Recreation & Sports
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http://espee.railfan.net/aar_1989.html
Part of Richard Percy's ESPEE Modelers Archive, this page catalogs all AAR car type codes from the October 1989 Official Railway Equipment Register, covering everything from boxcars to gondolas with detailed classification descriptions. An invaluable reference for Southern Pacific railroad modelers and prototype enthusiasts looking to accurately identify and model freight car types.
https://birdingpal.org/oceaniahyperlink.htm
BirdingPal is a worldwide directory connecting birdwatchers with local birding companions and professional guides, with this page focused on the Oceania region covering countries from Australia to Papua New Guinea. Visitors can browse by country to find a local birding contact or arrange customized birdwatching tours led by knowledgeable guides who know where to spot regional species.
https://people.well.com/user/jnfr/garden/gardenlinks.htm
Jennifer B. Powell's curated garden links page organizes a wide collection of gardening resources, from Colorado-specific guides and garden blogs to personal garden tours and seed suppliers. Visitors will find regional gems like the Colorado Dahlia Society and Denver Botanic Gardens alongside international personal garden pages from Australia and the UK.
https://smidgeo.com/notes/deathmtn
Deathmtn is a casual, frequently updated microblog by a judo practitioner who shares training notes, injury recovery updates, match observations, and scattered links to internet oddities. The mix of judo technique analysis, dry humor, and random cultural commentary gives it a distinctly personal and unpretentious voice.
https://buttonmuseum.org/
The Busy Beaver Button Museum is an online and physical museum in Chicago dedicated to cataloguing over 9,000 pin-back buttons as windows into American cultural history, from political campaigns to advertising and pop culture. With collections browsable by category and decade, special exhibits, and even a Guinness World Record, it is a genuinely fascinating archive for anyone interested in ephemera and material history.
https://blaine-reed-meteorites.blogspot.com/
Blaine Reed, a Colorado-based meteorite dealer, runs this long-running sales catalog blog featuring numbered lists of meteorites available for purchase, including carbonaceous chondrites, pallasites, and iron meteorites. Each post reads like a personal letter to collectors, complete with show schedules, Tucson gem show updates, and detailed specimen descriptions that make it a genuine resource for serious meteorite enthusiasts.
https://sillybeanies.neocities.org/
Jamie's lovingly built personal site dedicated to their Beanie Baby collection, featuring 70 pages of content including individual shrines spotlighting favorite beanies like Bongo and Inch. Complete with custom graphics, a guestbook, adoptable graphics, and a full sitemap, this is a charming deep-dive into Beanie Baby fandom.
http://calzephyr.railfan.net/home.html
The California Zephyr Virtual Museum is a lovingly crafted tribute to the legendary 'Silver Lady' passenger train, maintained by Alan Radecki and John Wilson, covering its history, equipment rosters, timetables, advertising, postcards, memorabilia, and firsthand passenger and crew reflections. With sections on inaugural and final runs, car tours with photos and plans, and coverage of surviving equipment, this is a remarkably thorough archive for railroad enthusiasts and streamliner fans alike.
https://anyrail.com/forum_en/index.php
The official community forum for AnyRail, a popular model railroad track planning software, where hobbyists share layout plans, submit custom structures and scenery files, discuss tips and tricks, and report bugs or feature requests. With nearly 30,000 posts across thousands of topics and over 5,000 members, it is a lively hub for model railroad enthusiasts of all experience levels.
https://airplanesandrockets.com/index.htm
Kirt Blattenberger's lifelong passion for model aviation comes to life through vintage magazine articles, building plans, and how-to tips covering model airplanes, rockets, boats, and more. A treasure trove of scanned classic hobby publications from the 1940s through 1970s alongside modern modeling news and personal projects.