Links

Magazines, forums and organizations

Model Railroad Hobbyist Great free magazine and forums
Train Orders Excellent prototype and modeling forums
Model Railroader
Railroad Model Craftsman
National Model Railroad Association
Pacific Coast Region - NMRA

Computers & Electronics

3rd PlanIt Track planning software
NCE DCC supplier of the Carolina Division
Tam Valley Depot DCC controlled switches using servos
DecoderPro Simple DCC programming

Books

Morning Sun Books - Open Top Loads Flatcar and Gondola Color Portfolio
- Volume 1
- Volume 2
- Volume 3
- Volume 4

The TTX Story
- Two volume set by the PRRT&HS

Shipping Planes on Trains
- Great series of books published by Andrew Klamka

Track

CustomTraxx Supplier of Orr Street Railway Track (Girder rail)
Micro Engineering Code 83 Track and switches
Flexxbed Roadbed
American Tie and Timber Gapmasters
Peco Code 83 switches

Backdrop

LARC Products Photo Backdrops

Scratch Building Supplies

Evergreen strip and sheet styrene
JTT Microscale sheet styrene
Plastruct Structural shapes and sheet styrene

O Scale

Kohs PRR's Queen Mary depressed flat car and loads in brass
MTH 14 axle schnabel car
MTH Schnabel Car Conversion another 3 rail to 2 rail conversions, O Scale Trains, July/August 2003, p.52
Multi Scale Digital Supplier of 3D printed load, transformers, gas turbines, etc.

HO Scale

American Model Builders Wind turbine loads, blades and Nacelles. They also have smaller loads.
Bachmann 380 ton schnabel car with either a transformer or a vessel load
- Ken Patterson shot the add for Bachmann, and runs the car on his layout out, at 16:28 in the video
Concept Models Supplier of resin large flat, schnabel and speciality freight cars
- schnabel cars
- well cars
- large flat cars
- and their assocaiated loads
Custom Model Railroads - Towboat & Barge kits
Firecat Designs - 3D Printed KRL 12 axle flatcar - discussion & instructions
- 3D printed body and detail parts
Funaro & Camerlengo Supplier of smaller resin flat and well cars
- F33 - 6 axle well flatcar
- F34 - 8 axle flatcar (appears no longer in production)
Gardiner Model Railroad Designs - 3D Printed flatcar
- Flatcar 66' QTTX 8 axle flatcar
Got Trains Special freight car loads
HODiver - 3D Printed flatcar
- Flatcar 66' QTTX 8 axle flatcar
- Span bolster and end mount for above flat cars
Keystone Details - 3D Printed Loads
- Generator load for Queen Mary depressed flat car
- Turbo generator Ends only
- Stamping press load for Queen Mary depressed flat car
Kit Basher - 3D Printed Loads
- Transformer load for Walthers 8 axle depressed flat
- Transformer load for 4 axle depressed flat
- Pulley load for 8 axle depressed flat<
KRModels IQA Nuclear Flask Wagon (UK)
Lanes Trains Casting for Westinghouse a steam tunbine cover
Mount Vernon Shops PRR Queen Mary flat car decals
Multi Scale Digital Supplier of excellent 3D printed loads, transformers, gas turbines, etc.
ProtoLoads Supplier of custom flat car loads, including Boeing 737 loads
Precision Design Supplier of
- flat car loads
- tie down chains
- supplier of my custom printed decals
Moon Dog Rail Cars Supplier of small flat car loads
Railfan Models
- Kasgro 325 ton 12 axle depressed flat car
- Discussion on What's Neat This Week In Model Railroading show #78 June 8th 2019
Walthers transformer load for 8 axle depressed flat
Maxon 50 Ton Scale Test Car Depeer N Scale Shapeways shop
Kulak Custom Kits large custom laser cut trailers


N Scale

AJS Rail Services - 3D Printed
- CPOX 820 Schnabel car
CG N Scale - 3D Printed
- Wind turbine blades
- Wind turbine blade mounts
Eastern Seaboard Models General Steel Castings 60-Ton Well Car
Elgin Locomotive Works CEBX 800 kit and Cracking tower load
Keystone Details - 3D Printed Loads
- Generator load for Queen Mary depressed flat car
- Stamping press load for Queen Mary depressed flat car
Multi Scale Digital Supplier of 3D printed load, transformers, gas turbines, etc.
N Scale Kits
- B&M/GEX well car
- PRR Queen Mary
- PRR F33 Well flat car
- 8 axle QTTX 70' flat car
- 8 axle QTTX 195 ton flat car
- 8 axle QTTX depressed flat car (available in 3 deck sizes 25' 32' & 47')
- 12 axle QTTX depressed flat car
- 12 axle QTTX flat car
- 16 axle KRL 450 ton depressed flat car (coming soon)
- DODX cask cars
- DODX cask load for the above car - 3D printed
Susquehanna Car Shops - 3D Printed
- 12 Axle Heavy Duty Flat D&H 16157
- Buckeye Trucks
- GE 7FH2 generator Load
MH Models - 3D Printed
- 8 Axle Heavy Duty Flat QTTX 70' 131xxx
- Space Shuttle Booster & Flat Car
Roko Shapeways shop- 3D Printed
- 12 Axle Heavy Duty Flat QTTX 131600 series
- Roller Bearing Buckeye Trucks
- N Scale Pressure Vessel Load
Stony Smith Designs - 3D Printed
- Fraction Tower Load
- Equipment Load
Keystone_details - 3D Printed Loads and car bodies
- Generator load for Queen Mary depressed flat car
- Stamping press load for Queen Mary depressed flat car
- Well hole body for Queen Mary

Z Scale

CG N Scale - 3D Printed
- Wind turbine blades
- Wind turbine blade mounts
Stony Smith Designs - 3D Printed
- Boeing 737 on Flatcar

3D Modeling

SketchUp free 3D modeling software
Shapeways 3D printing company

Custom Painting

Elgin Car Shops

Other Layouts

Mississippi Alabama & Gulf Railroad
Washington Northern
KV&O and D&D Mining & Steel
Boulder Creek Railroad
Oregon Coast Railway