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on this page: Railroad History Narrow Gauge Historic Rail Lines Books on Railroad History Railroad Folk Songs Model Railroads Live Steam Trains Lionel Trains Railroad Computer Games

Model  Railroads  &  Toy  Trains

National Model Railroad Assn. [est. 1935]
N.M.R.A. Directory of World Wide Model Railroading Websites
online index of model railroad magazines from 1933 [est. 1997]

The Train Station, Mountain Lakes NJ [authorized Lionelฎ dealer]
Internet Trains - 'model train superstore'
H & R Trains in Florida
Athearn, Inc 'trains in miniature' [est. 1946] in Carson, CA
Horizon Hobby Model Trains of Champaign, Illinois
Trains West [est. 1992] in Albuquerque, NM
Foothill Model Works {On3) of Willitts, CA
Bachmann Industries, Inc. model trains [est. 1833]
Highlands Station, LLC [est. 2007] in Lakewood, CO
Overland Models, Inc. - brass models [est. 1976]
Life-Like Trains {div. of Walthers since 2005}
Wm. K. Walthers, Inc. model trains [est. 1932]
Balls of Brass railroad models [est. 1977]
The Great Train Expo - national traveling show
monthly Great Midwest Train Show in Wheaton, IL
TrainFest Model Railroad Show [Nov 2007 = #37] near Milwaukee, WI
Banta Model Works - P&S Building & Structure Co. of Vermont
Sierra West Scale Models of Plano, TX
InterMountain Railway Co. of Longmont, CO
Kadee® - The Coupler People

Athearn® scale model trains category at Amazon
Atlas® scale model trains category at Amazon
Intermountain Railway® scale model trains category at Amazon

browse books on model railroads at Amazon.com
Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette {for modelers}
Maine 2-Foot Quarterly Magazine

Model Railroader Magazine subscription at Magaz!nes.com subscribe at Amazon 12 issues/year for $42.95 magazine website	Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine subscribe at Amazon 12 issues/year for $34.95 magazine website	Live Steam and Outdoor Railroading Magazine subscribe at Amazon 6 issues/year for $39.95 magazine website
Model Railroading Magazine ceased publication in August 2006 back issues available at magazine website	Classic Toy Trains Magazine subscription at Magaz!nes.com subscribe at Amazon 9 issues/year for $39.95 magazine website	Model Railroad News Magazine subscribe at Amazon 12 issues/year for $29.95 magazine website

Live Steam Model Railroading

RG's Live Steam Locomotives Supplies of Santa Paula, CA
Discover Live Steam [est. 1998]
Sinking Springs Railroad 1.5"-scale products in Sandy, OR
Plum Cove Studios 1.5"-scale rolling stock in Gloucester, MA
Backwoods Miniatures of U.K. {of U.S. rolling stock}
Mason's Trains live steam products
Pacific Beach & Summit live steam railroad [est. 2004] on Whidbey Island, WA
TH's Live Steaming info site [est. 1995]
Live Steam and Outdoor Railroading Magazine [est. 1966]

Foreign Miniature Railroads
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway [opened May 1875] in the Lake District, Cumbria, U.K.
7-mile route; 15-inch gauge (1/3 size); R&ER Preservation Society [est. 1960]
Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway [opened July 1927] in Kent, U.K.
13-mile route; 15-inch gauge (1/3 size)

Lionel Corp. [1901-1969]
Lionel Corp. entry at Wikipedia
Lionel, LLC official website
Lionel® Trains category at Amazon

	"A Century of Legendary Lionel Trains" [video release 2000] Narrated by Tom Snyder T.M. Books & Video color DVD [12/2001] for $21.99 T.M. Books & Video color VHS [7/2001] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb
	"All Aboard: The Story of Joshua Lionel Cowen & His Lionel Train Company" [1981] by Ron Hollander Workman Publng 10¾x8½ pb [11/91] out of print/many used Workman Publng 11x8¾ hardcover [10/2000] for $18.96
	poster of Lionel Electric Trains ad circa 1930s (ad page from Popular Science Monthly) 18"x24" giclee art print available at AllPosters.com for $49.99

Railroad  Computer   Games

"Train Simulator" video game [2001] from Microsoft jewel-case software for Windows [9/2004] for $9.99 software for Windows [3/2001] out of stock/used "Scenic Railway Add-On" [2002] from Abacus software for Windows [5/2002] for $24.99

"Railroad Tycoon 3" video game Gathering of Developers software for Windows [undated] for $7.99 "Railroad Tycoon 3" video game Jack of All Games software for Windows [9/2003] out of prodn/used "Railroad Tycoon 2 - Platinum" video game Take 2 Interactive software for Windows [10/2001] for $14.49 "Railroad Tycoon 2" video game Gathering of Developers software for Windows [11/99] out of prodn/used "Railroad Tycoon Official Strategy Guide" book [2003] by Mark Walker Brady Games pb [10/2003] for $13.59 "Railroad Tycoon Official Strategies & Secrets" book [2003] by David Chong, Rick Selby & Richard Wayne Smith Sybex 9x7½ pb [6/2001] for $13.59 "Railroad Tycoon: The Boardgame" [2005] Eagle/Phoenix Lab Games gigantic board game [2005] for $59.99

Railroad  Film  Festival

       now on a separate page       

U.S.  Railroad  History

world railroad history timeline at Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
Railway & Locomotive Historical Society [est. 1921]
Pacific Coast Chapter [est. 1937] of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society
National Railway Historical Society [est. 1935]
New Mexico Steam Locomotive & Railroad Historical Society
Pacific Railroad Society [est. 1936] in Alhambra, CA
Placer Sierra Railroad Heritage Society
Maps of The Past - restored historic railroad & other maps
AE's index to railroad historical societies
Prof. Jensen's 'Guide to Railroad History'

browse books by Lucius M. Beebe
browse books by photographer O. Winston Link

Railroad  Equipment
Whyte notation system for steam locomotives
Steam Locomotives Database
Iron Horse Preservation Society
Railroad Station Historical Society [est. 1967]
geared steam locomotives reference site
Shay Locomotives reference site
Mallet logging engines fansite
Forney locomotives
Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 cab-forward locomotives

Narrow-Gauge  Railroads  (in General)

Narrow Gauge Preservation Foundation [est. 2000]
Colorado Rockies Narrow Gauge Circle
Old Time Narrow Gauge Railroading on the Net
RB's Slim Rails fansite {last update 2002?}

	"Narrow Gauge Nostalgia: A Compendium of California Short Lines" [1965] by George Turner Trans-Anglo Books hardcover [1971] out of print/used Johnston & Howe hardcover [1965] out of print/used
	"American Narrow Gauge Railroads" [1990] by George W. Hilton Stanford Univ Press 12x9 pb [12/94] for $28.32 Stanford Univ Press 12½x11 hardcover [10/90] for $90.00
	"California High Country Narrow Gauge Railroads" [2001] by George Turner Oso Publng 11½x8¾ hardcover [7/2001] out of print/used

Historic  Rail  Lines
Fallen Flags & Railroad Photos
HR's East Coast Railroad history site

Akron, Canton & Youngstown RR Historical Society
Ann Arbor RR Technical & Historical Assn.
Anthracite RRs {Lehigh Valley & Jersey Central & Reading} Historical Society
Atlantic Coast Line RR - Seaboard Airline RR Historical Society
Baltimore & Ohio RR Historical Society
Boston & Maine RR Historical Society
British Columbia Railway Historical & Technical Society
Friends of the Burlington Northern [est. 1993]
Central of Georgia RR Historical Society
Central Vermont Railway Historical Society
Chesapeake & Ohio RR Historical Society
CB&Q / Burlington Route Historical Society [est. 1979]
Chicago & Eastern Illinois RR Historical Society
Chicago & North Western RR Historical Society
Colorado Midland RR Historical Society
Colorado & Southern Narrow Gauge RR Historical Society
Conrail Technical Society
Delaware & Hudson Bridge Line RR Historical Society
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range RR Historical Society
East Tennessee & West North Carolina RR Historical Society
Erie Lackawanna RR Historical Society
Great Northern Railway Historical Society
LK's Great Northern Railway fansite
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio RR Historical Society
Illinois Terminal RR Historical Society
Louisville & Nashville RR Historical Society
Maryland & Pennsylvania RR Preservation & Historical Society
Milwaukee Road RR Historical Assn.
Missouri-Kansas-Texas 'Katy' RR Historical Society
Monon RR Historical & Technical Society
Missouri Pacific Lines - Texas & Pacific Railway Historical Society
New Haven RR Historical & Technical Assn.
New York, Ontario & Western Railway Historical Society
Nickle Plate RR Historical & Technical Society
Northwestern Pacific RR Historical Society
Pere Marquette RR Historical Society
Reading Lines RR Co. Technical & Historical Society
Rock Island RR Technical Society
Rutland RR Historical Society
Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society [est. 1994]
Southern Pacific RR Historical & Technical Society
Wabash RR Historical Society
Western Maryland Railway Historical Society

Carson & Colorado Railroad [narrow-gauge; 1880-1905]
Carson & Colorado Railroad entry at Wikipedia
Carson & Colorado Railroad [1880-1960] history site
C&C - N&C - Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge RR fansite
Carson & Colorado history pages at Narrow Gauge on the Net
S.P. Narrow Gauge 2-8-0 locomotive #18 on display at Independence, CA
DB's Carson & Colorado restoration site
RB's C&C - SPNG fansite

"Slim Rails Through The Sand: Southern Pacific's Narrow Gauge" [Johnston & Howe 1963] by George Turner Trans-Anglo Books hardcover [6/89] out of print/used

Central Pacific Railroad [1861-1885]
Central Pacific Railroad entry at Wikipedia
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum [est. 1999]
BP's 'Big Four' history site
Central Pacific Railroad Across Nevada - historic comparisons, 1868 & 1997

Death Valley Railroad [narrow-gauge; 1914-1931]
Death Valley Railroad entry at Wikipedia
GS's Death Valley RR pix

Rio Grande Modeling & Historical Society [est. 2001]

"The Chili Line and Santa Fe, The City Different" [1996] Compiled by Richard L. Dorman self-publd hardcover [1996] out of print/scarce self-publd hardcover [1996] out of print/scarce

Diamond & Caldor Railway [1904-1953]
Diamond & Caldor Railway history at El Dorado Western Railway Foundation
Diamond & Caldor Railway entry at Wikipedia

El Paso & Southwestern RR [1902-1963]
ran from Bisbee, Arizona to El Paso, Texas

Illinois Central Railroad [1851-2001]
Illinois Central Railroad entry at Wikipedia
Illinois Central RR Historical Society
TP's Illinois Central fansite

Nevada-California-Oregon Railway [narrow-gauge; 1881-1929]
TA's Nevada-California-Oregon Railway fansite
N.C.O. Railway history pages at Narrow Gauge on the Net

Nevada  County  Narrow  Guage  Railroad  [1876-1942]
The Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad was the only railroad in the West
that was never robbed, even though it transported gold from the hardrock mines.
Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum in Nevada City, CA
Nevada County Narrow Guage Project {On3 display} in Grass Valley, CA
N.C.N.G. HO-scale model layout
Foothill Model Works N.C.N.G.R.R. references

	"Nevada County Narrow Gauge" [1965] by Gerald M. Best Heimburger House 11x8½ hardcover [10/98] for $41.95 Howell-North Books hardcover [1/65] out of print/used
	"Never Come, Never Go: The Story of Nevada County's Narrow-Gauge Railroad" [1986] by Robert M. Wyckoff Nevada County Historical Society pb [1/86] out of print/used
	"A Tale of Two Cities and A Train: The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad, Nevada County, California, 1874-1942" [1987] by Juanita Kennedy Browne Nevada County Historical Society pb [10/90] out of print/used Nevada County Historical Society hardcover [2/87] out of print/used

Norfolk & Western Railway [1838-1982]
Norfolk & Western Railway entry at Wikipedia
Norfolk & Western Railroad Historical Society [est. 1984]

Northern Pacific Railway [1864-1995]
Northern Pacific Railway entry at Wikipedia
Northern Pacific Railway Historical Assn. [est. 1981]
JAP's Northern Pacific Railway fansite

Oregon, Pacific & Eastern Railway [1904-1994] at Cottage Grove, Oregon

Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society

Reader Railroad [est. 1925] of Arkansas & Texas
apparently still in business, though mostly for use in motion pictures such as "3:10 To Yuma" [2007]
Reader Railroad official website

    
Southern Railway Company [1894-1982]
Southern Railway entry at Wikipedia
Southern Railway Historical Assn./Society

Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Historical Society & S.I.G.

Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad [1904-40]
Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad fansite

Virginia & Truckee Railroad [1869-1950]
Virginia & Truckee / Northern Nevada Railway Foundation [est. 1991]
Virginia & Truckee Railroad entry at Wikipedia

Western Pacific Railroad [1910-1982]
Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, CA
Feather River Rail Society
Western Pacific Railroad Historical Society [est. 1996]
Western Pacific RR Virtual Museum
California Zephyr Virtual Museum

1920 Yosemite Lumber Company No.4 Shay-geared locomotive
at the Sierra Nevada Logging Museum

Yosemite Valley Railroad Company [1907-1945]
CJG's Yosemite Valley Railroad fansite

The  Transcontinental  Railroads
History Central pages
Golden Spike National Historic Site at Promontory Summit, Utah
May 10th is National Train Day in USA [est. 2008]

The Transcontinental Railroad ordered by President Lincoln joined the Central Pacific
from the west and the Union Pacific from the east at a Golden Spike Ceremony
at Promontory Summit in Utah Territory on 10 May 1869.

The silver spike ceremony joining the Second Transcontinental Railroad – Southern Pacific from the
west, AT&SF from the east – took place on 8 March 1881 in Deming, New Mexico Territory.

The third major Transcontinental Railroad, the Northern Pacific Railway, was completed
on 8 September 1883 with the ceremonial gold spike driven at Gold Creek, Montana Territory.

	"American Experience: The Iron Road" [P.B.S./WGBH Nov 1991] The building of the railroad between Sacramento, California and Omaha, Nebraska from 1862 to 1869, a feat of engineering and backbreaking labor that opened up the riches of the West and turned America's dream of manifest destiny into a reality. Produced & directed by Neil Goodwin; narrated by Lief Ancker DVD/Blu-ray not available PBS Home Video color VHS [3/2000] out of prodn/used WGBH Home Video color VHS [1992] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • P.B.S. official movie site
	"Modern Marvels: Transcontinental Railroad" [History Channel Jan 1995] The transcontinental railroad project was unprecedented in both size and scope, from the time the first spike was driven into the ground to the modern rail transportation system as we know it today. Narrated by Harlan Saperstein A&E Home Video color DVD [12/2006] for $22.49 full credits at IMDb
	"Modern Marvels: The Railroads That Tamed The West" [History Channel Feb 1996] After completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, millions of acres of territory were still virtually unreachable; to conquer these new lands, thousands of miles of new rails were laid in the late 1800's, opening the West to settlement, commerce & exploitation. Narrated by Harlan Saperstein A&E Home Video color DVD [12/2005] for $13.99 full credits at IMDb
	"American Experience: Transcontinental Railroad" [P.B.S. Jan 2003] A fascinating look at one of the most spectacular engineering feats of the 19th Century, as legions of tireless workers toiled for six years to realize the vision of imaginative engineers and shady entrepre- neurs. Co-produced, written & co-directed by Mark Zwonitzer: co-directed by Michael Chin; narrated by Michael Murphy PBS Home Video color DVD [6/2006] for $22.49 PBS Home Video color VHS [2/2003] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • PBS official movie site

Books  on  Railroad  History

browse books on railroads at Amazon

	"The Most Powerful Idea In The World: A Story of Steam,   Industry & Invention" [2010] by William Rosen Random House 9x6 hardcover [6/2010] for $18.48
	"Appetite For America: How Visionary Businessman   Fred Harvey Built A Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized The Wild West" [2010] by Stephen Fried Bantam 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/2010] for $17.82 more info on the Harvey House Restaurants [1875-1968]
	"Images of America: Fred Harvey Houses of The Southwest" [2008] by Richard Melzer Arcadia Publng 9x6½ pb [11/2008] for $14.95 more info on the Harvey House Restaurants [1875-1968]
	"All Aboard for Santa Fe: Railway Promotion of the Southwest, 1890s to 1930s" [2005] by Victoria E. Dye Univ NM Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2005] for $16.47
	"The Train Stops Here: New Mexico's Railway Legacy" [2005] by Marci L. Riskin Univ NM Press 10x8 pb [5/2005] for $16.47 Univ NM Press 10¼x8½ hardcover [5/2005] for $26.37
	"The Railroad: The Life Story of A Technology" [2005] by H. Roger Grant Greenwood 9½x6¼ hardcover [4/2005] for $45.00
	"The American Passenger Train" [2001] by Mike Schafer Motorbooks Intl. 10¼x10½ hardcover [11/2001] for $34.95
	"Santa Fe: The Chief Way" [2001] by Robert Strein, John Vaughan & C. Fenton Richards Jr. New Mexico Magazine 10x10 pb [9/2001] out of print/used New Mexico Magazine 10¼x10¼ hardcover [9/2001] for $26.37
	"Classic American Railroads" by Mike Schafer Vol 1: Motorbooks Intl. 10¼x10¼ hardcover [9/96] for $23.07 Vol 2: Motorbooks Intl. 10¼x10¼ hardcover [10/2000] for $25.17 Vol 3: Motorbooks Intl. 10¼x10¼ hardcover [10/2003] for $19.77
	"Parallel Tracks: The Railroad & Silent Cinema" [1997] by Lynne Kirby Duke Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [6/97] for $23.95 Duke Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [12/97] for $84.95
	"Unfinished Business: The Railroad In American Life" [1994] by Maury Klein Univ Press NE 9x6 pb [4/94] for $24.95 Univ Press NE 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/94] out of print/used
	"The American Railroad Freight Car: From The Wood-Car Era To The Coming of Steel" [1993] by John H. White Jr. Johns Hopkins Univ Press pb [11/95] for $42.96 Johns Hopkins Univ Press 12¾x10½ hardcover [10/93] for $0.00
	"The American Railroad Passenger Car" [1985] by John H. White Jr. Johns Hopkins Univ Press {6.25 pounds} pb [3/85] for $70.00 Vol 1: 12½x10½ pb [3/85] for $40.00 Vol 2: 12½x9½ pb [3/85] for $34.40
	"100 Years of Steam Locomotives: Collectors Edition" [1957] by Walter A. Lucas Simmons Boardman 11¾x9 hardcover [6/57] for $59.95 "100 Years of Railroad Cars" [1958] by Walter A. Lucas Simmons Boardman hardcover [1/58] out of print/rare

http://www.amazon.com/American-Train-Depot-Roundhouse/dp/0760300038/
http://www.amazon.com/Train-Depots-Roundhouses-Motorbooks-Classic/dp/0760313512/

Railroad  Folk  Songs

	"Classic Railroad Songs From Smithsonian Folkways" [2006] Smithsonian Folkways audio CD [1/2006] for $10.99
	"Classic Railroad Songs" (Rounder Series) Vol. 1 Steel Rails: Rounder audio CD [3/97] for $15.28 Vol. 2 Mystery Train: Rounder audio CD [3/97] for $14.99 Vol. 3 Night Train: Rounder audio CD [10/98] for $15.28 Vol. 4 Freight Train Blues: Rounder audio CD [6/2000] for $14.99 Train 45, Early 1900s: Rounder audio CD [10/98] for $14.99
	"25 Classic Train Songs" [2003] Rural Rhythm audio CD [5/2003] for $9.98 "Between The Rails: America's Train Songs" [1996] G.N.P./Crescendo audio CD [2/96] for $13.98 "Great American Train Songs" [1993] C.M.H. Records audio CD [3/95] for $13.98

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