Applicable Links
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Historical Links:
Model Railroading Links:
- The first one is easy - it's a link I use often to the Conrail Cyclopedia, a really good resource on locomotives, rolling stock, etc. - http://crcyc.railfan.net/
- There's another good one for Conrail - their historical society's photo archive - http://conrailphotos.thecrhs.org/
- And something really good (a three part series) about much older railroad operations in the gorge https://culturedcarboncounty.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-rails-of-penn-haven-sorrow-death.html
- Here's the 3rd installment that focuses on the Mud Run Disaster in 1888 when 64 people died in a collision -https://culturedcarboncounty.blogspot.com/2014/05/mud-run-train-disaster-name-of-terror.html
- Photos from a Conrail train running through the gorge in 1980 - http://www.railfanreading.com/FallenFlags/Conrail_Gorge.htm
- A great article on the Delaware and Hudson taking over Mercury and Apollo trains in 1976 - "The Big Little D&H" http://ctr.trains.com/~/media/files/pdf/big-little-dh.pdf
- The history of the amazing Trailer Train Company - builders of intermodal freight cars (many of which I run on my layout) https://www.ttx.com/about/our-history/
- The history of the oldest transportation company in the U.S. - the Delaware and Hudson https://bridge-line.org/
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I will be adding more as I go....
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- Another no-brainer - Model Railroader Magazine - https://mrr.trains.com/
- The impetus for starting my own website! - https://newyorkcentrallayout.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-one-and-only.html
- A great documentary on Northlandz, proclaimed to be the world's largest model railroad and the work of one man - inspiration for all of us (even though I have problems with his presentation) ​https://vimeo.com/166403522, and a VERY good article on the creation at https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2158
- Clever Models - terrific paper-based and affordable structure models that you print out on your home printer, cut and assemble: http://clevermodels.squarespace.com/
- An excellent website on a fellow Rainbow Years layout - JLandT Railroad - https://JLandTrailroad.blogspot.com
- A great community for model railroading and railfanning that I'm pleased to be a new member of: https://bigbluetrains.com
- Great ideas here for modeling LV - http://www.anthraciterailroads.org/lvrr/modeling-the-lvrr/
- The Model Railroader Article on "The Almost Flat Hill" (January 1996 by Bill Henderson)
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