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Jan 8 - Donner Summit v3

Jan 6 09 - Slim Princess

Oct 23 - Sound Xperiment

Oct 15-Construction Start

Sep15 - Main St Colfax

Sep 1 08 - Focus Stacking

Aug 15 08 - Colfax Depot

Aug 4 08 New Layout 2

Jul 31 08 New Layout Plan

Jul 22 08 - Snow in Ogden

Jul 19 08 McCloud Railway

Jul 8 Solar and Profits

Jun 27 08 AC-12 4294

Jun 23 08 Donner Trip

Jun 19 08 SP GP9 #5623

Jun 18 08 Depth of Field

Jun 16 2008 Craftsman Kit

Jun 15 2008 Cab Forwards

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Model Railroading Sites
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Model Railroading
Model Railroad Hobbyist - New online e-zine. A demo issue is available and looks pretty cool.
Black River Subdivision Blog - Will has a lot of interesting things to say about layout design and such
Railroad Model Craftsmen - Web site for the magazine
NMRA - National Model Railroad Association - join and support the hobby!
LDSIG - Layout Design Special Interest Group of the NMRA
Walthers - The best selection of model railroading supplies and goods.
San Diego Model Railroad Museum - The Tehachapi layout is top quality.
Fast Tracks - Tools for hand-laid tracks

Model Railroad Video

Joe Fugate DVDs - Professional quality how-to videos based on Joe's Siskiyou Lines.

Craftsmen Kits
Fine Scale Miniatures - FSM are the Gold Standard Kits - also check out the amazing Franklin and South Manchester Layout
FOS Scale Limited - High-quality kits with a lot of character
LaserKit - They have Southern Pacific Standard Depot kits (as well as a lot of other cool kits) - I've built all of the SP depots.

DCC Resources
Java Model Railroad Interface (JMRI) - Still poking numbers into CVs to program your decoders?  Then you need JMRI's DecoderPro and you will wonder how you ever got along without it :-)
OpenDCC - Want to build your own DCC decoders?  Look here.

San Diego Area Local Hobby Shops
Hobby Central - Model Railroading and radio control in San Diego
Reed's Hobby Shop - Best model railroading hobby store in San Diego Area

The Original Whistle Stop - Best hobby shop for Southern Pacific models - in Pasadena
San Diego Hobby Shop Directory - Find hobby shops in your local area




Southern Pacific and Prototype

ESPEE Models - Lots of information and resources for modeling the Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific Technical and Historical Society - Join and help save the history of the SP!
California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento
SP GP-9 5623 fan site
SP GP-9 5623 on Wikipedia
Dan's Wig-Wag site - a whole site devoted to these cool train crossing signals

Mark Schutzer SP Modeling Site
Southern Pacific Cab-Forward Picture Gallery




Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine - Totally electronic, totally interactive, totally free - Premier issue: January 2009
 
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N Scale Entertainment


Leo has a wonderful show about N but full of great advice relevant to every scale.
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