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A - O gauge Train Clubs

B-Manufactures

C-Dealers

D-National Clubs

E-Other Local Clubs

F-Prototype Museums

G-Stories and News Feeds

H-Publications

I-Local Attractions

J-Other Helpful Links

K-Train Repair Parts

L-Model Train Electronics

M-Area Shows

N-Historical Groups

O-Other RR Links

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A-O Gauge Clubs... (Listed First are our Sister Club)

Chicagoland Lionel Railroad Club

Southeastern WI Lionel Railroad Club

St. Louis - Lionel Railroad Club (Dead link http://www.stlouislrrc.org/)

San Francisco - Lionel Railroad Club (Dead link No website)

Central Operating Lines, LTD

North Central O Gaugers (Mundelein IL)

 

B-Manufacturers

AIM Products - Scenery

American Models

Atlas O & Atlas Trainman - - - - Atlas RR (HO, N)

Bachmann Trains USA

Brennan's Scenery

Gargraves - Track & Turnout manufacture for O (3 rail & 2 rail), Standard, S, OO, G

Hornby - England - HO Trains

JL Innovative - buildings

K-Line MDK legacy 1999 - Dec 2006 (Prior to Lionel)

K-Line by Lionel 2007 - current

Lionel 2000 - current

Mike's Train House or Mike's Train House/Railking

Micro Mark Tools

Micro Scale - Decals

Miller Engineering - Lighting, Signs

MNP -Track Cleaning cars, Smoke Units, Smoke Fluid Pumps

MRC Model Rectifier Corp - Transfomers, model kits, DCC, Scenery

RailRax - Display shelf system

Ross custom switches

RR Track - Layout Design Software

Rusty Stumps - Kits/Scenery

T-Reproductions

Third Rail - div of Sunset Models

Walthers - Milwaukee Based RR Distributor & Manufacture

Weaver

Williams Trains by Bachmann or Williams Trains

Woodland Scenics

Z-Stuff - Electronics

 

C-Dealers

Sommerfeld's Trains & Hobbies

Greenfield News and Hobby

Tom's Southside Trains (former Jerry's Bayview Hobby)

Madison Hobby Stop

Jetco's Hiawatha Hobbies

John's Hobbies

 

RT and C Trains - Thomas Wooden & HO trains - Waukesha

 

D - National Clubs/Orginizations

Lionel Collectors Club of America (LCCA)

Lionel Operating Train Society (LOTS)

Toy Train Operating Society (TTOS)

Train Collector's Association (TCA)

Plasticville Collectors Assn

Lionel Railroader Club (LRRC) - Lionel's corp club (came after We in Milwaukee were formed)

 

WISE Div (NMRA) (Milwaukee area Division of NMRA)

TRAINFEST® Sponsored by WISE Div

MidWest Region (NMRA)

NMRA (National Model Railroad Association)

Amtrak

Operation Lifesaver

National Retail Hobby Stores Assn

National Hobby Manufactures Assn (HMA) puts on iHobbyExpo and co-sponsors TrainFest

 

E-Other Local Clubs

O Gauge Club - Milwaukee Model Railroad Club - MUT "Milwaukee Union Terminal" - Wisconsin's Oldest Club

Badgerland S Gaugers

Cedar Creek Central Railroad Club (HO club in Jackson WI)

Kenosha Garden Railroad Society

Kettle Morine Ballast Scorchers (HO & N scale club in West Bend)

Little WISE Guys and Gals

Metro Model Railroad Club of Port Washington (Metro HO Club at Port Washington) or Metro

Milwaukee Light Engineering Society (Live Steam club in Jackson)

Milwaukee "N" Southeastern (N scalers in Cudahy)

MSOE SOME club (HO Club at MSOE School)

North American Prototype Modelers (HO Club at South Gate 27th & Morgan)

Tri-County Model Railroad Club (HO in Union Grove WI)

Waukesha County Gandy Dancers (HO & N Scale Club in Waukesha)

Wisconsin Garden Railway Society (G Scalers of Wisconsin)

WIZ Kidz (Wisconsin & Illinois Z Kidz)

Bits N Pieces

Cream City Traction

Great Lakes Central

Milwaukee Area N-Trak Dead link

 

F-Prototype Museum

East Troy Trolley Museum

Illinois Railroad Museum IRM

Kenosha Transit Electric Streetcar Museum or North American Vintage Trolley Systems Kenosha

Mid-Continent Railway Museum (Dells)

National Railroad Museum (Green Bay)

SOO 1003 Steam Loco at Wisconsin Auto Museum - Hartford

 

G-Stories / News Feeds

The Story / Lionel "Super-0" Track

O Gaugewatch.com/ O Gauge News

Toy Train Exchange

Train99.com prewar lionel info

 

H-Publications

Cartsen's Publications - RMC, Railfan&Railroad, Books

Classic Toy Trains

Kalmbach Corp - Publications

Trains.com - Kalmbach book - CTT, MR, Classic Trains, Trains, Garden Railway

Model Railroad News - Online

OGR - O Gauge Railroading Magazine

Project Roar Publishing - Lionel archives

Railroad Model Craftsman

Rons Railroad Books

TM Books and Videos

Toy Train Revue On-line

 

I-Local RR attractions/Local info

Milwaukee's Railfan Schedule Board (Local schedule board of events/news by Joe R.) (Has a link to a lot of clubs/private layouts)

Milwaukee Area Railfan Guide - Google Map

Visit Milwaukee

Kenosha Convention and Visitors Bureau

Washington Convention and Visitors Bureau

Ozaukee County Tourism

Racine Convention and Visitors Bureau or Racine City

Walworth County Tourism

Waukesha Convention and Visitors Bureau

Summerfest

Milwaukee CVB

Wisconsin State Fair

Mitchell Park Domes or Milwaukee County Parks or Friends of Mitchell Domes

Boerner Botanical Gardens - Friends of

Milwaukee Area Sites www.mpl.org dead link

 

J-Other helpful links

Trainweb-Central Operating Lines - Links

WISE Div - NMRA- Links

Chicago Lionel RR Club - Links

NMRA Directory of World Wide Rail Sites (Dead link http://www.rrhistorical.com/nmra/nmralink.html)

Kettle Morine Ballast Scorcher - Links

RailServe.com Links

Spike Sys - Lionel info - The Irvington, Hillside and Mount Clemens Railroad

Mountain Trains.com

Rail Modeling.com

Toy Train.com - Links

TT scale info

Thor Trains Links

TrainFinder.com

Carnut Train Links

Model Trains Yard - list of ebay sales

 

K-Train Repair Parts

North Lima TrainWorks - OH

Hobby Surplus Repair Parts - AF & Lionel - MA

George Tebolt Train Parts - NY

Brasseur Electric Trains aka Train Doctor - Saginaw MI

Dr Tinker Train Repair & Parts & Info - MA

East Coast Train Parts - NJ

Frenchs Trains - MD

The Train Tender - NY

Marx Train Parts - Robert Grossman - OH

Stan Olsen's Toy Train Parts - OH

Dan Olson Hobbies - WA - AF parts

Port Lines Hobby Supplies - ME Direct link to AF Parts

Town and Country Hobbies - NJ

Toy Train Parts - by Train Exchange - KY

All Aboard Train Shoppe - NJ

Stan Orr Train Parts - NY

J&K Trains & Parts - NY

My Train Parts USA - AZ

Triple S Supplies - PA Flyer Parts

Seuthe Smoke units info - Germany

Train Reference Books & Parts - MD

Smittys Toy Train Parts - KY

JLM Trains Reproductions and Restorations

Zaborski Train Restoration - NY

JW Trains - Repair info

Lionel Manuals - Train Repair CDs

eHow - how to repair old Toy Trains

Toy Train Tools - Toy Train Restoration Products

 

L-Model Train Electronics

Coil Coupler TMCC info

TMCC Schematics

Electric RR - TMCC upgrades

Digital Dynamics - TMCC Upgrades

Lionel TMCC Factory programming codes or Lionel TMCC Factory programming codes1

TMCC & S Gauge

Goldin Hands - TMCC Conversions, cradles

Legacy (TMCC-2) FAQs or Legacy (TMCC-2) packaging

Model Railroad Circuits that you can build

All Electronics - Electronic Supplier

Digi-Key - Electronic Supplier

Mouser - Electronic Supplier

Avnet Express - Electronic Supplier

Newark - Electronic Supplier

MPJ Marlin P Jones - Electronic Supplier

Jameco - Electronic Supplier

LocoLinc DCC system

 

M-Area Swap Meets

Swap Meet and train show schedule - schedule from http://www.trainweb.org/bsg/events/events.htm

Tri-City Train Show (aka Tri-County Swap Meet) - First Sunday -Oct - March (Roma Lodge - Racine)

Great Midwest Train Show - Second Sunday - every month except July - Dupage county fair grounds/Weaton IL

Badgerland Swap Meet - Fourth Sunday - Oct - March (Knights of Columbus - Oklahoma Ave)

Wisconsin Train Expo, Super Swap Meet (Serb Hall)

 

M-Area Train Shows

Title Town RR Show - Green Bay

iHobbyExpo - Chicago

WGH - World Greatest Hobby on Tour Train Shows

Great Train Expo - coming July 31-August 1, 2010, to Belleville, IL, Belle-Clair Fairgrounds Park

 

N-Historical Societies

Chicago NorthWestern

Friends of 261 or 261.com

Milwaukee Road Historical Assn

Milwaukee Road Archives at Milwaukee Public Library or MPL

Milwaukee Road - West Historical Society (MILWEST) - Lines west of South Dakota

National Railway Historical Society- Wisconsin Chapter

North Shore Line

SOO Line Historical Society

Union Pacific Historical Society

BNSF Railway

CP Rail

CN Rail

Milwaukee Electric Railway & Transit - publishes "Live Wires"

TMER&L The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co

Wisconsin Electric Railway Historical Society

 

O-Other RR Links

Bruce Friesch - Local Artist

Gil Reid - Local Artist

PBS - Tracks Ahead or PBS - Tracks Ahead Travels

World's Greatest Hobby

Steam Trains and Tractors

Model Train Weathered Network

Rail Dreams - Layout builder

Chris Comport - Model Builder

Whistle meanings

Pudget Sound Model RR Club - Nice history of Milw RD in the history section

Milw History and links by Dredgby

directory of Train Stores & Hobby Shops

Tandem Associates - Lionel, Marx, AF, Plasticville Info

Old Toy Trains - Photos of old Lionel classics

 

Wisconsin Railroad map - 2011 Current map of Wisconsin Railroad Mainlines

RailroadRadio.net - Listen to Railroad Radio Scanner messages

RadioReference.com - Listen to Radio Scanner which has some Railroad messages, search for "Duplainville" to listen to CP & CN traffic or "Rochelle"

GreatLakesLive.com - "Your Online Source For Live Audio & Video Feeds" in Ohio & Michigan

 

Website Links for Photo Charters

Historic Transportation Preservation

Peter Lerro Productions

 

Railroad Information and Photo Websites

Railroad Forums

Mark Hintz 3-um

TrainOrders

Yahoo NewsGroups

261 railfan guides - photos

Wisconsin Rails - Photos

Rail Pictures Net - Photos, Videos, Forum

The Powerton Report - Dead

Railfan Info - Rail Travel news, here is a video they shot of us (LRRC club) Nov 2006

Rail Modeler - Layout Design Software

Model Train Guide

Model Train.com - Mountain ModelCraft - products and how to

TrainFoamers.com - Primarly West Coast forum info

 

LRRC Club's websites

Powerweb.net/train - Lionel Railroad Club Original Website - March 2011

* - Lionel Railroad Club's NEW website- Feb 2011

* - Lionel Railroad Club's NEW website- April 2011

* - Lionel Railroad Club webcam - a - SSC17WEB security B&W (only works on XP)

* - Lionel Railroad Club webcam - b - SSC21WEB Color (only works on XP)

* - Lionel Railroad Club webcam - SMT190-1 Main Layout-Level 1

* - Lionel Railroad Club webcam - SMT-190-2 main Layout-Level 2

* - Lionel Railroad Club webcam - SMT-190-3 main Layout-RoundHouse/yard/grain elevators

* - Lionel Railroad Club webcam - SME-2220 Security cameras

* - Railroad Screen Saver (from lrrail.com Lloyds RegistarRail) download the file, save to desktop, excute file

* - CP Rail Brookfield Juntion webcam - SMT-190-home

* - CP Rail Brookfield Juntion webcam - SME-2220-home

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