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Modern Railfanning: General
- Bills
Train Page: A site for railroaders/railfans with assorted information about railroading
including over 2000 terms and slang used by railroaders. (11-28-02)
- Cable
Car Homepage: Information about cable railways (also known as
cable tramways). (6/20/97)
- Dan's
Wigwag Site: Tracking down the last of the vanishing wigwag
signals. Photos, database, and restoration guides. (6/6/00)
- Eric McFadden's
Railroad Page: Information on various subjects for the railfan,
such as OH hotspots, Conrail action, and more. (8/22/97)
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HIGH IRON Online. RR Magazine: A great online railfanning magazine with
detailed photo features and guides to famous American locations. Stories, maps,
and tools for railFun. (11-3-01)
- The Idiot
Railfan: A lighthearted, slightly brash perspective on
railfanning in the Northeastern United States. Pretty pictures, goofy
graphics. (12/14/97)
- Intermodal
Container FAQ: Answers to frequently asked questions about the
use of intermodal containers. (9/25/97)
- James D. Hefner &
Family Home Page: Includes tours of steam locomotives and other
historical railsites in the south-central US, and other information.
(10/12/97)
- Lundsten's
Basement: Information on American and Danish signaling, along
with some model railroading info. (7/19/98)
- Marc's
Diesel Locomotives Web Site: A great site for railfans of all
ages. offers, photos, software downloads, ect. (6/6/00)
- Motels
For Train Watchers: A listing of hotels, motels and inns in the
US located directly on rail lines with views of the tracks. (10/25/99)
- On Track On
Line: General interest page with Amtrak roster, riding tips and
news, Al Tuner's OS List archives, photos, CSX/NS news. (1/30/00)
- Railfan
USA: This Web site contains a little of everything, including information, pictures
and locomotive rosters. (6/1/01)
- Railfan
WWWBoard: A bulletin board for discussing railroad subjects.
(5/7/97)
- Railroad Radio
Man: Railroad radio frequencies and more. (5/7/97)
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Rail Radio Online:
All kinds of info on railroad radio, including a photo gallery of RR radio installations,
and also a frequency database. (5-31-01)
- Rail-Trac:
The North American railroad car tracing page. (1/30/00)
- Railwatch.com:
Photographs, Videos, Books and More! Railwatch.com has what you want.
(6/6/00)
- Semaphores.com:Our
mission is provide up-to-date information on the location of the
remaining semaphores operating in North America. This site is dedicated
to those who enjoy watching, photographing, or preserving our signaling
heritage. (5/16/98)
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Steam Railroading Dot Com: Information about railroading in the great
days of steam, as well as steam railroading today. Also train books and videos
for sale. (11-14-01)
- The Track Gang:
Photos and information about MoW equipment. (10/3/98)
- Trackside Motels Online: A comprehensive guide to Hotels, Motels and B&B's that offer a room with a view of the tracks. (11/2/97)
- Trackside Online: This weekly television series is a non-profit program that visits places and points of railroading interest, usually in the Chicago area. It is currently cablecast for free on public access channels in several Midwestern states. (10/21/97)
- TrainNet.org: TrainNet has message boards & chat rooms, weekly moderated conferences, over 6,500 photos & reference files in downloadable libraries and a list of railway books that are recommended by the Staff & Users. If you like trains, this is the place! (6-14-02)
- Train World: Info and pictures on the ATSF, CNW, UP, BNSF, Taiwan and Japan railways, and more. (12/18/97)
- Trainorders.com: Includes chat rooms, discussion forums, feature articles and the amazing Tehachapi RailCam that takes a picture of every train that crosses Tehachapi during daylight hours. (9/8/97)
- Watsonville Junction: Depots And Other Buildings: View a selection of photos of old depots. (11/29/99)
- The Yard Limit: A web resource page for those interested in American diesel switchers. (5/7/97)
- Trackside Motels Online: A comprehensive guide to Hotels, Motels and B&B's that offer a room with a view of the tracks. (11/2/97)
This section maintained by martinoakes@charter.net updated: March 10, 2008