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The NMRA Partnership Program is a member benefit that truly has a tangible payback. We've partnered with model railroad manufacturers of all sizes, giving them exposure on our website in return for receiving generous discounts for NMRA members all year long. Some provide members with special codes, others prefer a phone or email order, but all appreciate the additional business from our members. And of course, our members appreciate the extra savings...savings that can actually pay the cost of NMRA membership!
To join the Partnership Program as a manufacturer or vendor, please contact us at engage [at] nmra.org
In the early 1990s, Alan, the owner, had an HO-scale Model Railroad layout. He wanted buildings that were unique and reminiscent of local Victorian architecture. So, he began visiting structures he wanted to duplicate. Alan took photos and created scale drawings of each structure. Today, the company produces scale copies of his original drawings in easy-to-build kits. Our O scale kits are also compatible with Holiday Village hobbyists.
NMRA Members will receive 10% off all orders.
Nick and Nora Designs offers a range of HO, N, and O scale structures and detail parts. In addition, they carry a complete line of Tru-Color Paint, Sylvan HO vehicles, and a variety of glues and other hobby supplies. They offer a 10% discount on a full purchase.
Regions, Divisions, 100% Clubs and individual members, please read the Discount Description found in the members-only section. There are numerous benefits in addition to a discount.
It all began around 35 years ago when Mr. Bruce William's first home was being built in 1972. During the construction work, there were many things that were left there by builders overnight. Mr. Bruce started erecting scenes in his basement with mud, sand and other types of materials. Workers returning the next morning would remove these miniature structures to continue their work, however, they became great admirers of his talent. With appreciation, they encouraged Mr. Bruce to continue his work and make a separate space for it. This resulted in a fourth addition to the basement of his Flemington area home. Impressed by the work, his friends persuaded him to host an annual train show for a local charity. This was a great success that soon led to open exhibits for the general public at the weekends. This later resulted in the world`s largest railroad miniature wonderland.
The coverage of national as well as international T.V channels including German, Swedish, and Japan, contributed to its growing popularity. Thus was born the idea for a year-round attraction. Today Northlandz is a 16-acre world-class attraction along with the art, music and doll displays. Doll museum, La Peep Doll House, a 2,000 pipe theatre pipe organ (which Bruce played) and art galleries throughout. There is also an 1890's replica narrow gauge steam train for the ride.
The building is reflective of the couple's lifelong commitment to art, expression, and creativity. Over the years, Northlandz has become one of the favorite destinations for people of all ages. Not only does it offer something unique for local tourists, but people from around the world also like to visit the place when they come to New Jersey.
Besides manufacturing special and high-detailed N-Scale scenery parts and rolling stock detail parts, Mike is also an N-Scale Model Railroader. Therefore, he provides the highest quality possible for all parts designed and released.
Also, Mike offers custom-designed and printed decals. If you have a rough sketch or a prototype photo, he can use both to create your individual decals for your next custom project.
NMRA members receive a 10% discount on all listed items on the website and a 10% discount on all custom decal projects.
Robert (Bob) Frascella, the owner, has been working exclusively in soft pastels since 1997 focusing mainly on scenes that depict the glory years of American Railroading. Bob is self-taught and has not had any formal art instruction. His painting of "Old No. 8" was featured on the July/August 2004 cover of The Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette, a nationally circulated railroad theme periodical. His painting "Wildwood P-RSL Perfection" appeared on the cover of the Summer 2013 edition of The Keystone, the official publication of the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society. Bob accepts commissions and offers his current works for sale. In addition to originals, he also offers Giclee prints of his work on high-quality, heavy-weight paper suitable for framing. All of his works are produced upon professional and museum-grade acid-free papers and are considered archival. Bob draws much of his inspiration from the noted railroad artist, Howard Fogg. Howard's objective was to make the railroad fit the scene without overpowering it. Bob subscribes to the same philosophy and believes that the scene should also tell a story.
NMRA Members receive a 10% refund on all art prints with a minimum purchase of $50. Shipping costs will also be refunded on all US addresses. International orders will receive the discount and receive a $7 credit toward the actual shipping cost.
Old West Scenery offers more than 60 complete N-scale ready buildups and scenery items. Our laser-printed buildings & scenery products draw inspiration from iconic Western towns. That is, there are lots of false-front buildings. All N-Scale products are 3D printed using the latest laser technology in a process called "Additive Manufacturing". This process allows us to produce complete buildings, ready to be painted and placed on your layout.
NMRA Members receive a 10% discount on all products.
R & J Details offers 3-D printed HO scale model railroad detail parts such as vending machines, room interior furniture, rooftop a/c vents, backyard accessories, trackside accessories, and flat car loads.
NMRA Members receive a 15% discount on all orders.
Custom Wood Kits
Like most of us, the fascination with railroads, engineering, and the history that surrounds it, has captivated us from the start. I have always had a hard time pinpointing the launch of my fascination, but my interest has always been a constant. In 2020 I purchased a beginner level laser cutter and began my journey, never thinking it would become what it is today. Soon after building my first model (a really poorly designed interpretation of a J3A Hudson Locomotive it became apparent that there was in-fact a way to create a market for these projects, and it was off to the races! I started R. Duck Woodkits, LLC to fulfill a desire to build large, detailed locomotive models and ultimately share this passion and excitement for the topic with as many people as possible. Over the past four years since the company's initial conception, we have sold over 2,300 kits to builders all over the world focusing on our core values of providing a memorable, open ended, builder experience at an attainable cost so train fans from all walks of life can celebrate the amazing machines we know and love.
Our kits are gorgeous representations of the real steel machines that galloped (sometimes trundled) across the metals. We believe in large scale products that look great, are challenging (but not impossible) to build, and do all the things you would expect a locomotive model to do! R. Duck Woodkits, LLC. (R. Duck Locomotive Works) is an American owned and operated brand. We don't buy and trade designs with foreign parties, or outsource labor overseas. We believe heavily in Manufacturer to Consumer relations, and the great majority of our current builders have become great friends over the past few years. We DO NOT use AI (ROBOTS) for consumer interactions, and offer tremendous support to our clients whether it's troubleshooting challenging build stages, or even if they just want to talk trains and have ideas for future projects they'd like to see brought to market.
Most individuals are often stunned by our level of customer service. We care. We want our builders to learn something. It's trains! It's Supposed to be fun! We thoroughly believe in operating at a modern capacity when it comes to being environmentally conscious with our product line. We source only the highest quality materials for our projects, partnering with companies that practice regenerative forestry practices, offsetting their carbon footprint. R. Duck Woodkits, LLC, (on average), is responsible for two or more trees being planted every month. We also partner with ETSY as our online retail space, a carbon neutral selling platform.
I get asked a lot "So what do you even do with these kits". The easy response is always "Whatever YOU want!" Paint them, power them, add lights, sound, smoke machines, you name it! The possibilities are endless with an R. Duck Locomotive Works Kit! We constantly pump out new products, whether they're new additions to the locomotive roster, or fun add on for builders to enhance their growing fleet! We love partnering and collaborating with museums, providing high profit product options for museum gift shops, so they can bolster sales and keep the railroad running!
So far, we have over 10 national museums on our roster, and the list continues to grow every month. From humble beginnings, operating an undersized, underpowered laser cutter in my Santa Monica apartment kitchen, to a full blown production facility along the mainline trackage in New Hampshire, R. Duck is keen to continue delivering something fresh and new to the hobby.
NMRA Members get a 15% off discount of entire purchase.
Address: 1094 Woodbury Ave #303
Contact: Tripp Aquadro
Phone Number: 413-695-4975
Email Address: rducklocomotiveworks.com
Ram Track manufactures electronic lighting systems, sound devices, control devices and plastic model lights most of which are adaptable to all scales N through G. All are made in the USA.
Manufacturer of unique model railroading electronic circuits, including LCC (Layout Command Control)products, Loco Buffer(a USB interface with Digitrax's LocoNet), and MotorMan (a driver for turnout motorization system).
Traceable patterns, plans, and more for N, HO, OO, O, and other scale structures. Many scale plan sets come with ready-to-print cardstock versions in addition to the regular plans. 90 plans are currently available, as well as "how-to" tutorials.
NMRA Members receive a 20% discount.
Founded in 2019, Scale Railroad Models provides Prototypical and Historical Building Kits for HO and N Scale Model Railroaders. The founder has been a Model Railroader for his entire life, starting with a Tyco HO layout on an 8'x4' piece of plywood at the age of 6 with his older brother. After many visits to Model Train shows and home tours to look at how others had placed buildings and scenery, it became apparent that there was a distinct lack of diversity in the buildings that were being used on everybody's layouts.
Being a graphics software engineer and doing 3D graphics for about 30 years, it became obvious that in order to have a layout with buildings different than everybody else's, new designs would have to be constructed. With the purchase of a 3D printer and 3D CAD modeling software, the path became clear for a way to have buildings that were different than everybody else. Once the buildings started to "multiply" with buildings from other states, the question was asked: What if someone else wanted some of these different buildings for their layout? Scale Railroad Models' printers run around the clock making the building kits that are on their website.
One of Scale Railroad Models' goals is to have one building from each of the 50 United States. We even give you the physical street address of the building if it is a current prototypical building. If we don't have it, we'll give you the latitude/longitude coordinates for the model, as in our drawbridge kit. Note: Historical kits don't exist anymore and as such we cannot supply the street address.
NMRA Members receive a 10% discount on all orders.
This company offers a wide range of commercial scenery materials including custom made trees and Fusion Fiber, a unique lightweight scenery base material containing a powder adhesive. Mixed with warm water and acrylic craft paint, it's easy to create a desired scenery base color.
Located in Tuskegee, AL, the company has provided the highest quality railroad accessories since 1995. A premier railroad model and kit manufacturing company, products are produced to exacting degrees using tried and true manufacturing methods and state-of-the-art processes. "Fidelity of Scale... It's a Promise!" Kits are in HO, N, and Z scales.
NMRA Members receive 10% off all proprietary products.
Northwest Florida based Stuart Denniston has been providing an alternative to T-TRAK module kits by producing fully assembled, standard and custom T-TRAK modules since 2021. Stuart has been a cabinetmaker since 1985, working with wood, laminates, plastics, and plywood.
The decision to produce assembled modules came from comments that he overheard at regional club train shows and events that the assembly process of the kits was hard for someone to complete. "Not everyone has woodworking experience but wants to get into T-TRAK" was the most common, with "Sometimes the tab and slots were hard to fit together" coming in a close second.
Stuart also specializes in custom modules. To date, he has manufactured and shipped "balloon loop" modules, extra depth modules, a 4-way crossing module and numerous inverted modules for bridge/ravine scenes. Stuart is also now making Kato to Anderson PowerPole/Anderson PowerPole to Kato assemblies for those that use them, and recently started making bus cable assemblies. He can be reached at dennind [at] gmail.com (subject: T-TRAK%20as%20NMRA%20Partner, body: Hi%20Stuart%2C%0A) and look for a website in 2024.
Stuart is offering NMRA members a 15% discount.
Craftsman level downloadable paper model kits for building, structures and scenery for model railroads. Team Track Models are full of detail and features, and frequently add to their product line. They also have a full line of over 160 textures for scratch builders.
Since 1991 manufacturers of high quality structure kits in HO, N & Z scales with excellent step-by-step instructions and in-progress photos. The company also offers detail parts and vehicle kits in either HO, N, or Z, scenery products in N & Z and an assortment of styrene and wood fiber building sheets in Z, N, HO, O, G and 1/12th scales in over 65 sheet styles.
Old Depot Gallery features the artwork of Robert (Bob) Frascella who has been working exclusively in soft pastels since 1997 focusing mainly on scenes that depict the glory years of American Railroading. His paintings have appeared on the covers of Model Railroad and Historical Society magazines.
NMRA Members receive a 10% discount on all art prints purchased online with a minimum purchase of $50. In addition, The Old Depot Gallery will provide free shipping to any address within the US. Foreign members will receive a $7.00 credit toward the actual shipping cost to any non-US address.
Address: 8471 Sand Dollar Drive, Windsor, CO 80528
Contact: Jay Escamilla, 510-342-4389
Discount: 10% off all in-stock items with free shipping, 5% discount on pre-orders
Tichy Train Group is the manufacturer of rolling stock and structure kits in N, HO, S, and O scales. Tichy kits conform to all applicable NMRA standards and recommended practices. Tichy cars accept Kadee(r) #5 or equivalent style couplers (not included) and provide special molded washers to allow correct coupler height with other trucks. Tichy also produces a wide array of detail parts including, windows, doors, fences, NBW's, and rivets, as well as structural parts.
NMRA Members receive a 10% discount on orders over $20.
Touch of the Brush Model Weathering has been bringing models to life since 2017. We offer services such as weathering, painting, decals, and detail installments on all models of all scales. Many of our projects range from prototype to freelance based on our clients' requests. Our studio may be nestled in the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas but we have a huge presence and following on Social Media including YouTube and Instagram (where our business started). TOTB is honored to be a part of the NMRA Family and happy to be of service!
NMRA Members receive 10% off all orders.
www.facebook.com/totbmodelweathering
www.instagram.com/totbmodelweathering
https://www.youtube.com/c/TouchoftheBrushModelWeathering
Address: Northwest Arkansas
Contact: Joseph Giunto
Since 2001, builders of the finest quality overhead, garden, and tabletop model railroads. From children's train tables to museum-quality layouts built in any scale in homes or businesses, they offer it all.
NMRA Members receive a 5% discount on labor.
Promoter of quality train shows from Coast to Coast. Brands include Greenberg's Train Show, the Great Train Show, the World's Greatest Hobby on Tour, and the Great Midwest Train Show. Order advance tickets to shows at Trainshow.com. NMRA members receive a 20% discount after registering and providing member identification.
Trainmasters TV, the video division of Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine who generously donates "how-to" videos to the NMRA Video Library, is giving NMRA members a discount to both their Trainmasters TV videos and items in the Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine store. Now's the time to get those MRH items you've been coveting, or to take advantage of their huge library of videos!
Trainz is your home for new and collectible model trains, with new offerings listed daily! In addition, Trainz purchases modeling items and collections. Trainz will provide NMRA members $10 off the purchase of $50 or more, one use per customer.
TSG Multimedia is a video production company based in the San Francisco Bay Area that specializes in:
Their main focus is currently on producing content for YouTube, but TSG Multimedia is also for hire if you need top-quality videography for your business or special event.
TSG's first railroad-themed video entitled "Caltrain 2005" was released in late 2005. The initial success of this release led us to focus on producing video content published on portable media, such as DVDs and Blu-ray discs. Because portable media's popularity started to wane, they introduced the option of Digital Downloads to the catalog. Since 2015, they have focused more on YouTube as an avenue for our railroad, model railroad, and historical productions.
NMRA Members receive 25% off all products.
UGEARS manufactures eye-catching and imaginative self-propelled mechanical model kits that can be assembled without glue. Established in 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine, in less than two years they've taken fourteen visionary designs and produced them now as model kits made from sustainably sourced wood. Extensive engineering know-how, meticulous product testing, and quality control create an engaging and rewarding model construction experience that can be enjoyed by individual modelers or the entire family.
NMRA members ordering any Ugears mechanical model or set from Ugears website will receive a Ugears Welcome Coupon for a 15% discount for their next website purchase.
USA Airbrush Supply is your one-stop shop for all things airbrush...including the complete line of Badger airbrushes and equipment. Through a special arrangement with Badger, USA Airbrush Supply is giving NMRA members a generous discount on the website-listed prices of Badger branded equipment. Badger will also donate 5% of the purchase price to the NMRA!
Locomotive Cabs, Railcar Loads / Accessories, Locomotive Parts, Wayside Items, Interiors Items, Scal-EOT, N Scale Detail Parts and General Detail Parts.
Address: PO Box 421, Middlesex, NJ 08846-0421
Contact: Chris Wallace
Discount: 15% off order for NMRA members.
Model trains for any enthusiast. Whether you prefer O scale, N scale, or HO scale model trains, you'll find a wide selection of trains in your preferred scale. If you're new to the hobby, White Rose also has model train kits to get you started on your exciting model train journey. In addition, they offer model train supplies including DCC, model scenery, and electronics & wiring supplies. Most U.S. orders ship the same day they're placed. Don't see the part or model you are looking for, give them a call at (717) 505-8676 and let them order it for you!
NMRA members will now receive an exclusive 10% discount on orders placed at www.whiterosehobbies.com
White Rose Hobbies, LLC
4401 W Market St,
York, PA 17408
Pioneers in bringing WiFi and onboard sound together in HO scale, we manufacture LocoFi decoders. Coupled with the LocoFi controller smartphone app, you get multi-user multi-train wireless control of your DC locomotives. The DC (9V - 24V) / DCC track-compatible decoders are easily installed in your locomotive following NMRA wire color coding. The high current rating decoders are perfect for old DC locomotives like the blue box Athearn, Tyco, Life-Like, etc. There is no additional wiring, equipment, or throttles involved. Regular free upgrades (including locomotive firmware) to the app ensure that your hardware is never out of date. The decoders feature powerful dual microcontrollers with pluggable microSD cards that can be loaded with custom non-proprietary format sounds to bring prototypical realism to the operation of a locomotive. We are the gateway to the future of model railroading. Simplify. WiFi. LocoFi.
NMRA Members receive a 10% discount on all orders.
Yelton Models opened its doors back in 2017. Dan in 2019 approached Steven, the owner of Burlington Junction Model Trains if he would like to join him in developing a 3D printing company in the model train industry. These two gentlemen have come pretty far in the last few years with developing all brand-new items to bring to the model train community, covering all major scales. By the spring of 2022, Yelton Models has brought out over 120 different items with more coming out all the time. These two gentlemen come from two totally different backgrounds but found a connection in their love of the model railroading hobby. We hope their products help Bring your Layout to Life.
NMRA Members receive a 10% discount on all orders.