Links to Other Model Railroader & Railfan Pages

STEAM RIDES

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, Chama, NM
http://www.cumbresandtoltec.com
One of the two best steam train rides in the country! Take either the roundtrip ride from Chama or the one-way trip from Chama. Both of these rides take you past the best scenery this railroad has to offer. If you would like to be a part of preserving this railroad, you can join the Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad at http://www.cumbrestoltec.org.

MODELING

Tuning up Bachman Freight Trucks by George W. Schreyer. http://www.trainweb.org/girr/tips/tips3/bachmann_truck_tips.html

GENERAL

Animation of Walschaert Valve Gear. Very cool. Includes other interesting links. By Robert A. Booty.
http://home.new.rr.com/trumpetb/loco/index.html

Benn Coffman's Railroad Fonts
http://www.RailFonts.com

George Elwood's Railroad Archive
http://www.dnaco.net/~gelwood

Dale Muir's Railroad Information Page
Lots of railroad definitions obtained from AREA (American Railway Engineering Association) Committee V, Track, document published c. 1924  http://www.inil.com/users/dalemuir/railHome.html

Web Union Station - A map and directory to tourist railroads in the U.S.
http://www.webunionstation.net/us.html

O. Winston Link Museum
O. Winston Link is the Ansel Adams of railroad photography.
http://www.linkmuseum.org

Rayden-Tron's Railroad Resource Center
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/5428/railroad.html

SteamCAD Links to Other Railfan Sites
http://steamcad.railfan.net/links.htm

SteamCAD Bigboy CAD Drawing
http://steamcad.railfan.net/bigboy.htm

Toltec Images - Railroad Photo Placemats
Some of the photos for sale by Toltec were taken by the author of this website, Allan Gartner
http://www.toltecimages.com

Train Web http://www.trainweb.com 

REGIONAL

Carolina Clinchfield Chapter of the NRHS. These people produce a fantastic quarterly on the Clinchfield. http://www.carolina-clinchfield.org

Rob Wolshlager's Clinchfield Country website. http://www.ClinchfieldCountry.com

Elkhorn City Railroad Museum (Clinchfield) http://elkhorncityrrm.tripod.com/index.htm

Dan Bourque Applachian Model Railroading website. http://www.appalachianrailroadmodeling.com Be sure to check out his collection of Clinchfield photos.

North Texas Council of Railroad Clubs http://www.dfwtrainshows.com featuring clubs of the Dallas/Ft Worth Area.

North Texas Garden Railway Consortium http://www.ntgrc.org

Jack Parker's Peidmont & Western http://www.pandw.org This is the layout that provided the motivation to start the Wiring For DCC website.

Railway Museum of San Angelo, Texas http://www.railwaymuseumsanangelo.homestead.com

Scott Perry's Little River (Logging) Railroad - Now the Great Smoky Mountain National Park
 http://www.sgperry.com/littleriver

Dallas, Texas' South Side Railroad Modelers http://www.railroadmodelers.com

Texas Rail Tourism Alliance http://www.texasrailtrail.com

Texas State Railroad http://www.texasstaterailroad.com

Tehachapi Loop. Pictures updated 2 minutes after the latest train passes through!
http://www.trainorders.com/

TRIBUTE TO N&W #611

Last Run of N&W 611: http://www.retroweb.com/611lastrun.html by Kipp Teague

Virginia Museum of Transportation
Home of N&W 611 and 1218
http://www.vmt.org


OTHER USEFUL STUFF

Darwin Awards - How stupid people take themselves out of the gene pool.
http://www.darwinawards.com

Stella Awards - Absurd lawsuits named after the person who spilled a cup of coffee on herself and sued McDonalds.
http://www.stellaawards.com

Snoops - Has someone sent you an urban legend or a hard to believe photo? Check this site to see if it is a fake.
http://www.snopes.com/snopes.asp

Hoaxbusters - Debunks Internet hoaxes and chainletters. http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org

Scambusters - Think you might be the subject of an Internet scam? http://www.scambusters.org

National Do Not Call Registry - Register your phones to stop telemarketers.
https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx

Report deceptive spam that tries to get you to give up your personal information.
http://www.ftc.gov/spam

Victim of ID theft? The FTC's ID theft page.
http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft

Not Digital Command Control, but definitely DCC, the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders
http://www.dallascowboys.com

 

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