If you know of a link that is not in this area, and should be, or you find one of these links are broken...please e-mail John Manter and I will put it in. ALL LINKS VERIFIED AS OF MARCH 2, 2005.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILFAN LINKS
5623 Homepage - Home page of Howard Wise and Errol Ohmann's
SP Black Widow #5623
David Coscia's SP Homepage
- Tons of SP Depot Information
Dan's Depot - Dan Klitzing
brings us the SP's Coast Line
Joe's Southern
Pacific Site - Excellent Southern Pacific site
Nor-Cal SP Connection - John
Barnhill's Roster and photo listing of the Southern Pacific
Siskiyou Page - Joe Fugate's
SP page dedicated to the Siskiyou crossing
Southern Pacific Page - Richard
Percy's Southern Pacific Page, Arguably the BEST SP site on the Internet
SP Postcards - Postcard
Views of the Southern Pacific's Shasta Route
SP
Trains Page - Jim Lancaster's
site with tons of SP Historical Photos
SANTA FE RAILFAN LINKS
BNSF in New Mexico -
Michael
Kern's Well done website in New Mexico
Milepost 1147.2 - Glenn
and Roni Gehlke's Excellent site dedicated to BNSF's Stockton Sub
Q Station Website - James
Czarnecki's Extremely Comprehensive ATSF/BNSF Website
Santa Fe Super Fleet
Photo Archives - Charles Biehl's roster picture site
Santa Fe Subjects - Evan Werkema
has placed his Santa Fe Knowledge on a Website
FALLEN FLAG WEBSITES
Kishacoquillas Valley Railroad -
Pennsylvania Fallen Flag
My Western Pacific Homepage - The
MOTHER of all Western Pacific Pages by Frank
Brehm.
Sacramento Northern On-Line - Garth Groff has set up everything you
ever wanted to know about the SN
Tidewater Southern Homepage
-
Eugene Vicknair has all you ever wanted to know about the TS
Virtual Western Pacific Museum
- Alan Radecki set this WP virtual tour
Westside Lumber - Michael
Azzarello's homage to
Westside Lumber and logging Railroads
LOCOMOTIVE PAGES
Electro-Motive Division - Official Homepage of EMD
Friends of the 4449 - Official
homepage of Former Southern Pacific GS4 #4449
Motive Power Rosters
- Craig Rutherford runs
MPR. contains rosters and photos of American Railroads.
North American Steam
Locomotives - Wes Barris has compiled a listing of Surviving Steam
Locomotives
Onward's Roster page -
All-time roster of Canadian and
Northwestern US Shortline and Regional Railroads
Ultimate Steam Page
- W. Hugh Odom Explains Steam in detail here
WESTERN UNITED STATES RAILFAN SITES
California Zephyr - Clark
Bauman, this
guy has excellent pictures of the central valley
Frank's Bay Area Page -
Frank Caron's Page dedicated to San Francisco Bay Area Railfanning
Funnelfan's Railfan Site
- Ted Curphey shows you all you need to know about the Pacific Northwest
Kern Junction Photo
Gallery - Photos from around Bakersfield, California
Mountain West Rail - Paul
Birkholtz's guide to
Railfanning the great mountain ranges of the west
Somewhere West of Denver - Chuck
Donaldson's website dedicated to Western U.S.
Railfanning
CENTRAL UNITED STATES RAILFAN SITES
Roger's World - Roger Miller's dedication to steam and speeders
EASTERN UNITED STATES RAILFAN SITES
Central PA Railfan Guide - Mike Mandichak tells
everything you ever needed to know about Central PA
Grade Crossing - Richard
Ahrens Brings us pictures and Information from the
Northeastern US
Norfolk Southern Pictures -
Photo archives of Norfolk Southern Units
Stan's Railpix - A Rail
Photo gallery of original images, with most taken in the
Phila. Pa. area.
LIGHT RAIL, INTERURBAN AND TRANSIT
Dave's
Electric Railroads - Dave Mewhinney's Homage to Electrified Railroads
Light Rail Fans - Jim
Middleton's Light Rail Page
Transit Rider - James Mohler
brings us pictures, trivia, and history of Rapid Transit on the West
Coast of the US
GENERAL RAILFAN LINKS
America Rail Action
-
Brent Frerck's homage to American Railroading
Brian F. Case's Railroad
Site - Brian's Pictures of Trains and Other RR subjects
Central California Rails -
David Epling's website based on railroad activities in and around
Central California
Cyber Space World Railroad -
Probably the oldest known page to all railfans
Dan's
Wig Wag page - Dan Furtado is listing surviving Wig Wags in
California
Don Ross Photos - Don Ross'
Excellent rail photo's website, also home to the Railphoto list
RailroadForums - Bob
Harbison's Railroad information and Forum website
Railroad Paintshop - Joshua
Moldover has paintable gifs that you can download and paint in your
favorite colors
Railroad
Maps - The US Government has a Railroad Map database, here is the
URL
Railserve - Railroad-related
Search
Engine
Railway Technical Webpage
- Piers Conner has put together a website detailing how railroad
machinery works
TrainNet Links - Very
Large listing of other Railroad Websites
Trainweb - Steve Grande's page,
has Webcam located at Fullerton, large railfan info site
RAILROAD HISTORICAL AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES
ARCHES - American Railway Caboose Historical Education
Society, Inc.
Burlington Route H & T
- Chicago Burlington & Quincy Historical & Technical Society
Chesapeake & Ohio H & T -
Chesapeake & Ohio Historical & Technical Society
Electric Railways H & T -
Electrical railways of Southern California (PE etc.)
R.I.T.S. - Rock Island
Technical Society
Santa Fe H & T Society -
ATSF's Historical and Technical Society
Seattle & North Coast H
& T Society - Seattle & North Coast Historical &
Technical Society Website
Southern Pacific H & T Society -
Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society
Union Pacific H & T Society -
Union Pacific Historical & Technical Society Website
Western Pacific H & T Society -
Western Pacific Historical & Technical Society
TOURIST RAILROADS, MUSEUMS, AND RELATED ATTRACTIONS
California State Railroad Museum -
Located in Old Sacramento
Cass Scenic Railroad -
Tourist Railroad in West Virginia, featuring Shay operations
Golden Gate Railroad Museum - Museum
in San Francisco, home of SP 2472
Gopher State Railway Museum - New
Railroad
Museum in New Prague Minnesota
Grand Canyon Railway - Steam
railroad that runs from Williams, Arizona To the Grand Canyon
Maine Narrow Gauge RR - Operating
narrow gauge museum in Portland Maine
Napa Valley Wine Train - Tourist
Run through the Napa Valley, stops at various wineries for tasting
Niles Canyon Railway - Operating over
the remnants of the SP from Sunol CA to Niles CA
Roaring Camp & Big Trees
- Shay Operations just outside of Santa Cruz, California
Portola Railroad Museum -
Unofficial home of the Feather River Rail Society
Railway Preservation News - If it is
being preserved, this is the Website that will tell you all about it
Seashore Trolley Museum -
Excellent Traction Museum in Kennebunkport Maine
Sierra Railroad Dinner Train
- NEW - Sierra Railroad's Golden
Sunset Dinner train running out of Oakdale CA.
Silver Creek
& Stephenson - Operating Museum near Rockford Ill. Featuring a
Heisler
The Skunk Train - California
Western's Tourist operation from Willits to Fort Bragg California
Sonoma Train Town - Miniature
railroad attraction in Sonoma California
South Carolina Railroad Museum -
South Carolina's Railroad Museum Website
Western Railway Museum - Trolley
Operations and museum near Fairfield California
Yolo Shortline Railroad
- Steam operations between Woodland and Sacramento California
OFFICIAL RAILROAD COMPANIES and ASSOCIATIONS LINKS
ACE Homepage
Amtrak Homepage
American Shortline & Regional
Railroad Association
BC Rail Homepage
BNSF Homepage
California Operation Lifesaver
Canadian National Railways Homepage
Canadian Pacific Railway Homepage
CSX Homepage
Kansas City Southern
Move the Tracks
Norfolk Southern Homepage
Operation Lifesaver
RailAmerica
Santa Fe Southern Railway
Stockton Terminal & Eastern
Tri County Rail Company
Union Pacific Homepage
UN-OFFICIAL RAILROAD WEBSITES
Unofficial California Northern
Website -
Homage to the California Northern
Unofficial Central
California Traction Website - Homage to the Central California
Traction
Unofficial D&RGW Homepage -
Keith Williams Homage to the Denver and Rio Grande Western
Unofficial D&RGW Website - Kevin
Morgan has
another Homage to the D&RGW
Unofficial Tidewater
Southern Homepage - Homage to the Tidewater Southern
RAILROAD PUBLICATION LINKS
A & R Productions -
Steam Videos and Downloadable Demos
Altamont Press -
Home of Regional Timetables and daily railnews updates
Grand Scales Quarterly -
Journal for 12" gauge & larger RR's
Mainline Motion Pictures
- Great Steam Videos, I've seen a couple of these
Pentrex Videos - Pentrex,
publishers of Videos
Rails N Shafts - Books and
videos for the railfan
MODEL RAILROAD SOFTWARE LINKS
Abracadata - Makers of Train Engineer, Design Your Own
Railroad, Etc.
Albion Software - Makers
of Ship It!!, model railroad shipping software
Challenge Products
- Makers of
RRSwitch, Freight Train, and Trolley Time Challenge
CTI Electronics - Turn
your PC into a complete CTC Facility
Cybertrains.org -
Comprehensive Model
Railroader Website
DigiTraxx - The Granddaddy of DCC
RR Track - Makers of Model
Railroad Design Software
Sandia Software - Makers
of CADrail
Signal Associates - Makers of
Train Dispatcher 2 Simulation
Traincom - Traincom Computer
operation
software
MODEL RAILROAD & RAILROAD COMPANIES
Athearn - Quality affordable HO scale rolling stock and
locomotives
Atlas Model Railroad Company -
Makers of fine track, rolling stock, locomotives, and structures
Bachmann Industries -
Bachmann's Website...Kind of a weak one for a commercial site
GATS - Great American Train Show,
Model Railroad shows all over the United States
Grand Canyon Railway Station of
Cyberspace - Commonly known as
Con-Cor
Kadee - Kadee cars and couplers for
all scales of model railroads
Life-Like - Makers of
quality N and HO locomotives
Micro-Mark - Micro-Mark, Scale
modeling tools and kits
Micro Trains - Home of the
Automatic Coupler and awesome N-scale rolling stock
Microscale - MicroScale Decals
for all scales and models
MRIA - Model Railroad Industry
Association, keep track of new stuff coming out
RailDreams - Custom built model
train Layouts to your specifications
Rail Graphics - Makers
of Custom Decals for all scales
RealRoad - Spreadable
paste that
is supposed to revolutionalize Roadmaking
MODEL RAILROAD HOBBY SHOPS
Caboose Hobbies - Denver's Finest model railroad hobby Shop
Dave's Trains -
Dave's Trains located in New Jersey, check them out
Daylight Sales - Hats,
Shirts Pictures Etc.
Discount Trains Online
-
Discount Trains Online Model Railroading Hobby Shop
Flying Scotsman Hobbies - Hobby
Shop in Poughkeepsie NY
HobbyTown USA - National chain
of Railroad hobby stores
Model Railroad Mall - Walthers
on-line hobby shop
N Scale Supply - For Your
N-scale needs
Railroad Hobbies - Roseville's
(and I think) Northern California's best hobby shop
Roger's Railroad Junction
- Lodi's best, and in my opinion Stockton's best also!
The Caboose - Brass is their
specialty...all scales
TrainWorld - Large
Scale is the specialty here
Watt's Train Shop -
Specializing in Large scale models
Whistle Stop - Pasadena's
finest, the
Original Whistle Stop railroad Hobby shop
N-SCALE MODEL RAILROAD LAYOUT TOURS & RELATED PAGES
Cajon Pass - Harold Riley's N-Scale Homepage
California Valley
Lines - Bill Coleman's Freelanced Layout
Capitol
City "N" gineers - Madison, Wisconsin
N-Trak club
Cooper Creek
& Brunswick - Dean Pausley's Freelanced layout
Kingsbury
Branch - Bill Denton's Milwaukee Road's Kingsbury Branch, featured
in Model Railroader's May 98
Orange Belt Lines
- Bob Russell's layout, site has some great pictures of the layout
Pacific Desert Lines - The mother of
all N-Scale layouts, The San Diego Society of N-Scale
Pennsylvania RR -
Jim Cullen Brings you his Freelanced layout with a Pennsylvania Flavor
Valley N-Trak of Connecticut -
Valley N-Trak of Connecticut's homepage
HO MODEL RAILROAD LAYOUT TOURS
Boulder Model Railroad Club
- Just as it says, Boulder
Model Railroad Club
Diablo Valley Lines -
Walnut Creek California, one of the largest I have ever seen
Golden State Lines - Featuring
Layouts in 3 Scales, the Golden State Model Railroad Museum
Highland Pacific - Highland
Park
Society of Model Railroad Engineers, Inc
Montgomery
& San Joaquin - Freelanced layout depicting Central California
Northlandz - Home of the
Largest HO scale layout around
San Diego Railroad Museum - Home of
the Tehachapi Loop in HO scale
San Luis Obispo Model
Railroad Club
- HO Modular club utilizing the new Freemo Standards
Sierra Pacific - Pasadena Model
Railroad Club, one of the largest HO scale layouts around
Silicon Valley Lines -
Silicon Valley's own HO scale Layout
LIVE STEAM/GARDEN RAILROADS
Animators and Railroads
- This site has rare
pictures of Walt Disney's Live Steam home layout
Sacramento Valley Live Steamers -
Very large live steam set-up in Rancho Cordova
Train Mountain RR - Live
steam in the Pacific
Northwest