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Recent and Interesting
- 1205
TROB -- Rail Transportation Battalion of the U. S. Army serves
up a unit history, and pix of its recent operations.
- Israeli
Railroad Fan Club -- at last, a site dedicated to the little-remarked
lines of this Middle-eastern nation, with some grainy pix and
a brief history.
- Jasper
N. Haines' Lehigh Valley Scrapbook -- collection of vintage
locomotive photos and performance data from long-gone northeastern
carrier.
- John Fryar's Nickle Plate
Road -- well, it's not HIS railroad, silly, but you'll find
plenty of information about the legendary NKP, including maps,
pix, postcard scans, and links to various historical societies.
- North Shore and affiliated
Railroads -- corporate site for a group of short lines located
all over Pennsylvania. No pix, but some useful maps for the chaser.
- Reading and Northern
-- this corporate site is a fan's paradise, w/plenty of pix,
detailed locomotive roster, excursion schedules, and mechandise.
Magazines and Journals
- Grade Crossing,
The -- E-zine concerning the Northeast US rail scene. Nice photo
archive.
- Kalmbach Books --
the Big Daddy of the hobbyist publishing industry provides an
extensive on-line catalog : magazines, books and videos about
real railroads, model railroads, model cars, birdwatching, astronomy,
etc., etc.
- Motive Power
-- this embryonic E-zine intends to be nothing less than a major
free source of railroad news and features. Well worth checking
out.
- Railfan &
Railroad -- Carstens' long-time challenger to the dominance
of Trains magazine has set up shop on the Web, with special web-published
articles not found in the magazine, and a huge collection of
back-issued material that is being made available to all.
- Railpace Newsmagazine
-- recently revamped site plugs homely but info-packed full color
mag covering the Northeast rail scene; news section, reader's
pix archive and sundry other features.
- Texas Rails Online
-- E-zine based out of Austin, with various feature articles
and pix.
- Trains Magazine, Kalmbach
Publishing -- Large, well-crafted site plugging "The Leading
Magazine of Railroading". On-line news section and illustrated
selection of articles from previous issues.
Railroad Clip Art, Fonts and Graphics
- Benn's
Trains 'n' Tracks -- by Benn Coifman; commercial site plugs
fascinating collection of railroad fonts for sale, including
classic lettering styles, train silhouettes and heralds, among
others. We're talking art here.
- European Railway Clip Art
Server, The -- fine-quality free railroad artwork from across
the pond. Locomotives, logos, and animated GIF's.
- RRHistorical
Clip Art Collection -- Good collection of bitmaps organized
by subject : heralds, locos, people, etc. They are begging for
more, so if you have some railroad art, send it in.
Monolithic Transportation Conglomerates
- AAR
Home Page -- the Association of American Railroads (getting
to be a rather small and exclusive club, eh?) spreads the gospel
through a library of economic data and recent press releases.
- Adtranz -- little-known
in the States, this is one of the world's largest builders of
locomotives and other rolling stock. Slick, all-singing, all-dancing
corporate showcase.
- Amtrak -- Corporate
homepage; well-designed, complete site for US national passenger
road with route information, online reservations and travel planner
organized by area.
- BC Rail
-- Corporate homepage; charismatic Canadian hauler thoughtfully
juggles customer and railfan interests. Particularly fine historical
section and photo archive.
- Bombardier
Transportation -- Canadian consortium that once picked up
the shattered remnants of ALCO is now one of the world's largest
manufacturers of rail vehicles. Many, many tiny pictures of their
products can be found scattered about their site.
- Burlington Northern Santa
Fe Corporation -- Corporate homepage; site recently spruced
up but still has little of railfan interest. News releases, system
map and standard company info geared to web-surfing shippers
and investors.
- Canadian National -- Corporate
homepage; expected company data plus a modest photo gallery.
Bilingual Anglais / Francais.
- Canadian Pacific Railway
-- Corporate homepage; similar material to CN (above), but more
ambitious historical / photo section. Anglais seulement.
- Conrail -- Corporate
homepage; the usual news releases and company info for the lame
duck soon to be dismembered by CSX and NS. Kindly, CR also supplies
a schedule for train-watching at the famous Horseshoe Curve near
Altoona, PA.
- CSX Transportation Inc. (CSXT)
-- Corporate homepage; revamped site still has little of railfan
interest, but at least provides convenient links to historical
data and pix courtesy of the B & O Museum, among others.
- GE Transportation
Systems -- official site for the locomotive builder with
a few pix of their product line.
- Illinois Central Corporation
-- Corporate site has the usual stockholder info plus a system
map, a brief history, a shot of a black SD40-2 and the occasional
press release. Yawn.
- General Motors Locomotive
Group -- it's been a long time coming, but the General makes
good with this very attractive site. Photos and detailed specifications
of their current product line, a company history, even on-line
shopping.
- Kansas City Southern
Railway -- Corporate homepage; strictly business.
- Motive Power Industries
-- successor to Morris-Knudsen's locomotive division has dynamic
site with lots of information and pix concerning their newbuild/rebuild
operations.
- Norfolk Southern Corporation
-- Corporate homepage; shipper / investor data, a corporate history
and link to a photo archive. Not bad.
- Union Pacific Railroad
-- Corporate homepage; along with the expected biz info, page
after page of facts, lore, historic and modern photos, merchandise,
a locomotive roster, even a glossary of railroad terms. Now that's
the way you do it.
- Vermont Railway
/ Clarendon and Pittsford Web Site -- official site for New
England short line empire exudes pride. Useful railfan info including
a small archive of scenic train pix.
- Wisconson & Southern
Railroad -- Official site with a difference : oriented as
much toward the railfan as to the paying clientele. News, pix
and a photo contest.
Photo Archives and Labors of Love
Photo Archives
A-E
- AlcoHauler
Home Page, The -- by Tom Gibson; Labor of Love concerning
the Schenectady builder's series of diesels. Large variety of
good-quality pix.
- Al's Pennsy & Eastern
-- by, er, 'Al'; primarily a small but interesting archive of
pix from the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad, in both steam &
diesel eras.
- Altoona
Railroading -- more vintage PRR pix, taken in and around
this famous railroad town in central Pennsylvania.
- American
Railroad Picture Archives -- UK-based cooperative serves
up locomotive pictures recovered from Usenet; over 300 pix archived
as of late August 1997.
- Amtrak
Photo Archive (unofficial) -- by Jim Hebner; huge collection
of locomotive pix concerning America's National Railroad.
- Amtrak
Photos -- by Matt Donnelly; just what it says, a collection
of pix concerning the USA's national passenger railroad. Plenty
of detailed shots of cars and equipment, for the would-be modeler.
- ATSF Internet
Resources Center, The -- all things Santa Fe, including all-time
steam and diesel rosters, history, postcards, etc, etc. and a
list of links to numerous ATSF-related sites.
- Bill's Latrobe PA
Railfan Page -- photo gallery of rail action, mostly Conrail,
centered around the home town of Rolling Rock Beer.
- Branch Line Extra
-- by Joe Reckner; growing collection of random train pix from
across the USA; also links to an associated site dedicated to
the Western Maryland.
- Brian's
Rail Photography -- by Brian D. Switzer; photo gallery features
big, clean pix of (mostly) Canadian locomotives and rolling stock,
plus a section dedicated to the East Broad Top narrow gauge line
in Pennsylvania.
- Burlington
Northern Photo Archive -- by Charles Biel, with numerous
contributors. An ambitious project to build a graphical database
listing every locomotive and type of rolling stock ever operated
by the BN and affiliates.
- California
Northern Homepage-- by David Jones; Labor of Love provides
info and pix about this scenic freight hauler and nearby short
lines.
- California
Zephyr Homepage -- by John Wilson; fabled streamliner in
stories and photos.
- Canadian
MLW/Alco Pages -- by John Reay; picture archive of Alco-designed
diesels north of the border.
- Canadian
Railroad Pictures -- by Pat and David Othen; finally got
into the site after several months of trying, and it turns out
this is an excellent page of locomotive pix and information,
mainly concerned with Canadian National.
- Central
PA Railfan Guide -- by Michael J. Mandichak; compendium of
railfan info concerning Conrail's ex-Pennsy line in the Alleghenies,
centering around Altoona and the Horseshoe Curve. Everything
you'd want to know including maps, where to stay, radio frequencies,
even signal aspects.
- Central California
Rails -- by Dave Epling and John Manter; news and pix for
railfans, from the area centered around Stockton, California
- Central Virginia Railfan
Page -- by Paul A. Wilson; detailed guide to train-watching
in the Old Dominion, with news, operating schedules and an excellent
selection of recent pix.
- Chicago
and North Western Page, The -- by Erich Russ; elaborate Labor
of Love featuring roster data and extensive photo / postcard
gallery.
- China Railways
Home Page -- by Michael Powell; big site with bags of info
about China's complex network; many, many pix including modern
steam and some picturesque narrow gauge lines.
- Chris'
Cab Unit Page -- by Chris Packman; nice collection of pix
concerning 1st-generation diesels, collected from Usenet postings.
- Conrail Cyclopedia,
the -- by Bob Waller; labor of love devoted to the soon-to-disappear
carrier. Huge archive of excellent pix covers locomotives, rolling
stock and M/W equipment.
- Conrail
Photo Archives -- growing collection of roster shots for
locomotives of 'Big Blue', in the C. Biel mode.
- Critter Connections
Home Page -- by Matt Cherry; mecca for 'Critologists'; that
is, fans of small industrial and narrow-gauge locomotives. News,
modeling info, lots of pix, and links to related sites.
- Dakota, Minnesota
& Eastern Railroad Unofficial Homepage -- by Matthew
Frahm; Labor of Love devoted to the upper midwest regional. Piles
of roster info, some photos.
- Diesel Shop, The
-- by R. Craig; once lost, but now (re)found, this page is an
excellent source of pix concerning first-generation North American
diesel locomotives. Includes news section useful for tracking
preserved locomotives.
- Eastern Pennsylvania
Rail Page -- by J. Alex Lang; rail news and photo features
for eastern -- well, heck, all of, the Keystone State.
- Electric
Lines in Southern Ontario -- by William E. Miller; trolley
car heaven in this exemplary site that features short histories
of various lines, rosters, references for further reading and
lists of preserved equipment, topped off with a comprehensive
list of traction links.
- Electric
Railroads of Vermont -- descriptions and period pix of most
of Vermont's traction lines, all of which have disappeared into
history.
- Erie Lackawanna
Railroad Home Page -- don't let the name mislead you; plenty
of EL material, but there is also a large archive of pix from
numerous other American roads. Much of this stuff can't be found
elsewhere.
- Espee
Modeler's Home Page -- by Richard A. Percy; not just for
modelers, this Australian site features detailed year-by year
rosters and a huge index of rolling stock photos, for Southern
Pacific in the diesel era.
- Ethan's
New England Railroad Picture Page -- catch-all collection
of recent pix from the Northeast.
Photo Archives
F - L
- Favorite
Train Photos -- by David Sheppard; personal collection of
small but mostly excellent-quality pix from across the USA (plus
a few from Europe).
- Fonda,
Johnstown and Gloversville RR Home Page -- by Gino DiCarlo;
nicely-organized, graphically-rich salute to upstate New York
short line that also ran trolleys.
- Images from ABPR --
all the images posted during the previous week on the newsgroup
alt.binaries.pictures.rail, thumbnailed for your convenience.
- Images
of Midwest Railroading - by Adam B. Calvert; Wide-ranging
archive of recent train pix from areas east o' the sun and west
o' the moon.
- International
Working Steam Locomotives 1998 -- by Rob Dickinson; if you're
a steam fan and happen to be heading to, say, Botswana for a
couple of weeks, here's the place to find out what's up. Country-by-country
reports, plus pix.
- Jerry's
Railroad Photo Album by Jerry Appleman; one of the best rail
photo collections on the 'Net. A colorful personal collection
of steam, diesel and trolley pix from the '60's, in workaday
settings.
- Jerry
Sharp's Photo Gallery -- scenic rail pix, landscapes and
other miscelleny, from the Rocky Mountain region.
- Jessica
Stacy's Train Photos -- big collection of medium-sized, recent
pics, mainly featuring Colorado narrow gauge under steam.
- Jim Gilley's
Guide to Better Railroad Photography -- sound, concisely
written guidelines for the neophyte railfan photog, although
we're sure most could find something to argue with here (saying
that the Nikkor 105mm f2.5 "sucks" is a bit harsh,
isn't it?)
- John
Arico's New England Train & Trolley Page -- title tells
all; black and white scans of various northeastern trains and
transit vehicles, plus a "guess the location" contest.
- Jolly's Utah Depot
-- by 'Jolly Goodfellow'; extensive site concerns itself with
UP and SP in, er, Utah.
- Library of Congress National
Digital Library Railroad Photo & Video Search -- The
World's Largest Library has a huge searchable database of old
photos on rail transportation (and sundry other subjects, of
course). We hope you didn't have anything else planned today.
- LightRail.com --
by Jim Middleton; pix and technical information concerning light
rail ystems worldwide; any relation to William D?
Photo Archives
M-R
- MKT Photo
Gallery -- a loose affiliation of sites mostly containing
locomotive pix of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas, now (sob) merged
out of existence.
- Montana
Rail Link Guide -- Labor of Love, with mucho railfan info
and pix, concerned with the Rocky Mountain hauler spun off from
BN.
- MOPAC Photo Archive
-- by Charles Beil; Labor of Love pays homage to the Mighty Missouri
Pacific, once the very model of a modern midwestern railroad.
- Nevada
Rails -- by Jim Bryant; news, nice photo archive and railfan
guide to the Silver State. Recently remodeled; we give a highball
for the new look and content.
- New England Rail Photography
Archive -- simple, direct site has miscellaneous collection
of good-quality pictures taken on railroads in the northeastern
states -- and you can add to it yourself.
- New York Central Railroad
Homepage -- The historic rivalry of PRR vs. NYC continues
on the net; in the battle of the home pages, this Labor of Love
wins out due to its fine layout and good selection of pix.
- Nor-Cal SP Collection
-- by John Barnhill; partially-completed photo roster of the
late Southern Pacific; plus non-illustrated roster info for numerous
California short lines.
- Norway Rail
-- by Laurenz Edelman; pix, sounds, links : that is the mantra
for this simple, easy-to-navigate site that features the rolling
stock of the Norwegian State Railways.
- Penn Central Railroad
Homepage -- by Jerry Jordak; failed 1970's eastern giant,
widely loathed at the time, gains charm as the memories fade.
Visit and relive the days of filthy black hood units clanking
over uncertain track on their way to the country's biggest bankruptcy.
- PENNSYLVANIA Pages,
the -- by Allen Underkofler; this stunningly beautiful site concentrates
on ex-PRR facilities around Philadelphia, with a good mix of
vintage and modern pix.
- Pennsylvania
Railroad Home Page, The -- by Mark D. Bej; similar in concept
to Keystone Crossing (see above).
- Philadelphia
Trolleys -- From The Free Library of Philadelphia, a free
library of ancient trolley pix accompanied by historical data.
- Point of No
Return -- by Cletus A. Romano; despite the sinister name,
this is a useful site for information and pix concerning Philadelphia-area
railfanning.
- RailCenter -- by
Scott Withrow; attractive photo gallery and railfan guide, centered
around Terre Haute, Indiana.
- Railroad.net -- Simply-designed
but impressive site specializes in graphics, with the majority
from the Northeast US; well-chosen photo gallery, postcard scans,
and links.
- Railroads
of New England -- Walker Transportation Collection; excellent
vintage picture collection; not only railroads but transport
of every type, plus pix of support facilities and historical
data.
- Railroad
Photos by Brian Thompson -- working photojournalist generously
shares a large selection of his train pix; mostly Canadian with
a few US subjects thrown in. Good stuff, but a few dates would
be nice (er, well, we don't always supply them either. . .)
- Railroad
Photos -- by Steven M. Geisler; big collection of roster-type
shots taken on various American Class 1's from the early 70's
on. Some rarities (at least for the Internet) to be found here.
- Railscan@wuarchive
-- huge, St-Louis-based photo archive has recently been redesigned,
but underneath the graphics are still a bunch of ftp directories,
making up ". . .one of the largest and longest continuously
independently operated rail image repositories in the world".
- Railway
Technical Web Pages -- by Piers Conner; nothing to do with
pix, but plenty of interest all the same. A big collection of
FAQ's and glossaries concerning the way railroads work, ranging
from steam technology, to braking, to signalling standards worldwide,
plus more.
- Regional
and Short Lines Railroading page, The -- new clearing house
of railfan info for smaller U.S. roads, with an embryonic photo
gallery.
- Rich
Clark's Railroad Photo Page -- miscellaneous collection of
quality action pix organized by railroad, dating from about 1977
on. Covers the entire USA, but with emphasis on major Eastern
roads.
- RIP Track,
The -- by Darryl van Nort; large, stunning collection of period
steam loco pix: a must see.
- Rolf Stump's Alco
World -- excellent, well researched guide with photos helps
you track down Schenectady's products world wide.
Photo Archives
S-Z
- Sacramento
Northern On-Line -- by Garth G. Groff; Labor of Love describes
this charming central California electrified line in text and
period photos.
- Santa
Fe Super Fleet Photo Archive by Charles Biel (again!). Same
general idea as the BN archive (are they going to merge, like
the real lines?) but dedicated to modern ATSF diesels in 'warbonnet'
colors.
- SPORRS
-- 'Serious Photographers of Railroad Subjects', that is. They've
taken their images off-line temporarily while they construct
a new site.
- Somewhere West
of Denver -- by Chuck Donaldson; spectacular pix of trains
in the American west, from the '70's and later. Don't miss the
sections dedicated to the enormous dual-engined diesels once
fielded by Union (and Southern) Pacific.
- Soo Line
Online -- by Dan Klitzing; Labor of Love with with plenty
of pix and other railfan info, for the ever-popular line in the
upper midwest.
- Soo Line Photo
Archive -- illustrated roster, and pix of miscellaneous rolling
stock, for the would-be Soo modeler. Not to be confused with
the identically-named archive just below.
- Soo Line Photo
Archive by Graham Stockfeld; from Australia, an archive of
roster shots in the C. Biel mode, this time for the midwest railroad
with the easy-to-pronounce name.
- Southern
California RailFan Page -- by John McGriff; maintained from
a US Navy warship, of all places, the centerpiece of this site
is a large library of good-quality, recent train pix of the 500mm
telephoto "in yer face" style.
- Steam Engine
"IS" -- homesick Russian students at State U. of
NY have produced epic of socialist realism primarily concerned
with trains in the eastern bloc. All sorts of interesting oddities
can be found here, including a library of Russian railway songs.
- Todd
Arnett's Railroad Photography -- those with the patience
for an excruciatingly long download will be rewarded with good-quality
pix of modern rolling stock and operations on Norfolk Southern
in the Carolinas.
- Union Pacific
Photo Archives -- by Alexander Cavelli; big selection of
high-quality locomotive pix; Armour Yellow is the predominant
color.
- University
of Illinois Railroad Picture Archive -- ftp site.
- USSR
Railway Picture Gallery -- the Russian railfan cult at State
U. of New York strikes again, with a massive archive of soviet
railway pix. We can only gaze on them in wonder.
- Western Rails
-- by Kevin Gulau; renamed from "Desert Rails" and
rehoused on AOL; railfan info and picture gallery concerning
the Las Vegas / Mohave area.
- Wisconsin Central
Homepage -- unofficial site (or so they claim) with news,
pix, etc. for fanatics (and there are many) of the Midwestern
Class 1 wannabe and its far-flung international holdings.
- Wisconsin
Central Pictures by Jamie Kolanowski -- archive of WC pix
complementing the above listing.
- WK's Train Page
-- a whole bunch of good-quality photos of Chicago and North
Westerrn locomotives, plus pix from a few other US railroads.
- Workin'
on the Railroad -- by Steve Rosen; evocative photo diary
of author's days as a towerman on Illinois Central. Links to
a related archive of miscellaneous train pix.
- Yard
Limit, The -- by Mark Laundry; Mark, a man of few words,
serves up good-quality pictures of American switching and industrial
locomotives. You might recognize one or two from this site.
Selected Historical Societies and
Museums
- Bellefonte Historical
Railroad Society -- site dedicated to tourist operation on
the Nittany & Bald Eagle, deep in the woods of Central Pennsylvania;
schedules, historical info and numerous pix including a pair
of now-rare Budd rail diesel cars (RDC's).
- Bridge
Line Historical Society -- ambitious site covers history
and equipment of the Delaware and Hudson; plenty of good pix
of D & H diesels and an all-time roster.
- Burlington
Route Historical Society -- site has general information
concerning much-liked predecessor to Burlington Northern; small
gallery of good-quality pix from the diesel era.
- California State Railroad
Museum -- heavily illustrated site provides a virtual tour
of the Sacramento museum's exhibits.
- Colorado Railroad
Museum -- virtual tour of the collection at Golden, Colorado,
with the attraction here being the museum's large array of narrow
gauge rolling stock.
- Conrail
Technical Society -- big, sober site with roster, numerous
photos, feature articles and merchandise offers.
- East Broad Top
Railroad Homepage, The -- if EBT were a small bird or rodent,
it would be on the endangered species list. Use this page as
a jumping-off point to learn about a national treasure, the last
3-foot-gauge line east of the Mississippi.
- Ffestiniog
Railway -- comprehensive history and lavish photo gallery
are the highlights of this site dedicated to the famed two-foot
gauge empire in North Wales. Their next project is merely to
completely rebuild a line that was pulled up in the '30's.
- Illinois Railway Museum
-- from little Union, Illinois, a big picture collection concerning
one of the USA's largest (and more importantly, most representative)
collections of rail vehicles.
- Japanese
Railway Society - by Nicholas Robinson; UK-based organization
dedicated to observation of the Japanese scene. Big photo gallery;
check out the modern passenger stock that appears to have been
styled by the same people who do the Transformers toys.
- KCS Historical
Society, The (image site) -- good (but not great) collection
of pix , roster info and historical data concerning the Kansas
City Southern.
- New
York Susquehanna & Western Technical & Historical Society
Home Page - by Kevin Grigis and Dan Onorevole; long-time
short line turned regional apparently has a massive following.
News, timetables, roster, chat, merchandise, and, lest we forget,
a small gallery of pix.
- Norfolk and
Western Historical Society -- Big, BIG steam locomotives;
evocative photos and other historical material, plus a separate
site dedicated to legendary coal hauler the Virginian Railway.
- North
Carolina Transportation Museum -- located at the Historic
Spencer Shops, here's a chance to view the museum's eclectic
collection of rail and other vehicles.
- Official Cass
Scenic Railroad Homepage, The -- virtual visit to the West
Va. logging road-turned-state park and its rare, lovingly-maintained
equipment. Much greater historic detail than typical for a tourist
site.
- Pennsylvania
Railroad Museum -- site features numerous pix of the museum's
extensive collection of ex-PRR locomotives and other rolling
stock.
- Reading Company
Technical & Historical Society -- by Paul Ganter; Pennsylvania
line that disappeared into Conrail lives on here. Site concentrates
mainly on the Society's fine collection of ex-RDG diesels and
rolling stock.
- Santa Fe Railway Historical
& Modeling Society -- the main attraction here is a large
collection of period structure pix.
- Seashore
Trolley Museum -- way down east in Kennebunk, Maine, a small
photo archive allows you to see part of what is billed as the
world's largest collection of trolley and mass transit equipment.
Railroad-related WebCams
Live (or nearly so) pictures of trains for the railfan
who is too busy, lacking in travel funds or just plain lazy to
go to trackside. Note that these devices provide fairly low-res
JPEG stills, so don't expect to be able to read the numbers on
the locomotives. Users with 'Net connections slower than 28800
bps may find the load times unacceptably long.
- Bahnhof
Munich, Germany (LBS Bayern) -- fixed view of the main railway
station, seen from across the street, with various passenger
carriages visible. Updated every few minutes during daylight
hours. Not exactly riveting viewing.
- Chicago
Railcam -- live camera with panoramic view of Amtrak's Windy
City locomotive facility; images supplied courtesy of the 20th
Century Railroad Club. Updated frequently from 6AM-6PM Central
time.
- Dallas
Webcam (Digital Den) -- Dallas skyline with multi-track BNSF
/ Trinity Rail Express main line in the foreground; updated every
few minutes. Now, try to catch a shot with a train in it. . .
- Dunsmuir and
Tehachapi Railcams (Trainorders.com) -- now-famous webcam
site has added a second location in Northern California on the
Ex-Espee Shasta route. Both cams update each time a train passes.
Great stuff; still waiting for one at Horseshoe Curve, though.
. .
- Durand Diamond
Cam -- live and archived views of hot spot in Durand, Michigan
on Canadian National; locomotives in former Grand Trunk Western
paint schemes and frequent Amtrak movements.
- Finse,
Norway Webcam -- snowy views of the highest station on the
Oslo-Bergen railway line. Christmas in July. . .
- Fullerton,
California Amtrak Station -- not just Amtrak but LA Metrolink
and occasional freights, shot from a window across the street
from the platforms. Good-quality images for this sort of thing.
Both manual and auto updates.
- Philadelphia
Train Cam -- officially one of Peco Energy's live traffic
cams, this one features the commuter tracks of Philly's 30th
Street station, with trains frequently visible (if you have Netscape,
that is; it doesn't seem to work with IE 3.0). Updates every
ten seconds or so.
- Rapperswil, Switzerland
(CnLab) -- one of a network of LiveCams across Switzerland, you
can select the aiming point and zoom level yourself. Good view
of the platform area of the main railway station. Pan around
and see what else you can find.
- Trainspotting
in Helsinki (Mediakylpyla) -- mad Finns provide 'Net surfers
with a fixed, rather distant view of an active railway yard,
updated every few minutes (if you can put up with the maddeningly
slow download, that is).
- Wuppertal,
Germany -- Schwebebahn; that's monorail to you, and that's
what you see here, in a fixed view from a couple of stories up.
Updated erratically.
- Zurich, Switzerland
(Swiss SunSITE ) -- Another controllable LiveCam; view of street
in front of main railway station; no trains visible, but you
can focus at will on hordes of trams and trolleybuses.
Search Engines and Meta-lists
- Cyberspace
World Rairoad -- E-zine and humongous links list for railfans
and modelers. Site features monthly railfan trips reports, news
items and lots of pix.
- Harris Mountaintop
HTML Locomotive Index -- to our knowledge, the biggest collection
of locomotive pix on the 'Net. Start here if you are looking
for an obscure line or paint scheme.
- RailServe -- major
railroad search engine. Clean presentation makes searching relatively
easy.
- European
Railway Server, the -- from Albania to Yugoslavia, sprawling
site with an abundance of information and pix concerning European
trains. Also news, traveler's information and a host of links
to related sites.
- Narrow Gauge on
the 'Net -- your gateway to sites concerned with (mostly
American) slim gauge.
- North American
Steam Locomotives -- handy quick reference to every known
preserved steam loco in the USA, plus basic facts concerning
rail-borne steam technology, backed up with an assortment of
vintage pix.
- Texas Railroading
-- big meta-site with links to an abundance of pix and railfan
info concerned with the Lone Star state. You'd have a hard time
locating this stuff otherwise.
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