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Cultural not for profit association founded in 1958 with the aim of promoting and working for the preservation, and collecting of historical and technical information about Italian railways and tramways.
http://www.graf.tv/
E-mail discussion list dedicated to news, operations, and history of railroads in Minnesota, the Dakotas, and parts of neighboring states and provinces. Information file, guidelines for posting, links.
http://www.visi.com/~mfrahm/mnrail/
British railway photos.
http://www.marksrailwayphotos.fotopic.net/
Features regional route maps, timetables, and individual railroad histories in the region.
http://www.wvrail.railfan.net/
Photographs of UK preserved and main line steam activity since 1990
http://www.1-room.freeserve.co.uk
Non-profit making organisation dedicated to the 750 volts direct current third rail electrified railway system in the South East of England.
http://www.southernelectric.org.uk/
Site detailling the North Wales Coast railway and the loco`s that work on it.
http://www.page27.co.uk/nwales/
Indian Railways related information resource.
http://www.irfca.org/faq/
Photos and information about Estonian railways.
http://trains.future.ee
A comprehensive site with pictures and data on steam locomotives in India.
http://indiasteam.tripod.com/
A study of Sri Lankan (Ceylon) Government Railways and locomotives
http://www.gyan.doctors.org.uk/
Society offering news on Belgian and international railways, tips on photographic locations, reports, and diagrams.
http://www.iryc.net/
Pictures on Indian Railways by Nitin Master
http://www.geocities.com/masterwap9/index.html
a personal photo galley and home to the Ohio Rail Link, and a list and photos of ex-Conrail units in CSX and Norfolk Southern paint.
http://www.trainweb.org/columbusrailfan/
Train spotting pictures in Southern California, Cajon Pass. Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific can be found here.
http://nothingbuttrains.tripod.com
Devoted to railfanning both near and far from Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
http://capecodrails.railfan.net
Railfanning in the heart of Dixie. Includes CSX, NS, IC, BNSF and many shortlines.
http://www.alabamarailfan.com/
Railfanning in Eastern America. Motive power review and 700+ photos.
http://mainlineseast.railfan.net/home.html
Railfans, modelers, and railroaders submit your rail stories with photos.
http://www.raildepot.com
A listing of hotels, motels and inns located directly on rail lines in the US, with views of the railroad tracks from at least some of the rooms.
http://home.att.net/~roadrailer/MotelsIntro.html
Includes photo galleries, radio information, employee timetables, equipment rosters, message board and links.
http://jerseyrails.railfan.net
A complete guide for railfans visiting this Oregon Coast shortline. Topics include locomotive and car rosters, galleries, videos, history, and maps.
http://www.trainweb.org/potb
Represents many years of railfanning, with photographs broken down to general areas of interest.
http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/launchpad/1449/index.html
Rail schedules, news, images, graphics, links and collections hosted by Daniel S. Dawdy.
http://www.cwrr.com/
Railfan photos and information from the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions.
http://www.trainweb.org/midrail
Live streaming radio feeds of several major western railroads.
http://www.railroadradio.net
A forum for discussing the railroads of the Great Lakes region, and their operations. Photo Galleries, Chat, Downloads.
http://www.greatlakesrail.com
A listing of rail webcams. Catch the live railroad actions of trains thru web cameras.
http://www.railcams.com
Gensheet rare track & diversions, photographs and Class 309 EMU pages
http://www.gensheet.co.uk
Historical information, such as steam rosters, old timetables, menus, and photographs. Also current aspects such as present-day timetables, diesel roster and modern photographs.
http://keretapi.tripod.com
A gallery of North American Railroad Photography by Arizona-based photographer Len Kratz.
http://www.photographytips.com/page.cfm/2211
It is neither a real company, nor a real railroad. Rather it is a site for the archiving of historical and informational documents and binaries concerning railroads, railfanning and model railroading.
http://www.spikesys.com/webville.html
All about China's railways.
http://www.railwaysofchina.com/
A database of ex-main line UK preserved steam locomotives which the user may update.
http://www.angelfire.com/nb/dmwoods
Trains, tramways and trolleybuses of Rosario (Argentina). English language version is included.
http://www.arar.org.ar/IDX_ENG.html
Learn about an inspection trip that was organized by rail-fans on the South Shore Line, America's last inter-urban electric railway.
http://www.ameritech.net/users/liz357/SSL.htm
Engineers, conductors and passengers share their experiences as they travel through the great American west. Spectacular images of some of America's favorite trains. HDTV.
http://www.rmpbs.org/trains
A comprehensive photographic guide to all preserved ex-mainline diesel locomotives based in the UK.
http://www.preserved-diesels.co.uk
Rail and communications hobbyists discuss aspects of railroad radio communications.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/railscan
Locomotive pictures from the Northwest Florida/Southern Alabama area including many different road names.
http://www.trainjunkie.com
Provides pictures and information about the railroads in West Michigan.
http://www.geocities.com/csxt_gp38/HOME.html
Railfanning CSX (ex-B&O) around Cumberland, MD. Covers the Cumberland Subdivision to Brunswick, MD, the Keystone Subdivision to Connellsville, PA, and the Mountain Subdivision to Grafton, WV.
http://mtnsub.org/
BNSF Railroad forum for employees and railfans with news, bulletin board, live chat, humor, and opinion pages
http://www.therailforum.com
Photos taken around the Northeast USA from Conrail to Erie Lackawanna
http://leesome1226.tripod.com/index.htm
A multimedia journey on the great narrow-gauge steam trains of Wales. Ride the Talyllyn Railway, Vale of Rheidol Light Railway, Ffestiniog Railway, Snowdon Mountain Railway and the historic standard-gauge Cambrian Coast Line.
http://www.steamsafari.com/wales/index.htm
Indian Railways Fan Club Association hosted resource of interest to enthusiasts of railways in India. Articles, faq, pictures, history and fan pages.
http://irfca.org
A collection of webpages dedicated steam locomotives from India and Australia.
http://www.geocities.com/wp7713/index.htm
Downloadable recordings of steam hauled trains on main line and preserved railways in the UK.
http://www.steamsounds.org.uk/
Welcome to the most popular railroad site on the internet! At Trainorders you'll find a host of features that includes photographs, discussion forums, live chat, multimedia clips, and the train activated RailCam Network with cameras at Tehachapi and Dunsmuir on the Shasta Route in California.
http://www.trainorders.com/
Images of three decades of train chasing. News and information on several of the operational steam locomotives of the western United States.
http://www.railroadarchive.net/
Photographs and information about Norfolk Southern Winston-Salem District operations in North Carolina and Virginia.
http://www.trainweb.org/nsrw
History of the Pinconning & Blind River Railroad in Fairview Michigan 1953-1973.
http://www.pinconningandblindriverrailroad.com
Pictures, Data and trip reports about diesel locomotive operations across the globe. Special sections on GE and ALCO locomotives
http://www.locopage.net/
Details of forthcoming and past trips along with the society magazine.
http://www.cardiffandavonside.org.uk/
UK trainspotting data from past decades. Railway photographs. Railway sound recordings as mp3 files. Railway videos from the 1990s in Quicktime format.
http://anorak.100megs6.com
Official website for the Akron Railroad Club Inc. Located in Akron,Ohio.
http://www.angelfire.com/oh5/arrc
Description of German Railway signals, boards, and rules.
http://www.sh1.org/eisenbahn/index.htm
Weekly updated pictures and archive showing the decline of Brush Class 47 around the Southampton area.
http://www.47soton.co.uk/
Pictures and information about subway trains.
http://www.subways.net/
UK Locomotive Performance from 1954 together with train spotting notes from the 1950's and 1960's and a Picture Gallery.
http://www.locoperformance.co.uk/
Jay Balakrishna's collection of Indian Railways Videos. Features downloadable videos of Diesel(ALCo) and Electric traction of passenger trains shot in and around Bangalore and Mysore.
http://www.irfca.org/~jayb/
Detailed News, timing and speed data of German steam locomotives, mainly in the 21st Century, also history of past high speed runs. Includes a Plandampf page.
http://germansteam.info/
UK based railway enthusiast organisation. Publisher of The Spotter's Companion, and organiser of UK and international railway tours.
http://www.nrea.org.uk
US based railfan site. Includes railroad news, history and general features.
http://railfanning.org/
A society for UK freight and passenger train enthusiasts. Information, news and publications.
http://www.icrs.org.uk/
Photographs and sounds of the railways in Japan.
http://www.japan-railways.com/indexe.htm
Railfan guide to St. Louis, MO. Photographs and hot spots. Diesel locomotive production statistics from ALCo, EMD and GE
http://www.trainweb.org/stlrailfanning/
Online UK Train Spotting Database. Allows Train Spotters to store sessions and sightings on the Internet.
http://www.locoscene.co.uk/
Class 47 Locomotive Group was to preserve a Class 47 Diesel Locomotive, also known as a Brush Type 4.
http://c47lg.jdaltpol.co.uk/
The main feature of RCN is an email contact list, which is primarily for the use of British railwayana collectors. The site includes information about single line tokens, Rhodesian/Zimbabwean loco relics, GWR cabsides, as well as a photo gallery and other info.
http://www.trainweb.org/rcn-uk/
An introduction to collecting railwayana, auction reports and links
http://www.railwayanapage.com/
The Eastern New England Chapter is a regional affiliate of European Train Enthusiasts, the American national organization for those interested in European railroads and the European model train hobby.
http://www.ete-ene.org
Documents the world of railways in and around the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and promotes public transport.
http://www.rail.lu/indexuk.html
Message boards and discussion forums for all facets of railroading.
http://www.trainboard.com
A Study of passenger train services from the City of Stoke-on-Trent (the former headquarters of the North Staffordshire Railway Company) using timetables from 1910, 1947, and subsequently.
http://www.greatorme.btinternet.co.uk/knotty.htm
A series of short anecdotes each having a railway connection.
http://www.trainspottingtales.org.uk/
Information about US railroading in the days of steam, as well as steam railroading today.
http://steamrailroading.com
Personal view of the society situated at Brixton Waitara Taranaki, New Zealand
http://waitara_rail.tripod.com/
A guide to railfanning the area from Bloombury, New Jersey to Allentown, Pennsylvania.
http://www.railfanphillipsburg.com
High speed trains in Spain, Europe and the rest of the World.
http://www.altavelocidad.org/index_en.htm
A railfan and model railroad club in Sussex County, New Jersey.
http://www.trainweb.org/sussexctyrrclub/
News, photos, articles, and forums for all rail-related topics.
http://www.on-track-on-line.com/
Railfan pictures from Southern Ontario and the Eastern USA.
http://groups.msn.com/RailfaningCanadatheUSA/
Canadian Pacific Railway operations in and around Sudbury, Ontario.
http://www.personainternet.com/mile77/
Railfan displays his extensive collection of railway photos.
http://algomacentral.railfan.net/
CPR locomotive roster and paint data.
http://www.trainweb.org/galt-stn/cproster/topindex.htm
Information about the current railfan scene in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
http://www.accesswave.ca/~gbevan/hfx.html
Railfanning site with an emphasis on the United States.
http://www.railfanusa.com/
Railroad photos from North Bay, Ontario.
http://users.thot.net/lalande/jamesleo/
Photographer displays his railroad photo collection.
http://bswitzer.railfan.net/
An in-depth look at some busy rail crossings in the Chicago area and northwest Indiana.
http://www.dhke.com/CRJ/
Pictures and information of trains on Cape Breton Island.
http://www.cbrails.netfirms.com/
A collection of pictures, screensavers and desktop wallpaper from the Indian Railways.
http://www.irfca.org/users/shanky/
Rail network and operator information, locomotive details and photographs categorized by country.
http://www.railfaneurope.net/
US based database of railfan friendly train watching locations with scanner frequencies and train symbols.
http://www.railfanswelcome.com/
With timetables, pictures, and scanner frequencies.
http://centralnjfan.railfan.net
Railfanning and railroading in the Southeastern United States.
http://www.trainweb.org/csxsouth/index1.html
Canadian railway news, stories, photos, timetables, links, and reference material.
http://www.cordovabaystation.ca/
Locomotives of the British railway.
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/roster.htm
Locomotive roster for Alaska Railroad.
http://www.alaskarails.org/pix/ARR-picts-loco-roster.html
A guide to the locomotives of Conrail.
http://fp.users.fast.net/jprock/crroster.html
Images of railroading in the Eastern United States.
http://www.trainweb.org/eastrail/
Former Clinchfield Railroad trackage mostly the north end. Visit the photo gallery and links with other info on this site as well.
http://clinchfieldcountry.com
A complete listing of British locomotives and multiple units including their full history. Record spots and hauls online.
http://www.railenthusiast.co.uk
Large database of Timetables, Maps and Photos as well as HUGE locomotive history database containing over 100,000 road numbers.
http://www.trainlibrary.com
A regularly updated diary of steam railway special trains and operations in the USA and Canada
http://www.diary.svsfilm.co.uk
Site contains information on train operations, local railfan watch spots, along with a wide variety of pictures around Michigan and surrounding areas.
http://www.railroadfan.com
Authentic sound recordings of railroads such as the New York Central, Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley and more during the height of the steam era in Buffalo and Western New York.
http://www.livingwithsteam.com
Photos of trains around Perth and Western Australia.
http://perthtrains.nachohat.org
Record of all known BR Class 25 hauled passenger trains, performance records and photographs of these locos in action.
http://www.class25.info/
Photos of locomotives seen around Western Pennsylvania.
http://www.cjb.cc/members/reiser870543/index.html
On a mission for that perfect picture. Exploring the intersection photography and trains.
http://www.therailfan.com/
A forum community studying all aspects of West Virginia railroading both past and present.
http://mountainstaterails.net
A blog-style commentary on railroading in the Pacific Northwest, including motive power sightings and timely photographs.
http://www.dogcaught.com
Railroad photos from the Bay Area of California.
http://www.bayarearailroading.com
Photo gallery of ONR operations.
http://www.onrgallery.com/index.html