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Resources

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There are thousands of railroad related websites. This page is not intended to be a comprehensive list,
but a small sampling of resources and with emphasis on Wisconsin resources.
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Local Railroad Clubs

West Wisconsin Railroad Club

Chippewa Valley Railroad Association

Regional Model Railroad Clubs

Barron County Model Railroad Club

Central Wisconsin Model Railroaders
Stevens Point, WI

Hub City Central Model Railroad Club
Marshfield, WI

La Crosse and 3 Rivers Railroad Club
La Crosse, WI

West Central Model Railroad Club
Sparta, WI

Kenosha Garden Railway Society
Kenosha, WI

Wisconsin Garden Railway Society
Madison, WI

Local Hobby Shop

Model Train Classics, LLC
306 S. Barstow St
Eau Claire, WI 54701
715-838-8858

Regional Hobby Shops

Minnesota

Scale Model Supplies
458 N Lexingtion Parkway
St Paul, MN
651-646-7781
(3 blocks north of I-94)

Perry's Hobbies
114 Vernon Ave
Morgan, MN
Orders: 800-433-1264
Fax: 507-249-3244

Wisconsin

The Hobby Connection
503 S. Grand Avenue
Rothschild, WI 54474-1811
715-355-4100

EngineHouse Services
2737 N Packerland Drive
Green Bay WI 54303
920-490-4839

Mark’s Model Railservices
2007 Lake Aire Dr.
Sheboygan, WI 53081-8828
920-451-9691

Local Train Shows

See list on home page

Regional Train Shows

See list on home page

Other Train Shows

Model Trains Shows and Clubs

Model Railroading

Organizations

National Model Railroad Association
World's Greatest Hobby

Magazines

Garden Railways - print magazine
Model Railroader - print magazine
Railroad Model Craftsman - print magazine
Railroad Model Craftsman - print magazine
Model Railroad Hobbiest - free, digital only

Model Train Displays and Museums

The Toy Train Barn - Argyle, WI
(50 mi south west of Madison, WI)
EnterTrainment Junction - Cincinatti, OH

Directories, Search, and News

ModelRailroads.net - A directory
America by Rail - Model Train Search Engine
Rail Serve - Railroading News

Miscellaneous Useful Information

Standard Dimensions in Many Scales
HO Scale Train Dimensions

Manufacturers
Trains and Accessories

An alphabetical sampler

Athearn
Atlas
Bachmann Trains
Broadway Limited Imports
Cannon & and Company - Diesel Detail Components
CTI Electronics
Con-Cor Trains
Crest Electronics
Digitrax
Evergreen Scale Models
Fox Valley Models
Grandt Line Products
Hornby
InterMountain Railway Company
JAM Creations / Solutions - Track Cleaners, etc
KATO
LGB
Lionel Trains
Marklin
Midwest Products
MTH Trains
NCE Corp.
NJ International, Inc - Signals
Overland Models
Piko
Polk's GeneratioNext
Q
Rivarossi
Scenic Express
SoundTraxx
Trix
USA Trains
V
Walthers
Woodland Scenics
X
Yukon Crossing (405-590-4631)
Z-Stuff for Trains - Signals, etc.

Prototype Railroading

Books on Wisconsin Railroads

The Mondovi Line - Arlyn Colby
The Blueberry Line - Arlyn Colby
The Railroads of Wisconsin, 1827-1937 - James P. Kaysen
Steam and Cinders: The Advent of Railroads in Wisconsin - Axel Lorenzsonn
Wisconsin Central Railroad Success Story - Dobnick and Glischinski
The Stanley, Merrill and Phillips Railway - Paul Nagel
Best Rail Trails: Wisconsin - Phil Van Valkenberg

North American Class 1 Railroads

Amtrak
Via Rail
BNSF Railway
Canadian National Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
CSX Transportation
Norfolk Southern Railway
Union Pacific Railroad
Kasnas City Southern Railway
Ferromex
Kansas City Southern de México
Reference: Wikipedia Class I Railroad

Employees' Unions

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen

Excursion Railroads

Camp 5 Museum
Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad
Mid-Continent Railway Museum
North Shore Scenic Railroad
Osceola & St. Croix Valley Railway
Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad

Historical Societies

Chicago & North Western Historical Society
Green Bay and Western Historical Society
Milwaukee Road Historical Association
Soo Line Technical and Historical Society
Union Pacific Historical Society
Canadian National Railways Historical Society
Canadian Pacific Historical Association

Miscellaneous Sources

State of Wisconsin: Office of the Commissioner of Railroads
Forward Wisconsin: Wisconsin's Railroads
Abandoned Railroads of Wisconsin
Central Wisconsin Railroad History
Stanley, Merrill, and Phillips Railway
Wisconsin Logging Railroads
Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of Wisconsin
Development of the Railroads - Wisconsin Historical Society
Railroad Picture Archives
Rail Pictures . Net
Rail Serve--guide to 17000 rail related websites
Railway Technical Web Pages
Steam Locomotives

Museums

Camp 5 Museum - Laona, WI
Colfax Railroad Museum - Colfax, WI
Mid-Continent Railway Museum - North Freedom, WI
National Railroad Museum - Green Bay, WI
Lake Superior Railroad Museum - Duluth, MN
Minnesota Transportation Museum - St Paul, MN
Twin City Model Railroad Museum - St Paul, MN
Illinois Railway Museum - Union, Il
UP Golden Spike Tower - North Platte, NE

Railroads Currently Serving Wisconsin

BNSF Railway
Canadian National Railway
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
Wisconsin and Southern Railroad

Railroads that Formerly Served Wisconsin

Chicago and Northwestern
Green Bay and Western Railroad
Milwaukee Road
Soo Line