Prototype Railroad Links

Model Railroad Links

Dansrailpix - A website that includes California railroad pictures and wigwag signals.

Joel's Southern Pacific in the Cascades - Nice Page about the Southern Pacific in Oregon.

Milwaukee Road Online - Good resource for Milwaukee Road fans.

Northwest Rails - The NEW Oregon Pacific & Eastern is covered here.

On Track On Line - Passenger Train information including an up-to-date Amtrak roster

Rose City & Northwestern - Portland area railroad information.

Spike Systems - All kinds of railroad information.

Utah Rails - Don Strack's site, with lots of information about the Union Pacific and other railroads in Utah.

Western Rails - Pictures and information about Oregon and Washington shortlines and industrial railroads.

Western Shortline Rosters - Rosters of shortlines in Western North America.

Wisconsin Railfan Photo and Information Page - Lots of info about Wisconsin railroads.

WP Site - A Western Pacific Railroad page.

All-Gauge Model Railroading Page - Information about model railroading in various scales.

Bob's Model Railroading Stuff - Website with model railroad information, including a database of industries.

Da Trains! Railroad Data - All kinds of useful information for model railroaders, including various conversion data and tables.

The Donald Gorsuch Collection of Vintage Model Trains - Website I made for the MSOE Library for a model train display.

Espee Modelers Homepage - Great Resource for Southern Pacific fans.

Tony Cook's HO Trains Resource - Information about HO-Scale toy trains (as opposed to model trains).

The Model Train Magazine Index - A searchable database of articles from every major railroad magazine.

Railroad Club at the U of MN - The model railroad club at the University of Minnesota.

Railroad Paint Shop - Line drawings of railroad equipment for developing paint schemes.

Society of Model Engineers - The Milwaukee School of Engineering's Model Railroad Club.

Trainiax - Another website featuring railroad line drawings.

Whistle Stop Trains - Portland, Oregon's premier model train store.

Railroad History & Preservation

Railroad Pictures

Brian McCamish's Active & Abandoned Railroads of the Pacific Northwest - Brian McCamish has done an amazing job of exploring and documenting abandoned northwest railroads, and he has a lot of great info about active railroads too.

California Zephyr Virtual Museum - A website dedicated to one of America's most famous streamlined passenger trains.

Friends of 4449 - Support group for former Southern Pacific GS4 #4449, now owned by the city of Portland, Oregon.

Museum of America's Freedom Trains - Lots of great info about both Freedom Trains.

NKP190.com - Website for Doyle McCormack's former D&H PA.

Northwest Railway Museum - Railroad museum in Snoqualmie, Washington.

Oregon Electric Railway Museum - Museum at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon with trolley cars from around the world.

Pacific NorthWest Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society - They have a lot of Oregon Railroad info here.

Seattle & North Coast Railroad Historical & Technical Society - A website about an isolated short line on the tip of Washington's Olympic Peninsula.

Southern Pacific #5623 - A Diesel Locomotive preserved by individuals.

SPS700.org - The Pacific Railway Preservation Association's website for SP&S #700.

Geno Dailey's Amtrak Photo Archive - This Amtrak photo site also features travelogues.

BN/BNSF Photo Archive - Photo Archive for BNSF, Burlington Northern, and the Santa Fe "Super Fleet" Warbonnets.

Central California Rails - Lots of neat stuff here.

CSX Photo Archives - Great photo archive for fans of CSX and its predecessors.

Dan's Depot - West Coast Railroad Pictures and Train GIF's

Fallen Flag Railroad Photos - Probably more railroad pictures than anyone could ever look at.  Great Site!

Mike Clark's Rails Northwest - Good selection of photos from the Pacific Northwest, including some from the 60's and 70's

Milwaukee Road Photo Archive - More Milwaukee Road Pictures.

NOR-CAL Southern Pacific Connection - Lots of SP pictures.  There is a Union Pacific version too.

Passenger Car Photo Index - Lots of pictures of passenger cars.

Railroading in the Northeast - Lots of Railroad Photos, not all from the northeast.

Rich Clark's Railroad Photo Page - A good Railroad photo page.

Web Lurker's DOME.main - The ultimate guide to dome cars, including pictures of nearly every one.

Locomotive Information

Official Railroad Websites

ALCoWorld - Another site of Alco pictures and some technical data. Also includes a section with pictures of modern General Electric diesels.

The Baldwin Diesel Zone - A website dedicated to the diesel locomotives of the Baldwin Locomotive Works.

Cal Classic Alco Page - Yet another website featuring Alcos.

The Diesel Shop - Website with all kinds of diesel locomotive information, including rosters for many past and present railroads and lease fleets.

Mallets in the Tall Timber -  A website about Articulated Logging Engines

Motive Power Review - Website with lists of surviving rare diesels and production data.

Shay Locomotives.com - A website with a lot of information about Lima's geared steam locomotives.

SteamLocomotive.com - Some good information about steam locomotives.

Steam Locomotive Information - Searchable database of surviving steam locomotives.

UNofficial EMD Homepage - Though somewhat lacking in pictures, this site includes a detailed database of virtually every EMD locomotive ever built.

Yard Limit - Diesel Yard Switchers - Website dedicated to the diesel yard switcher, which has started to become a vanishing breed.

BNSF - The Burlington Northern Santa Fe.

Canadian National - Owner of American railroads Illinois Central and Wisconsin Central.

Canadian Pacific - Owner of the Soo Line, and many remnants of the Milwaukee Road.

City of Prineville Railway - The oldest continuously-operating municipal railway, located in Prineville, Oregon.

CSX - CSX stands for Chessie times Seaboard: the combination of the Chessie System and the Seaboard System.

Genesee & Wyoming - Operator of short lines across the country, including Oregon's Willamette & Pacific and Portland & Western Railroads.

Kansas City Southern - Midwestern Class I Railroad.

Montana Rail Link - Regional freight railroad in Montana.

Norfolk Southern - Probably America's best-run freight railroad.  Too bad they killed the steam program.

Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad - Short line railroad serving Tillamook, Oregon.

RailAmerica - Operator of short lines across the country, including Oregon's Central Oregon & Pacific.

Union Pacific Railroad - The official site of my favorite railroad, despite their business decisions.