I am getting back in to the hobby after a 10 year hiatus. I have been browsing this site for a couple of weeks and finally signed up today. Thanks for the great info.
I would like to join some groups that talk about specific things such as LCC, hand laying track, JMRI panel pro and possibly some others. I don’t do Facebook. Where can I find groups focused on specific aspects of the hobby?
Take your pick & Welcome!
There used to be a Yahoo (IIRC) group which is an email-based ‘chat’. It is now covered under the ‘Groups.io’ listing. I belong to several. You can search specific areas of interest. I engage in a steel mill, steam-era freight car, passenger, New York Central, Pennsylvania, ProtoThrottle, and several others.
You can search here:
https://groups.io/search
You can browse many group conversations without signing up you are just limited in your functionality.
Here’s the JMRI group:
https://groups.io/g/jmriusers/messages
Good Luck, Ed