50 Best Model Railway Blogs and Websites

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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16.3K 6.6K 7.1K 1 post / day DA 30 Get Email Contact

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 commi...ssions. I've been into photography, railways and modeling them in miniature for almost 40 years.more
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13.7K 3.7K 3 posts / week DA 23 Get Email Contact

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 i...nspiration on making and improving a model railway.more
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14.8K 3.1K 7.9K 1 post / week DA 22 Get Email Contact

4. 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 r...ailways.more
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1 post / week DA 14 Get Email Contact

5. 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 10...0 years and are here to help inspire, teach, and explore with you! Browse our tutorials & reviews and share the love of model trains.more
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18.7K 518 2 posts / month DA 44 Get Email Contact

6. 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 bu...ild 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.more
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4 posts / week DA 27 Get Email Contact

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.more
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1.7K 1 post / week DA 15 Get Email Contact

8. 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.more
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3.4K 241 3.1K 1 post / month Dec 2016 DA 31 Get Email Contact

9. 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.more
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1 post / day DA 26 Get Email Contact

10. 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 r...ailway modelers with architectural detailing, kits & tools.more
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861 3 posts / week DA 28 Get Email Contact

11. 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 Rai...lroad (USMRR) Aquia-Falmouth line in 1863, and other model railroad projects.more
usmrr.blogspot.com
1 post / week DA 29 Get Email Contact

12. 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 e...ra.more
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3 posts / month DA 23 Get Email Contact

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 profession...als and factories utilizing cutting-edge manufacturing methods to produce accurate and finely detailed ready-to-run scale miniatures of Irish railway rolling stock.more
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3.5K 469 432 4 posts / week DA 17 Get Email Contact

14. 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! Direc...tor/Trustee of SR Merchant Navy 35011.more
southern-railway.com
1.1K 1 post / day DA 12 Get Email Contact

15. 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 ma...in 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.more
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1 post / day DA 12 Get Email Contact

16. 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.more
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4 posts / month DA 18 Get Email Contact

17. 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 indust...ry. 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.more
ngtrains.com/blog
1 post / week DA 26 Get Email Contact

18. 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 DA 18 Get Email Contact

19. 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 p...resent day. I have always wanted to build a garden railway since I first became interested in railway modeling (c1960).more
riksrailway.blogsp..
2 posts / month DA 21 Get Email Contact

20. 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.more
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30 posts / year DA 18 Get Email Contact

21. 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.more
kelvinsrailways.com
102 7 posts / month DA 4 Get Email Contact

22. 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 Clu...b is a non-profit incorporated club. Its purpose is to promote the interest and enjoyment of model railroading.more
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1.6K 1 post / week DA 23 Get Email Contact

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.more
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1 post / week DA 10 Get Email Contact

24. O9 Modeller Blog

Articles on Railway modeling in 7mm scale on 9mm gauge track, representing 15' gauge miniature railways and 18' gauge industrial railways.
o9modeller.blogspo..
2 posts / month DA 11 Get Email Contact

25. 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 ra...n into my teens but was forgotten when life happened. Years after me and my wife started model builds again together along with this site.more
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2 posts / month DA 11 Get Email Contact

26. 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 Miniatur...e Railway aims to provide modelling facilities for our members along with facilities for the testing, operation, maintenance and repair of working models.more
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5.4K 1 post / week DA 14 Get Email Contact

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 limit...ed 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.more
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1 post / week DA 15 Get Email Contact

28. 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 mo...del 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.more
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1 post / month DA 12 Get Email Contact

29. 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 DA 4 Get Email Contact

30. 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 settin...g for the railway is rural Carleton County, NB ca. 1965.more
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2 posts / year DA 8 Get Email Contact

31. 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 g...auge locos has taken over a good part of my life.more
7mmloco.co.uk/blog
1 post / month DA 10 Get Email Contact

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 associat...ion with the St. Louis Railroad Prototype Modeler's Meet.more
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1 post / month DA 11 Get Email Contact

33. 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 wo...uld 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.more
albionyard.com
1 post / week DA 20 Get Email Contact

34. 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 railw...ay club established in 1910.more
themodelrailwayclu..
1.6K 3.1K 1.9K 3 posts / quarter DA 29 Get Email Contact

35. 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 l...earning 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.more
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1.2K 16 posts / year DA 33 Get Email Contact

36. 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.more
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57.1K 30 posts / year DA 48 Get Email Contact

37. 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 ac...quired knowledge about railroads, modeling railroads, and more with you. I have spent most of my life fascinated with model railroading and trains.more
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1 post / week DA 10 Get Email Contact

38. 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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943 2 posts / quarter DA 16 Get Email Contact

39. 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 DA 18 Get Email Contact

40. 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 Conrai...l merger era.more
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2.6K 7 posts / year DA 19 Get Email Contact

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-197...0s. 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.more
cwerailroad.blogsp..
1 post / week DA 20 Get Email Contact

42. 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 R...ailways, Railways, cars and transport in general.more
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668 2 posts / quarter DA 6 Get Email Contact

43. 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.more
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17 posts / year DA 8 Get Email Contact

44. 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 DA 12 Get Email Contact

45. 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 mo...delers.more
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73 87 578 7 posts / year DA 2 Get Email Contact

46. 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 Mode...lling to a serious level.more
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6 posts / year DA 9 Get Email Contact

47. 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.more
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1 post / month DA 6 Get Email Contact

48. 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....more
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5 posts / month DA 6 Get Email Contact

49. 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 DA 7 Get Email Contact

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