CRM&HA, Inc. Links

CRM&HA, Inc. Links

The following links are to entities associated with CRM&HA or web sites of general interest to the model railroading community. The content of these sites is neither controlled nor endorsed by CRM&HA, Inc.

Partner Organizations

Town of Central The Town of Central has been a great partner to the club in starting the CRM&HA.
Central Heritage Society Central Heritage Society runs the Central History Museum, which contains an N-scale layout built by members of CRM&HA
Clemson Web Design CWD is a locally owned Web Development company. Daniel did a wonderful job redesigning and bringing new ideas and a great new look to the CRM / CRM&HA website. If you need website work, from basic stuff to a full site, we here at the CRM&HA fully recommend CWD and Daniel.
Newcomer Club of the Foothills Whether you’re new to the area, or looking to REnew your interest in the area, Newcomer Club will help you forge new friendships and put down roots in the community.

Member's Personal Layouts

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The Acadian Coast Eastern Web site devoted to 2-foot narrow-gauge railroading in Maine. Built by member Sandy Eustis.

Local Model Railroad Organizations and Clubs

Station 187 Station 187 is a newly-formed model railroad club, founded April 2011.
Palmetto Division - NMRA Palmetto Division of the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA).
NMRA - SouthEastern Region SouthEastern Region (SER) of the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA), serving South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
Apple Valley Railroad Club Apple Valley has developed a beautiful facility in close cooperation with the city of Hendersonville, N.C. This is similar to what we are starting to do in Central. It is worth the 1hr 30min drive from the Central area.
Associated Model Railroads of Columbia AMROC has permanent installations and modular layouts in a variety of scales. They meet in the old Arsenal building in downtown Columbia and have regular meetings on Thursday nights.

Local Railroad and Transportation Museums

South Carolina Railroad Museum The SCRM operates on a 5 mile section of the former Rockton and Rion Railway about 20 mile north of Columbia, S.C. It is about 2h 40min drive from Central by car.
Hub City Railroad Museum The museum showcases the important railroad history of this Hub City of the upstate - Spartanburg, S.C.
North Carolina Transportation Museum This family-friendly place is a 60 acre site filled with immersive exhibits & special events.
Southeastern Railway Museum The Southeastern Railway Museum occupies a 35-acre site in Duluth, Georgia, in northeast suburban Atlanta. In operation since 1970, the Southeastern Railway Museum features about 90 items of rolling stock including historic Pullman cars and classic steam locomotives.

National Rail Organizations

National Model Railroad Association
North American Railcar Operators Association NARCOA is the national organization representing the motorcar operating hobby. The website has information about NARCOA, lists of excursions, technical information, classified ads.
railspeeders.com railspeeders.com is another good website about motorcar operation as a hobby.
South Carolina Chapter for Operation Lifesaver, Inc. Operation Lifesaver, Inc.  Together, we can save lives at railroad crossings and on train tracks.

Local Railroad Operations

Norfork Southern Corp.
Amtrak
Pickens Railway A local railroad from Anderson to Pickens S.C.
Greenville and Western Railway A local railroad from Belton to Pelzer S.C.
Republic Locomotive A locomotive manufacturer and rebuilder in Greenville S.C.
South East High Speed Rail Corridor A proposal to extend “high speed” rail from Washington to southeastern cities, including upgrades to the extisting NS track through Central, S.C.
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Genesee & Wyoming Inc. is unique in the rail-freight industry. Our railroads offer a short line's customer focus and entrepreneurial spirit on a global scale, investing in long-term relationships with customers in North America, Australia, Europe and elsewhere…

Rail Software & DCC

DCC Wiki New to DCC? Don't worry, we all were at one point. DCCWiki is an encyclopedia for sharing information about Digital Command Control (DCC) as defined by NMRA used in railroad modelling. We also started a new section for the new Layout Command Control (LCC) standard from the NMRA which can be used to enhance your layout with signalling, accessory control, and other features.
JMRI/DecoderPro Open source product for computer control of DCC layouts and decoder programming.
Digitrax Complete line of DCC products. Our modular and museum layouts as well as many members' layouts are standardized DigiTrax hardware.
Train Control Systems (TCS) Makers of the WOW! Sound decoders that we are refitting into many of our Museum HO Scale Locomotives and many of our Members are using on their home layouts. They also produce many DCC accessories like Keep Alives to help keep your trains running over dirty track and bad connections.
Model Rectifier Corporation (MRC) MRC has been around forever - or close to it. They started out, and still do, making DC Power supplies for all ranges of Model Railroading scales. They also make a line of DCC systems and decoders.
Southern Digital Southern Digital has been in business since 1993 providing service and support. They are located in Snellville, GA, so you may have seen them at the Atlanta, GA area shows.
ESU Makers of LokPilot and LokSound decoders. Several manufactures are using ESU decoders in the DCC / Sound equipped locomotives.

Directories of Railroad Websites

Railserve.com RailServe.com is a comprehensive guide to 19,000 railroad websites, online resources, and upcoming events.
Our directory features 180 categories spanning rail travel, hobby, and industry.
Trains.com

openrailwaymap.org

Local Hobby Shops

Blue Ridge Hobbies Blue Ridge Hobbies has a store in Greenville and takes Internet orders.
TrainMaster Models TrainMasters Models is based out of Auburn, GA and has an extensive storefront stocking all scales and an even bigger inventory in their Online store.