- Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit
Provides a history, routing schedule, car roster, annual reports, and photos for the transit service of the 1920s.
www.bmt-lines.com
- City Transformed: Railroads and Their Influence on the Growth of Chicago in the 1850s
Finalist entry in the 1995 Chicago Metro History Fair.
hcs.harvard.edu/~dreyfus/history.html
- Danger Ahead! Historic Railway Disasters
Significant rail accidents and their role in the development of safe railway and railroad working.
danger-ahead.railfan.net
- Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society
Promotes awareness of, interest in, and support for the railway.
www.dhrs.org
- Early Days of the Mexican Railway
Includes information on how the Mexican railways were established in the 19th century.
2020site.org/mexicanrailway
- Edaville Railroad@
dir.yahoo.com/.../South_Carver/Recreation_and_Sports
- Fallen Flags
Includes information, rosters, and pictures of railroads that have gone out of business or have merged with others.
www.rr-fallenflags.org
- Grand Central Terminal@
Explore Grand Central Terminal (GCT), the subway station in Manhattan, New York City with sites featuring history, renovations, terminal's restaurants, tours, train schedules, trivia, and the large image projections on the east balcony of the GCT which has stood sentinel to the 20th century.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Mass_Transit/Grand_Central_Terminal
- Harcourt St. Line
Served south County Dublin, Ireland, from 1854 to 1958.
www.stmaryscollegecssp.ie
- Harvey Houses: Civilizing the Old West
Continuing the memory of the Fred Harvey Company and its restaurants, hotels, and lunchrooms built along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway.
www.harveyhouses.net
- Interurban Rail: Incorporating the Hinterlands
Explores the history of the development and decline of interurban rail systems.
xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/INCORP/interurbanrail/entry.html
- Leipzig-Dresden Railway
Story of the building of the first German long-distance railway line in 1837, between the Saxon cities of Leipzig and Dresden.
easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~jjlace
- Library of Congress Railroad Maps 1828-1900 Collection
Maps that illustrate the growth of travel and settlement as well as the development of industry and agriculture in the United States.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html
- Lost Engines of Roanoke, The
Dedicated to four little known survivors of the steam era that are hidden at a scrap metal yard in Virginia.
lostengines.railfan.net
- Mike's Railway History
Offers a look at railways until the mid-1930s.
mikes.railhistory.railfan.net
- Niles Depot
Offers information about the 1903 Niles Depot located in Fremont and a Railfan's Guide to the Bay Area.
nilesdepot.railfan.net
- Pennsylvania Station@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Mass_Transit/Pennsylvania_Station
- Railroad Stories
Collection of stories of the railroad, both fact and fiction, from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
home.mindspring.com/~railroadstories
- RailWest
Covers railways in the West Country.
trainweb.org/railwest
- Randsburg Railway
Dedicated to preserving the history of the railroad, by disseminating what is known and soliciting information from visitors.
www.randsburg-railway.com
- Semmering Railway
Information on the history and current state of the pioneering mountain railway and World Heritage Site.
www.noe.co.at/partner/trsued/whsemmeringbahn/home.htm
- Steam and Electric Locomotives of the New Haven Railroad Digital Collection
Photographs of the early trains of the 1900s in New England. Presented by the University of Connectitut Libraries.
railroads.uconn.edu/locomotives
- Steaming West
Collection of materials from the University of Kansas Libraries devoted to railway activity in the state from 1860 to 1890.
wt.diglib.ku.edu
- Ten Famous Trains
Contains brief profiles of The Orient Express, the 20th Century Limited, the Flying Scotsman, and others.
www.infoplease.com/spot/trains1.html
- Thai-Burma Railway@
dir.yahoo.com/.../China_Burma_India_Theater__CBI_/Thai_Burma_Railway
- Transcontinental Railroad@
Explores the history of the Transcontinental Railroad, the 1,756 mile long track laid between Sacramento and Omaha in 1869, and its significance to the development of the Western United States as well as to U.S. history.
dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/Transcontinental_Railroad
- U.S. Civil War: Great Locomotive Chase@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Civil_War__1861_1865_/Great_Locomotive_Chase
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius (1794-1877) (1)
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Vanderbilt__Cornelius__1794_1877_
- Western New York Railroad Archive
History of railroads in Western New York State. Photos, maps and written information.
wnyrails.railfan.net
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Company@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Yosemite_National_Park/Yosemite_Valley_Railroad_Company
- Yreka Western Railroad
Includes a schedule and fares for the 'Blue Goose' steam excursion train.
www.yrekawesternrr.com
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