Some links I have found useful.

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Railroad societies and websites

Alaska Railroad Fan Site ..............................................................................
Amtrak Historical Society .............................................................................
www.amtrakhistoricalsociety.org
Anthracite Railroads Historical Society ......................................................
www.anthraciterailroads.org
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Subjects .........................................
atsf.railfan.net
Atlantic Coast Line & Seaboard Air Line Railroads Historical Society ....
www.aclsal.org
Baltimore and Ohio Historical Society ........................................................ www.borhs.org
Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society ............................................... www.bmrrhs.org
Burlington Route Historical Society ........................................................... www.burlingtonroute.com
Canadian National Railways Historical Association .................................. cnrha.ca
Canadian Pacific Historical Association ..................................................... www.cptracks.ca
Central of Georgia Railway Historical Society ........................................... www.cofg.org
Central Vermont Railway Historical Society ............................................... www.cvrhs.com
Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society ......................................................  www.cohs.org
Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society ......................................................  www.cohs.org
Chicago & North Western Historical Society.............................................. www.cnwhs.org
Colorado Railroads ....................................................................................... corailroads.com
Conrail Historical Society ............................................................................. thecrhs.org
CSX Transportation Historical Society ....................................................... www.csxthsociety.org
DRGW.net ......................................................................................................  www.drgw.net
Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Page ......................................  dssa.habitant.org
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad Archive ...................................................  www.ejearchive.com/index
Erie Lackawanna Historical Society ...........................................................  www.erielackhs.org
Florida East Coast NRHS Chapter ..............................................................  www.trainweb.org/fecnrhs
Florida East Coast Railway Society ............................................................  www.fecrs.com
Friends of the Burlington Northern ..........................................................  www.fobnr.org
Frisco ............................................................................................................. thelibrary.org/lochist/frisco/frisco
Grand Trunk Western Historical Society ...................................................  gtwhs.tripod.com
Great Northern Railway Historical Society ................................................. www.gnrhs.org
Green Bay Route ........................................................................................... www.greenbayroute.com
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Historical Society ....................................................... www.gmohs.org
Illinois Central Railroad Historical Society ................................................ icrrhistorical.org
Jersey Central Chapter of the NRHS .......................................................... www.jcrhs.org
Kansas City Southern Historical Society .................................................... www.kcshs.org
Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad Unofficial Site ................................ www.i2k.com/~dpierce/LSI
Lehigh Valley Railroad Historical Society .................................................. www.lvrrhs.org

Railroad societies and websites (cont.)

Long Island Rail Road History ..................................................................... www.lirrhistory.com
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Historical Society .................................... www.lnrr.org
Maine Central Railroad Page ....................................................................... home.sprynet.com/~jwhite07/mec/mec
Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Preservation Society .................... www.maandparailroad.com
Milwaukee Road Historical Association ..................................................... www.mrha.com
Missabe Railway Historical Society ...........................................................  www.missabe.com
Missouri Pacific Historical Society ............................................................  www.mopac.org
Monon Railroad Historical Technical Society ..........................................  www.monon.org
New York Central System Historical Society ............................................  nycshs.org
Nickel Plate Road Historical & Technical Society ..................................... nkphts.org
Norfolk & Western Historical Society ........................................................  www.nwhs.org
Norfolk & Southern Railway Historical Society (shortline) ...................... www.norfolksouthernhs.org
Northern Pacific Railway Historical Society .............................................. www.nprha.org
Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society ............................. www.prrths.com
Pere Marquette Historical Society ............................................................. www.pmhistsoc.org
Railway & Locomotive Historical Society ..................................................  rlhs.org
Reading Railroad Heritage Museum .......................................................... www.readingrailroad.org
Rio Grande Modeling & Historical Society ................................................ www.rgmhs.org
Rio Grande Southern Railroad - History, Remains, Links ........................ rgsrr.com
Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society .....................................  www.atsfrr.com
Soo Line Historical & Technical Society ...................................................  www.sooline.org
Soo Line Railfan ...........................................................................................  sooline.railfan.net
SLSF Historical and Modeling Society ......................................................  www.frisco.org
Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society ....................................... www.sphts.org
Southern Railway Historical Society .......................................................... www.srha.net
Texas & New Orleans Archives .................................................................. tno-archives.tnorr.com
Union Pacific Historical Society .................................................................. www.uphs.org
Virginia & Truckee Railroad ........................................................................ www.virginiaandtruckee.com
Virginia & Truckee Railroad Historical Society ......................................... www.vtrrhs.org
Wabash Railroad Historical Society ..........................................................  www.wabashrhs.org
Western Maryland Railway Historical Society ..........................................  westernmarylandrhs.com
Western Pacific Railroad Historical Society .............................................. wplives.org/archives.html

Rosters

Alaska Railroad .................................................................... www.alaskarails.org/.../complete-roster
Amtrak ...................................................................................
ATSF Diesels ........................................................................ spazioinwind.libero.it/cajon/roster/sfdiesel
ATSF Steam .......................................................................... atsf.railfan.net/atsfstea
Baltimore & Ohio Diesels ................................................... www.northeast.railfan.net/bo
Baltimore & Ohio Steam ...................................................... www.northeast.railfan.net/bo_steam1
Burlington Northern ............................................................ www.trainpix.com/bn/ROSTER
Canadian National Railways ............................................... www.trainweb.org/j.dimech/roster
Central of New Jersey Diesels .......................................... www.northeast.railfan.net/cnj_atr
Central of New Jersey Steam ............................................. www.northeast.railfan.net/cnj_steam1
Central Pacific ...................................................................... cprr.org/Museum/.../_encyclopedia_1
Chesapeake & Ohio Diesels .............................................. www.northeast.railfan.net/co
Chesapeake & Ohio Steam ................................................. www.daveayers.com/.../CnO_Loco_Class
Chicago & North Western ................................................... www.marketmaker.net/cnw/roster_cnw1
CSX Transportation ............................................................. okbytheccboard.tripod.com/csxbostonline/roster
Diesel Shop .......................................................................... www.thedieselshop.us
Don's Depot .......................................................................... donsdepot.donrossgroup.net
D&RG / D&RGW Locomotive and Car Rosters ................. www.drgw.net/info/Roster
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Diesels .......................................... www.ejearchive.com/page_dieselroster
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Steam ............................................. www.ejearchive.com/page_steamroster
EMD Page (Unofficial) ......................................................... www.trainweb.org/emdloco
EMD Unit Rosters ................................................................ membrane.com/bigtoys/rail/units
Erie Lackawanna .................................................................. www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/.../loco
Great Northern .................................................................... www.gngoat.org/engine_rosters
Green Bay Route ................................................................. www.greenbayroute.com/rosters
Illinois Central Diesels ........................................................ www.illinois-central.net/.../alltimeroster
Illinois Central Steam .......................................................... www.illinois-central.net/.../SteamRoster
Lehigh Valley Diesel ............................................................ www.northeast.railfan.net/lv_rstr
Lehigh Valley Steam ............................................................ www.northeast.railfan.net/lv_steam
Minneapolis & St. Louis ...................................................... www.sjcook.com/.../msl/engines/mslrost
Norfolk & Western Diesels ................................................. nwry.railfan.net/rosterpix
Norfolk & Western Steam ................................................... www.trainweb.org/railmaster/nw_rost
Norfolk Southern ................................................................. www.nslocos.com/main
Northeast Rails .................................................................... www.northeast.railfan.net
Northern Pacific ................................................................... research.nprha.org/.../AllItems

Rosters (cont.)

Pennsylvania Railroad ........................................................ broadway.pennsyrr.com/Rail/Prr/Rosters
Pere Marquette Diesels ..................................................... www.pmhistsoc.org/diesrost
Pere Marquette Steam ........................................................ www.pmhistsoc.org/stmrostr
Philadelphia & Reading ...................................................... www.northeast.railfan.net/phil_reading
Reading Diesels .................................................................. www.northeast.railfan.net/rdg_rstr
Reading Steam ..................................................................... www.northeast.railfan.net/rdg_steam
Rock Island ........................................................................... www.rits.org/www/roster
Southern Pacific .................................................................. espee.railfan.net/sp_steam-index
Standard Steam Locomotives ............................................ orion.math.iastate.edu/.../slindex
Union Pacific Diesels .......................................................... utahrails.net/.../all-time-index
Union Pacific Steam ............................................................ utahrails.net/.../steam-index
Utah Rails .............................................................................
Virginia & Truckee ............................................................... www.vtrrhs.org/History/VTRoster
Wabash Diesels ................................................................... www.wabashrhs.org/p/diesel-roster
Wabash Steam ..................................................................... www.wabashrhs.org/p/steam-roster
Western Maryland Diesels ................................................. www.northeast.railfan.net/wm
Western Maryland Steam ................................................... www.northeast.railfan.net/wm_steam
Western Pacific Diesels ...................................................... www.wplives.com/motive_power/drosters
Western Pacific Steam ........................................................ www.wplives.com/motive_power/srosters

Live Steam

General .................................................................................
General ................................................................................. www.railsnw.com
Arcade & Attica Railroad ..................................................... www.arcadeandatticarr.com
ATSF #3751 ........................................................................... www.sbrhs.org
Black Hills Central Railway ................................................. www.1880train.com
Black River & Western Railroad ........................................ www.brwrr.com
Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad ........................................ www.scenic-valleyrr.com
Cass Scenic Railroad .......................................................... www.cassrailroad.com
Chehalis-Centralia Railroad & Museum ............................ www.steamtrainride.com
Conway Scenic Railroad ..................................................... conwayscenic.com
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad ................................ www.cumbrestoltec.com
Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad ................................ mountainrailwv.com
Essex Steam Train ............................................................... essexsteamtrain.com
Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society ............................ fortwaynerailroad.org
Friends of the #261 ............................................................. 261.com
Friends of the East Broad Top .......................................... www.febt.org
Golden Gate Railway Museum ........................................... www.ggrm.org
Grand Canyon Railway ........................................................ www.thetrain.com
Heber Valley Railroad ......................................................... hebervalleyrr.org
Little River Railroad ............................................................ www.littleriverrailroad.com
Lumberjack Steam Train ..................................................... www.camp5museum.org
Midwest Central Railroad ................................................... www.mcrr.org
Mount Washington Cog Railway ........................................ www.thecog.com
Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad ................................................ www.mtrainierrailroad.com
North Shore Scenic Railroad ............................................. www.northshorescenicrailroad.org
Northern Nevada Railroad ................................................. www.nnry.com
Orange Blossom Cannonball ............................................. www.orangeblossomcannonball.com
Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad .......................................... www.oregoncoastscenic.org
Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation ..................................... www.orhf.org
Pacific Coast Railroad Company ........................................ pcrailroad.wordpress.com
Railtown 1897 ....................................................................... www.railtown1897.org
Rio Grande Scenic Railroad ............................................... www.coloradotrain.com
Roaring Camp Railroads ..................................................... www.roaringcamp.com
Roots of Motive Power ....................................................... www.rootsofmotivepower.com
Silver Creek and Stephenson Railroad ............................ www.thefreeportshow.com
Skunk Train .......................................................................... www.skunktrain.com

Live Steam (cont.)

Steam Railroading Institute ................................................ michigansteamtrain.com
Steamtown ............................................................................ www.nps.gov/stea
Strasburg Rail Road ............................................................
Sugar Pine Railroad ............................................................ www.ymsprr.com
Sumpter Valley Railway ....................................................... www.sumptervalleyrailroad.org
Swanton Pacific Railroad Society ...................................... sprr.calpoly.edu
Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum ................................. www.tvrail.com
Texas State Railroad ........................................................... www.texasstaterr.com
Three River Rambler ........................................................... www.threeriversrambler.com
Tweetsie Railroad ................................................................ tweetsie.com
Union Pacific ........................................................................ www.upsteam.com
Virginia & Truckee Railroad ............................................... www.virginiatruckee.com
Western Maryland Scenic Railroad ................................... www.wmsr.com
White Mountain Central Railroad ...................................... www.whitemountaincentralrr.com
Wilmington & Western Railroad ......................................... www.wwrr.com

Links

Rail Serve ....................................................
RAIL links ..................................................... www.raillinks.com
Railroad Data ............................................... www.railroaddata.com
 

General Information

General ........................................................ www.railarchive.net
Steam Locomotives .................................... www.steamlocomotive.com
Steam Locomotives .................................... www.steamlocomotive.info
Climax Locomotives ................................... www.climaxlocomotives.com
Geared Steam ............................................. www.gearedsteam.com
Shay Locomotives ...................................... www.shaylocomotives.com
Railroads ..................................................... www.american-rails.com

 

Images

General ........................................................ www.northeast.railfan.net
General ........................................................ www.railroadforums.com
General ........................................................ www.steampreservation.com
General ........................................................ www.rrpicturearchives.net/default.aspx
General ........................................................ www.trainweb.com

 

Location Hunters

Abandoned Rails ........................................ www.abandonedrailroads.com
Stations ........................................................ www.rrshs.org/index.html
Bridges ........................................................ bridgehunter.com/./railroad
Locomotives ............................................... www.steamlocomotive.info
Cajon Pass Group ....................................... www.trainweb.org/cajongroup
Trails ............................................................ www.r2parks.net/railindex.html
Trails ............................................................ www.traillink.com

 

Discussions

Trainorders.com ......................................... www.trainorders.com
Railroad Forums ......................................... www.railroadforums.com
Railway Preservation Forum ..................... www.steampreservation.com

Operations

Publications ................................................ catskillarchive.com/rrextra
Plans ............................................................ www.livesteamlocomotives.com/drawings

 

Railroadiana

Railroadiana Online .................................... www.railroadiana.org

 

Modelling

Live Steam ................................................... www.livesteamlocomotives.com
G Scale ......................................................... www.g-scale-society.co.uk
G Scale ......................................................... www.precisionscaleco.com
General ........................................................ www.thecaboose.com
General ........................................................ www.dmoz.org/./Models/Railroad
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