Organizations/Standards

• National Model Railroad Association - The National Model Railroad Association, Inc. advances the global scale model railroading community through education, advocacy, standards, and social interaction.

• World's Greatest Hobby

• Operations Special Interest Group - The principal purpose of the OPSIG is to discuss, develop and disseminate ways of operating model railroads to realistically emulate practices of the prototype.

• NTrak/TTrak - Modular standards for N-Trak and T-Trak

• JMRI - Java Model Railroad Interface. Used for programming decoders, creating layout panels, controlling signals, creating switchlists, etc. Free open-source software.

Publications

• Model Railroader

• Railroad Model Craftsman

• Model Railroad Hobbyist

• Trackside Model Railroading

• N-Scale Magazine

• N-Scale Railroading

• Model Railroad News

• Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette

• O Gauge Railroading

• YouTube Model Builders

Manufacturers

• American Model Builders (LASERKit)

• Atlas Model Railroad

• Athearn

• Bachmann Industries

• Bar Mills Models

• Bowser Manufacturing

• Branchline Trains

• Broadway Limited Imports

• Chooch Enterprises

• Circus City Decals & Graphics

• Digitrax Inc.

• Fox Valley Models

• ITLA Scale Models

• Kadee

• Kato USA

Retailers

• Brooklyn Locomotive Works

• Factory Direct Trains

• Fifer Hobby

• Hobbylinc

• HogTrainz

• Lombard Hobbies

• M.B.Klein (Model Train Stuff)

• N Scale Supply

• Steve's Depot

• Tex N Rails

• Trains, Toys & Hobbies

• Trainworld

• White Rose Hobbies

• Yankee Dabbler