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161 Sites Added or Updated in February 2010

The records for the 141 Additions & Updates between 1 and 24 February were inadvertently destroyed.

25 February

Additions:

Greater Niagara Model Railroad Engineers (www.gnmre.ca)
HO Scale model railroad club operates the fictitious Fenwick Central Railroad; hosts open house events 4 times per year and meets Wednesday evenings; Fenwick, Ontario, Canada.
KK Eishindo (www.kk-eishindo.co.jp)
Manufacturer of T Gauge (1:450 Scale) model trains, track and accessories; T represents three millimeters, the track width; includes a worldwide list, with links to their web sites, for hobby shops that carry T Gauge products; Osaka, Japan (Japanese, English).
Model Railroad Slums (www.vestaldesign.com/projects/modelrr)
Blog about the model railroad photographs of Peter Feigenbaum's home layout; New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Model Railroad Train Blog (www.greathobbiesblog.com)
Blog about buying, selling, collecting and modeling Lionel trains and how to get started in the hobby; USA.
Model Railroad Train Secrets (www.modelrailroadtrainsecrets.com)
Offers two free guides for model railroaders about building a model railroad, maintained by Sam Davis; Doncaster, England, UK.

Updates:

Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway Society (www.portageflyer.org)
Tourist railroad combines steam railroading with the attractions of Muskoka Pioneer Village that includes train rides, a museum and more; Huntsville, Ontario, Canada.
Hurricane Agnes and the Loyalhanna Limited (Ferrari3.tripod.com/Littletootagnes.html)
The Loyalhanna Limited was an amusement park steam train operated from the late 1960's through the 1980's. Today the steam locomotive is replaced by a gasoline engine with the train's original cars, maintained by Vincent Ferrari; Ligonier, Pennsylvania, USA.
Hurstmereclose, Steam BR and Beyond (www.hurstmereclose.freeserve.co.uk)
Excerpts from a railway scrapbook of pictures and articles relating to the last years of mainline steam on British Rail and the beginnings of the railway preservation movement that was to follow; UK.
Keystone Crossings (kc.pennsyrr.com)
Celebrating the late, great Pennsylvania Railroad and her ancestor and successor railroads; Etters, Pennsylvania, USA.
New Braunfels Railroad Museum (www.nbhrmsmuseum.org)
Dedicated to the preservation of railroad artifacts and photographs related to the operations of the I-GN, MoPac and MKT railroads; open to the public Thursday through Monday; New Braunfels, Texas, USA.

26 February

Additions:

Acme Railroad Company (www.acmerail.com)
Designs, builds, installs and maintains model railroad layouts for display at businesses and special events; Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, USA.
Model Railroad Open Houses (www.modelrropenhouse.com)
Provides dates and locations of upcoming model railroad open house events in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; Bear, Delaware, USA.
Model Railroader Blog (www.modelrailroader.ca)
Blog featuring a compliment of construction articles, photo galleries, and technical drawings; Canada.
Save-On Model Railroad Trains (www.saveon-model-railroad-trains.com)
Division of Hobbylinc offering model railroad kits and supplies in most scales from manufacturers such as Bachmann, Life-Like, Ertl, Aristo-Craft, Model Power and others; Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Willamette Valley Model Railroad Club (www.oregonlink.com/railroad)
Meets Thursdays and Saturdays to operate and maintain a 3,000 square foot model railroad layout open to the public; Keizer, Oregon, USA.

Updates:

Cochise & Western Model Railroad Club (cacole.mystarband.net/cwmrrc_001.htm)
Models a 20 foot by 40 foot HO Scale model railroad layout featuring floor to ceiling scenery and an eight foot long curved trestle; Sierra Vista, Arizona, USA.
Crossville MRC (www.crossvillemrc.com)
Combined web sites of local model railroad clubs and radio control clubs with information, photographs, schedule of local events and more; Crossville, Tennessee, USA.
Hobbylinc.com (www.hobbylinc.com)
Online hobby shop offers model trains and accessories in N, HO and G Scales, plus a broad line of arts & crafts, puzzles, kites, rockets, slot cars and more; Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Hutt Valley Model Engineering Society, Inc (www.steammachine.com/hvmes)
Comprises around forty members with a wide range of interests, from clocks to precision tools to miniature steam locomotives, traction engines and marine plants; Wellington, New Zealand.
RailOp for Windows (www.railop.com)
Computer program designed to manage your model railroad car, engine, train and track location files as well as create the paperwork needed to easily move freight and trains of all types over your railroad; Denham Springs, Louisiana, USA.