I didn't realize that I don't have a page for links to useful sites and resources until I got a request from Lucas Lee that he has a good link for resources for beginning model railroaders, so Lucas, here's the site you recommended, and everyone else out there, here you go! Click the buttons to the left to go to the websites.
"Model Railroads and Freight Cars" web page that has a whole bunch of PDF articles covering everything from making backgrounds to laying track. I went through the PDFs. Good Stuff!