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Updated: 12-OCT-2007

Modular Railroading Organizations and Resources
	Bend Track		A system that gets more mileage out of the same footprint used by N-Trak by using trackwork with a "twist."
	Free-mo		A popular alternative HO modular system designed to closely emulate prototypical operation.
	HOmodules Yahoo!Group		An e-mail list for HO module enthusiasts.
	National Association of S Gaugers		A national organization for S gaugers, both scale and hi-rail, which has developed the S-MOD modular standards.
	NTRAK		The original N scale modular system.
	oNeTRAK		An NTRAK compatible single-track N scale system designed for prototypical operation.
Other Model Railroad Clubs and Organization Web Sites in Michigan and Northwestern Ohio
	Ann Arbor Model Railroad Club		The Ann Arbor Model Railroad Club is Ann Arbor's original model railroad club, dating back to 1946. "Our neighbor across town," the AAMRC is contructing a large HO scale layout in the former Michigan Central depot in Dexter. They stage Michigan's largest and best model railroad show every February, with this year's being a two-day show at Saline Area High School.
	Blissfield Model RR Club		A talented group building an extremely large HO layout in a former mill building in Blissfield, Michigan. Formerly the Raisin Valley Model Railroad Club.
	Division 9 of the North Central Region of the NMRA		Division 9 is the recently-revived Division of the NMRA's North Central Region covering Washtenaw County and adjacent communities in Livingston, Lenawee, Jackson and Monroe Counties.
	Grand Rapids Model Railroad Historical Society		The GMRHS is a model railroad club constructing a large HO scale layout based on the Pere Marquette routes in Western Michigan, featuring mainline and branchline operation using command control. The GMRHS is located in Comstock Park, Michigan.
	Gratiot Valley Railroad Club		An HO model railroad club located in Mount Clemens, Michigan, building an ambitious layout.
	Kalamazoo Model Railroad Historical Society		A Kalamazoo-area HO model railroad club. In addition to its layout, the Cooper Park & Eastern, the KMRHS also owns  the last-known remaining caboose from the Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad, which they have displayed adjacent to their building.
	Lansing Model Railroad Club		An HO model railroad club located in the former Grand Trunk Western depot in Millett, outside of Lansing, Michigan.
	LaNTrak		The Lansing-area N-Trak group, meeting in the former Pere Marquette depot located at the Fowlerville Fairgrounds.
	Michigan Lego Train Club		A sub-group within the Michigan Lego Users Group which builds, displays and operates train layouts featuring locomotives, rolling stock and scenery made entirely of Lego.
	North Central Region, NMRA		The NMRA Region covering most of Michigan, and portions of Ohio and Indiana.
	River Bend Model RR Club		A group of modelers in Hudsonville, Michigan building an HO layout based on railroading in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
	Society of N Scalers		The N-Trak group based in Royal Oak.
	Southeast Michigan Prototype Operators - Oakland Division		A group dedicated to prototypical operation, based in Oakland County. Hosts of the annual Southeast Michigan Operation Weekends.
	Southeastern Michigan S Gaugers		The group of scale and hi-rail S scale modelers from whom we borrowed the electrical standards for our modules. A local component of the National Association of S Gaugers.
	Stoney Creek Model Railroad Club		A Rochester-based HO modular model railroad club. A participant in the Michigan Modular Alliance.
	Western Michigan Railroad Club		The Grand Rapids area's oldest HO model railroad club.
Miscellaneous Sites Members Like
	Ann Arbor Railroad Technical & Historical Association		The official web site of the AARRT&HA, covering the prototype and modeling aspects of Ann Arbor's "own" railroad. Several Rails on Wheels members belong to the AARRT&HA as well.
	Basics of Timetable & Train Order Operation		A good overview of timetable & train order operation, published by the Gateway Division, NMRA.
	Model Train Magazine Index		The Model Train Magazine Index.
	New River Subdivision		Bernie Kempinski's web-based newsletter for C&O modelers.
	NMRA		The official web site of the National Model Railroad Association.
	North Raleigh Model Railroad Club's Rules for DCC Design & Operation of NTRAK Layouts		Although specifically focusing on their N-Trak operations, the North Raleigh Club presents good common-sense guidelines for using DCC (specifically Digitrax) on a modular layout which apply to all scales.
	Operations Special Interest Group		The Operations Special Interest Group (OpSIG) is a bunch of model railroaders specifically interested in duplicating prototypical operations on model railroads. The OpSIG issues quarterly newsletters and holds events such as "Operations Saturday" for its members.
	Our N-scale Empire- Modeling the Wabash in N Scale		Operations Road Show crew member Fred Lux and his son are documenting the construction of their N scale model of the Wabash.
	Railroad Reporting Marks		A listing of reporting mark codes for the various railroads in North America. One of Trains Canada's many useful features.
	RailServe		One of the largest directories of prototype and railroad-related sites on the Web, plus RailServe's own discussion boards and classified ads.
	Rensselaer Railroad Heritage Exhibit		The web site for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's amazing New England, Berkshire & Western model railroad, and a large collection of prototype data from the people who brought us the extremely useful NEB&W Modeling Guide[s] to freight car and scenery modeling.
	Sandy Ridge & Clear Lake Railway		A 7.5" gauge, 3-3/4" scale narrow gauge live steam railroad in Calhoun County, Michigan.

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