Model Building
134 sites
http://people.delphiforums.com/ayusko/rail.html
Alex A. Yusko's railroad page is a comprehensive directory of model railroad clubs in the New York metro area, featuring club contact info, layout details, and links to resources for hobbyists ranging from beginners to advanced builders. Originally created in 1997, the site also covers real railroad history, steel industry links, and includes photos from the Queens County Model Railroad Association and Empire Valley Railroad.
https://hals.org/
The Houston Area Live Steamers (HALS) is a Texas-based 501(c)(3) club dedicated to live steam modeling, with a focus on rideable-scale model trains operating out of Zube Park. Visitors can find ride schedules, membership information, photos of steamers, electrics, and diesels, plus club history dating back to 1991.
http://paulsbods.blogspot.com/
Paul's Bods is a dedicated blog chronicling the painting and review of 1/72nd scale plastic miniature figures, covering historical, medieval, and fantasy subjects with impressive detail and frequency. With over a thousand images and years of archived posts, it offers a rich resource for miniature enthusiasts interested in small-scale figure sets from manufacturers like Alliance.
http://eastpenn.org/
The East Penn Traction Club is the largest modular trolley modeling group in the USA, based in Philadelphia and dedicated to both the history and hobby of streetcars, interurbans, light rail, and electric transit railroading. The site offers club membership info, event listings, module standards, a photo and video gallery, classified ads, and links to manufacturers and museums.
https://gardentrains.org/
The Garden Trains Association welcomes hobbyists into the world of garden railroading, where large-scale model trains run through outdoor garden layouts. The site offers beginner guides, a free PDF brochure, a starter video, hobbyist photos of G-scale layouts, and answers to frequently asked questions about this century-old outdoor hobby.
http://snnt.org/
The Southern Nevada N-Trakers (SNNT) is a Clark County, Nevada club dedicated to N-TRAK, oNeTRAK, and T-TRAK modular N-scale model railroading, founded in November 1997. The site includes information about club meetings, events, membership, photos, videos, and member resources for this active NMRA-affiliated group.
http://psmre.org/
The Puget Sound Model Railroad Engineers (PSMRE) is a club based in the Pacific Northwest dedicated to model railroading, with a public exhibit visitors can tour at listed hours. The site offers information on joining the club, railroad history and its regional impact, plus photos and videos from events and distinguished guests.
https://ewhurstgreen.com/
Cailean Watts documents the construction of Ewhurst Green, a 4mm finescale OO gauge model railway inspired by a planned-but-never-built Surrey branch line on British Rail's Southern Region. The site is remarkably detailed, covering layout concept, station operations, passenger and freight traffic, headcodes, rolling stock, and period-accurate scenery across many illustrated sections.
https://foxvalleydivision.org/fvd2016/clubs.v2.html
The Fox Valley Division's directory of local model railroad clubs in the Chicagoland area, listing contact information, open house times, and links for dozens of clubs ranging from N-scale to garden railways. Part of the NMRA's Fox Valley Division, this resource helps modelers find communities where they can collaborate on large layouts and learn from fellow enthusiasts.
http://twsmrc.com/
The Tidewater Southern Model Railroad Club is a club based in the Tidewater region that models the early railroads of California's Central Valley using HO and N gauge layouts powered by Digital Command Control. Members run their own locomotives and rolling stock spanning the 1950s through modern era, with both steam and diesel appearing at meets on layouts that have been evolving for over 30 years.