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Articles about Model Railroads (0-40 of 40)
- Benefits Of Model Scale Trains Toys Hobby
By: Kanooga | - Looking for a fun, engaging, and family-oriented hobby? One possibility is setting up your own home railroad with model scale trains. It's definitely a step up from collecting Thomas the Tank Engine toys, which is where many families start with their lifelong passion for choo-choos. There are countless possibilities, from a modest circle track and single train, to an elaborate vista populated by homes, people, animals, and criss-crossing trains.
It's easy to get started - it takes a ...
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- World's Smallest Model Railroad
By: aymenbnr | - David Smith, who has been building model railroads since 1965, has always had a preference for the smaller scale train models. His most recent project is a five-car train that runs through a scene of mountains, a tunnel, trees, buildings, and a cloud-studded sky - the whole thing measuring just 0.125 x 0.2 inches (0.3 x 0.5 cm). The train's modeling scale is 1:35,200.
Smith, who is a business web developer from New Jersey, has been working on the train model since 2007, spending abo ...
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- Guide To Model Railroad Toys Size And Scale From G To Z
By: Kanooga | - One of the first things new model railroad enthusiasts learn is the terminology. Things like scale and gauge become everyday lingo. We've outlined some of the most popular scales used for these popular model toys. Keep reading and before long, you'll be an old hand with all things model toys.
First things first, let's define scale as it's used in reference to model railroads: Scale is the proportion to an actual size train or its prototype; the smaller the scale, the more you can fi ...
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- Model Railroad Set Terminology For Beginners
By: Kanooga | - Model railroads can be play toys, but they can also be a lifelong hobby. Just as every occupation has its own specific terminology, so does every hobby. Model railroading is no different. Many of the terms used in railroading are also used in the modeling world, but there are also some terms that are unique to the world of the model railroad.
To a beginner just starting out, the terminology may seem as strange as a foreign language; understanding that language can be the key to enj ...
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- Model Railroading From A To Z
By: Larry Truett | - A is for Atlas Model Railroad Company, the New Jersey based manufacturer of N, HO, and O scale trains, track, and accessories.
B is for Bachman, the Philadelphia based manufacturer of N, HO, and On30 scale trains, track, and accessories including the Plasticville line.
C is for Caboose, which any good freight train needs at the end.
D is for Diesel, which some of the real locomotives use for fuel.
E is for Electricity, which most model trains ...
Tags: Model Trains, Model Railroads, Model Railroading
- The Top 20 Railroading Museums In The United States
By: Larry Truett | - For the past year I've been compiling a list of Railroading Museums for my model railroading website. These museums all look like fantastic places to visit, but what are the most popular?
The most popular railroading museums (based on online chatter) in the United States of America are:
20. Phoenix Trolley Museum in Phoenix, Arizona
19. Wheels Transportation Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico
18. Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Pe ...
Tags: Railroading Museums, Railroads, Railroading, Museums, Trains, USA
- The Top 10 Railroading Museums On The Us Pacific Coast
By: Larry Truett | - For the past year I've been compiling a list of Railroading Museums for my model railroading website. These museums all look like fantastic places to visit, but what are the most popular? I'll continue with this list for the Pacific Coast of the United States. The Pacific Coastal States are Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington.
The most popular railroading museums (based on online chatter) on the Pacific Coast are:
10. Joshua Tree and Southern Railroad Mus ...
Tags: Railroading Museums, Railroads, Railroading, Museums, Trains
- The Top 10 Railroading Museums In The Us Southwest And Rocky Mountains
By: Larry Truett | - For the past year I've been compiling a list of Railroading Museums for my model railroading website. These museums all look like fantastic places to visit, but what are the most popular? I'll continue with this list for the Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States. The Southwest and Rocky Mountain States are Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.
The most popular railroading museums (based on online chatter) i ...
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- With Educational Toys, It's Fun To Learn
By: kathleenchester | -
When you are choosing gifts for babies and young kids, it makes sense to buy educational toys. The aim is to help in the all round development of the child while he/she is having fun playing with the toy. The bright colors, texture, and pleasant sounds made by the toys should have a good impact on the growing child and help in the development of the five senses.
It is important to give kids toys that are safe; toys should not consist toxic elements and must not have sharp ed ...
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- The Top 10 Railroading Museums In The Widwestern United States
By: Larry Truett | - For the past year I've been compiling a list of Railroading Museums for my model railroading website. These museums all look like fantastic places to visit, but what are the most popular? I'll continue with this list for the Midwestern region of the United States. The Midwestern States are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
The most popular railroading museums (based on online chatter) in the ...
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- Hobby Trains
By: James Sibling | - Hobby trains have been my pastime all my life. Ever since I received my first one when I was 6, I have collected and treasured them.
I guess my mother afterward regretted it, as she spent quite a hundred dollars on my pastime. It was no surprise that when I was about 10, she told me Id have to work for my own money by helping her more around the house. By the time I was 16, I started to get small student jobs in order to be capable to increase my collection.
Wh ...
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- Atlas Model Trains
By: James Sibling | - Much like other companies in the hobby train industry the story of Atlas model trains is a story of vision, entrepreneurship, and tough work, combined with a passion for a hobby that resulted in a company that grew bigger than what anyone would have imagined at the foundation.
The beginning of Atlas Model Model Trains goes back to the first decades of the 20th century, when Stephan Schaffan Sr. founded what would become Atlas Model Trains. Back then, it was a tool company not a mode ...
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- Remember That Old Hobby Shop You Loved When You Were A Kid?
By: Chris Robertson | - I am fortunate enough to be able to say that I love my work and that there really isn't another job I'd rather be doing. As a result, I often work too many hours, start work early, or work into the night. No matter how enjoyable work may be, that's not a good thing. Life should not consist of work alone. It's important to strike a balance between work, home, relaxation and one's hobbies. Hobbies, in particular, provide a nice balance to work, and we should take them more seriously.
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- What Train Toy Collection Is Right For You?
By: BrianGarvin | - When you are ready to buy your grandchild or child a Train Toy, the decision must be made as to which is the correct set to purchase. And believe me there are a plethora of options available for buying Toy Train Sets, such as the Mark Toy Train, Toy Train Cars and the Lionel Toy Train.
These delightful railroad sets come with a plastic, wood or solid metal chassis, molded-in tracks, or HO Gauge Tracks, which by the way is the most popular scale of Model Trains. Thus your choices ...
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- An Overview Of The Various Large Scale Trains
By: BrianGarvin | - Thinking about getting a train set? Considering taking up a model railroading hobby? Before you run out to the local toy store and bring home a few hundred feet of trains and track, theres a few things you may want to know.
The Real Thing (Almost)
If youre just looking for something to run around in a circle under the Christmas tree, then any old train toy will do. But if youre interested in real model railroading, youll want to skip ...
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 Why You Should Join A Model Railroad Club | Model Railroad Scale | N Scale Trains Shared By: dunnar - David Faulkner asked: Most people enjoy the hobby of building their own model railroads today than it ever has before. Not surprisingly, believes that...
 Growling up the Highline – Reposted | Model Train Sets For Adults Shared By: 2Nscale - Get out your copy of Great Model Railroads 2009 and follow my train as it makes it’s way along Jim Pendley’s Western Pacific layout.
- Which model railroad is it? | … | The Hobby Guy Shared By: DadsTrains - model railroad Torrent Downloa… | The Hobby Guy: Electronic Model Railroad Scenery: Make Your Railroad.. http://bit.ly/1vE23W #n-scale Electronic Model...
- model 611735 Train Items | Model Trains Yard Shared By: DadsTrains - If everything went right you should be looking at the most current collection of model 611735 related items. If your search does not give the desired...
 N Scale Model Trains Are Ideal In A Limited Space Shared By: 2HOScale - Detail is very important to most model railroaders, and N scale model trains allow a high level of detail to be achieved. These details are not only...
- Midwest Trains HO Model RailRoad Club | Model Train Sets For Adults Shared By: 2Nscale - Midwest Trains HO Model RailRoad Club Bettendorf, Iowa Visit this layout at the 2008 Open House on 11/23/08 Noon to 4pm, for details go to www.brohm.or...
 European Model Railroad Manufacturer News Shared By: rcandmodeltrain - Model Retailer Magaine published a short article on their website explaining the status of European model railroad manufacturers Marklin, Faller...
- Who Is Your Audience In Web Site Designing
By: Sushil Kumar | - One of the first things that you need to decide, long before you begin your analysis, design and implementation, is who is your audience? With whom are you trying to communicate? You are obviously creating a web site for a reason, and hopefully you intended someone to view it. In fact, you should define your audience before you even get into any details about what the web site is to do - the "to do" will actually be made much more clear once you understand your audience.
There is the odd ...
Tags: Web Design, Website, Web Promotion, Designing, Designing Tips
- Magazine Subscriptions - A Great Gift Idea
By: milehighmags | - We've all done it - spent hours agonizing over what to get for that hard-to-buy-for person on our gift list. Instead of racking your brain needlessly and ending up buying something that ends up stashed away in a closet and quickly forgotten, how about getting them a magazine subscription? Not only is it a great gift-giving alternative, it will remind them that you were thinking of them each time a new issue arrives in his or her mailbox.
There are thousands of magazines out there, ...
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- The How-to Guide For Purchasing Model Trains
By: Mike Mathews. | - Anyone writing an article on the guidelines to purchase model trains, a couple of decades ago in the pre-internet era, would've probably shown directions to the nearest model train store. However, today in an era in which seamless information is available at the click of a mouse button, almost anyone from a kid to a grandpa can go online and make purchase of model trains with the help of a credit card in an instance.
Type in the words, "model trains" into any search engine and you ...
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- Recalling The Fun Of Model Railroading
By: Mike Mathews. | - A man who once lived in a central Pennsylvania community might have dreamed in his youth about designing model rail roads. His set-up with a large, operating model train sat in a corner of his basement. Using that set-up, he taught his son about the fun of model railroading. He also gave to his older niece fond memories about the fun of model railroading.
Even though the niece no longer keeps in touch with her cousin, she is still very much in touch with the immense interest in mo ...
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- Does A Model Train Collector Have To Actually Run His Trains?
By: Bill Murphy. | - They might sound pretty similar, but the fact is there is a difference between model train enthusiasts and model train collectors. It may be minor, but it does exist! A collector is usually more interested in the rarity of an item and may simply want to display it rather than actually operate a model railroad themselves.
Collectors exist for almost every object and hobby in the world. They're the ones who drive the costs of that first-issue Batman comic through the roof and the on ...
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- Cleaning And Care Of Your Model Train
By: Victor Epand | - This is something you con do yourselves, but I'm going to suggest you take it to the train store and ask them to show you how. The reason is that each locomotive is a little different. They come apart differently, they use different materials, and so forth.
The basic concept is fairly simple. Remove the locomotive shell. Clean out any dirt with a can of compressed air is often handy for this, though in some cases a solvent may be desirable. This is where things can get hairy; because ...
Tags: plastics, model train, wood, locomotive, power, control, railroads, starter set, models, tracks
- Camera Phone
By: Moosa Rizvi | - Camera Phone: An Introduction
As the name indicates, a camera phone is the mobile phone which is equipped with a camera. The camera used in the cell phones is usually a multipurpose device which can take still pictures and record a movie. The most useful purpose of a camera phone is its capability to make a video call. By making a video call, one can talk as well as see the person he is calling.
The development of the camera phone has enable people to share the captured med ...
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- Your Quick Guide To Model Railroad Layout Kits
By: David Faulkner | - Most people have some older train models in the attic whether they actually belonged to them a few years ago or whether they belonged to relatives that were alive before the 1950s dip in popularity. However, model railroads are well and truly back and more popular than ever. Adults and children alike love to build their own model railroads and there are millions of people all over the world that participate in this trend every day. If you are a beginner then it may be difficult to know where to ...
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- Overview Of The Nmra - National Model Railroad Association
By: Bill Murphy | - Model railroading and prototyping is a wonderful hobby that doesn't really require that anyone share in it with you but the enjoyment of seeing others reactions to your special diorama or the ability to pose questions on specifications and historical references to a group of friends for many causes them to seek out other like-minded enthusiasts.
Fortunately there are many clubs and organizations that have sprung up around model railroading, hundreds in the USA alone but one of t ...
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- Scale Model Train Layouts Developing Your First One
By: John Vanse | - To develop your model train layout there are four major steps to take before you begin construction:
1: Select the size of your model train, that is the scale or gauge. Scales range from micro-sized Z scale for tiny layouts to giant G-scale used mostly for outdoor garden layouts.
Visit hobby shops or model train websites and see the various scales available. Staff at a hobby shop will usually be happy to point out the advantages and/or disadvantages of each scale ...
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- Your Guide To Controls Electronic Model Railroad
By: David Faulkner | - Model railroading in a simple concept that even the most novice of collectors and hobbyists can enjoy with no prior experience. It is based on small models of tunnels, trains, rails and scenery that actually mirror the life sized versions that we see every day. It has been viewed as a child's toy in the past but is now loved by the young and the old alike. Scale models can replicate almost anything you want them to and you can even build your own to see just how you do if you were doing it in th ...
Tags: Electric Model Trains, Model Railroad Supplies, Model Railroad Track
- Rfid Solutions For Railway Industry
By: Zhen Dong | - Railroads face a complex set of economic and operational challenges like competitive freight pricing, asset utilization and competition with trucking, capital expenditure levels, industry consolidation and debt management. Technology applications from GAORFID can aid the rail industry to evolve business solutions in enhancing revenue growth while reducing cost through efficient operations, maintenance, asset utilization and capacity management.
The GAO RFID systems technology prov ...
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- Model Railroading Is Railroading On A Bench Top
By: Bob Carper | - The hobby of model railroading has been around for almost 100 years. Every Christmas, no matter where in the country we live, Santa would bring a train set and tracks, and it would run round and round the Christmas Tree.
Then, as soon as the Christmas tree would be taken down, the train set was stowed away in its packing box. It would sit in the family closet until next Christmas. Many times, another train set would join the older train set. Then, the two train sets would run ...
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- Railroading Is A Most Exciting Hobby
By: Bob Carper | - Railroading is not only an industry within the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It is a very impressive and exciting hobby. At last count, there are over 200,000 subscribers to the leading rail hobby magazines. There are over 200 railroad and trolley museums scattered about the USA and Canada. There are a multitude of local railfan organizations, many of who conduct railroad fan trips. Many other railfan organizations perform restoration projects where literally, the dead are brought back ...
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- An Introduction To Garden Railroads
By: Bill Murphy | - A popular trend in model railroading is using equipment and accessories that are rugged enough to stand up to the weather to build outdoor railroad layouts. The term "garden railroads" stems from the fact that these outdoor layouts are often integrated into a garden, with the garden providing part or all of the scenery and landscaping.
The basic structure and design of the railroad is very similar to what you would use indoors, but there are some differences worth noting.
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- 5 Top Model Train Accessories
By: Bill Murphy | - Many people's first introduction to model railroading is with a simple circle or oval on a sheet of plywood. No scenery, no landscaping and maybe not even any buildings or vehicles.
It doesn't take long, however, to get the urge to start adding accessories to the railroad to make it more realistic. For many people, this become a lifelong endeavor, and can grow to very large proportions.
Every layout is different and everyone has their own favorite accessories, but t ...
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- How Model Railroading Clubs Can Help With Your New Hobby
By: Bill Murphy | - Most hobbies have associated clubs where you can meet other people interested in the same things, and learn more about the hobby. Model railroading is no different. There are hundreds of clubs around the world where model train enthusiasts meet to discuss the hobby and learn from one another.
Many of the clubs specialize in various things, as well. Some focus on certain scales while others focus on prototyping real life railroads with their layouts. Regardless of their focus, howe ...
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- How You Can Become A Millionaire Via Your Hobby
By: Charles Goodwin | - Greetings! I have been preaching my wealth creation principles for many years now from the "pulpit" of the Internet and consider it a high honor that I have been able to assist so many of you to commence upon this exciting path of wealth creation, freedom and abundance.
Please accept this one fact a fact that I am totally and utterly certain of becoming a millionaire via my wealth creation principles is within the easy grasp of just about everyone one in the western world. So if ...
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- The Many Scales Of Model Railroading
By: Greg Chadwick | - Modelers have many scales to select from when building their model railroad layout. Scale refers to the ratio between prototype and model. For example, on an HO Scale or 1:87 model railroad layout, rolling stock, scenery and buildings will be 1/87 the size of the prototype, or real life size.
The most popular model railroad scale today is HO Scale, or 1:87. The smaller scales are N scale (1:160) and Z scale (1:220) and are ideal scales to use where you have a limited amount of sp ...
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