Helpful Links
Operations
- Operations Special Interest Group Primer - Answers to frequently-asked questions (FAQ) concerning model railroad operations.
- Gateway NRMA Clinics - Access to clinics, articles and forms to assist in setting up model railroad operations, including timetables and schedules, car cards, waybills, train orders, car routing, and operations best practices.
- Prototype & Paperwork References from ProTrak - ProTrak specializes in prototype-based operations and signaling for model railroads.
Customers' Layouts
- John Parker's Fall River Division - a very large prototype-based freelance representation of today's BNSF Railway operating between the Midwest, and points north through the Pacific Northwest.
- Gilbert Model Railroad Club - a club layout in the basement of the Gilbert Historical Museum, Gilbert, AZ. Features the SP and ATSF as they were in 1955 in Phoenix and surrounding area. Also an automated diorama for museum visitors.
Organizations & Directories
- National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) - An organization of model railroaders, advancing the worldwide scale model railroading community through education and standards as well as advocacy and fellowship.
- Operations Special Interest Group - The Operations SIG discusses, develops, and disseminates ways of operating model railroads to realistically emulate practices of the prototype railroads.
- RailServe.com: The Internet Railroad Directory - Guide to 16,000 rail-related websites including train travel, model railroading, railfan resources, train simulators, and railroad industry sites.
- Model Railroads.Net - North American model railroading directory and Internet search engine.
Modeling Resources
- Rail Yard Models, Models for the Modern Era - Manufacturer of cast urethane kits of US and Canadian railroad equipment from the 1960s to the present.
