Links |
Here's a list of my favorite links to other photo websites, discussion groups, and other websites of interest. If you have a website link you would like added here, or note a broken link here, send it to me. |
Excursion Trains |
Trains and Travel Tours Rail excursions worldwide. |
Photos |
Aaron C. Jors Photography The fine photography of Aaron C. Jors, especially photos from the SE Wisconsin area. |
Altoona Works Info Focusing on locomotives built, rebuilt, and completed at Altoona, PA. |
Appalachian Railroad Modeling The website for prototype modelers of coal hauling railroads. |
Badger Rails Railfan photos focusing on Wisconsin by Noah Hofricher |
Chasing Heavy Metal The rail photography of Mike Matalis, and the story behind the photo. |
Columbus Railroads A history of Columbus, OH., railroading, especially focused on the 1950s. |
CRPA Center for Railroad Photography & Art website |
DairylandRails Specializing in professional rail videos |
Fuzzys World Mark "Fuzzy" Hintz of Milwaukee has set up a nice photo website and rail discussion forum, worth checking out |
Godfatherrails.com the vintage rail photograhy of John Dziobko, Jr. |
Illinois Railway unofficial Illinois Railway website |
Iowa Chicago & Eastern RR The unofficial site of the coolest RR in the heartland |
Iowa Interstate Raiload The unofficial IAIS site |
Mid-Continent Railway The home page for Mid-Continent Railway |
Mike Yuhas Mike Yuhas has set up a nice fan site where his photos are searchable by various criteria. |
NWI-NRHS North Western Illinois Chapter NRHS webpage. I have been a member of this chapter and the NRHS national since the late 1980's. |
Quad City Rails Quad Cities railphotos and railfan guide from Erik Rasmussen |
Railpictures.net The premier railroad photo site on the web |
Richard Leonard Rail Archive An awesome collection of rail related photos from the 1950s with lots of steam and first gen diesels |
RRsignals.net For fans of classic ATSF signal systems which are rapidly being replaced by BNSF across the system |
Shasta Rails UP/SP and other Northern California RR photo gallery from the designer of this site, Ryan Wilkerson |
ShortlinesUSA Like shortlines? Check out this site. |
Prototype Information |
AAR radio AAR guide to RR radio use |
AAR symbols answers.com lookup for AAR reporting marks |
Amtak radio riding somewhere on Amtrak? here are the frequencies used on various routes in the USA. |
AMTK The official Amtrak website |
BNSF the official BNSF corporate website |
BRC the official Belt Railway website |
Chi. RR Junctions Great tool if you want to railfan Chicagoland |
CN the official CN website |
CP the official CP Rail website |
CSS&SB the official Chicago Southshore & South Bend RR website |
CSX the official CSX website |
Dans Wigwag Site Want to know more about the vanishing magnetic flagmen better known as wig-wags? There is a lot of great info here. |
Depot Maps Maps and photos of existing RR depots. |
EJ&E official EJ&E RR website
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G&W the official G&W family RR website |
HeritageUnits.com Want to know where your favorite heritage locomotive was last spotted? Check here. |
IAIS the official Iowa Interstate RR website |
IHB the official IHB website |
Indiana Rail Road Railfan Guide A railfan guide to the Heartlands newest regional: the Indiana Rail Road |
INRD Indiana RR homepage |
KCS Kansas City Southern official website |
LIRC Louisville & Indiana RR official website |
Metra the official Metra website |
Niles Canyon Railway Homepage for the heritage railway running through Niles Canyon between Sunol and the Niles district of Fremont in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay area. Today it is registered as the Niles Canyon Transcontinental Railroad Historic District. |
Niles Depot History An interesting read on the history of the Niles depot, including it's restoration and preservation. |
NS the official NS website |
OLS Operation Lifesaver official site |
PAL the official Paducah & Louisville RR website. |
Q Station One of the best web sources for Santa Fe (and BN/BNSF) info. |
RailAmerica official corporate website for the family of Rail America lines |
Railfire Photography The rail photography of Jeff Hawkins |
RailroadRadio.net Web based live railroad radio communications |
Rails In Virginia A website dedicated to sharing photos, information, and history of the operations of railroads in the Commonwealth of Virginia by Jeff Hawkins. |
The Diesel Shop Home to motive power rosters. |
Trains.com the online companion to the Kalmbach group of publications |
UP The official Union Pacific website |
WSOR The official WSOR site |
Railroad Discussion Forum |
CNW list CNW discussion list |
IlliniRail list Illinois RR discussion board |
Intellicast Precip Precipitation in the Heartland |
Intellicast Radar IR radar for the Heartland |
Intellicast VR Visible radar for the Heartland |
Milwaukee Rd list Yahoo Milwaukee Road discussion |
Trainorders.com A great web based RR discussion gallery & library |
WisRail List Yahoo Wisconin railroads discussion |
WSOR rail list Yahoo Wisconsin & Southern discussion |
Websites using Railfan Website Administration Tool |
ShastaRails Photos from around Northern California focusing on Roseville, Dunsmuir, Mount Shasta and McCloud. |