Rail & Trains in Ottawa, Canada

Ottawa, Ontario Canada is a vibrant city that has a very active model railroad community. Along with the many clubs and hobby shops, there are several sightseeing/railfanning locations worth investigating. Ottawa is also the home of the C. Robert Craig Memorial Library which has its own web site. There are many shows and events within a short drive of Ottawa.

Interested in discussing rail-related issues or activities? You can access the Rail and Trains in Ottawa Forum where there are bulletin board sections on model railroading, prototype rail and a swap table area.

If you are into model railroading you may wish to look into some of the home layouts in the region or custom builders and painters who can build and/or paint your rolling stock and more. You can also link to the web pages for railway-related magazines or manufacturers [including Digital Command Control (DCC)].

If you want to railfan right from your computer, you can check out the web sites of photo collections of trains. Finally, you can just connect to the web sites for railroad companies, historical societies, Special Interest Groups (SIGs) or other interesting railway-related homepages.

Feel like operating a layout right now!? Well, connect to the University of Ulm in Germany and you can drive a Marklin-powered train around a layout located in a university in Germany directly from your computer! The layout is controlled from the internet using digital command control. A digital video image allows you to watch your train take a loop around the layout. It's really neat!

Hope you find the information connected to this page interesting and informative. Cheers!

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