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Historical information about full sized trains and railroads/railways.

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Resources in This Category

• Abandoned Railroads Of The United States

  http://www.abandonedrails.com/
  The history of numerous United States rail lines which have since been abandoned.

• Akron Barberton Belt Railroad

  http://abb.thomconte.com/
  Steam and diesel roster, pictures, and history.

• Algoma Eastern Railway

  http://www.magma.ca/~morcomp/aer.html
  The history of Northern Ontario’s Algoma Eastern Railway.

• American Rails

  http://american-rails.com/
  An informational "A to Z" resource guide to American railroads.

• Castle Howard Station

  http://www.castlehowardstation.com/
  An historical record including text, photographs and personal memories relating to this unique station on the York to Scarborough line in North Yorkshire, UK.

• Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad

  http://www.northshoreline.com/
  History of the line from 1891 to its demise in 1963. Includes photographs of the cars, stops, hardware, ephemra and time tables.

• CNR In Ontario

  http://cnr-in-ontario.com/
  Information on Canadian National Railway's stations in Ontario. Stations are organized alphabetically and in 1954 subdivision, with a short history.

• Coal Towers and Coaling Stations for Railroad Steam Locomotives

  http://home.earthlink.net/~railroad_towers_railroadmania/
  Old photo and statistics for railroad coal towers and coaling stations in the United States, built by Roberts and Schaefer Co., Circa 1908 - 1912.

• Consolidated Railroads of Cuba 50th Anniversary

  http://www.camagueycuba.org/fccc/
  short history and over one hundred photographs of the railroad, rolling stock, stations, and the Headquarters town of Camaguey from the late 1940's and early 1950's.

• Crowsnest Railway Route

  http://www.crowsnest.bc.ca/
  Located in southern British Columbia. Describes its history and includes pictures, maps and links.

• Danger Ahead

  http://danger-ahead.railfan.net/
  Information on historic railroad accidents.

• Dundonald Railway Station

  http://dundonaldrail.co.uk/
  Information about the former Belfast and County Down Railway station at Dundonald, County Down, Northern Ireland.

• Flying Yankee Restoration

  http://www.flyingyankee.com/
  News about the restoration of the stainless steel diesel powered train set known as The Flying Yankee, designed by E.G.Budd Company in 1934.

• Georgia's Railroad History And Heritage

  http://railga.com/
  Historical guide to Georgia's railroads, from the 1830s to the present.

• Green Bay & Western Lines: The East-West Short Route

  http://www.greenbayroute.com/
  The Green Bay and Western RR, its predecessors and affiliated lines; prototype and modeling information.

• Hocking Valley Railway Information Center

  http://www.chescweb.com/hvrail
  Devoted to the Hocking Valley Railway, its predecessors, successors, and affiliates. Includes photos, history, route guides and maps.

• Irish Railway Photos

  http://eiretrains.com/
  A collection of photographs taken of the Irish railway scene from 2001 onwards.

• Kamloops Heritage Railway

  http://www.kamrail.com/
  Looking for something fun to do in Kamloops, BC? Climb aboard the heritage train pulled by the beautifully restored 2141 'Spirit of Kamloops'. Special events include the Halloween Ghost Train and the Spirit of Christmas railtours!

• Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway

  http://www.interurbanroad.com/
  Historical information and photographs of the Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph interurban electric railway 1913-1933.

• Long Island Rail Road History

  http://www.lirrhistory.com/
  Features early history, timeline, maps, rolling stock and bibliography.

• Maryport and Carlisle Railway

  http://www.cumbria-railways.co.uk/
  The History of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway Bolton Loop branch line in Cumbria.

• Museum of America's Freedom Trains

  http://www.freedomtrain.org/
  Preserves the 1947-1949 Freedom Train and the 1975-1976 Bicentennial American Freedom Train, both of which toured the 48 contiguous United States.

• Ohio Railroads

  http://knorek.com/RR/Ohio/ohio.htm
  A brief overview of the history of Ohio Railroads, and a look at their operations today.

• Old Time Trains

  http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains
  Canadian railway history and stories, by and about railroaders.

• Penn Central Railroad Information

  http://pcrrusa.tripod.com/index.html
  Details the history of the fallen flag railway Penn Central.

• Penn Central Railroad Online

  http://pc.smellycat.com/
  Covers the railroad which folded in 1976. Includes maps and charts, photographs, and FAQ.

• Railroad Glory Days

  http://railroadglorydays.com/
  Chronicling the late days of steam, passenger trains, interurbans, train orders, telegraph, and narrow gauge railroading.

• Railroad Maps Collection

  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml
  Contains historical railroad maps from 1828-1900 that highlight the achievements of early railroaders.

• Railroad Signal Site

  http://www.trainweb.org/signals
  US Railroad signals - including US&S and GRS searchlight, colorlight and gyralight signals. Detailed photographs and descriptions.

• Railroad Stories

  http://home.mindspring.com/~railroadstories/
  A collection of stories, both fact and fiction, about railroads and trains. Most of the stories are from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

• Railroadiana Online

  http://www.railroadiana.org/
  A non-commercial website devoted to information about collectible railroadiana including lanterns, lamps, china, keys, locks and paper.

• Rails and Trails

  http://www.railsandtrails.com/
  Features primary source materials and research on the history of transportation in Ohio and North America.

• Souith Australian Railways

  http://satrains.8m.net/
  History of the South Australian Railways and TransAdelaide, Great Southern Railway and Australia Southern Railroad.

• Steam Index

  http://www.steamindex.com/
  Steam locomotive history, bibliography, magazines, abstracts, indexes, patents, biography.

• The Great Northern Empire - Then and Now

  http://www.greatnorthernempire.net/
  Historic information about James J. Hill's Great Northern Railway in the USA, and what is left of it today.

• The Last Days Of Steam

  http://www.hcpconsulting.ca/lds/LDS1.htm
  The memoirs of trainman during the 1950s.

• The Last Main Line - A Railway Archive

  http://www.railwayarchive.org.uk/
  Utilises Newton’s photographic collection, along with other archive material, to examine the impact of the Great Central railway on the people, businesses and transport infrastructure of the UK.

• The London & North Eastern Railway Encyclopedia

  http://www.lner.info/
  A reference work about the London North Eastern Railway of Britain. Includes engineer biographies and locomotive descriptions.

• The Lost Engines of Roanoke

  http://lostengines.railfan.net/
  A profile of four little known survivors of the steam era that are hidden at a scrap metal yard in Virginia.

• The Railroad Police

  http://www.therailroadpolice.com/
  Details the history of railroad policing as well as explaining the duties of the modern day railroad police officer.

• The Signal Box

  http://www.signalbox.org/
  History of railway signalling in the UK and abroad.

• Tin Turtle Simplex

  http://www.bagofbits.com/tinturtle/
  History and information about the Motor Rail Simplex locomotives used during WW1, and the restoration of a locomotive at the Moseley Railway Trust.

• Tonopah & Tidewater

  http://www.ttrr.org/
  History of the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad, Bullfrog Goldfield, Death Valley, Tecopa, and Ludlow & Southern railroads. Their histories, related documents, reference works, images and a walking tour of the Amargosa River Canyon.

• Weston Clevedon & Portishead Railway

  http://www.wcpr.org.uk/
  A railway linking three North Somerset coastal towns described through maps, old photos and ones of today's scene.

• World War Two Railway Study Group

  http://www.blueheron.co.uk/ww2rsg/
  Research group documenting the use of railways in all countries during World War Two.

• Yosemite Valley Railroad

  http://www.yosemitevalleyrailroad.com/
  History of the railway which ran between Merced, California and Yosemite Valley from 1905 to 1945.

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