| There are many good resources to search for | | | | many hours looking through the information on this site. |
| information on all aspects of of N-scale model trains. | | | | It is another site that you must add to your list of |
| Their wide popularity has generated many clubs, | | | | information for model railroading as well as regular |
| websites, and national and international organizations. | | | | railroading, not to mention other railroad connected |
| One of the largest sources of information for model | | | | information. (Think Rails-to-Trails) |
| railroad enthusiasts is the National Model Railroad | | | | Besides your local hobby shop, there are many |
| Association website at NMRA.org. This organization will | | | | forums, tourist sites, historical societies and museums |
| be celebrating it's 75th anniversary next year. They | | | | dedicated to railroading. Many hobbyists like to make |
| are a nonprofit group whose purpose is to promote | | | | sure they are historically accurate in the depictions of |
| and encourage the craft of model railroading. They are | | | | the railroads and displays they use in their models. So, |
| a very large organization with 17 regions across the | | | | they regularly make use of museums, tourist sites and |
| U.S. and around the world. They have regular | | | | history books to find detailed information on the time |
| conventions where railroad fans can gather and share | | | | period in history they are modeling. If you get in to this |
| their information and enthusiasm with other railroaders. | | | | area of interest, the sources of historical information |
| The website has links to everything imaginable for the | | | | are practically limitless. |
| this great hobby. There are links for manufacturers, | | | | Another source that is often overlooked are friends, |
| model layouts, software, electronics, clubs, hobby | | | | relatives and local organizations that may have |
| shops, memorabilia, history of railroading, tourist sites, | | | | members associated with railroading. Remember, |
| and even the current railroad industry. It really is a one | | | | railroading was once a much bigger industry than it is |
| stop shop and a must for anyone interested in model | | | | right now and many people, especially seniors, once |
| railroading! | | | | worked in the railroad industry or knew someone who |
| Another great resource is RailServe. This website | | | | did. These folks often have many memories and items |
| was started in 1996 as a source of information for rail | | | | of interest that can be a great source of information in |
| travel. It has grown dramatically and has thousands of | | | | your search for authenticity and knowledge. |
| links in more than 150 categories covering 130 | | | | There are many other sources of information too |
| countries with content to everything railroad related | | | | numerous to list for N scale trains. Just use your |
| including both model railroads and actual railroads. It has | | | | imagination and the ideas from this article to explore |
| received many awards and has been mentioned in | | | | the huge encyclopedia available. |
| just about every railroad publication. You could spend | | | | |