50 Best Model Railway Blogs and Websites
Model Railway Blogs
Here are 50 Best Model Railway Blogs you should follow in 2023
1. Rails of Sheffield Blog
Sheffield, England, UK
Promotions, new products, and sales. We are one of the UK's largest suppliers of quality new and second hand model railway stock.
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16.2K⋅ 6.4K ⋅1 post / day Get Email Contact More
2. Chris Nevard Model Railways
Guildford, England, UK
I'm Chris Nevard - a professional photographer, model maker, writer & pretend musician.I write about model making and undertake photographic commissions. I've been into photography, railways and modeling them in miniature for almost 40 years.
nevardmedia.blogsp..
12.2K⋅ 3.6K ⋅3 posts / week Get Email Contact More
3. Model Railway Engineer Blog
Guildford, England, UK
The number one destination and multi-award winning site for model train enthusiasts, scale modellers, and miniature painters. Find tips, guides, and inspiration on making and improving a model railway.
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14.8K⋅ 3.1K ⋅2 posts / month Get Email Contact More
4. The Model Railway Club Blog
Kings Cross, England, UK
Modeling posts and updates from members and layout groups - dive in and find inspiration and ideas. The Model Railway Club is the original model railway club established in 1910.
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1.5K⋅ 3K ⋅3 posts / quarter Get Email Contact More
5. Model Train Help Blog
Everything on model trains, model railroads, model railways, locomotives, model train layouts, scenery, wiring, DCC, and more. Model Train Help is an easy-to-follow, step-by-step, truly comprehensive valuable resource for the beginner or advanced model railroader.
Also in Scale Modelling Blogs
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1 post / day Get Email Contact More
6. The Model Railway Show Blog
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Hi, I'm Trevor. I'm a lifelong model railway enthusiast. Explore my blog to know more about my layouts, models and other tutorials for model railways.
themodelrailwaydot..
1 post / week Get Email Contact More
7. Philden Model Railway Blog
Caloundra, Queensland, Australia
As a lifelong railway enthusiast, I have spent the past three decades exploring the railway lines of Australia and New Zealand while taking photos of our disappearing railway landscape Down Under. With another railway book to follow soon, and two more model railway layouts currently under construction, I've now turned this blog over to wherever the rails take me. Be it sharing my latest episode of what didn't quite work out, or banging on about something interesting I discover while building, researching or simply operating my trains.
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1.7K ⋅1 post / week Get Email Contact More
8. ModelTrainStuff Blog
Cockeysville, Maryland, US
Welcome to the ModelTrainStuff.com Blog, brought to you by MB Klein. We've been helping folks create memorable model train experiences for over 100 years and are here to help inspire, teach, and explore with you! Browse our tutorials & reviews and share the love of model trains.
blog.modeltrainstu..
18.7K⋅ 518 ⋅2 posts / month Get Email Contact More
9. Phil's Workbench
UK
I'm Phil. I've been making models most of my life starting with a bag of balsa offcuts and a trail of badly painted Airfix kits. Nowadays I build and exhibit model railways and boats which have appeared in many magazines. This blog is a record of my activities both for personal projects and models built for other people.
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4 posts / week Get Email Contact More
10. Model Railroading Blog
Virginia Beach, Virginia, US
New or updated pages, additions, pictures, comments, article reviews and new techniques relating to building model railroads. BYMRR.com is all about learning how to build your model railroad and how to become a master at the skills and techniques that are used to create a beautiful, operational 3D work of art.
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1.2K ⋅3 posts / month Get Email Contact More
11. York Model Rail Blog
York, England, UK
Stay informed about our new products and clients' projects with our blog. York Model Rail is a bespoke laser cutting service and online shop for railway modelers with architectural detailing, kits & tools.
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860 ⋅3 posts / week Get Email Contact More
12. USMRR
New Alexandria, Virginia, US
A journal following the history, design, construction and operation of Bernard Kempinski's O Scale model railroad depicting the U. S. Military Railroad (USMRR) Aquia-Falmouth line in 1863, and other model railroad projects.
usmrr.blogspot.com
1 post / week Get Email Contact More
13. Irish Railway Models Blog
Dublin, Ireland
All the latest announcements of new models and projects from Irish Railway Models. Irish Railway Models works closely with leading industry professionals and factories utilizing cutting-edge manufacturing methods to produce accurate and finely detailed ready-to-run scale miniatures of Irish railway rolling stock.
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3.3K⋅ 467 ⋅4 posts / week Get Email Contact More
14. Central Vermont Railway Blog
A journal following the design and construction of Marty McGuirk's HO scale model railroad, inspired by the Central Vermont Railway of the steam era.
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3 posts / month Get Email Contact More
15. Southern Railway
South Bucks, England, UK
The model railway world and mainly Southern Railway meanderings of Graham 'Muz' Muspratt. Muz is a Southern Railway modeler & historian! Director/Trustee of SR Merchant Navy 35011.
southern-railway.com
1.1K ⋅1 post / day Get Email Contact More
16. Journal of Model Railroad Design Blog
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Journal of Model Railroad Design is a website that offers a creative outlet for one of my favorite past times. This is my portal to share all of my acquired knowledge about railroads, modeling railroads, and more with you. I have spent most of my life fascinated with model railroading and trains.
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1 post / week Get Email Contact More
17. Playing Trains
Sandbach, England, UK
I'm Bob Hughes. The site follows the progress of various railway modeling projects and layouts but, as you'll see from the blog entries, my main interest lies with O scale narrow gauge modeling. My model railway interests are varied, tending more towards narrow gauge in the larger scales, and usually in limited spaces but the FCPyF has been rebuilt as a single large layout instead of a conglomeration of smaller ones in a modular format.
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1 post / day Get Email Contact More
18. NG Trains Blog
York, England, UK
I'm Paul. A lifelong modeller my hobby turned into a business some 20 years ago run as an aside to a full time engineering job in the rail industry. Since 2007 it's been my full time job. Get all the information with special offers, updates on where we'll be, and general stuff about EDM Models.
ngtrains.com/blog
1 post / week Get Email Contact More
19. Michael's Model Railways Blog
Sussex, England, UK
Michael Campbell's blog about his model railways. If you are interested in model railways, particularly in narrow gauge, or small (micro) layouts, then I hope you will find this site interesting.
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4 posts / month Get Email Contact More
20. Musings on my Model Railroading Addiction
Canada
A mad model railroaders adventures in modelling Toronto's Liberty Village in the 1950's.
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2 posts / week Get Email Contact More
21. Railway Models and Art Blog
Yorkshire, England, UK
This is a blog where I will show the trials and tribulations of model builds as they happen. I picked up the model railway bug from my father which ran into my teens but was forgotten when life happened. Years after me and my wife started model builds again together along with this site.
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2 posts / month Get Email Contact More
22. Peckforton Light Railway
Cheshire, England, UK
This blog describes the ongoing development of a 16mm scale 45mm gauge garden railway situated in the North West of England, the UK from 2004 to the present day. I have always wanted to build a garden railway since I first became interested in railway modeling (c1960).
riksrailway.blogsp..
2 posts / month Get Email Contact More
23. Chris Ford Model Railways Blog
UK
A blog about model railways, model railroads, model buildings, model scenery, trains, locomotives, and model layouts and diorama. Chris Ford has been a modeler since childhood starting with simple plastic and balsa wood kits. By his teens, he had become almost exclusively interested in railway modeling, and by adulthood, he had developed a particular interest in more 'quirky' railway prototypes, especially the narrow gauge lines.
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1 post / week Get Email Contact More
24. Winnipeg Model Railroad Club Blog
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
The club emphasizes education and entertainment, so you'll learn a great deal about modeling railroad in the blog. The Winnipeg Model Railroad Club is a non-profit incorporated club. Its purpose is to promote the interest and enjoyment of model railroading.
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1.6K ⋅1 post / week Get Email Contact More
25. Bron Hebog Blog
Largs, Scotland, UK
A blog about a 009 narrow gauge model of the Ffestiniog Railway and Welsh Highland Railway. I'm Bron - a broadcaster, writer and railway modeler. Best known for the 009 Festiniog Railway layout 'Dduallt' which I built with my father David in the early 1990s and which is still making appearances on the exhibition circuit.
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30 posts / year Get Email Contact More
26. O9 Modeller Blog
Articles on Railway modeling in 7mm scale on 9mm gauge track, representing 15' gauge miniature railways and 18' gauge industrial railways.
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2 posts / month Get Email Contact More
27. JSSX Railway Blog
Explore the blog for model railways articles, tutorials and updates on layouts and modeling from the author. The JSSX is a local shortline, with limited operating and capital budgets. JSSX serves 5 commercial and industrial accounts and interchanges with the Grand Trunk in the U.S. upper-midwest rustbelt region.
jssxrailway.blogsp..
1 post / week Get Email Contact More
28. Strathaven Miniature Railway Blog
Strathaven, Scotland, UK
Get the latest updates and news about the Strathaven Miniature Railway along with ideas, help and discussion on model engineering. Strathaven Miniature Railway aims to provide modelling facilities for our members along with facilities for the testing, operation, maintenance and repair of working models.
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5.3K ⋅1 post / week Get Email Contact More
29. Thomas Klimoski Blog
Blue Ridge, Georgia, US
The blog features articles on model railways, railroads, tips and tutorials for layout, building models and stories about my experiences. Like most model railroaders, I have always had a passion for model and prototype trains. From my first Lionel train set to my current layout, the Georgia Northeastern Railroad, model trains have been a part of my life.
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1 post / month Get Email Contact More
30. Kelvins Railway Models
UK
My name is Kelvin Barnes and I have been a keen railway modeler for over 40 years and in this time I have produced many layouts and hundreds of models. This blog is about my adventures in building model railways from layouts to locos. This site aims to share some of my work and to offer a few hints & tips on my methods.
kelvinsrailways.com
91 ⋅7 posts / month Get Email Contact More
31. Evergreens Miniature Railway Blog
Boston, England, UK
Get the latest news from the Evergreen Miniature Railway about events and schedules. Evergreens Miniature Railway CIO is a model engineering society.
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1.5K ⋅2 posts / week Get Email Contact More
32. Railroad Prototype Modeler
US
This blog is about RPMing, and people I have met while modeling. I chose the name because I am an 'RPMer', and the RPM title also hints at my association with the St. Louis Railroad Prototype Modeler's Meet.
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1 post / month Get Email Contact More
33. 7mmloco Blog
UK
Follow my journey as I build different prototypes on railways. Since retirement from Bombardier in Derby, 2 years ago, building and collecting 7mm 0 gauge locos has taken over a good part of my life.
7mmloco.co.uk/blog
1 post / month Get Email Contact More
34. Branching Out NSWGR Blog
Explore my Railway modeling journey through the blog. I have a lifetime interest in Trains. As of 2016, I decided to take on the hobby of Railway Modelling to a serious level.
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6 posts / year Get Email Contact More
35. Choppers Railway Blog
Devon, England, UK
This is a blog about my experiences of building one (or several!) model railways. My aim is to share my experiences and enjoy my hobby along the way. I am relatively new to railway modeling, although I have long been interested in the armchair. I am learning my way around the hobby as I go.
choppersrailway.bl..
1 post / month Get Email Contact More
36. Dorset Railway Modelling Blog
Dorset, England, UK
Find occasional mutterings about model railways, 3mm,4mm,7mm, and 009 Narrow Gauge.
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3 posts / month Get Email Contact More
37. Albion Yard
The layout, Albion Yard has come about primarily due to a house move and is about eight years old. Whilst the original intention was that this blog would be specific to the layout, I have widened the scope of the content by adding one or two previously published articles and some new material.
albionyard.com
5 posts / month Get Email Contact More
38. Brick Model Railroader
US
Brick Model Railroader is a news and information resource for all things LEGO trains. Our mission at Brick Model Railroader is to serve the LEGO Train Hobby as an online news resource and to help promote and grow the hobby of LEGO Trains in all its forms.
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3.4K⋅ 239 ⋅1 post / month ⋅ Dec 2016 Get Email Contact More
39. Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine Blog
Woodburn, Oregon, US
Joe Fugate is the founder, publisher, and editor of Model Railroad Hobbyist (MRH) magazine. Joe's been a model railroader since the late 1960s and is a published model railroad author. Joe has a rich background in web software development, publishing, and video production - Model Railroad Hobbyist is just the latest of his hobby media projects.
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57.1K ⋅30 posts / year Get Email Contact More
40. Railway Model Store Blog
UK
Railway Model Store is the home of model railways. We stock all major brands including Hornby, Fleischmann, Marklin, Arnold, Oxford, Herpa & more.
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2 posts / quarter Get Email Contact More
41. Chesapeake, Wheeling and Erie Railroad Blog
The Chesapeake, Wheeling and Erie Railroad is an HO scale layout representing a free-lanced, coal-hauling railroad set in West Virginia in the mid-1970s. My goal here is to share some of the backgrounds of the railroad, talk about various aspects of construction and document progress on the layout over time.
cwerailroad.blogsp..
1 post / week Get Email Contact More
42. BYLONG Blog
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Follow along the author's journey of collecting and building model railways.
bylong.blogspot.com
4 posts / year Get Email Contact More
43. JLandT Railroad Blog
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Follow the construction of the JLandT Railroad, a HO single deck, proto-freelanced layout set in the 70s to 80s, based on the Reading Lines and Conrail merger era.
jlandtrailroad.blo..
2.6K ⋅7 posts / year Get Email Contact More
44. Classic Collect Models Blog
Accrington, England, UK
Hi, my name is Geoff Whittaker and I am a freelance writer specializing in History, Transport and green issues. This site features articles on Model Railways, Railways, cars and transport in general.
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653 ⋅2 posts / quarter Get Email Contact More
45. A Model Railway Blog
UK
This is a journal about my railway modeling activities. Railway modeling is a craft that fuels the creative needs of the soul.
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1 post / month Get Email Contact More
46. Carleton Railway Blog
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Follow along the journey of building the Carleton railway model. An HO-scale operating model railway, located in Saint John, New Brunswick. The setting for the railway is rural Carleton County, NB ca. 1965.
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2 posts / year Get Email Contact More
47. Micro Model Railways Layouts Blog
Prairie, The Midwest, US
A blog about the design, construction and operation of my micro model railway layouts. As an inveterate blogger, I like to blog about the things that strike a passion with me and share my enthusiasm for them with the world.
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17 posts / year Get Email Contact More
48. Rail-stuff Blog
Staffordshire, England, UK
Get the latest updates and news about events and products from RAILstuff. RAILstuff is a truly independent online retailer, created by modelers for modelers.
rail-stuff.com/blo..
62⋅ 85 ⋅7 posts / year Get Email Contact More
49. CParkstone's Railway modellers Blog
Bournemouth, England, UK
Read about Model Railways, 4mm scale, ex LSWR and the Southern Railway in the 1930s and BR blue in the 1970s. Kit building to scratchbuilt, RTR to DCC.
cpineroad.blogspot..
5 posts / month Get Email Contact More
Model Railway Bloggers
Blogger Name | Blog Link | Total Blog Posts | |
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Warren Bennett | railsofsheffield.com/blogs/news | 400 | |
Bob Hughes | playingtrains.wordpress.com | 106 | |
Oliver Davies | railsofsheffield.com/blogs/news | 73 | |
Robert Anderson | blog.model-train-help.com | 71 | |
The Dorset Wanderer | dorsetrailwaymodelling.blogspot.com | 70 | |
Rob Pulham | railway-models-and-art.co.uk/blog | 68 | |
Stephen Gardiner | sjgardiner.wordpress.com | 65 | |
Kelvin Barnes | kelvinsrailways.com | 54 | |
bawdsey | albionyard.com | 51 | |
Bernie | usmrr.blogspot.com | 51 | |
grahammuz | southern-railway.com | 37 | |
Trevor | themodelrailwaydotshow.wordpress.com/blog-2 | 31 | |
Fran Burke | irishrailwaymodels.com/blogs/announcements | 31 | |
strathavenminiaturerailway | strathavenminiaturerailway.org/railway-blogs | 23 | |
Geoffrey Whittaker BSc MA | classiccollectmodels.co.uk/model-railway-blog | 20 | |
Mick Bayliss | 7mmloco.co.uk/blog | 18 | |
Adam Eley | rail-stuff.com/blogs/news | 17 | |
Paul Martin | ngtrains.com/blog | 15 | |
Golden1014 | railroadprototypemodeler.wordpress.com | 13 | |
groove_dev | blog.modeltrainstuff.com | 12 | |
Cale Leiphart | brickmodelrailroader.com | 11 | |
Julie Lightburn | yorkmodelrail.com/blog | 11 | |
modeltrainstuff | blog.modeltrainstuff.com | 10 | |
tklimoski | thomasklimoski.com/blog-1 | 9 | |
Groove Commerce | blog.modeltrainstuff.com | 5 |
Model Railway Blog Topics
Topic | Number of posts |
---|---|
Toy Train Chit Chat | 108 |
O Gauge | 69 |
Model Railway | 64 |
OO Gauge | 40 |
Locos | 35 |
Ho Scale | 33 |
Scenery | 29 |
Wagons | 26 |
Layout | 25 |
Model | 23 |
Southern | 23 |
Tuesday Train | 22 |
David Andrews Princess | 22 |
Gladiator LNER/BR J6 | 21 |
Southern Railway | 21 |
Hornby | 20 |
Bachmann | 20 |
Model Railroad | 19 |
Peco | 19 |
Modelling | 18 |
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