Railroad-related Internet Resources

The original list of resources were compiled by Matthew Mitchell (mmitchell@asrr.arsusda.gov) for his FAQ for rec.railroad. Robert Bowdidge (bowdidge@cs.ucsd.edu) created a hypertext version of the FAQ and has added new pointers along the way.

Contents

• Introduction
• Link of the Week: items that don't fit anywhere else.
• What's New?
• Mailing lists and newsgroups
• Commercial On-Line Services
• Railroad-related Bulletin Board Systems (BBSs) and ListServ's
• Newsletters and other periodic postings
• Train Schedules and information on specific routes.
• File servers and FTP sites: Places to find photos, sounds, and computer programs.
• Other Railroad-related Hypertext documents
• Databases: rosters, laws, archives.
• Informational documents on specific topics.
• Model Railroad Information
• A Collection of Railroad Maps
• Miscellaneous Information
• Railfan information about specific places:
  • Washington D.C. railfanning courtesy of Charlie Wingate (formerly mangoe@cs.umd.edu).
  • California
    • Los Angeles Railroads
    • San Diego Railroads and Rail Transit
    • San Francisco Bay Area Transit Information
  • Reno, Nevada railfanning and history
  • Colorado railfanning (Robert J. Niland's list of passenger railroads in Colorado)
  • New York City Metro Area Rail Resources (courtesy of Penny Bridge).
  • European Railfan information available on Frederik Ramm's RailServer.
  • Railroading in France (courtesy of Christophe Bonnet(Christophe.Bonnet@irisa.fr))
• Server details, including use statistics

Robert Bowdidge