Other non train related Forums that are beneficial for our hobby

Yes there are. Thanks to yesterday's thread about lubrication I did some on line research and found a vintage electric fan collector web site that had some info on oil types being discussed here.

http://www.fancollectors.org/info/Lubrication.htm

Over the years I have also visited some audio forums where they discuss wire types and magnet recharging. From the wire discussions I learned that stranded wire is best for AC current delivery to the track power drops around my layout.

For those (few?) of us that are interested in decent 1:43 car models for our layouts, Google "forum 43". To join, you need to use your real name. I've been a active member for 5 years. Membership spans the globe.

You should add a First Aid and E.R trip forum too .

Guy

Here is the forum 43 direct link  It is a great site with a lot of models and info...

Alan

Here is another great site with 1/43rd vehicles and lots of info...

Alan

Thanks to all that are contributing to this subject.I plan on making a copy of this post and will keep for future reference.

Bryan:

Not a Forum, but I would recommend the Department 56 website. The current thread running about Churches is a perfect example of their products that are complimentary to our O-Gauge trains.

Thank you, Joe Hohmann...blew too much time going through part of it, and knew

many of the brands....BUT a lot I did not.  Unfortunately, for my era I did not find

a LOT of unknown models I could use, but a few, and any is good, but not everything is photographed, including a 1937 LaSalle...at least a model exists.  A lot of exotics...French classics, etc...are shown.....

Bryan,great topic.I do contracting work as a side line(25yrs)I belong to a site called Contractor Talk.It is almost identical to OGR.There is a wealth of info on there.The guys are veteran tradesmen eager to help people.They cover every trade relevant to our hobby.Here is a link http://www.contractortalk.com  Nick