~ Early Web Links ~

The San Jacinto Model Railroad Club is a Houston-area club welcoming model railroaders of all scales and gauges, with monthly meetings featuring how-to clinics, slide shows, and railroading discussions. The site serves as a hub for members and prospective joiners, featuring the club's monthly 'Derail' newsletter, information on the annual Greater Houston Area Model Train Show, and a Fall Model Railroad Layout Tour.

The NMRA Garden State Division's clubs directory lists member model railroad clubs across New Jersey and Staten Island, including the historic Model Railroad Club founded in 1949 by Paul Mallery. Each entry details the club's history, facilities, meeting times, and scale layouts, making it a useful hub for hobbyists seeking local model railroading communities.

The Rose City Garden Railway Society is a club dedicated to outdoor garden railroading, bringing together enthusiasts of large-scale model trains in the Portland, Oregon area. The site serves as a hub for club members and hobbyists interested in building and running garden railways in outdoor settings.

Valley HO Trak is a Connecticut-based modular HO scale model railroad club whose members each build standardized four-foot modules that connect together for train shows across the region. The site lists upcoming show dates, club news, member layouts, and details on how to join this active hobbyist community.

The Prince William County Model Railroad Crew is a 501(c)(3) club serving Northern Virginia for over 30 years, showcasing transportable NMRA-standard modular layouts at 10-12 public shows annually across the Washington and Baltimore metro areas. The site covers club history, upcoming events at county libraries and train shows, member layouts, module building clinics, and membership information for hobbyists of all experience levels.

ModelRailroadData.com hosts a comprehensive directory of model railroad links, with this section specifically cataloging tinplate and hi-rail clubs from across the United States. Maintained by Bob Harbison, the directory organizes 42 club listings alongside dozens of other subcategories spanning all gauges from Z scale to live steam.

Flag Dude specializes in hand-crafted paper flags for historical miniature wargaming, covering periods from Ancients through the Napoleonic era, American Civil War, and beyond. The site offers flag lists organized by historical period, worksheets for complex orders, show schedules, and pricing for custom flag work done from customer-supplied research.

The Erin Mills Model Railroad Association (EMMRA), based in Mississauga, Ontario, is a club founded in 1980 dedicated to promoting HO-scale and N-scale model railroading through train shows, exhibitions, and social events. The site covers their special interest groups, layout building activities, photo galleries, videos, and FAQs for prospective members.

GermaNTRAK is a German club founded in 2000 dedicated to fans of North American model railroads in N scale, covering NTRAK and T-TRAK modular layouts. The site documents club events, exhibitions across Germany and Europe, and connects hobbyists passionate about American prototype railroading.

ModelWarships.com is a dedicated resource for scale model warship enthusiasts, covering the hobby of building and collecting naval vessel replicas. The site promises a rich world of content for fans of maritime modeling, from construction techniques to ship references.