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Model Railroading Links (ABEL)
Books, Magazines, Videos, Collectibles and Railroad Art
Railroading Attractions and Museums
Passenger Rail Advocacy Organizations
Railroad Organizations and other related links
Links
Prototype
Railroads
Modular
Specifications
Tourist Railroads: Northeast
Tourist Railroads: Other regions
Area
Rail-Trails
Rail Industry Links
Non-Rail Courtesy Links

Books, Magazines, Videos, Collectibles and Railroad Art
- Horn & Whistle, The only publication devoted to "The Voices of the Industrial Revolution," and Related Technologies
- Railway Age Magazine
- Trains Magazine
- Railpub.com source for back issue rail magazines, rail related books and prototype publications.
- Dale Pierce RR Videos
- 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.
- Heart & Soul of the Train by former Amtrak attendant Mauris Emeka
- The E.B. Luce Collection: includes hundreds of old Central Massachusetts train and trolly images online for viewing and purchase.
- Railroad Art by Chuck Heidorn: Pen and Ink and Watercolors of Antique Trains
- Railroad Paper Collectibles -- specializing in track charts, profiles and engineering diagrams
- Railscapes.com features the lithographs of Mark Harland Johnson, original prints of many historical American railways.
- Train Posters Free
- Track Charts of the Boston and Albany RR by John B. Mentzer
- Head Pin and Wash Up by Donald H. Forbes: the life of a New England railroad man in the twentieth century
- 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.
- Mapmuse:Interactive Mapping of Railroad Attractions
- The Brattleboro Musuem and Art Center - Union Station
- Boothbay Railway Village Homepage
- 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
- Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum in Willimantic, CT
- Danbury Railway Museum
- Friends of the Keystone Arches on the Westfield River
- Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum
- Mount Beacon Incline Railway Restoration Society
- Railroad Museum of New England
- Seashore Trolley Museum
- Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum
- Shore Line Trolley Museum, The
- Steamtown National Historic Site
- Walker Transportation Collection
- Whippany Railway Museum in Morris County, New Jersey
- The Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railroad
Museums in Other Countries:
- The Railway Museum of the Slovenian Railways
- Shillingstone Station Project (U.K.)
Passenger Rail Advocacy Organizations
- 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:
- Friends of Amtrak is an internet advocacy effort supporting continued funding for Amtrak by providing information on legislation and Amtrak operations.
- 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.
- 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.
- Save Amtrak Website solicits support to save our trains and intercity rail passenger service in The United States.
- 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
- Boston and Maine Railroad Historical Society
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Cape Cod Chapter NRHS
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Cape Cod Rails
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Lackawanna & Wyoming Rail Historical Society
NRHS chapter in Northeastern PA. The main project of the chapter is the restoration of the Boston & Maine 3713.
- Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts
- Model Railroad Clubs of the World
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Mystic Valley Railway Society
a non-profit educational corporation that is dedicated to educating the public about transportation with an emphasis on railroads.
- National
Railway Historical Society
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Northeastern PA Rail and Anthracite Page
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Railfan.Net
Host of a large number of railfan sites.
- Rappahannock Chapter, National Railroad Historical Society in Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Railroad Extra
Railroad Extra is dedicated to railroad engineering technology
- 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
- Railroads of New England
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Rails USA--All Rail - All American Internet Search Engine & Directory
- Regional
and Short Line Railroads
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Right Track
Enterprises
RR collectibles and gifts
- Smith-Thompson
Railroad Gifts
- Tourist Railway Association Inc.
"TRAIN" Directory
Prototype Railroads
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1205th
Transportation Railway Operating Battalion - US Army
Reserve
- Berkshire Hills Route about the trains of Northern and Central, Southern Berkshire County Area and the Western Mass region.
- Western Massachusetts Railroads
Photos by Ronald P. Ciejka
Modular Specifications
- Steam
Locomotive Information
- NTRAK
Tourist Railroads: Northeast
- Adirondack Scenic Railroad
- Berkshire Scenic Railroad, Lenox and Stockbridge, MA
- The Batten Kill Rambler (NENYRail Preservation Group)
- Cape Cod Central Railroad
- Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad, Cooperstown and Milford, NY
- The Old Colony
and Newport Scenic Railroad
- Hobo and
Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroads
- Mount
Washington Cog Railway Commercial Site
- Mount
Washington Cog Railway - Railway to the Moon
- Mount Washington Cog Railway - mountwashington.com
- Mount Washington Cog Railway Non-Commercial Site
- The
Green Mountain Railroad Homepage
- Conway
Scenic Railroad
- Essex Steam
Train
- Belfast
and Moosehead Lake Railroad Homepage
- Connecticut
Trolley Museum Homepage
- Hobo
Railroad information from John Gaythorpe
- White Mountain Central Railroad
- Upper Hudson River Railroad
Tourist Railroads (Other regions)
- the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, Dillsboro, North Carolina
- St. Kitts Scenic Railway
Rail-Trails
- Rail
Trails in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine
- Rails-to-Trails
Conservancy
Rail Industry Links
- 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
- Great Massachusetts.com Comprehensive directory and guide to everything in Massachusetts
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