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Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum

http://cprr.org/

The Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum exhibitsstereoviews, engravings, maps, and documents illustrating the historyof the first transcontinental railroad. Detailed discussion of the photographic processes used to create the images are included. There is also dicussion of the contribution of the Chinese workers who helped build the railroad.

Author: CPRR.org (museum@CPRR.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Science & Technology--Transportation--Railroad

Keywords: railroad; construction; Chinese

Cyberspace World Railroad

http://www.cwrr.com/

A large collection of railroad related resources, including news, train schedules, and a library of railroad information. Focuses on modern railroads. Definitely worth checking out.

Author: Daniel S. Dawdy (dsdawdy@mcs.com)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Transportation--Railroad

Keywords: Modern; News; Travel; Schedules

The Family Tree of North American Railroads

http://www.spikesys.com/Trains/fmly_tre.html

"A chart of major railroad company mergers, takovers and controls that have taken place since 1900." Freight carriers only. From the Webville and Hypertext RR Co.

Author: Chris Coleman (colemanc@infinet.com)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Transportation--Railroad

Keywords: History; Freight

North American Steam Locomotives

http://www.steamlocomotive.com/

Everything you ever wanted to know about steam locomotives in North America. Maintained by computer graphics programmer Wes Barris, this site has a database of surviving steam locomotives, and one of "lost forever (but not forgotten)" ones, virtual tours of various railroad museums, links to many other steam locomotive and other train-related sites, and more.

Author: Wes Barris (wes@steamlocomotive.com)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Transportation--Railroad

Keywords: Steam; United States; Canada; Railroad; Train

Rail Europe

http://www.raileurope.com/

Information about train passes, flights, and car rental for travel in Europe, including trains in Britain and Russia. This is a commercial site and therefore you can order tickets here,, including group travel arrangements but it also has alot of useful free information.

Author: Rail Europe Group, Inc. (webmaster@raileurope.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Travel & Tourism--Europe

Science & Technology--Transportation--Railroad

Keywords: Eurail; Europass; BritRail; Rail 'n Drive

Specifications of Famous Steam Engines

http://www.steamlocomotive.com/misc/specifications.html

"Specifications of steam engines that Wes Barris thinks are neat." Arranged by line and engine number. Gives class, year built, manufacturer, top speed, horsepower, and other information.

Author: Wes Barris (wes@steamlocomotive.com)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Transportation--Railroad

Keywords: Steam; Specifications

Subways / Transport

http://www.reed.edu/~reyn/transport.html

This site, created by a subway enthusiast, provides numerous maps and images of subways around the world. It also provides links to transit web sites, transportation museums, and other related web sites.

Author: Robert Reynolds (reyn@reed.edu)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Travel & Tourism

Science & Technology--Transportation--Railroad

Keywords: subways; maps; metro; underground; transportation; U-bahn; trams

TGV Index

http://mercurio.iet.unipi.it/tgv/tgvindex.html

A repository of documents concerning the TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) French high speed train. Includes a basic information primer, an illustrated spotter's guide and information on current TGV research.

Author: Clem Tillier (ctillier@leland.stanford.edu)

Subjects:

Science & Technology--Transportation--Railroad

Keywords: High Speed; France; TGV

Webville and Hypertext Railroad Company

http://www.spikesys.com/webville.html

"A site for the archiving of historical and informational documents and binaries concerning Railroads, Railfanning and Model Railroading;" technical, historical, rosters, and other information.

Author: Chris Coleman (colemanc@infinet.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Science & Technology--Transportation--Railroad

Keywords: Technical; History; Rosters; Model Railroads

Welcome to www.subways.net

http://www.subways.net/

"These pages are a collection of photos, maps and links to transit related sites. Each page in the countries section will have a list of cities plus informaton on their transit systems and any links I've been able to glean."

Author:

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Travel & Tourism

Science & Technology--Transportation--Railroad

Keywords: subways; maps; metro; underground; transportation; trolley; monorail

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