Rail transport modelling

Bachmann Branch Line is a brand name of Bachmann Industries used for British outline OO scale model railways. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bachmann Branchline"

A backyard railroad is a privately owned, outdoor railroad, most often in miniature, but large enough for one or several persons to ride on. The rail gauge can be anything from 2-1/2" (63 mm) to 7-1/2" (190 mm) or more. Smaller railroads that you cannot ride on are called garden railroads. ...more on Wikipedia about "Backyard railroad"

Bruce Chubb is an American model railroader. Since the 1940s, he has been creating layouts called the Sunset Valley Lines. The first Sunset Valley was a Lionel tinplate layout on a tabletop. In 1954, he started work on a basement-filling freelance railroad in an ambiguous geographic setting. Set in 1950, the HO scale railroad theoretically interchanged with Frank Ellison's Delta Lines, Whit Towers' Alturas & Lone Pine, and Ned Browne's Durand & Irish Grove. In the 1990s, Chubb built a new Sunset Valley, this one a multi-deck layout set in the Pacific Northwest. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bruce Chubb"

The Carolwood Pacific Railroad was a live steam backyard railroad, built by the American animated film producer and animator, Walt Disney (1901-1966) in the garden of the backyard of his home. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carolwood Pacific Railroad"

Carpet Railways first appeared in the 1840s and became very popular Victorian model railway toys. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carpet Railway"

Digital Command System (DCS) is an electronic control system for O scale 3-rail model trains and toy trains, developed by MTH Electric Trains as a rival to Lionel's Trainmaster Command Control. It is similar in concept to DCC, the open industry standard used by HO scale and other 2-rail direct current trains. ...more on Wikipedia about "Digital Command System"

Electronic Solutions Ulm (known as ESU) is a German manufacturer of accessories for model trains, especially known for their locomotive decoders. ...more on Wikipedia about "Electronic Solutions Ulm"

Frank Ellison ( 1887- 1964) was a famous model railroader. His layout was a free-lance system called the Delta Lines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frank Ellison"

A garden railroad or garden railway is a model railway system set up outdoors in a garden. Most often, it is #1 gauge rail track with a G scale or similar train. LGB first popularised these trains, and others such as Aristo Craft Trains and USA Trains have joined as well. Atlas O also makes weatherproof #0 gauge tracks for O scale, very suitable for smaller gardens and patios. ...more on Wikipedia about "Garden railway"

The Gorre & Daphetid model railroad was a legendary HO scale layout build by John Whitby Allen in Monterey, California. (The name, in case you're wondering, is pronounced "gory & defeated".) ...more on Wikipedia about "Gorre & Daphetid"

High rail (also called "hi-rail" and "hirail") is a phrase used in model railroading in North America, mostly in O scale and S scale. The phrase exists due to the observation that traditional Lionel and American Flyer toy train track sits much higher than finescale track. ...more on Wikipedia about "High rail"

In model railroading, HOn30, also know as HOn2½ or HOe, is simply one way of modelling narrow gauge. To dissecting the name literally, 'HO' refers to HO scale, 'n' refers to narrow gauge and '30' refers to the 30" gauge of the prototypes represented. How this is achieved is explained below. ...more on Wikipedia about "HOn30"

John H. Armstrong ( November 18 1920 - July 28 2004) was a model railroader best known for layout design and operations. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Armstrong (model railroader)"

John Whitby Allen ( July 2, 1913 - January 6, 1973) was an American model railroader who created the famous HO scale Gorre & Daphetid model railroad in Monterey, California and authored numerous magazine articles on the subject starting in the 1940s. Allen was renowned for his skill at scratchbuilding and creating scenery, and he pioneered the technique of weathering his models to make them look old and more realistic. Other techniques Allen promoted were train operation and forced perspective--the use of smaller-than-scale items to make them look distant, and create the illusion of a larger layout. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Whitby Allen"

L gauge is the unofficial term for toy trains built from LEGO®. There are many different sizes within the nomenclature, however the commonly accepted scale is 1:38. ...more on Wikipedia about "L gauge"

Lego Train is a theme in the Lego Group products. The sets include locomotives, tracks, rolling stock, trackside buildings (such as stations, signal houses, etc). ...more on Wikipedia about "Lego train"

Linn Hanson Westcott ( July 13, 1913 - 1980) was an American model railroader, best known as the influential editor of Model Railroader magazine. Born in Los Angeles, California, Westcott attended Carleton College in Minnesota. ...more on Wikipedia about "Linn Westcott"

Live steam is steam under pressure, obtained by heating water in a boiler. The steam is used to operate stationary or moving equipment. See steam engine, steam locomotive, steam roller, stationary engine, steamboat, traction engine. Live steam is also used to produce sound in steam whistles. ...more on Wikipedia about "Live steam"

Märklin Digital was the first digital model railway control system. It consisted of a full system including locomotove decoders (based on a Motorola chip), central control, a computer interface, turnout decoders, digital relays and s88 feedback modules ...more on Wikipedia about "Märklin Digital"

Miniature railways are ground-level, large scale model railroads (railways) that haul passengers and use locomotives that are models of full sized railway locomotives, powered by diesel or gasoline engines, live steam engines or electric motors. ...more on Wikipedia about "Miniature Railways"

MOROP is a European federation of national model railway associations, based in Berne, Switzerland. It was founded in 1954, primarily to establish standards for the production of model railway equipment so that products from different manufacturers could be used together. These standards are published as | ...more on Wikipedia about "MOROP"

The National Model Railroad Association, or NMRA, is a non-profit organization for those involved in the hobby or business of model railroading. It was founded in the United States in 1935, and is now active in Canada, Australia, Great Britain, and the Netherlands. It was previously headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is now based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Model Railroad Association"

Nordsjællands Veterantog (NSJV) was founded as Helsingør Jernbaneklub in 1958 as a model railway club in Helsingør, Denmark. The club had its ups and downs in the early years, but the big turning point was when it was decided to try and work with scale 1:1. In 1968, the first service was operated and soon the club had turned into a heritage railway rather than a model railway club. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nordsjællands Veterantog"

Normen Europäischer Modelleisenbahnen (NEM) are standards for rail transport modelling valid for constructing models of European railways, issued by the MOROP (European union of model railway and railway friends). ...more on Wikipedia about "Normen Europäischer Modelleisenbahnen"

NTrak is one of several model railroad module standards. It is currently the most popular standard for use in N scale. NTrak allows a modeller to participate in a large layout but only invest a small amount of space at their own home. They can interchange their module with any club or group that follows NTrak standards. Example module ...more on Wikipedia about "NTrak" Don't hesitate to contact stuff on shortopedia shortopedia

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