Books, Magazines, Videos, Collectibles and Railroad Art

1. Horn & Whistle, The only publication devoted to "The Voices of the Industrial Revolution," and Related Technologies
2. Railway Age Magazine
3. Trains Magazine
4. Railpub.com source for back issue rail magazines, rail related books and prototype publications.
5. Dale Pierce RR Videos
6. The End of the Line, a forty-five minute video documentary on the history of the Rochester Subway, which operated from 1927 to its abandonment in 1956.
7. Heart & Soul of the Train by former Amtrak attendant Mauris Emeka
8. The E.B. Luce Collection: includes hundreds of old Central Massachusetts train and trolly images online for viewing and purchase.
9. Railroad Art by Chuck Heidorn: Pen and Ink and Watercolors of Antique Trains
10. Railroad Paper Collectibles -- specializing in track charts, profiles and engineering diagrams
11. Railscapes.com features the lithographs of Mark Harland Johnson, original prints of many historical American railways.
12. Train Posters Free
13. Track Charts of the Boston and Albany RR by John B. Mentzer
14. Head Pin and Wash Up by Donald H. Forbes: the life of a New England railroad man in the twentieth century
15. Train Cufflinks by 1st Choice Cufflinks

Railroading Attractions and Museums

The Amherst Railway Society strives to help preserve our railroad heritage through supporting local attractions and museums that provide historical value.

1. Mapmuse:Interactive Mapping of Railroad Attractions
2. The Brattleboro Musuem and Art Center - Union Station
3. Boothbay Railway Village Homepage
4. Chester Station Railroad Museum has an 1840 station, several 1920's-era freight cars, including a wooden caboose which we rent to campers, next to CSX Boston Line in Chester, MA, off U.S. Route 20. More information: (413) 354-7752, P O Box 743, Chester, MA 01011
5. Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum in Willimantic, CT
6. Danbury Railway Museum
7. Friends of the Keystone Arches on the Westfield River
8. Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum
9. Mount Beacon Incline Railway Restoration Society
10. Railroad Museum of New England
11. Seashore Trolley Museum
12. Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum
13. Shore Line Trolley Museum, The
14. Steamtown National Historic Site
15. Walker Transportation Collection
16. Whippany Railway Museum in Morris County, New Jersey
17. The Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railroad

1. The Railway Museum of the Slovenian Railways
2. Shillingstone Station Project (U.K.)

Passenger Rail Advocacy Organizations

1. National Association of Railroad Passengers
NARP is an alliance of railroad passengers and citizens who want a transportation choice in this country. NARP is the only national organization speaking for the users of passenger trains and rail transit. See also:
• NARP Hotline for weekly news affecting passenger rail.
2. Friends of Amtrak is an internet advocacy effort supporting continued funding for Amtrak by providing information on legislation and Amtrak operations.
3. Light Rail Now supports efforts both within North America and worldwide to develop and improve light rail transit (LRT) and other rail transit and mass transportation systems.
4. Rail Users' Network (RUN) forms a strong, unified voice for intercity, regional and transit rail passenger interests, a voice for better service, the highest quality of customer care, and concern for passengers.
5. Save Amtrak Website solicits support to save our trains and intercity rail passenger service in The United States.
6. TrainRiders Northeast Our mission is to educate, inform and persuade the general public and elected officials that modern rail service will benefit us all, environmentally and economically.

Railroad Organizations and Other Related Links

1. Boston and Maine Railroad Historical Society
2. Cape Cod Chapter NRHS
3. Cape Cod Rails
4. Lackawanna & Wyoming Rail Historical Society
   NRHS chapter in Northeastern PA.
   The main project of the chapter is the restoration of the Boston & Maine 3713.
5. Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts
6. Model Railroad Clubs of the World
7. Mystic Valley Railway Society
   a non-profit educational corporation that is dedicated to educating the public about transportation with an emphasis on railroads.
8. National Railway Historical Society
9. Northeastern PA Rail and Anthracite Page
10. Railfan.Net
    Host of a large number of railfan sites.
11. Rappahannock Chapter, National Railroad Historical Society in Fredericksburg, Virginia
12. Railroad Extra
    Railroad Extra is dedicated to railroad engineering technology
13. Railroad Genealogical Society building a database of records, photographs, obituaries, memorabilia, articles, magazines or any other information pertaining to the historic railroads of our country and the men and women who built them
14. Railroads of New England
15. Rails USA--All Rail - All American Internet Search Engine & Directory
16. Regional and Short Line Railroads
17. Right Track Enterprises
    RR collectibles and gifts
18. Smith-Thompson Railroad Gifts
19. Tourist Railway Association Inc. "TRAIN" Directory

Prototype Railroads

1. 1205th Transportation Railway Operating Battalion - US Army Reserve
2. Berkshire Hills Route about the trains of Northern and Central, Southern Berkshire County Area and the Western Mass region.
3. Western Massachusetts Railroads Photos by Ronald P. Ciejka

Modular Specifications

1. Steam Locomotive Information
2. NTRAK

Tourist Railroads: Northeast

1. Adirondack Scenic Railroad
2. Berkshire Scenic Railroad, Lenox and Stockbridge, MA
3. The Batten Kill Rambler (NENYRail Preservation Group)
4. Cape Cod Central Railroad
5. Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad, Cooperstown and Milford, NY
6. The Old Colony and Newport Scenic Railroad
7. Hobo and Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroads
8. Mount Washington Cog Railway Commercial Site
9. Mount Washington Cog Railway - Railway to the Moon
10. Mount Washington Cog Railway - mountwashington.com
11. Mount Washington Cog Railway Non-Commercial Site
12. The Green Mountain Railroad Homepage
13. Conway Scenic Railroad
14. Essex Steam Train
15. Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad Homepage
16. Connecticut Trolley Museum Homepage
17. Hobo Railroad information from John Gaythorpe
18. White Mountain Central Railroad
19. Upper Hudson River Railroad

Tourist Railroads (Other regions)

1. the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, Dillsboro, North Carolina
2. St. Kitts Scenic Railway

Rail-Trails

1. Rail Trails in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine
2. Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

Rail Industry Links

1. Rail Merchants International marketing, buying and selling of deluxe passenger rail cars throughout North America and the world. Locomotives and Cabooses too.

Non-Rail Courtesy Links

1. Great Massachusetts.com Comprehensive directory and guide to everything in Massachusetts

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