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Railroad Clubs and Organizations

The websites listed here, in alphabetical order, cover a small contingent of railroad clubs and related organizations. If you would like your website listed here please feel free to contact me. If, however, you are interested in perusing through the many references and resources I used to create American-Rails.com please visit this page.

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Railroad Clubs and Organizations

Cinncinnati Railroad Club

The Cincinnati Railroad Club keeps alive the history of the railroads which operated in Cincinnati, particularly those which operated passenger in Cincinnati Union Terminal (CUT); B&O, PRR, NYC, N&W, Southern, L&N, and C&O. For more information about joining the group please visit their website.

HOseeker.net

Hoseeker.net is a reference guide to model railroading specializing in HO scale. As stated from the website's homepage, "You will find within this site many items that may assist you in repairing, identifying and collecting HO Trains. Listed in the "Literature Section" are Assembly Diagrams with Part Numbers for many different HO train engines and rolling stock. This includes Athearn, Atlas, Bowser, Globe, Penn Line, Kato, Model Power, Model Die Casting, Roundhouse, Mantua, Tyco, AHM, Rivarossi, Bachmann,Varney, and many more. Additionally, Catalogs, Brochures and Product Sales Lists for these trains can be referenced here."

Old Plank Road Trail

The OPRT is a recreational trail using a short section of the former Michigan Central Railroad right-of-way near Joliet, Illinois. Visit the trail website for more information about hiking the right-of-way.

Platte Valley & Western Model Railroad Club

Located in the basement of the Denver Union Station, the room the club occupies was used in the 1900s as the historic station's jail has been remodeled to house two HO gauge railroads depicting Rocky Mountain railroading in the 1950s. The Platte Valley & Western Railroad's Rocky Mountain Division (Route of the Flying Buffalo) spans more than 1200 feet of mainline track traveling through eight communities in the Rocky Mountains from the City of Platte to Ogden, Utah. The Central City & San Juan HOn3 Narrow Gauge Railroad serves three Rocky Mountain communities and illustrates the differences between standard gauge and narrow gauge railroading.

Monthly Open Houses are scheduled for the last Friday of every month from 7pm to 9pm. The railroad is also open to visitors every Friday from 7pm to 9pm. Various other activities are scheduled for non-open house Fridays.

Rensselaer Model Railroad Society

The Rensselaer Model Railroad Society is part of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute based in Troy, NY which maintains a model railroad layout prototypically depicting railroad operations are the Troy area from the 1950s era.


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