A few model railroad links to layouts as well as prototype information.
Burbank Branch Prototype Information
Series of articles about the Burbank (San Fernando) Branch in the 1970s, a gold of mine of information for a modeler like me.
- Southern Pacific in the San Fernando Valley in the early 1970s
- San Fernando Valley Branch, 1973
- San Fernando Valley Branch, 1973 (Part II)
- San Fernando Valley, the epilogue
The Burbank Branch photo album on Flickr, by Terry Guy.
Abandoned Rails website info on the Burbank Branch.
Inspirational Layouts (both US and EU style)
- Joe Fugate’s Siskiyou Line (HO Scale) Reproducing SP in Oregon in the 1980s now dismantled with version 2 in planning phase. Joe is a talented modeler and a great teacher.
- Jack Burgess’ Yosemite Valley Railroad (HO Scale) An accurate reproduction of the Yosemite Valley Railroad set il 1939. Great layout with an amazing historical research behind it.
- Eric Brooman’s Utah Belt (HO Scale) Proto-freelancing Railroad set in modern Northern New Mexico. Awesome scenery!
- Lance Mindheim (HO/N Scale) Incredibly realistic scenery and small switching layouts. Lance owns a layout design company.
- Tony Koester’s Allegheny Midland (HO Scale) Proto-freelanced, focused on realistic operations, great scenery.
- Mario Vason’s Cretaz Railway (N Scale) Incredibly great Italian-style layout (FS) set in the northern Italy Alps, focused on realistic operations, superb scenery.
- Alex Corsico’s FTL Pavia. (N Scale) Freelance northern Italy railroad, point-to-point realistic operations. Alex is a pioneer in freelance modeling in Italy. Currently dismantled. Alex also built a small switching layout, in N scale, US-style (C&NW) set in the 1970s.
- Timothy J. Horton’s Dawson Creek Subdivision (N Scale) British Columbia Railway layout built for realistic operations, set in the late 1970s.
YouTube Channels
- Alex B.B.M. An absolutely stunning YouTube channel of a European layout depicting major stations in Berlin, Germany / Basel, Switzerland / Milano, Italy set in the 1930s.
- BCR Dawson Sub Timothy J. Horton’s Dawson Creek Subdivision. British Columbia Railway layout built for realistic operations, set in the late 1970s.
- Boomer Diorama. Incredible realistic scenery? Check. Great tutorials? Check. Beautiful Western Canada setting? Check. Secondary line vibe? Check. You can’t miss this HO scale channel.
- Model Railroading The Southwest. Superb West USA scenery! HO scale.
- N Scaler 454. Follow along the construction of this nice N scale Canadian National layout.
Useful Information, Tips & Tricks
- DCC Wiki. All you need to know on Digital Command Control.
- Modeling the SP. The most comprehensive source of information about everything Southern Pacific.
- Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society.