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Modern Railfanning: World

  • Asian Rails: about fascinating railways in the diverse countries of South-East Asia - Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Korea etc. (5-12-03)
  • Bulleid's Home Page: Starting point for the popular Bulleid's Steam News. (6/8/97)
  • European Railway Server: Lots of information regarding European high-speed lines and more. (5/7/97)
  • European Train Enthusiasts Club (ETE): Information, prototype and layout photos, products for sale, and more from this club for those interested in European railroads. (5/5/97)
  • Hiroshi Naito's Railfan Homepage: Information on signaling systems around the world, as well as his various railfanning experiences. (5/7/97)
  • Hump classification yards worldwide.: New international forum for all rail enthusiasts interested in hump yards of the whole world. (German, English, French, Italian). (6-20-01)
  • International Working Steam Locomotives 1997: Tons of news and photos on the last gasps of revenue-earning steam locomotives in the furthest corners of the globe. (5/5/97)
  • Joshua's Homepage: Homepage of a TGV/Thalys engineer from the Netherlands, with detailed models and picture pages of European and USA trains. (1/27/01)
  • Railfood: A web site about the railways and the things that sustain them. Includes discussions of politics, advancements, environment, and all things rail. (1-15-04)
  • Rail-O-Rama: Huge amounts of information about Danish and European railways and locomotives. (10/25/98)
  • Raillinkinternational: Central international index of rail-related link lists. (12-11-01)
  • Railroads In Belgium And Luxemburg: Site about the railway between Liège (Belgium) and Luxemburg. Prototype and modeling information, news, and many high quality photos. (Dutch/English soon) (10/2/98)
  • Railways Of Balkan Europe: Covers Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey and Yugoslavia. (6/6/00)
  • Station Juinen: A lot of pictures of trains arround the globe. (9-26-02)
  • Talgo: Histories, photos, brochures, modeling, and more about Talgo trains. (2/15/98)
  • Trainspotting Jeff: International railways in Europe and problems occuring. (9/9/00)
  • Trains Around The World: Photos and railfanning from around the world. (5/16/98)

Australia / New Zealand:

Austria:

China:

  • China Railways Home Page: Railfanning information on the last place on earth to see real mainline steam in action: China. (7/29/97)

Denmark:

Eristrea:

  • Eritrean Railway and Ropeway: Dedicated to a national railway being rebuilt after being dormant for 20 years. Covers historical and current material. (6/6/00)

Germany:

  • Florians Eisenbahnseite - Florian's Railway Page: Railway photos from Nuremberg, self construction of model houses, converting model locos. (German/English 1st page only). (6-4-01)
  • German Railway Signalling: Description of all German railway signals, signs and board, contains graphical search index. (2/4/99)
  • ICE-Networld: Information about the German High Speed Train ICE. (7-1-01)
  • Leipziger Allerlei: Narrow Gauge Steam, Durango Silverton RR, Colordo and Harzer Schmalspur Bahnen in Germany. Ideas for model railroading. (1/30/00)
  • Ringler-Net Eisenbahn: Featuring information on German railways, including rolling-stock rosters for all companies. (German) (10/25/98)

Greece:

India:

Iran:

Israel:

Italy:

  • GRAF: Gruppo Romano Amici della Ferrovia (Roman Group of Railfan) - is a cultural non profit association, founded in 1958 with the aim of promoting and working for preservation.  During its forty years of activities, the association has gathered a great number of books and images about railways. GRAF began in the seventies acquiring some historical vehicles, including two rail cars. (English/Italian) (5/10/01)
  • Italian RAilfans: Information and photos of railfaning Italy. (Italian/English) (5/7/97)
  • Toscana Rail Page: Itineraries by rail or for walking around the historical lines in Toscana, Italy. (5/7/97)

Japan:

Luxembourg:

Mexico:

  • Ferrocarriles de Mexico: Come visit with us the railroads of Mexico and their locomotives. Plenty of info and pictures. (2/4/99)
  • Mexlist: A free e-mail community for the exchange of knowledge regarding the Mexican railways. (6/5/99)

Netherlands:

  • Remco The Railrunner: Train adventures in Luxemburg, Germany, and the Netherlands. Photo gallery and text. (6/1/99)
  • Trains of Europe: My own pictures of European trains and a bit more. (1-15-05)

New Zealand:

Norway:

  • Lolke Bijlsma's Diesel Homepage: Building Norwegian station Dombas in HO, photo page of Di3 (Norwegian EMD locomotive). (2/4/99)
  • Roverud Station/Norwegian Railwayclub Solør-Odal: Homepage of Norwegian Railwayclub Solør-Odal. Information about our activities and rolling stock, a discussion forum, photo gallery and more. (2/4/99)
  • Norwegian Railway Club: Founded in 1969 independent of railway companies and independent of political fractions. Its main goal is to act as a forum for persons interested in railways. (English/Norwegian) (10/21/97)

Poland:

  • Unofficial PKP Pages: A gallery of over 360 photos of Polish electric, diesel, and steam locomotives, information about museums, classification, and much more. (Polish) (9/25/97)

Portugal:

  • CFM Railways: Collection of items related with railways in general and Portuguese railways in particular. (7/29/97)

Russia:

  • The EMU Pages: Everything you always wanted to know about the EMU trains. History, news, technical specifications of Russian and worldwide EMUs, photo album, etc. (Russian/English) (6/5/99)
  • RailNet: St.-Petersburg Tramway Preservation Society. Rail-related publishing projects by Discus Media. Railway related links. (1/30/00)

South Africa:

South America:

Sweden:

  • Swedish Railway Club: Sweden's largest and oldest railway club, founded in 1958. Today SJK has more than 5200 members in Sweden as well as in several other countries. (Swedish/Emglish) (3/10/99)

Switzerland:

United Kingdom:

  • The 125 Group: Started in 1994 by a small, dedicated band of Class 43 enthusiasts and is the only group following the Class 43's. (2/15/98)
  • Ashford Group Of The Kent And East Sussex Railway: About the activities of the support group for the local steam line - with two photo pages of the steam line, plus the local station with Continental and tunnel freight. (1/27/01)
  • British Railways: My site is on British Railways and the Japanese train driving game 'Densha De Go!' (Let's go by train!) (4/20/00)
  • Class 33 Homepage: Dedicated to the Class 33 'Crompton' railway locomotive. Photos, histories, and much more. (2/15/98)
  • Dublin Rail: The history, the present situation and the future of rail transport in Dublin (Ireland) and surroundings. (2-24-02)
  • Irish (GM) Class 071 & 111: Information and facts regarding the General Motors built Class 071 & 111 locomotives in Ireland & Northern Ireland. (1/27/01)
  • Norfolk By Rail: Despite being ignored by the majority of railway enthusiasts, the county of Norfolk, in England, has several interesting railways. (10/29/97)

   This section maintained by martinoakes@charter.net updated: March 10, 2008