
Rahway Valley RR
RailsUSA.com - all rail, all American internet search engine and directory.
Railway TV - listing of various railroad-related TV shows with full-length video clips. CHECK THIS SITE OUT!
Reading Company Technical & Historical Society
Rensselaer Country Historical Society - among other things, a wonderful collection of historic photos of Troy.
San Diego Model Railroad Museum
St. Louis Iron Range Mountain & Southern Railway
South Shore Model Railroad Club - One of the oldest HO model railroad clubs, started in 1938, and currently working on a new layout.
Southeastern Model Railroaders Forum (SMRF) - Designed to help fans of southeastern railroads with modeling and prototype information. - Dave Bott
Steam Locomotives dot com - Extensive info on steam locos and rosters.

THE Model Railroad Club
Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Historical Society
TrainClub - The internet club for model trains. Owned and operated by model train collectors and operators. Free membership provides Classifed Ads, Auctions, Train Show Schedules, TrainTalk, Book Store, a Photo Gallery, Model Railroading News and more.
TrainWeb - Rail Travel, Railfanning, Model Railroading, and the Rail Industry.
Trainboard - Everything railroading at Trainboard.com. A bulletin board website that offers free registrations and a host of knowledgeable members.
Trainorders.com - A large scale bulletin board with four major categories and a live chat room. Site also offer free registration.
Transcontinental Railway Timeline by Jim Hill. The important dates centered around the building of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869.
The Unofficial Micro-Trains Release Report by George Irwin. Lots of prototype information, too.
Valley Ntrak of Connecticut - Valley N-Trak is group of model railroad enthusiasts promoting the N scale module concept as a viable operational system.
Washington, D.C. Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society
Webville & Hypertext Railroad - All the links you could possibly want.
Your Railroad Club Here - Your description, too.

Commercial Sites:

Accu-cals & Accu-paints
Accurail
Alkem Scale Models - They produce an odd assortment of items, including post-steam hoppers and c. 1800's rolling stock. (Good stuff, just odd in being all under one manufacturer's roof.)
Alexander - Purchased by Tomar.
Allen Keller Productions - videos of over 30 different model railroad layouts.
Alumite Casting Resin
AM Models - Purchased by Tomar.
Archer Fine Transfers - Makers of rivet transfers and other fine scale modeling products of use for model railroaders.
Art Griffin - Decals for 1800's freight cars and for building walls.
Artitec - Netherlands company making highly detailed structures and boats in HO, N, Z. Mostly European prototypes.
Atlas Model Railroad Co. Inc.
Austin Modeling Associates - Decals made by Cyril Durrenberger for c. 1900 freight cars. (The site also contains photos of built up models.)
Bachmann Trains
Bar Mills Models - Laser-cut kits, starting off with very unique period N and HO scale billboards, and now structure models.
BC Models - Specializing in c. 1900 car kits, detail parts and trucks. (Has been sold and is now Bitter Creek Models.)
Bethlehem Car Works - HO scale styrene heavyweight passenger car kits and loco parts.
BHI-Model RR Products & Services
The Big Little Railroad Shop - Hobby store in Somerville, NJ, but also a great source of prototype information about the products they carry.
Bitter Creek Models - Specializing in c. 1900 car kits, detail parts and trucks. (They purchased BC Models.)
Bob's Photos - One of the biggest (if not the BIGGEST) collection of railroad photos for sale. Look for them at major train shows in the Northeast. He has moved to Kentucky and I don't have his address but his phone number is 203 734 6666.
Bollinger Edgerly Scale Trains (B.E.S.T.)
Bowser Trains - plastic kits, including specializing in Pennsylvania RR prototypes.
Branchline Trains - high quality styrene kits of steam-era freight and passenger cars, as well as custom-designed laser cut structure kits.
Broadway Limited Imports - Makers of a brand new line of HO steam engines, ready-to-run, including DCC and sound. (Love their Hudson!)
B.T.S. - Wood craftsman kits of structures and rolling stock.
Builders In Scale - Quality structure kits and parts.
Canadian Model Trains Inc. - As would be expected, company deals in Canadian prototypes, but also has their own line of styrene rolling stock.
Cannonball Car Shops - HO scale craftsman kits, including the new troop sleeper and troop kitchen cars.
C.C. Crow - Craftsman-type structure kits, mostly made from masters of hand-carved plaster.
Central Hobby Supply - A large hobby store in Syracuse, NY that also makes a number of products exclusive to them, particularly HO scale cast resin kits.
Charles Winters, 3717 Northeast 49th St., Kansas City, MO 64119 - 1940's and '50's era freight car photos.
Classic Metal Works - makers of HO and other die cast automobiles and trucks, including period autos.
Clever Models - Pre-colored and weathered structure models and siding sheets. (Don't confuse with Paper Creek - below - who does similar type of kits.)
Clover House, P.O. Box 62, Sebastopol, CA 95473-0062. Makers of dry transfer lettering sets, mostly c. 1900.
Comstock Car Shops - HO, N, and O scale scenery, structures, and details aimed at the mid-1800's modeler, particularly of the Virginia & Truckee area.
D&S Hobbies - A New Jersey hobby store with a great web site.
Dave's Trains - Dealing in postwar Lionel.
Delta Models - Cast resin special run kits, painting, custom building, etc. in HO and O.
Depots by John - Custom builder and a line of cast-resin structure kits, many of Chicago prototypes.
Design Preservation Models - plastic structure kits for Victorian-type buildings.
Diamond Scale Construction - Makers of turntables of all sizes and designs, as well as related engine terminal kits (coaling tower, water columns, oil columns, etc.)
Discount Trains Online Model Railroading Hobby Shop
Downtown Deco - urban structures from hand-carved molds, in scales from N to LGB.
Eastern Railroad News - America's first on-line railroad magazine for east of the Mississippi. By subscription.
Eddystone Locomotive Co. - Manufacturer and custom-builder of HO scale locos, specializing in northeastern railroads, particularly anthracite roads.
Electronix Express
Flying Scotsman Hobbies - A large hobby store, located in Poughkeepsie, NY, with on-line ordering of many products.
Curt Fortenberry - HO scale decals for the Alaska Railroad and some other roads.
GHQ - Specializing in vehicles and farm machinery.
Grandt Line Products - Ultra-fine styrene castings for structures and rolling stock in many scales. Where would we be without Grandt Line windows and doors?
Great Decals - Lots of interesting decals, for many different scales.
Art Griffin - Decals for 1800's freight cars and for building walls.
Highball Graphics Decals - Custom decals available in all scales, although specializing in New England roads.
IHC - a.k.a. International Hobby Corporation, sucessor to AHM.
IMEX Model Co. - Coming out with a line of period HO scale diecast trucks.
Innovative Train Technology Co.
Intermountain Railway Company - HO, N, and O scale freight car, passenger car, and structure kits.
Kalmbach Publishing - publishers of Model Railroader, Trains, and other hobby magazines and books.
Kaslo Shops Distributing - Cast resin kits of steam-era and modern Canadian freight cars.
La Belle Woodworking Co. - makers of wood craftsman-type kits of c. 1900 freight cars and passenger car.
Layout Design Special Interest Group - aiding modelers in their efforts to design and create layouts to meet their own particular goals.
LBF Company - Makers of modern freight cars in both HO and N scale. They acquired the assets of E&C Shops.
Life-Like Products
Logic Rail Technologies - They make model railroad electronics, including their Signalmaster signalling system which is what our club is just in the process of installing.
Lunde Studios - Makers of cast resin HO and N Scale structure kits. (Bob Lunde designed the original Magnuson buildings, then he started up Design Preservation Models, which got sold to Woodland Scenics, and now he and his wife have started a new company. Like the Magnuson line, these are cast resin kits, offered in short runs, so don't delay if you see something you want.
Mainline Modeler - They have gone out of business.
Main Street Heritage - Prototypical HO scale structure kits cast in polyurethane.
Donald Manlick - I understand Manlick originally worked for Champ Decals and then branched out on his own, with custom decals, when Champ decided not to do custom work. We have relied on him for our NEB&W decals for all types of equipment for years and years.
He doesn't have a website, but you can reach him by email (dmdecals@tm.net) or write to him at 2127 South 11th Street, Manitowoc, Wisconsin 54220.
Micro Mark - Specialty and hard to find tools. WARNING!!!!!!!!! - Once you get on their emailing list, YOU CAN NOT GET OFF - NEVER, NO HOW, NADA. (What company thinks they are providing customer service when they annoy them with endless email ads? I HATE this company!)
Microscale Decals
MinuteMan Scale Models - Laser cut HO scale structure kits.
Model Power
Model Railroad News - All the latest on our hobby.
Model Rail Structures - Structures, scenery supplies, and details in HO and several other scales. (They have now gone out ouf business.)
Model Railroad Educational Foundation, Inc
Model Railroading magazine
Model Railway Post Office - a large hobby store in New Jersey, also specializing in mail order.
N Scale Architect - Despite the name, company does many structures, etc. in HO, too.
Old & Weary Car Shops - custom-decorated HO scale kits.
Paper Creek Model Works - A line of heavily weathered structures and texture sheets, made out of pre-colored paper, laser cut. I'm intrigued, but haven't tried them out (yet).
Pikestuff
Precision Lasercraft - laser cut structure kits.
Ragg's...To Riches? - Laser cut wood craftsman kit structures, apparently all based closely on specific prototypes, particularly Colorado and Maine narrow gauge structures, or structures located along the way of these lines, like stores, hotels, etc. These kits are mainly in O and S scale, but also HO. Think the company is run by Mr. Ragg.
Andy Reichert's Proto:87 Store & Accurate Track Emporium - The source for ultimate track and turnout supplies, including Proto:87.
Rail Classics - brass model importer in a number of scales.
Rail Line News - keeping active model railroaders up-to-date on new products and new hobby developments, with reports on brand new product releases from a wide range of model railroad suppliers in N, HO, S, O and G scale.
Railway Design Associates - Model railroad products with character including a number of structures.
Realistic Replicas - Over 50 different railroad emblems on steel-reinforced hydrocal (not silkscreened), ready for hanging.
Red Caboose - N, HO, and O scale plastic freight car kits.
Rems Models -
Ries Models - Finely detailed models of Finnish and former USSR rolling stock.
Rio Grande Models - Makers of cast metal narrow gauge and standard gauge equipment, mostly MOW.
Rivarossi
Rix Products
Rob Preston Model Locomotives - Working live steam replicas of early locomotives of the Neath Abbey Iron Company of England. (Early American locos c. 1830's looked very similar.)
Ron's Books - The best source of railroad books, including our line of Guides.
Rustic Rails - A line of HO and N scale structures and details suitable for 19th century and early 20th century layouts, cast resin and pewter.
Rutland Car Shops - A line of highly accurate cast resin and craftsman-type kits for Rutland-specific rolling stock and structures.
Scale Model Railroad Products - Laser-cut structure kits, including a wood coal mine complex.
Scenic Express - Incrediably details foliage, trees, flowers, etc.
SceniKing - Makers of photo-quality backdrops for all scales.
Smalltown USA - styrene kits of urban stores.
Smokey Mountain - Specializing in HO and O scale kits.
South River Modelworks - craftsman-type structures.
Speedwitch Media - devoted to increasing awareness about prototype railroad modeling. Speedwitch provides modelers with detailed information about prototypes and models and offers quality products to enable modelers to increase the accuracy and fidelity of their modeling efforts.
Stella Scale Models - New company offering HO scale structures of actual structures.
Stewart Hobbies - specializing in HO scale diesel locos and plastic hopper car kits.
Sunshine Models, Box 4997, Springfield, MO 65808-4997 - HO scale cast resin freight car kits, mostly from c. 1950.
Supply Line Models - cast-resin structure kits. These are some of the best cast structures, more like injection-molded, and also some of the finest architectural reproductions. (Not many people are aware of this line of kits, but they should be.) Just awesome!
Sylvan Scale Models - Excellent cast resin kits, both rolling stock and structures.
Tichy - Makers of styrene freight car kits, parts, and structure parts.
Tomar Industries - They also produce AM Models, Alexander Scale Models, and Utah Pacific.
Tony's Train Exchange - THE place to go to get information about DCC.
Trainhouse.com - On-line hobby shop of more than 12,000 products of all scales, many items with an accompanying picture.
Trainsource Texas - A large on-line hobby store as well as a large store located near the Astrodome.
Walthers - Producing their own extensive line of products and distributing many, many other lines.
Westerfield - HO scale cast resin freight car kits, mostly from the 1900-1935 era, but many kits suitable into the '50's or later.
W.C. Whittaker, 25 Blithedale Terrace, Mill Valley, CA 94941- Extensive line of freight car photos.
Jay Williams, 650 East 58th St., Indianapolis, IN 46220 - Extensive line of freight car photos.
Woodland Scenics.
Yardbird Classic Trains - Bill Gill said: "This is a business that was very helpful doing work on a Mantua 0-4-0 that Will got years ago and he and I had mixed success trying to improve its performance. I contacted Model Power after they took over Mantua and asked for help. They referred me to Dan Bush at Yardbird. Dan did excellent work at a really reasonable price and was very helpful with other advice as well. He works on other 'classic' brands as well."
Ye Olde Huff N Puff - Makers of wood craftsman type kits in HO, S, and O, including rolling stock and structures. Also they offer the former Mainline Models and Silver Streak line of rolling stock. These kits go back at least 30 years, and frankly, haven't changed since they were introduced.
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