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Welcome to my Muskoka Tour Home Page. This is a gathering place for a taste of what you can see on the layout tour in the Muskoka region, about two hours north of Toronto, Canada. The area is alive with model railroads, both club and personal layouts, and there are many spectacular railroada in many scales. Many members belong to the Niagara Frontier Region NFR) of the National Model Railroad .. more …
There are models that go all the way down to 1/220th the scale of the actual train represented. You will find model trains in many different places such as an amusement park, carnivals, and larger scales are often used for viewing nature preserves due to the fact that they will often have to lowest impact on the natural beauty. While this sized scale seems a little excessive, and expensive, this .. more …
Accessorize your model railroad layout or decorate the entire way around the table with these wonderful white picket fences. Each fence measures 2″ high by 18″ long and is white in color. Accessories not included.
What are the different gauges of model railroad? Old and newWww.thortrains.net I did a quick search and this looks like a good site for established gauges and older ones.Try the model railways groups at Yahoo – they are brilliant. I’m in it and I have learned alot. I’m interested myself in “OO” gauge.Www.thortrains.net I did a quick search and this looks like a good site for established gauges .. more …
I am building a model railroad, and noticed the track plan does not include terminal sections. I am adding them so that I can divide my layout into blocks. I had an idea that I could build those electric boxes often found next the the rails to cover the terminal area. I did not find anything on this on the internet. If you know a website, or have had this idea and built them yourself could you .. more …
The scale of model trains refers to the size of the reproduction compared to the real thing. The 4 most popular scales of model railroads are G, O, HO, and N. G scale model trains, which have a ratio of 1:22, and O scale model trains, with a ratio of 1:48, fall into the larger-scale train category. They operate on a Number One track. The ratio of the HO is 1:87 and is 1/2 size smaller than the O .. more …
DCC (Digital Command Control) is revolutionizing how we run model railroads.However, I think it is more fear of the unknown than the cost that is making many model railroaders shy away from making the switch from DC to DCC.Many manufacturers are responding by installing decoders that operate on both analog and digital layouts. The same applies to sound.To me this is like putting only one foot in .. more …
i have a n scale layout but everytime i try and add scenery, i get bored and stop. its a 3×8 layout and my track are minimum radius which wont really allow 12 wheel diesel which is now a days a must on a railroad. i really dont want to keep wasting money on it only to tear it back up when i get bored with it. what should i do or what did you do?So, are you bored because you can’t run the engine .. more …
MATTOON – Two of Jim Ruef’s uncles worked for Illinois Central Railroad, and he practically “lived” at the depot in Arcola, where he grew up.
“Railroading has always been in the family,” he said, noting that his wife’s grandfather was a freight agent for Illinois Central in Mattoon.
So it shouldn’t come as that big of a surprise that Ruef, 66, would spend not only the better part of his .. more …
GODFREY – The Kansas City Southern Lines’ Holiday Express train rides again this year after a two-year hiatus.The very popular Holiday Express train stops from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, at the Pearl Street crossing in Godfrey to bring Santa Claus to the community. Youngsters receive goody bags and get a tour through multiple Christmas-themed cars, including a boxcar full of model railroads, .. more …
