50 Best Model Railway Blogs and Websites

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Model Railway Blogs

Here are 50 Best Model Railway Blogs you should follow in 2023

1. Rails of Sheffield Blog

Rails of Sheffield Blog Promotions, new products, and sales. We are one of the UK's largest suppliers of quality new and second hand model railway stock.
railsofsheffield.c..
Facebook 16.3KTwitter 6.5KInstagram 7.1K Frequency 1 post / day FeedSpot 70 Posts 73 DA 30 Location UK Get Email Contact

2. Chris Nevard Model Railways

Chris Nevard Model Railways 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
nevardmedia.blogsp..
Facebook 13.7KTwitter 3.6K Frequency 3 posts / week FeedSpot 71 Posts 198 DA 23 Location UK Get Email Contact

3. Model Railway Engineer Blog

Model Railway Engineer Blog 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
modelrailwayengine..
Facebook 14.8KTwitter 3.1KInstagram 7.9K Frequency 1 post / week FeedSpot 71 Posts 100 DA 22 Location UK Get Email Contact

4. The Model Railway Club Blog

The Model Railway Club Blog 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..
Facebook 1.5KTwitter 3.1K Frequency 3 posts / quarter FeedSpot 69 Posts 17 DA 29 Location UK Get Email Contact

5. Model Train Help Blog

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
blog.model-train-h..
Frequency 1 post / day FeedSpot 70 Posts 144 DA 26 Get Email Contact

6. The Model Railway Show Blog

The Model Railway Show Blog 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
themodelrailwaydot..
Frequency 1 post / week FeedSpot 105 Posts 75 DA 14 Location Canada Get Email Contact

7. Philden Model Railway Blog

Philden Model Railway Blog 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
phildenmodelrailwa..
Twitter 1.7K Frequency 1 post / week FeedSpot 70 Posts 94 DA 15 Location Australia Get Email Contact

8. ModelTrainStuff Blog

ModelTrainStuff Blog 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
blog.modeltrainstu..
Facebook 18.7KTwitter 518 Frequency 2 posts / month FeedSpot 70 Posts 14 DA 44 Location US Get Email Contact

9. Model Railroading Blog

Model Railroading Blog 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
building-your-mode..
Facebook 1.2K Frequency 2 posts / day FeedSpot 126 Posts 87 DA 33 Location US Get Email Contact

10. Phil's Workbench

Phil's Workbench 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
philsworkbench.blo..
Frequency 4 posts / week FeedSpot 70 Posts 230 DA 27 Location UK Get Email Contact

11. USMRR

USMRR 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
Frequency 1 post / week FeedSpot 69 Posts 104 DA 29 Location US Get Email Contact

12. Irish Railway Models Blog

Irish Railway Models Blog 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
irishrailwaymodels..
Facebook 3.3KTwitter 467 Frequency 4 posts / week FeedSpot 2 Posts 27 DA 17 Location Ireland Get Email Contact

13. Central Vermont Railway Blog

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
centralvermontrail..
Frequency 3 posts / month FeedSpot 69 Posts 80 DA 23 Get Email Contact

14. Southern Railway

Southern Railway 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
Twitter 1.1K Frequency 1 post / day FeedSpot 69 Posts 79 DA 12 Location UK Get Email Contact

15. Journal of Model Railroad Design Blog

Journal of Model Railroad Design Blog 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
jomrd.com/index.ph..
Frequency 1 post / week FeedSpot 2 Posts 71 DA 10 Location Canada Get Email Contact

16. NG Trains Blog

NG Trains Blog 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
Frequency 1 post / week FeedSpot 69 Posts 34 DA 26 Location UK Get Email Contact

17. Playing Trains

Playing Trains 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
playingtrains.word..
Frequency 1 post / day FeedSpot 3 Posts 170 DA 12 Location UK Get Email Contact

18. Michael's Model Railways Blog

Michael's Model Railways Blog 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
michaelsrailways.b..
Frequency 4 posts / month FeedSpot 69 Posts 66 DA 18 Location US Get Email Contact

19. Musings on my Model Railroading Addiction

Musings on my Model Railroading Addiction A mad model railroaders adventures in modelling Toronto's Liberty Village in the 1950's.
sjgardiner.wordpre..
Frequency 2 posts / week FeedSpot 7 Posts 126 DA 18 Location Canada Get Email Contact

20. Railway Models and Art Blog

Railway Models and Art Blog 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
railway-models-and..
Frequency 2 posts / month FeedSpot 69 Posts 133 DA 11 Location UK Get Email Contact

21. Peckforton Light Railway

Peckforton Light Railway 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..
Frequency 2 posts / month FeedSpot 69 Posts 42 DA 21 Location UK Get Email Contact

22. Bron Hebog Blog

Bron Hebog Blog 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
bronhebog.blogspot..
Frequency 30 posts / year FeedSpot 69 Posts 54 DA 18 Location UK Get Email Contact

23. Winnipeg Model Railroad Club Blog

Winnipeg Model Railroad Club Blog 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
winnipegmodelrailr..
Facebook 1.6K Frequency 1 post / week FeedSpot 2 Posts 57 DA 23 Location Canada Get Email Contact

24. Railway Model Store Blog

Railway Model Store Blog Railway Model Store is the home of model railways. We stock all major brands including Hornby, Fleischmann, Marklin, Arnold, Oxford, Herpa & more.
railwaymodelstore...
Frequency 2 posts / quarter FeedSpot 69 Posts 18 DA 16 Location UK Get Email Contact

25. O9 Modeller Blog

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..
Frequency 2 posts / month FeedSpot 2 Posts 66 DA 11 Get Email Contact

26. Chris Ford Model Railways Blog

Chris Ford Model Railways Blog 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
unnycoombelala.blo..
Frequency 1 post / week FeedSpot 69 Posts 85 DA 10 Location UK Get Email Contact

27. Strathaven Miniature Railway Blog

Strathaven Miniature Railway Blog 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
strathavenminiatur..
Facebook 5.4K Frequency 1 post / week FeedSpot 2 Posts 23 DA 14 Location UK Get Email Contact

28. Chesapeake, Wheeling and Erie Railroad Blog

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..
Frequency 1 post / week FeedSpot 69 Posts 29 DA 20 Get Email Contact

29. JSSX Railway Blog

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
jssxrailway.blogsp..
Frequency 1 post / week FeedSpot 69 Posts 91 DA 15 Get Email Contact

30. Thomas Klimoski Blog

Thomas Klimoski Blog 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
thomasklimoski.com..
Frequency 1 post / month FeedSpot 3 Posts 31 DA 12 Location US Get Email Contact

31. Evergreens Miniature Railway Blog

Evergreens Miniature Railway Blog Get the latest news from the Evergreen Miniature Railway about events and schedules. Evergreens Miniature Railway CIO is a model engineering society.
evergreensminiatur..
Facebook 1.5K Frequency 2 posts / week FeedSpot 2 Posts 59 DA 4 Location UK Get Email Contact

32. Micro Model Railways Layouts Blog

Micro Model Railways Layouts Blog 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
smallmodelrailwayl..
Frequency 17 posts / year FeedSpot 143 Posts 44 DA 8 Location US Get Email Contact

33. Kelvins Railway Models

Kelvins Railway Models 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
Facebook 102 Frequency 7 posts / month FeedSpot 2 Posts 82 DA 4 Location UK Get Email Contact

34. Carleton Railway Blog

Carleton Railway Blog 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
carletonrailway.bl..
Frequency 2 posts / year FeedSpot 123 Posts 29 DA 8 Location Canada Get Email Contact

35. Railroad Prototype Modeler

Railroad Prototype Modeler 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
railroadprototypem..
Frequency 1 post / month FeedSpot 2 Posts 32 DA 11 Location US Get Email Contact

36. 7mmloco Blog

7mmloco Blog 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
Frequency 1 post / month FeedSpot 69 Posts 27 DA 10 Location UK Get Email Contact

37. Branching Out NSWGR Blog

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
branching-out-nswg..
Frequency 6 posts / year FeedSpot 4 Posts 30 DA 9 Get Email Contact

38. Rail-stuff Blog

Rail-stuff Blog 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
rail-stuff.com/blo..
Facebook 73Twitter 84Instagram 578 Frequency 7 posts / year FeedSpot 2 Posts 7 DA 2 Location UK Get Email Contact

39. Choppers Railway Blog

Choppers Railway Blog 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
choppersrailway.bl..
Frequency 1 post / month FeedSpot 69 Posts 38 DA 6 Location US Get Email Contact

40. Dorset Railway Modelling Blog

Dorset Railway Modelling Blog Find occasional mutterings about model railways, 3mm,4mm,7mm, and 009 Narrow Gauge.
dorsetrailwaymodel..
Frequency 3 posts / month FeedSpot 2 Posts 76 DA 7 Location UK Get Email Contact

41. Albion Yard

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
Frequency 5 posts / quarter FeedSpot 5 Posts 85 DA 20 Get Email Contact

42. Brick Model Railroader

Brick Model Railroader 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
brickmodelrailroad..
Facebook 3.4KTwitter 241 Frequency 1 post / month Since Dec 2016 FeedSpot 203 Posts 25 DA 31 Location US Get Email Contact

43. York Model Rail Blog

York Model Rail Blog 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
yorkmodelrail.com/..
Twitter 859 Frequency 3 posts / week FeedSpot 69 Posts 19 DA 28 Location UK Get Email Contact

44. Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine Blog

Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine Blog 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
model-railroad-hob..
Facebook 57.1K Frequency 30 posts / year FeedSpot 69 Posts 30 DA 48 Location US Get Email Contact

45. JLandT Railroad Blog

JLandT Railroad Blog 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
jlandtrailroad.blo..
Facebook 2.6K Frequency 7 posts / year FeedSpot 2 Posts 7 DA 19 Location Australia Get Email Contact

46. BYLONG Blog

BYLONG Blog Follow along the author's journey of collecting and building model railways.
bylong.blogspot.com
Frequency 4 posts / year FeedSpot 69 Posts 28 DA 18 Location Australia Get Email Contact

47. Classic Collect Models Blog

Classic Collect Models Blog 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
classiccollectmode..
Facebook 668 Frequency 2 posts / quarter FeedSpot 2 Posts 12 DA 6 Location UK Get Email Contact

48. A Model Railway Blog

A Model Railway Blog This is a journal about my railway modeling activities. Railway modeling is a craft that fuels the creative needs of the soul.
amodelrailway.blog..
Frequency 1 post / month FeedSpot 2 Posts 40 DA 12 Location UK Get Email Contact

49. CParkstone's Railway modellers Blog

CParkstone's Railway modellers Blog 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
cpineroad.blogspot..
Frequency 5 posts / month FeedSpot 2 Posts 30 DA 6 Location UK Get Email Contact

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Model Railway Bloggers

Top Authors, Journalists, and Publishers covering Model Railway. Get Spreadsheet.
Blogger Name Email Blog Link Total Blog Posts
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
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