The narrow gauge railways that many model now mostly exist as heritage railways and museum exhibits. Fortunately, information exists on most narrow gauge systems with books and other publications readily available through interlibrary loan and second-hand booksellers.
- Narrow Gauge Rationale; What is the best gauge?
- Modelling narrow gauge: some scale and gauge combinations.
- Modelling Australian Narrow Gauge Rail/Tramways: Mark Kendrick's notes (adapted from his Geocities site) on using Ready-to-Run and simple kitbashing.
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Getting Started with On30, a four page A5 handout prepared by Lynn Zelmer for the Capricorn Sugar Rail Museum exhibition layout at the 2010 Brisbane Model Train Show.
- Selected narrow gauge book list.
- Rail heritage image collection that includes many narrow gauge photos and drawings. Search by railway (eg Ida Bay), mill (eg Isis), loco type (eg 0-6-2), manufacturer (eg Baldwin) or other detail that might be part of an image caption.
- Significant Publications
- Light Railways: bimonthly publication of the Light Railway Research Society of Australia, Inc. Details on web site.
- Narrow Gauge Down Under: quarterly publication showcasing the work of Australian modellers, regardless of prototype modelled, and Australian narrow gauge practice. Details on web site.
- Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette: bimonthly publication with the best of narrow gauge modelling and American narrow gauge practice. Los Altos, CA: Benchmark Publications, Ltd. Contact gazette @ att.net.
- CaneSIG, the sugar cane railway (tramline) modellers Special Interest Group. Includes dozens of locomotive and rolling stock drawings, hundreds of photos of cane railway operations worldwide, plus modelling tips.
- Selected Resources
- Notes and presentations from Modelling the Railways of Queensland, Australian Narrow Gauge and NMRA Conventions, etc. (Lynn Zelmer's personal archives)
- Selected back issue articles on sugar cane railways from Narrow Gauge Down Under magazine (scanned pdf files).
- Light Railway Materials, c1950 catalogue #36035 from R Hudson Ltd (Leeds, England), sales agents for Hunslet Engine Co, Leeds. (112 pp grayscale pdf file, 9.8 Mb).
- Orenstein & Koppel General Export Catalogue Nr 600 (Berlin). (73 pp scan pdf file, 7.6 Mb).
- Drawings
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Narrow Gauge Box Car (3' gauge), Nos 3000-3749. (Drawing likely from HO kit c1960.)
- Krauss (610mm, 0-4-0T, 2437 of 1890) 4 ton loco, initially used in Tasmania mining, later used by Queensland Government Railways Engineering Branch 1913-20, sold for scrap 1940. [Outline drawing only]
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