
Housatonic Railroad-related pages:
See the Wilson Point plan and documentation
Complete Layout Design and virtual tour
Downshifting, or how to be happier with less
Modeling pages:
My Collapsible Paint Spray Booth - New!
Model Builder Software - A review
Modeling the South Norwalk Iron Works using molding and casting techniques
Transforming a 1900 Baldwin Ten-wheeler into an 1880's Rogers
Building and Casting a freight car - The Coal Gondola Project
Building and Casting a house car - The Caboose Project
Housatonic RR Freight Car Roster from the 1892 ORER
Locomotives in Service in 1892
A short History of the Housatonic Railroad
"You're modeling WHAT?" - Why I chose to model a railroad over 100 years old
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Layout Design, Construction and Operations articles:
Feature Layout Design Article: "The Ten Commandments of Model Railroad Yard Design"
Design Article: Just Say NO To The Timesaver -- Here's Why
Construction Article: "Roll Your Own Wood I-Beams for Model RR Benchwork"
2003 Update on Do-It-Yourself I-Beams
Layout Design Article: "All the World is Staging..."
Operations Article: "Passenger Train Operations -- A Neglected Opportunity"
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Special Interest Groups
Operations Special Interest Group
Early Model Railroading Websites
Online resources for Early Modeling
Go to the US Library of Congress Panoramic Maps page
Thomas J Dodd Railroads Collection at UConn
1934 Aerial Survey of Connecticut (Requires Internet Explorer)
Other Model Railroading Resources
Byron Henderson's Model Rail Services
Go to the World Cyberspace RR "Switch Track"
Go to Model Railroader Magazine's Web Page
Other Housatonic Railroad & New Haven Sites
The Unofficial Housatonic Railroad page
The New Haven Railroad Historical & Technical Association
Use discount code 106 on checkout at the above site for a 10% discount!
Alkem Scale Models - laser-cut and etched brass kits and details
CADRail -- Computer-aided layout design software for PC's
North Coast Engineering Digital Command Coltrol (DCC) products
Other stuff:

(This is what the Flag of the United States of America looked like in 1892.)