- Grand Central Terminal@
Explore Grand Central Terminal (GCT), the subway station in Manhattan, New York City with sites featuring history, renovations, terminal's restaurants, tours, train schedules, trivia, and the large image projections on the east balcony of the GCT which has stood sentinel to the 20th century.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Mass_Transit/Grand_Central_Terminal
- Library of Congress Railroad Maps 1828-1900 Collection
Maps that illustrate the growth of travel and settlement as well as the development of industry and agriculture in the United States.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html
- Fallen Flags
Includes information, rosters, and pictures of railroads that have gone out of business or have merged with others.
www.rr-fallenflags.org
- Transcontinental Railroad@
Explores the history of the Transcontinental Railroad, the 1,756 mile long track laid between Sacramento and Omaha in 1869, and its significance to the development of the Western United States as well as to U.S. history.
dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/Transcontinental_Railroad
- Mike's Railway History
Offers a look at railways until the mid-1930s.
mikes.railhistory.railfan.net
- Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society
Promotes awareness of, interest in, and support for the railway.
www.dhrs.org
- Danger Ahead! Historic Railway Disasters
Significant rail accidents and their role in the development of safe railway and railroad working.
danger-ahead.railfan.net
- Harvey Houses: Civilizing the Old West
Continuing the memory of the Fred Harvey Company and its restaurants, hotels, and lunchrooms built along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway.
www.harveyhouses.net
- Pennsylvania Station@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Mass_Transit/Pennsylvania_Station
- Yreka Western Railroad
Includes a schedule and fares for the 'Blue Goose' steam excursion train.
www.yrekawesternrr.com
- Lost Engines of Roanoke, The
Dedicated to four little known survivors of the steam era that are hidden at a scrap metal yard in Virginia.
lostengines.railfan.net
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius (1794-1877) (1)
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Vanderbilt__Cornelius__1794_1877_
- Semmering Railway
Information on the history and current state of the pioneering mountain railway and World Heritage Site.
www.noe.co.at/partner/trsued/whsemmeringbahn/home.htm
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Company@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Yosemite_National_Park/Yosemite_Valley_Railroad_Company
- Edaville Railroad@
dir.yahoo.com/.../South_Carver/Recreation_and_Sports
- Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit
Provides a history, routing schedule, car roster, annual reports, and photos for the transit service of the 1920s.
www.bmt-lines.com
- U.S. Civil War: Great Locomotive Chase@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Civil_War__1861_1865_/Great_Locomotive_Chase
- Niles Depot
Offers information about the 1903 Niles Depot located in Fremont and a Railfan's Guide to the Bay Area.
nilesdepot.railfan.net
- Harcourt St. Line
Served south County Dublin, Ireland, from 1854 to 1958.
www.stmaryscollegecssp.ie
- Thai-Burma Railway@
dir.yahoo.com/.../China_Burma_India_Theater__CBI_/Thai_Burma_Railway
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