Historic Preservation and Restoration Historical Groups Kid Friendly Train Links Live Steamers
Misc Train Links Model Railroad Clubs Model Railroad Manufacturers Museums
Prototype Railroads Tourist Railroads Train Related Publications Train Shows and Flea Markets
Historic Preservation and Restoration
Big Boy 4018

Restoration of Union Pacific Big Boy 4018

Milwaukee Road 261

Restoration of a 4-8-4

Steam Railroading Institute

Keepers of Pere Marquette 1225, a restored and operating Berkshire 2-8-4

Historical Groups
Hesston Steam Museum

Located in Laporte County, Indiana.

Amtrak Historical Society

The history of America's only current passenger railway

Chessie System Historial Society

Preserving the history of the Chessie System Railroads (Baltimore & Ohio, Chesepeake & Ohio and Western Maryland)

Conrail Historial Society

Established to encourage the writing, collection and preservation of historical and contemporary material associated with Conrail and to preserve its’ heritage.

Muskegon Railroad Historical Society

Located in the historic downtown of Muskegon, Michigan, the Muskegon Railroad Historical Society (MRHS) preserves and encourages the history of railroading in Muskegon County.

National Railway Historical Society

An exciting and fun way to become involved with railroading, present and past!

Pere Marquette Historical Society

Founded in 1995 as a means of collecting and disseminating information regarding the Pere Marquette Railroad.

Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society

Dedicated to preserving and disseminating the historical record of the Southern Pacific Railroad and its affiliates.

Webville and Hypertext Railroad Company

A site for the archiving of historical and informational documents and binaries concerning Railroads, Railfanning and Model Railroading.

Soo Line Historical and Technical Society

Illinois Central Historical Society

Dedicated to preserving historical and educational information about the Illinois Central Railroad and the many predecessor railroads that have been part of the IC system.

Kid Friendly Train Links
Brio

Wooden train manufactuer

LEGO

The infamous plastic building block

Playmobil

Playmobil pieces are a near perfect match for G scale

Learning Curve

Manufacturer of the wooden Thomas and Friends sets

Thomas and Friends

Website of the TV show

Whittle Shortline Railroad

Handcrafted American-made wooden toy trains.

Live Steamers
Pennsylvania Live Steamers

Collegeville, Pennsylvania

Misc Train Links
Choo Choo Barn

A 1700 square foot train layout in Strasburg, Pennsylvania

Steamlocomotive dot com

Contains information on full-scale steam locomotives of the U.S.A.

CSX Motive Power

CSX's engine roster

RailPictures.net

the BEST railroad photos on the 'net

A North American Fixed Signal Primer

North American railroad signals, a possibly confusing assortment of red, green, yellow, and white lights used in almost every combination possible, to include flashing lights. This page describes how to read such signals.

Mr. Pin Man Railway Lapel Pins

Stock and Custom options. Located in Alberta, Canada

Operation Lifesaver

A U.S. nonprofit educational organization dedicated to promoting safety at railroad grade crossings and railroad rights-of-way.

Railroad Clipart

All Clip Art is in GIF or JPG format.

Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg

The largest model railway in the world and one of the most successful permanent exhibitions in Northern Germany.

Train v Tornado Video

January 7, 2008 near Harvard, IL

EnterTRAINment Junction

Home of the World's Largest Indoor Train Display-located in Cincinnati, Ohio

Model Railroad Clubs
Bytown Garden Railway Society

Canadian Group

Bay Area Garden Railway Society

San Francisco, California

Holland Modular Railroad Club

Holland, Michigan

National Model Railroad Association

National standards

Ottawa Valley Associaiton of Railroaders

Canadian Group

Rensselaer Model Railroad Society

A student organization at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY

Train Collectors Association

One of the World's Largest and Most Prestigious Collecting Societies; Headquartered in Strasburg, PA

Washington Virginia Maryland Garden Railwau Society

A garden railway group in the nation's capital

Greater Cincinnati Garden Railway Society

A garden railway group in southern Ohio

Private Road Name Modelers

Open to any modeler who is interested in "Railroads that Never Were,.....But Might Have Been"!

The Grand Rapids Model Railroad Historical Society

Modeling the Pere Marquette Circa 1945 in HO Scale

Kalamazoo Model Railroad Historial Society

Located near Kalamazoo, Michigan

Lansing Model Railroad Club

Home of the Hogsback and Southern Railroad

Riverbend Model Railroad Club

Located in Hudsonville, Michigan

Michigan LEGO Users Group

Michigan Small Scale Live Steamers

Rails On Wheels

Washtenaw County, Michigan's HO modular model railroad club.

Model Railroad Manufacturers
Hartland Locomotive Works

American made garden railway products. Designed, manufactured, assembled and packaged in LaPorte, Indiana

LGB of America

The stateside division of the German garden railway manufacturer

Lionel

Manufacturer of O scale (1:48)

USA Trains

Manufactuer of garden railway products in 1:32 scale

Museums
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

Artifacts from the Pennylvania Railroad and Penn Central. Strasburg, Pennsylvania

B&O Railway Museum

Located in Baltimore, Maryland.

Railroaders Memorial Museum

Dedicated to revealing, interpreting, commemorating and celebrating the significant contributions of Railroaders and their families to American life and industry.Located in Altoona, Pennsylvania,

Canada Model Train Museum

Home of the world's largest collection of model and toy trains on public display. Located in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Danbury Railway Museum

A fullsize volunteer effort located n anbury, Connecticut

National Toy Train Museum

Located in Strasburg, Pennsylvania. Operated by the Train Collectors Association.

Railroad Museum of New England

An interpretive facility where the story of the region's rich railroad heritage can be effectively told. Located in Thomaston, Connecticut

Shoreline Trolley Museum

Dedicated to preserving the trolley car. Located in East Haven, Connecticut

Southeastern Railway Museum

Located in Duluth, Georgia

Smith Falls Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario

Located in Smiths Falls, Ontario

Illinois Railway Museum

Located in Union, Illinois

Age of Steam Memorial

Located in Centralia, Illinois

Steamtown National Historic Site

A National Park located in Scranton, Pennsylvania dedicated to interpreting the storm of main line steam railroading between 1850 and 1950.

San Diego Model Railroad Museum

Opened in 1982, the SDMRM is committed to preserving the heritage of railroading through a series of miniature representations of California railroads;

Prototype Railroads
Amtrak

A quasi-governmental corporation to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States

Burnlington Northern Santa Fe

Canadian National

Canadian Pacific Railway

CSX

Kansas City Southern

Metra Rail

A commuter rail in the Chicagoland area

Norfolk Southern

Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District

Operates the South Shore Line from South Bend to downtown Chicago

Union Pacific

Via Rail

A passenger rail service in Canada

Rail America

Owners of several short line railroads in the US

Ontario Northland

Tourist Railroads
Strasburg Railroad

A restored steam train in Strasburg, Pennsylvania

Coopersville and Marne Railway

Providing vintage passenger service between Coopersville and Marne, Michigan

Pioneer Lines Scenic Railway

Operates the Gettysburg Express in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Train Related Publications
Canadian Railway Modeller Magazine

Serving the railway hobbyist interested in modelling all aspects of the Canadian railway scene.

Classic Toy Trains

For fans of Lionel, MTH, American Flyer, and other brands of toy trains made today and in the past

Garden Railways Magazine

Dedicated to the rewarding, life-long hobby that combines model trains with the outdoors--garden railroading

Model Railroader Magazin`e

Model Railroader magazine has been the industry-leading model train magazine for more than 70 years.

Railfan & Railroad Magazine

The Magazine for Railfans and Photography of Railroads, Trains, Locomotives and Diesels.

Classic Trains Magazine

A quarterly magazine celebrating the "golden years of railroading.

Trains Magazine

Covers the broad spectrum of railroading with authoritative content, dazzling photography, and a mix of content designed to appeal to everyone from the casual enthusiast to the seasoned professional railroader.

Train Shows and Flea Markets
DuPage Show

Wheaton, Illinois (west of Chicago)

Great Train Expo

Worlds Greatest Hobby on Tour

Greenberg's Train and Toy Show

Trainfest

Milwaukee, WI