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Passenger Train in the Motor Age
Book on how the Southern Pacific Company and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway fought back against the automobile in California with strategies that included the formation of Pacific Greyhound Lines and Santa Fe Trailways.
http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~gthompsn/critics.htm
The Endless Playground
"The Endless Playground" is an essay by Charles E. Rice in which the author reminisces about growing up in Rossville, Georgia during the depression and WWII when the Central of Georgia Railroad tracks were a majestic and ever-present playground for the mill town boys.
http://www.canopicjar.com/playground.htm
Flying Yankee, A Rolling Monument to American Industry and Ingenuity!
The Flying Yankee is a very rare and unique diesel-electric passenger Streamliner. Built by the EG Budd Co. in Philadelphia, PA at the end of the Great Depression and jointly operated by the Maine Central and Boston & Maine Railroads from 1935 to 1957, the Flying Yankee is now owned by the State of New Hampshire and is being completely restored with the help of the Flying Yankee Restoration Group, a non-profit, 501C-3 organization. When restoration and testing is complete, the Flying Yankee will be the only articulated train of its type operating anywhere in the world! Covered in brilliant stainless steel and powered by an 8-cylinder, 2-stroke, Winton 201A engine, the Flying Yankee traveled nearly 2.75 mmillion miles in its 22-year career. For more info on how you can help complete the restoration of the Flying Yankee, be sure to visit www.flyingyankee.com or give us a call at 603-383-4186 ext. 117.
http://www.flyingyankee.com
The Kingston Flyer Steamtrain Ltd
The Kingston Flyer is New Zealands own famous vintage steamtrain! The trains history spans over 120 years and adds exquisite ambience to this experience of a bygone era. Kingston is located on the Southern shores of lake Wakatipu, a 40 minute drive south from Queenstown. DEPARTURES: Twice daily at 10am and 1.30pm (running season beginning October until May). A return journey takes 1.5 hours. Connection services are available. CHARTER OPTIONS: Charter options are available throughout the year. We theme events to suit individual groups and are able to cater for up to 300 guests.
http://www.kingstonflyer.co.nz
Museum of Transportation
With over 70 locomotives, the Museum of Transportation has the best collection of North American rail power you can find. Our 33 steam locomotives, the most in any American museum, include most major types, including the UP "Big Boy" and the only surviving Norfolk & Western Y6 2-8-8-2. Also see passenger and freight cars, automobiles, trucks, an airplane or two, and a Missouri River towboat.
http://www.museumoftransport.org
Texas Railroads
Texas railroads, depots, steam engines, locomotives, train robberies, train crashes and more: history, stories, images and travel information.
http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasRailroads/TexasRailroads.ht...
WYOMING'S RAILROAD HISTORY
The construction of the Union Pacific Railroad across Wyoming from 1867 to 1868 opened the state to permanent settlement. Cheyenne rose from the barren plains in the fall of 1867 and to become a hub for shipping and railroad maintenance. Elsewhere Laramie, Rawlins, Rock Springs, and Evanston emerged from 30 day town railroad camps to centers of commerce. This urban pattern was duplicated as other railroads, like the Burlington Northern and the Chicago North Western railroads also laid track and feeder lines across northern and eastern Wyoming. Here, too, railroad towns became destination points for eastern emigrants and shipping terminals for agricultural and raw materials to eastern and western markets. The rapidly growing railroad network provided a relatively safer and much quicker form of two way traffic for both freight and people. In comparison, wagon roads and trails were slower and sometimes dangerous.
http://wyoarchives.state.wy.us/articles/railroad.htm
SPS Limited - steam locomotives
A fascinating account of 5 lovingly restored steam and traction engines, with photographs, descriptions and up to date news.
http://www.spslimited.co.uk/locomotives
Friends of CC200
Organization for the preservation of GE CC200 diesel locomotive in Indonesia.
http://focc200.tripod.com
London and North Western Railway Society
Information on the operation and practices of the Premier Line, with diagrams, photographs, biography, bibliography.
http://www.lnwrs.org.uk
Australian Railway Historical Society
A non-profit organization for all who are interested in Australian railroads and their history.
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~arhsvic/
America Railway Caboose Historical Education Society
Railroad historical society focusing on the caboose, from both the historical and preservation perspective.
http://www.arches.org
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