Some Websites relevant to enthusiasts of, and to those modelling, German railways.
(Links are in alphabetical order.)
NB. If you have any suggestions for other sites, please do
contact me.
Individuals' Websites (Note: All site s are listed in alphabetical order.)
Some spectacular photography, mainly of HO scale stock covering many Epochs, but
including photographs of the Webmaster’s own railway.
Frits has helped a lot by correcting many of my early (and not-so-early) locomotive identification errors. Thank you.
The title says it all. A phenomenal amount of research must have gone into putting together this page.
The rest of the site is well worth a visit as well.
Another brilliant site (it wouldn't be here if it wasn't!). Owner writes, “News, photos, &
timing logs of German steam locos, (mainly pacifics), on Plandampf & Sonderzug. Looks back at high speed & streamlined locos from
Germany & elsewhere. Plandampf from David Sprackland.”
RailFanEurope.Net – Massimo, Luca, Toby, Sven and Marco (in English)
A mix of information about European railways,
including hundreds of pictures of everything that moves(and some things that don't)! Lots of links to other sites.
A highly recommended site which includes excellent articles on
German, and other, rail practice.
as well as a lively
Railway Discussion Forum. Other areas of the site refer to his
Salfords Light Railway and
Gn15 @ WorldRailFans
This was the first site I used for identifying and researching the history of the models I have; I am eternally grateful to John for this.
A mine of information for Z scale enthusiasts. Has lots of photographs.
Forums. German, N scale, Z scale etc. forums of which I am a member.
In alphabetical order.
AnyRail – Scales: All for which track is sold. (in English)
A constantly developing application that supports layout planning using most of the world's makes of track.
Simple to use sophisticated track planning software.
The Central Station – Railway modelling for all Scales and Gauges (in English)
A general list that, sadly, seems only to have of 00, H0, N and 009 scales. Otherwise a good read.
A site dedicated to the Märklin model train hobby &ndash not just a forum but also has articles
addressing many other aspects of Marklin modelling.
Link is for website – the forum is reserved for members only.
Model Rail Forum – International modelling forum with slight British bias (in English)
Model Rail Forum is an English language Model Railway Portal featuring: News, Reviews, Resources and Community Forums.
Railways of Germany Forum – For all those with an interest in the railways of Germany (in English)
Wide ranging forum for those interested in both the prototype and modelling German outline.
A mine of information.
Talking T Gauge – Dedidicated to the World's Smallest Model Railroad Scale (in English)
A forum for those interested in T Gauge (1:450).
N Scale forum – General forum for all mtters N Scale (in English)
Very comprehensive, mainly US but some EU and Aus, site for N scalers.
nScale.net – by nScalers for nScalers (in English)
A great resource for N scale model railroading. Features cover the widest range of subjects of interest to the N scale community.
World Rail Fans Forum – General Forum covering all rail aspects (in English)
All discussions are allowed provided there is some link to railways, no matter how tenuous that might be.
Covers all Z scale makes and both US and German outline in an open forum.
Societies and Clubs
Alte Zeit Gruppe
Founded in 1992, AZG is a focal point for enthusiasts of German railways from 1835 to 1960. Membership is worldwide.
A newsletter, Zeitung, is published quarterly. Website is being created at this time; contact me for more details (top of page).
The GRS welcomes all interests, prototype enthusiasts and modellers irrespective of scale and make of model railway.
It is a national society with local groups who hold meetings in many areas of Britain. A newsletter, Merkur, is published quarterly.
MERG exists to bring together people interested in the application of electronics and/or computers to all aspects of
railway modelling. The Group presents a forum where members suggest and discuss new ideas and improvements on the old.
The Society's aims are to promote N gauge and encourage active participation in N gauge railway modelling.
Membership is worldwide. A newsletter, N Gauge Journal, is published six times per annum.
Z Club 92 (in German or English)
Z Club 92 is a non profit club that was formed to answer the lack of information about the Z Scale Model Railroading.
The Club is open to the Z Scale fans all over the World. The Club provides Z Scale fans with the most up to date and accurate information available.
Z Club (GB) is formed of people who have an interest in Z Gauge and who wish to meet or contact other like-minded people.
All members receive a unique Z Gauge item each year and a quarterly newsletter. Note: As the website has not been updated since about 2000,
I am trying to find out if this club still exists. The site is still worth a visit though.
Other Sites of Interest
Top Train Links – Classified links to other rail websites
A Web directory for model railway fans. Easy to use and, with over 2000 classified links alone, very comprehensive.
Also covers Train News, Train Books, Train Art, Train Auctions, and Toys, Trains and Sets.
Wikipedia – The Free Encyclopaedia (in English)
There is a wealth of material on German Railways (and others, of course).
Thanks to the dedication of one or two enthusiast, there are an increasing number of pages on German railways available in English.
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