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Micro Layouts by Tom Blog... 

https://microsbytom.wordpress.com/

Small Model Railways Blog... 

http://smallmodelrailwaylayouts.blogspot.com/

Shortline Modelers... 

https://shortlinemodelers.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Shortline-Modelers-120032784689242/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/trackdetailing/

Deep River Railroad...

http://www.deepriverrailroad.com/

The Micro Model Railroad Cartel Blog Page... 

https://mmrrc.blogspot.com/

Micro Model Railroad Cartel Facebook Group...

https://www.facebook.com/groups/446880498758158

Layouts and links to check out 

James Hilton produces a lot of kits under various names Narrow Planet, 0 6.5 minimum gauge etc:  has a blog with lots of small/micro projects Paxton-road.blogspot.com. Look for Mollington Road. And his 00 6.5 minimum gauge micro layouts.
https://paxton-road.blogspot.com/2019/07/introducing-mollington-road.html 

Budget model railways built a coronavirus microlayout in 00 scale. Features on YouTube 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjSNSTxSC-YZM_i9dqCZLOw 
 
Small Layout Design Handbook by James Hilton:
https://wildswanbooks.co.uk/Books/Small-Layout-Design-Handbook.htm

Narrow planet/light railway stores
https://www.lightrailwaystores.co.uk/

Titfield thunderbolt books
https://www.titfield.co.uk/

Marshall Stull's fantastic blog with a focus on small model railways, including prototype information. 
http://smallmr.com/wordpress/

Bob Hughes' Blog:
https://playingtrains.wordpress.com

Superb micro modelling from this Japanese modeller:
https://www.yutaatelier.com

Luke Noble's YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbPWmP2jcf1d-Jr8VjfJmBw

Tim Horn Laser Cutting*
https://tim-horn.co.uk/
*Tim's website is currently closed for reconstruction, but an email address is available. 

Ed Traxler 3D Printed Parts:
https://www.micromimesis.com/
https://www.shapeways.com/shops/fuzzypossum

Sakuradani Light Railway in Japan
http://sakuradani.lightrailway.net
After you do that, you then need to follow the link labelled “official homepage
http://www.nakanoke.com/sakuradani

Carl Arendt's Square Foot Estate Railway:
http://archive.carendt.com/squarefoot/index.html

Llanastr. Rodney Halls Brecon & Merthyr Micro Layout

https://llanastr.webs.com/

Model Rail magazine features plenty of micro layouts though they do stretch the definition of Micro from time to time.

https://www.model-rail.co.uk/

Callum Wilcox has a micro layout heavy YouTube presence as SDJR8F88

https://www.youtube.com/user/SDJR7F88

Milland Valley Railway - Dioramas and Micro layouts Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/LiphookBAMRG/

Neil Rushby’s blog has not been updated for a long time but a search among the pages of Rushbys-railways.blogspot.com you will find Shell Island. A delightful micro

https://rushbys-railways.blogspot.com/

Scalescenes offers a couple of Micro in a Box file kits. Everything for a layout for you to download and print off at home

https://scalescenes.com/

Le Tain de Jules, though in French has a lot of good content on it much of it micro 

https://www.youtube.com/user/letraindejules

There’s also the French magazine Voie Libre with checking out. The website is in French (naturellement) but there’s an English translation available and an iPad app to download the magazine.  

http://blog.voielibre.com/p/english-translations.html