The BRMNA Useful Links Page

(Last updated August 15th, 2020)

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UK interests - modelling

A model railway site finder
Pendon Museum site, a real gem.
The GC and CD Railway, based on the LNER and BR(ER).
UK tram modelling information and links.
London Underground Tube train modelling
An extensive GWR modelling site
An interesting p87 site
Tri-ang site.
Diecast Bus and Coach Enthusiast
Railway freight operations, all the modeller wants to know and more.
Reviews of Bachmann, Hornby and Heljan models

UK interests - modelling hints and tips

The 4mm (P4) Model Builder's Guide
Model Railways On Line source of prototype information, modelling articles, hints and tips, electrical and DCC articles, current and historical photographs
Toning muscle wire.
Painting figures, the way to achieve the professional look.
The content is North American HO and N but there are many articles on scenery, buildings, etc., that are applicable to all scales and countries with many tutorial videos embedded and free downloads.
Beginners Guide to Model Railway Goods Services.
Model Brickpaper - interactive selection and download

UK interests - manufacturers

Suppliers in North America who are BRMNA members.
THE UK Model Shop Directory, the LARGEST resource for British Outline Model Railway enthusiasts. It provides the names, addresses, URL's and e-mail addresses of hundreds of shops and suppliers of British outline equipment throughout the UK.
4mm suppliers, a regularly updated and extensive list.
51L models
53A Models
ACE trains, manufacturers of O Gauge tinplate 3-rail trains of English (and some French) liveries.
Bachmann
Bill Bedford site, custom etchings etc.
Brassmasters site, excellent 4mm and 7mm etched brass components.
British railway scene, limited-edition prints etc available.
C&L Finescale, track components
Cambrian plastic kits and accessories for 4mm and 16mm.
Cambridge transfers
Card models by Tony - free card models.
Ceynix Railway Trees - Trees with Personalitree!
Cherry and Precision model paints.
Comet Models, loco & coach kits for 1920 to 1960 period, Romford wheels, Mashima motors.
CooperCraft and Mailcoach plastic kits for 4mm and 7mm
Dapol
DC Kits , home of the happy DMU!
Dragon Models etched brass kits for locomotives, coaches and wagons plus transfers and pre-printed POW sides.
Fine scale brass - an upscale line for O scale modelers with more details and better authenticity
Martin Finney, Chris Wesson web site.
Fox Transfers
Gaugemaster controllers etc.
Alan Gibson, 2mm, 3mm, 4mm, 7mm locomotives, coaches, wagons parts etc
Hornby
Isinglass provides detailed scale drawings of LNER locos, coaches and vans, currently in 4mm, 7mm, 10mm and 1/32 scales.
Linka World moulds for buildings
London Road Models, 4mm locomotives, coaches and components.
Malcolm Mitchell.
Model Signal Engineering
Murphy Models, Dublin commissions manufacturers to produce OO scale models of Irish locos and carriages.
PECO.
Penfro Models specialises in making model houses, shops, railway buildings, figures, accessories and train wagons for Gauge 3, G scale and Gauge 1.
Pennine Wagons, limited edition N scale wagons
Progress Products offers a range of rolling stock for 0-gauge in the 'tinplate' idiom and a range of replica couplings for Hornby and others.
Slaters Plastikard Ltd web site, one of Britains leading manufacturers of O Gauge, 4mm Scale & Gauge 1 accessories.
Southern Pride, 4mm coach kits
Spark Fun - a source of, among other things, conductive paint.
Springside Models
Steamline a UK model builder in O Gauge.
Superquick buildings
Ultrascale.
Wessex Wagons, commissions of limited edition wagons for south and south west England.
York Modelmaking, large range of laser cut building kits and components in a variety of scales, and bespoke laser-cutting work.

UK interests - books and magazines

UK prototype railway magazines - information about all known examples.
Abe Books , a source of second hand books.
Ian Allan and other books.
Blackwells Bookstore an excellent source.
Bookfinder ,another second hand book source.
Martin Bott Bookdealers Ltd, buy & sell secondhand and antiquarian railway books (and related transport subjects)
Branchstow, a specialist railway bookseller with a particular emphasis on quality titles produced by small independent publishers.
Bill Hudson Books.
C.Robert Craig Memorial Library a good source of second hand books
Railpub for back issues of rail publications and rail books.
Second hand books , a good source.
UK model railway magazines - information about all known examples.
Trains on line on-line magazine.

UK interests - prototype

RailUK
UK railways on the net
A railway photographers guide to good locations to take photos.
British Steam Locomotives
Great Westernery, all you could wish for!
Great Little Trains of Wales - links to all the Welsh narrow gauge sites
BR logos site.
The signal box signalling practice.
The crowsnest British Railway Guide.
Channel Tunnel Rail Link Photographic Project is a unique and independent record of the construction of the entire railway from green field site to first train.
Rail travel information and much more
Railwayana events diary for collectors
A variety of UK prototype pages
Everything that you want to know about British railways
Eurostar information

UK interests - clubs and historical

Specialist organisations - information about all known examples.
Other BRMNA and related organisations - information about all known examples.
The National Railway Museum historical information.
The National Archives which holds records, drawings and photographs of railway companies.
The Institute of Mechanical Engineers Library which holds more records, drawings and photographs of railway companies.
Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon
The Historical Model Railway Society site shows the information, photographs and drawings in the HMRS collections.
UK Heritage Railway pages and other links.
The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland.
Railway Researchers will find this useful.
The Model Railway Club , the oldest in the world, (established in 1910). They have their own building in London, not far from Kings Cross station. Visitors to London are very welcome to drop in on a Thursday evening.
Central London Area Group (Scalefour Society).
A mailing list service for those modelling British railways.
Garratts: listings of all the surviving Garratts, pictures of a number of them used worldwide etc.
London's Transport Museum

European interests

European Train Enthusiasts (ETE).
The European Railway Server
Lots of trains, some English pages, some German pages, best with a high speed connection.

North American interests

National Model Railroad Association (NMRA)
Model Railroader magazine
Ottawa Valley Associated Railroaders (OVAR) web site.
C.Robert Craig Memorial Library a good research reference site and source of photographs
Trains America, RR heritage

World wide interests

Canada's National Railway Museum and Canadian Railroad Historical Association.
Links to world wide model railway clubs.
Yahoo Railway directory for interests world-wide.
RAILSERVE web site each of which have world wide references including Britain and North America.
Bermuda Railway Pages, the story of the 22-mile-long British-built railway
The Australian Model Railway Association Incorporated website.
Transportation History: The Trolley, Tram and Streetcar.

Layout design, tools, electronics and miscellaneous

Cadrail, by Sandia, downloadable sample programme.
Right Track , by Atlas, downloadable sample programme
XTrkCAD by Sillub, downloadable sample programme which contains object libraries for P4 and Hornby-Dublo 3 rail as well as the popular ones like Peco. Sillub no longer maintains the product
Templot track and turnout template plotting software
Model Electronic Railway Group (MERG)
Trainflow, an international, but British-flavoured, system for traffic generation, freight forwarding, passenger timetabling and so forth.
Recorded sounds of various BR, GWR, SR, LMS and LNER locomotives.
Steamsounds.
Steam Locomotive Simulator, drive a steam locomotive.
Train spotting simulator, view and play with tongue firmly in cheek!
Prints of British locomotives
BBC Archives of railway movie clips
MRTT (Model Railway TimeTable), a computer program designed for use at exhibitions to keep the public informed.
An all-scales informational guide about how to build a model railroad.

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