What types of equipment, depots and servicing facilities were used by certain railroad during a particular era?
There are two organizations that can provide an enormous amount of useful information to those modelers looking to capture their favorite railroad (s) during a particular era in miniature: the National Railroad Historical Society (NRHS; http://nrhs.com/) and the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA; http://www.nmra.org/). As an example, the NRHS offers its members use of its research library featuring such works as the CAR BUILDERS AND LOCOMOTIVE CYCLOPEDIAS. The NMRA, on the other hand, offers its members use of its extensive Kalmbach Research Library. In addition, their web site also includes a complete listing of railroad historical societies. The BOOKS-VIDEOS-RAILROADIANNA section of each Walthers reference book contains many useful prototype reference materials for the model railroader such as photo books by such vendors as Morning Sun Publications (#484) and MBI (#503), in addition to DVDs and videos by such companies as Pentrex (#561) and Green Frog (#302).
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