RailRoad Genealogy

Rosters & Info

• Engine Database - over 102,000 road & serial numbers in it with "complete" history.
• B & O and Western Maryland- illustrated Roster
• Central New Jersey (CNJ) All-time Diesel illustrated Roster
• PRR GG1 - illustrated Roster
• Reading - illustrated Roster
• Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern - illustrated Roster
• Lehigh Valley - illustrated Roster
• Lehigh & New England - illustrated Roster
• Philadelphia & Reading Steam Photo Roster
• Rosters and Diesel Builders Models by Andrew Toppan
• UNofficial EMD Rosters
• Railfan USA Rosters by Lance Myers
• Genset Locomotive Rosters
• Western Shortline Rosters - Canada and western USA
• Industrial Locomotives in Canada by Colin Churcher
• Railroad Reporting Marks
• Reporting Marks - National Railway HS
• Railroad Names List from SSSMRE. Ltd
• Merger Family Tree
• Railroad Merger List COURTESY OF MARK A. BESS
• Historical USGS topographic maps - railroads from 1890's-1938
• Railroad Maps Collection from Library of Congress
• Rail History to 1935 by Michael J. Irlam
• 1948 Railroad Atlas - 48 states
• 1922 Railroad Maps
• The Limited - The Golden Age Of Railroad Passenger Service - history, technology and traditons
• EMD History
• Railroad Historical Research Center. - answers questions about railroads pre-1970
• Railroad Gauge Width - a list of railway gauges used or being used worldwide
• Danger Ahead! - Historic Railway Accidents
• Accident/Incidents from the Federal Railroad Administration
• The Railway Post Office from Those Classic Trains
• Trains Unlimited Tours - railroad tours in the United States, Canada, Russia, and Africa
• AAR Car Codes
• Tehachapi RailCam - see them in action
• Rail Equipment For Sale
• Motels for Train Watchers
• AAPRCO Cars available to charter - by name
• RAILcharter.com - listing of private railcar tour operators in the USA, Canada
• Private Car List by Amtrak 800000 Number
• Railroad Car Data Source for anyone interested in freight and passenger cars by Eric Neubauer
• List of locomotive builders & histories from Answers.com

Drawings

• PRR Diesel Drawings | PRR Electric Drawings
• D&H Steam Locomotive Book - Diagrams, Rosters, etc
• NYC Loco Diagrams
• Pennsylvania Railroad Equipment Diagrams by Robert Schoenberg
• SteamCad - AutoCad© Line Dwgs US most favorite Steam Locos
• CB&Q Steam Locomotives and cabooses Diagrams by Vernon Beck.
• Railroad Paint Shop - RR locomotives, rolling stock, and lineside structures by Joshua Moldover
• Train Drawings - by Jacques Bélanger
• Scale Drawings by Michael Eby
• EngineShop - Train Drawings by R. Ruesch
• STAN LYTLE'S LOCOMOTIVE DRAWINGS
• Railroad Clip Art
• Drawings by Lance Myers

Steam Links

• Geared Steam Locomotive Works - preserving and promoting
  • The Shay Guru - Over 50 photos of Shays
• Richard Leonard's Steam Archive.
• PRR Steam Locos by Gerard M. Foley
• Steam & Electric loco classification
• Unusual Variations on The Steam Locomotive - turbines, triplex, geared, articulated
• The History of Steam by William H. Brown
• Steam Locomotive Information from Wes Barris
• Steam Loco Info - database about the steam locomotives of the world
• The Western Washington Steam Page by Brian Fritz
• American Railroad STEAM ENGINE Pictures With Sounds And History
• Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry - Steam
• Duluth,Missabe, And Iron Range - Steam
• Surviving Steam Photo Archive by by Richard Jenkins

Rail Newsletters

• RailPace - NE Railroads
• Railfan & Railroad Magazine's Home Page
• Railroad Explorer - Trains of NE North America
• Railpub - 300+ back issues of railroad mag's, plus 2000 used rail books.
• Railway Preservation News by Bob Yarger
• RailwayAge
• Altamont Press - Rail Newsline
• The Model Train Magazine Index
• Railpub - back issue rail magazines, rail related books
• Toy Trunk Railroad - Cartoons about railroads, model trains and engineers

Commercial Model Railroad - Books/Classifieds/Videos by Richard Percy

• Como Shops - Out-of-Print Railroad Books
• Derail Books
• The Model Railroad Mall, by Wm. K. Walthers, Inc.
• :Caboose Hobbies - Online Book and MR ordering
• Mitchell's Model Railroading Books - large DB
• Bookmine out-of-Print
• Rails 'N' Shafts Home Page - books and videos on transportation
• Robert Gavora - Railroad Books - good descriptions and search
• Railroad & Trolley Books out-of-print and in- print from Kevin T. Farrell
• Railroad Books for Sale
• Rail Bookstore - over 1000 rail-related books.
• Ron's Books

FAQ's

• TINPLATE FAQ
• Scale model FAQ for rec.models.railroad
• Diesels & Electric Prototype FAQ | Rolling Stock & Steam Prototype FAQ
• Doodlebug(self-propelled railcar) FAQ - Unofficial
• Rail Grinders FAQ - Unofficial
• Turbines- Unofficial
• Mini-Diesel FAQ
• Diesel Locomotive FAQ by Brent Holt
• Diesel Fuel Consevation FAQ by JD Santucci
• Intermodal Container FAQ
• USENET News - rec.models.railroad - misc.transport.rail.americas