Building and operating miniature railways to scale, from a starter oval to basement empires with working signals and timetables. The hobby folds a dozen crafts into one: carpentry for benchwork, electronics for control, scenery modeling, painting and historical research, all disciplined by standard scales and gauges so equipment interoperates. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Established When (Circa)From the carpet railways of the 1840s; the scale hobby matured through the early twentieth century 1 Model Railroading
Filter Results1 entry
Connections
Associated With
Source Garden Railway (Wikipedia)
Source Garden Railway (Wikipedia)
Model engineering, building working miniature machinery, historically overlaps heavily with model railroading's live-steam locomotive tradition.
Source National Model Railroad Association (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Rail Transport Modelling (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIntroduction, first sentence
Railway modelling or model railroading is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale.
Early history section, carpet railways
The earliest model railways were the carpet railways in the 1840s.
Scales section, backyard modelling sentence
G scale (Garden, 1:24 scale) is most popular for backyard modelling.
General description, indoor scales sentence
O, S, HO, and N scale are more often used indoors.
General description section, Hornby OO scale sentence
In 1938, Hornby, a manufacturer of 'O' scale model trains in the UK, launched a range of 'OO' scale electric trains (Hornby Dublo) with 1/76 scale rolling stock using 1/87 scale 16.5 mm wide track with a third centre rail.
Operations section, first sentence
Operations form an important aspect of rail transport modelling with many layouts being dedicated to emulating the operational aspects of a working railway.
View the Source National Model Railroad Association (Official Site)
Home page, Welcome to the National Model Railroad Association
The National Model Railroad Association, Inc. advances the global scale model railroading community through education, advocacy, standards, and social interaction.
Initiative Spotlight, exhibit sentence
The exhibit is literally Smithsonian quality, and traces the history of model railroading from its inception to today, as well as showing non-modelers how a train layout is built, pieces of several finished layouts, and the various tools and models of our great hobby.
View the SourceNational Model Railroad Association (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: National Model Railroad Association, General sectionQuote, Associated With: National Model Railroad Association, General section
It was founded in the United States in 1935, and is also active in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.
Garden Railway (Wikipedia)
Associated With: Gardening, Introduction, first sentenceQuote, Associated With: Gardening, Introduction, first sentence
A garden railway or garden railroad is a model railway set up outdoors in a garden.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.