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Some
Links to our favourite sites
Lark
Spur Line
One
of the best train stores anywhere, and it is only about 1 hour and
20 minutes from Kingston. There is lots of stock and many interesting used
items for estate purchases. They order once a week on Sundays and
usually have the product Friday afternoon.
TLA
Custom Models
The
local Lenz DCC dealer and the North American warranty repair centre for
Lenz and it's located in Kingston! The owner, John Licharson, is a gifted custom
modeller, a member of our club and often has many useful tools in stock.
Kington
Division of the Candian Railway Historical Association
An
active club in Kingston that works on preserving Kingston's rich railway
history. They also host the annual Rail o Rama train show in March
of every year.
National
Model Railroad Association
An
international association that provides a wealth of resources to model
railroaders that includes standards for manufacturers, award program for
modellers and some great conventions and shows. Kingston is in
the Niagara
Frontier Region and
is in the
St. Lawrence Division.
A number of our members
are members of the NMRA.
Intercolonial Railway: New Glasgow and Pictou Landing Branch Layout
One
of our member's
layouts that is currently being completely redesigned and rebuilt now that
he has moved to Kingston. Check out the site for updates on the progress.
This is also the site our club page is currently hosted on.
Greg
Latiak's Bay of Quinte Railway Blog
One
of our members has been blogging about his model railroad. It is
locally based on the line that ran from Deseronto north and
northeast. His railroad includes the CN Napanee viaduct. The
blog has updates on building, wiring and scenery. He did a
presentation on his layout to our July meeting. Here
are some pictures from his presentation
Mike
Hamer's Boston and Main Blog
Mike
Hamer's Boston and Maine Layout in Ottawa was featured in an annual issue
of Model Railroader's "Great Model Railroads" a few years ago
and it is a gem. Our club is going to visit Mike's layout in
September and Mike is going to teach us how to make trees and shrubs for
our layout. Check out the blog and join the conversation with
Mike.
Michel
Boucher's Delaware and Hudson Layout
An
excellent layout in Alymer, Quebec. Two
Monday evenings a month, Michel opens his layout to a small group of
operators and runs some really challenging operating sessions. This
layout has been featured twice in Railroad Model Craftsman
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