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Links to Railroad Sites

This is a link to Richard Senges' Rochester Model Rails, a modeling newsletter with lots of great articles.  It is published quarterly on his web site: www.oilcreekrailroad.com

Check out this page from Carl Tuveson that describes building a TRUE FRAME BENT trestle on the bench and installing it in the layout.
http://www.tuveson.com/TrestleScenery/scenerytrestle.htm



Links to Railroading Magazines

WHERE TO BUY BLACK BEAR PROCUCTS

Many of the products shown on this website are also available at the following hobby shops and retailers.  If your favorite hobby shop is not listed, have them contact us.


BRUCE'S TRAIN SHOP
2752 MARCONI AVE.
SACRAMENTO, CA 95821
(916) 485-5288
http://www.brucestrainshop.com/

CABOOSE HOBBIES
500 SOUTH BROADWAY
DENVER, CO 80209
(303) 777-6766
Orders Only: 800-886-1813
http://www.caboosehobbies.com/

CREDIT VALLEY RAILWAY CO., LTD
184 QUEEN STREET SO.
STREETSVILLE, ON
CANADA L5M 1L3
(905) 826-1306
http://www.cvrco.com/index.htm

CUSTOM RAILROAD SUPPLY
1025 GARDEN OF THE GODS; STE. D
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80907
(719) 634-4616

DISCOUNT MODEL TRAINS
4641 RATLIFF LANE
ADDISON, TX 75001
(972) 931-8135

NEAL'S N-GAUGING TRAINS
14 Lafayette Rd. #1
N. Hampton, NH 03862
(603) 926-9031
http://hometown.aol.com/remctrains/nngt.htm

PAPA BEN'S TRAIN PLACE
2506 SOUTH BOULEVARD
HOUSTON, TX 77098
(713) 523 - 5600
http://www.papabens.com/

RAILROAD HOBBIES
119 VERNON STREET
ROSEVILLE, CA 95678
(916) 782-6067
http://www.rrhobbies.com/

ROGER'S RAILROAD JUNCTION
12 WEST OAK STREET
LODI, CA 95240
(209) 334-5623
http://www.railroadjunction.com/

WHISTLE STOP TRAINS
11724 S.E. DIVISION ST.
PORTLAND, OR 97266
(503) 761-1822
http://wsor.com/home.html


Links to Railroad Sites        Top of Page

If you have a favorite railroading web site you'd like to see added, just send us the URL and we'll see about it. Check out these great sites for more model railroading information:

An excellent RGS site that goes lots of other places.
http://www.riograndesouthern.com

Australian narrow gauge.
http://www.narrowgaugedownunder.com/index.html

NMRA. The best source for model railroading standards.
http://www.nmra.org/standards/

The John Maxwell Collection of drawings and photos.
http://www.colong.com/

The One-20.3 discussion group on Yahoo kicked around the idea of a low cost F Scale (1:20.3) generic box car kit. They came up with one that everybody really likes. Jeff Saxon pulled it all together. This website has the design info and how to get involved in the discussion group.
http://lizardattitude.homestead.com/misc.html

RGS Website with lots of links to other RGS pages.
http://www.rgsrr.info

Sn3 and Sn2 information.
http://www.narrowtracks.com

This is something new and probably worth a look-see. It is a free modeling magazine on the internet. This is the March, 2001, issue. http://www.internetmodeler.com/2001/march/railroad/index.html

Bill White maintains a Rio Grande Southern Railroad Technical Information Page.  He has lots of great information about RGS trestles and rolling stock.  Also has great links to other sites.
http://www.orci.com/~bdwhite/rgstec1.htm

Rick Blanchard has tons of great modeling information on his DaTrains website.  Lots of standard dimensions for rail, ties, timber, pipes, etc.
http://www.urbaneagle.com/datrains

This is an online database for finding model railroad magazine articles.  It is maintained by Model Railroader magazine. It also gets you into the Trains.com website.
http://www.index.mrmag.com/

This site has tons of train info and a great search engine designed especially for model railroading.
http://www.trainweb.com/cgi-bin/top/tw_do.cgi?indexf.html



Links to Railroading Magazines        Top of Page

Model Railroad News
http://www.modelrailroadnews.com/index.html

Model Railroader
http://www.modelrailroader.com

Railroad Model Craftsman
http://www.rrmodelcraftsman.com/

Timber Times
http://www.timbertimes.com/



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