Model Train Railroad Layout at NMRA Train Show 2007

Another great video from youtube. Featuring Model Train Railroad Layout at NMRA Train Show 2007

Model Train Set : Investing in Your First Model Train Set

This is a great article for starters. Because if not done carefully, it will involve a lot of money.

I bring you this article by Sam Matthews : Model Train Set : Investing in Your First Model Train Set
It can be a difficult task selecting a model train set when you are starting new. There are many model trains out there which come in different sizes. My aim with this article is to cover some important aspects that you should be aware of before you buy your first model train. After you read this article you will have a better understanding of which model train set to buy.

Scales And Space

Space is a very important factor when it comes to model train sets, the amount of space you have at disposable will determine which train set you should purchase. Each model train has a scale which will inform you what the size of the train is. Many model train hobbyists love the HO scale due to the less room it requires. If you are really struggling for space then you can take a look at the N scale trains, they have some nice detail on them as well. My personal favourite is the O scale also referred to as the O gauge trains. O scale trains do not come cheap but if you have the money to invest then they can be worth it. They do require a larger space so you would need at least a 6' x 6' to install your O gauge trains.

What To Go For?

You have a choice here, you can either buy a complete set or you can buy individual parts to form your complete track, each one has its advantages and disadvantages. The advantage of a complete set is that you can be up and running in a short span of time however you will lack small details like scenery etc. On the other hand, if you choose to buy individual things to complete your track it will take much longer for your track to be completed, however the completed track will be very detailed and you will be happy with it. One thing to bear in mind is that if you do go for a complete set, you can add further trains to it later on. Also if you go for a certain gauge then you will have to stick to that certain gauge for example if you decide to go with the HO gauge then any further trains you buy will have to be that gauge otherwise you will not be able to use them.

DCC Or Not?

In my opinion you should go with train sets which are DCC enabled this will allow you to run multiple train sets on your track. If you ever want to run one train at a time you don't really need your set to the DCC enabled, however you really don't know when you might have a change of heart so it's best to have a DCC enabled set.

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Model Train Scales : Understanding the Different Model Train Scales

Article is written by Sam Matthews

Different scales are an intricate part of model trains. When you get involved with model trains you quickly learn about different scales for example OH scale, N scale, O scale etc. These scales serve a very meaningful purpose, and that purpose is to tell the hobbyist what the ratio is of the model train to the true life version, and also what is the size of the model itself. For example 1:160 means that the model train is 160 times smaller than the real life thing. One may wonder why do you need to know the different sizes? Well the answer is simple, the different scales help you understand how big your setup will be. Now if you have less space to play with then it would make sense for you to go for the smaller scale trains. However, on the other hand, if you have a larger space at your disposal then you can go for the larger model trains.

So what different model sizes are available to you? Lets go through them.

Z scale: These are probably the smallest model trains around. Their ratio is 1:220. So if you are very limited in space then you might want go for this model train set. They look really cute due to their size.

N scale: These are also on the smaller scale, their ratio is 1:160. These are more popular compared to the Z scale, again preferred by those who have very limited space.

HO scale: This scale is probably the most popular scale, the ratio is 1:87. The detail on these model trains is of a good quality and if you have a decent amount of space available to yourself then you might want to go for this scale. It is also easier to fit scenery around this scale type.

O scale: this one is my personal favourite, their ratio is 1:48 and again these are quite popular as well, however they require the most amount of space. You could squeeze them onto a 5' x 5' setup however it won't look that good because your trains will look bigger than the actual setup.

The scales I've mentioned above are the most popular scales, you do have a few others like G scale and S scale, but these are not that common. You want to go with a popular scale otherwise you will find it difficult to source accessories for your track.

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Article is written by Sam Matthews

Matthews, Sam "Understanding the Different Model Train Scales." Understanding the Different Model Train Scales. 10 Apr. 2009. EzineArticles.com. 25 May 2009 .

"Scenic Model Railroad" at Smoky Mountain Trains located in Bryson, NC

I got to post this video by hines1957 on March 12, 2007 from youtube. It is a scene at Smoky Mountain Trains located in Bryson, NC. Awesome man made terrain an stuff..

Enjoy..

My Recent New "interest' and post in ModelTrainForum..

I recently found this great forum for all model train collector to gather info, meet and share their tracks layout ideas! www.ModelTrainForum.com. It has been up and running since 2006 managed by John and have around 1,505 Threads, 9,464 Posts , and 1,435 Members (well i'm the lucky number 1,435!) Looking forward to learn from their experiences and watches all these great people model train collection.

Here is what i posted earlier in the introduction section.

Hi Shah, here..

I've been a weekend user since last year of train going back from north to south about 10 hours trip every weekend. And since then, i have develop this new interest on Train..as i cannot afford to buy a train, i recently found myself interested in this small 'Model Train world'...my search on the internet lead me to this forum... and i feel like hanging out here more often to meet new friends with the same interest.

Definitely my dream is to go to Miniatur Wunderland...

ok guys.. thanks for reading...

By the way, i'm from Malaysia...

Brunswick Railroad Museum ReOpens with Train Fest

Brunswick Railroad Museum celebrates reopening with Train Fest
by Connor Adams Sheets

The Brunswick Railroad Museum reopened last weekend after months of renovations with Train Fest, attracting railroad enthusiasts and visitors by the hundreds.

The museum, which features a massive HO-scale model railroad setup as well as exhibits on Brunswick's rich rail history, has been closed since the end of February for the installation of an elevator and associated work.

Though the construction is not complete — the shaft is built, the elevator itself remains to be installed — and an addition to the model railroad continues, Train Fest was a success, according to museum manager Geri Reynolds.

"We've had a couple hundred people come out. People are glad we're open and they like the changes. At some point we hope to set up Plexiglas so people can watch the progress of the work on the [model railroad] addition," she said. "… We work with kids, showing them different things, and now we're also selling more train hobbyist items and we have more things here for kids, and for First Fridays and other events."

Linda Ballard traveled from Martinsburg, W.Va., with her train-loving 9-year-old grandson on Sunday. First they visited the city's MARC train station, so he could see full-size tracks, then the pair headed to the museum for Train Fest.

"I wanted to bring my grandson so he could further his interest in liking trains," Ballard said. "It's really good that he gets this close-up exposure to what they're really like."

Just tall enough to have a good view of the locomotives, buildings, tracks and mountains laid out in the setup, her grandson said he was having a great time. What did he enjoy the best?

"The sounds of the trains, and making the trains move," he said, enthralled by the sights and sounds of the display, which currently recreates in scale the rail route from Brunswick to Union Station in Washington, D.C., as it would have appeared in the late 1960s.

The new addition, which is slated to be finished by the end of the year, will extend the model tracks past Brunswick, through recreations of Knoxville and Sandy Hook, and terminate in a Harper's Ferry, W.Va., display.

Dave George, a volunteer at the museum and member of its board of directors, works to take care of the trains in the layout. He was at work Sunday, but took the time to explain why he has dedicated hundreds of hours since becoming a volunteer in 2001 to helping the museum.

"Model railroads have a fascination and a charm, and people like them. It's kind of a childhood type of thing; almost everyone had a train set as a kid at Christmas," he said.

"Second, we help people get a sense of the area, and a sense of the history. We're modeling something that doesn't exist anymore, and we hope they enjoy it for being a model railroad, but we also hope they get a sense of place and time out of it."

E-mail Connor Adams Sheets at csheets@gazette.net.

For information about the Brunswick Railroad Museum, to make a donation or to inquire about volunteer opportunities, call 301-834-7100 or visit www.brrm.net.






by Connor Adams Sheets | Staff Writer at http://www.gazette.net

Museum Exibits

It is housed in a 100-year-old, 3-story brick building, with the second floor composed of historic exhibits, and the whole third floor an HO scale model railroad layout depicting the B&O Railroad's Metropolitan line (the MET) from Washington, DC to Brunswick, Maryland, in the late 1950s, as well as showing the Brunswick classification yards, which at one time were about 8 miles (13 km) long.

Miniatur Wunderland

Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany!

wow..i'm really amaze looking at this corporate video by Miniatur Wunderland. Its the place for the biggest world of Miniature, train, buses, people, police cars, animals, ships, urban lighting night and day.

I'm overwhelmed by the corporate video of miniatur-world. Since the launch as mention in the video, Miniatur-World has received more than 5,000,000 visitors.. ok.. enough rambling take a look yourself watch the corporate video.



link to site : http://www.miniature-wunderland.com

Rail transport modelling as what wiki says..

Model railroading (US) or Railway modelling (UK, Australia and Canada) is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale, or ratio. The scale models include locomotives, rolling stock, streetcars, tracks, signalling, and roads, buildings, vehicles, model figures, lights, and features such as streams, hills and canyons.

The earliest model railways are the 'carpet railways' in the 1840s. Electric trains appeared around the turn of the 20th century. But these were crude likenesses. Model trains today are more realistic. Today modellers create model railway / railroad layouts, often recreating real locations and periods in history.

General description
Involvement ranges from possession of a train set to spending hours and large sums on a large and exacting model of a railroad and the scenery through which it passes, called a "layout". Hobbyists, called "model railroaders" or "railway modellers", may maintain models large enough to ride (see Live steam, Ridable miniature railway and Backyard railroad). Modellers may collect model trains, building a landscape for the trains to pass through, or operate their own railroad in miniature.

Some older scale models reach high prices.[1]

Layouts vary from a circle or oval of track to the realistic, real places are modelled to scale. One of the largest is in the Pendon Museum in Oxfordshire, UK, where an EM gauge (same 1:76.2 scale as 00 but with more accurate track gauge) model of the Vale of White Horse in the 1930s is under construction. The museum also houses one of the earliest scenic models - the Madder Valley layout built by John Ahern. This was built in the late 1930s to late 1950s and brought in realistic modelling, receiving coverage on both sides of the Atlantic in the magazines Model Railway News and Model Railroader. Bekonscot in Buckinghamshire is the oldest model village and includes a model railway, dating from the 1930s. The world's largest model railroad in H0 scale is Northlandz in Flemington, NJ, United States. The largest live steam layout, with 25 miles (40 km) of track is Train Mountain in Chiloquin, Oregon, U.S..

Model railroad clubs exist where enthusiasts meet. Clubs display models for the public. One specialist branch concentrates on larger scales and gauges, commonly using track gauges from 3.5 to 7.5 inches. Models in these scales are usually hand-built and powered by live steam, or diesel-hydraulic, and the engines are often powerful enough to haul dozens of human passengers. Often railways of this size are called miniature railways. List of model railroad clubs.

The Tech Model Railroad Club (TMRC) at MIT in the 1950s pioneered automatic control of track-switching by using telephone relays.

The oldest society is The Model Railway Club (established 1910), near Kings Cross, London, UK. As well as building model railways, it has 5,000 books and periodicals. Similarly, The Historical Model Railway Society at Butterley, near Ripley, Derbyshire specialises in historical matters and has archives available to members and non-members.

Welcome to All About Model Train at blogspot.com!

Welcome to All About Model Train at blogspot.com!

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