Can anyone recommend some good European model railroad web sites or forums?
Thanks!
Euro Rail Hobbies has a links section on there site. There’s links to sites, clubs,layouts, newsletters, etc…
http://www.eurorailhobbies.com/
This guy build his layout decades ago, and is still active!
BAE He was the founder of FREMO, now he builds narrow gauge O scale in his house. A railroad in Harz.
And if you only want to see model pictures, not a layout, here’s a lot of:
25 years FREMO. Scroll down and you will find links to members who had made pictures.
Wolfgang
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Good UK forums, many US modellers there.
http://www.malezeljeznice.net/
Our Croatian rail model portal and forum. But, do not think average member of this forum will understand that much! [swg]
What are your specific interests? As you can imagine European trains are quite diverse, more (or as) diverse perhaps than North American railroads.
You can start with my site at http://www.philobiblon.com/eisenbahn and then click on “links.” I have have links to most of the better European / German model railroad forums as well as some significanct layouts and other resources.
In the US, there’s also the European Train Enthusiasts who specialize in this area as you might guess. We’re a US based organization with members all over the US. In addition to a members listserv, we also publish a quarterly Newsletter. The main organizational pages are at http://www.ete.org.
I hope this helps. Please feel free to contact me if you have more specific questions.
Peter Verheyen
Not any specific interest; just a bit of a desire to poke around and see what else is going on in the world.
Thanks for the feedback.
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http://modelspoor.startpagina.nl/
this is a page filled with links to dutch model railroading, clubs, shops etc.
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a lot of sites in dutch, but the pictures will tell the story as well
I’m glad to see North American model railroaders are beginning to show interest in what those elsewhere are doing. There is much to be gained from doing so. Long before John Allen began to demonstrate his skill in creating evocative landscapes, British modelers were already mastering scenery. Two “landmark” examples in British OO survive at the Pendon Museum in Oxford- shire: Roy England’s Dartmoor Scene (http://www.pendonmuseum.com/dartmoor/index.html) and John Ahren’s Madder Valley (http://www.pendonmuseum.com/maddervalley/index.html).
Lacking North American basements, Europeans have had to learn how to effect such magic on small layouts that could be easily stored out of the way. Brant Hickman’s website on his Rorgyle layout (http://www.freewebs.com/model-rail-uk/planofrorgyle.htm) illustrates a rather typical example of this trend and the style of modeling it produced. Note the linear nature of the layout and relatively uncomplicated track work which allows the landscape to dominate the scene. Usually such layouts are based on a single locale, often an actual branch station or industrial site. And though track work appears simple, it is usually carefully designed to allow realistic operation-with the aid of various tricks like the hidden ‘fiddle yard" or staging track shown here. These layouts are for thoughtful operating, not just viewing. Here are some other truly inspiring examples in 009 narrow gauge and HO standard gauge from different parts of Europe.
John de Frayssinet’s Lynton & Barnstable
http://www.009.cd2.com/index.htm
Fokko Feenstra’s Eexterhalte
These might be of interest
layouts
http://jsmithwright.demonweb.co.uk/index.html
http://www.albulabahn.ch/index.html
http://www.dyserth-road.co.uk/Holland%20Park/index.htm
shops
http://www.howesmodels.co.uk/Railways/viewProducts.php?CatID=21
http://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/
http://www.dragon-gscale.co.uk/
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