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  •  Columbus Railfan  - http://www.trainweb.org/columbusrailfan/
     a personal photo galley and home to the Ohio Rail Link, and a list and photos of ex-Conrail units in CSX and Norfolk Southern paint.
  •  Trains through Cajon Pass  - http://nothingbuttrains.tripod.com
     Train spotting pictures in Southern California, Cajon Pass. Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific can be found here.
  •  Cape Cod Rails  - http://capecodrails.railfan.net
     Devoted to railfanning both near and far from Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
  •  Railfanning in Alabama  - http://www.alabamarailfan.com/
     Railfanning in the heart of Dixie. Includes CSX, NS, IC, BNSF and many shortlines.
  •  MainLines East  - http://mainlineseast.railfan.net/home.html
     Railfanning in Eastern America. Motive power review and 700+ photos.
  •  Raildepot.com  - http://www.raildepot.com
     Railfans, modelers, and railroaders submit your rail stories with photos.
  •  Motels for Train Watchers  - http://home.att.net/~roadrailer/MotelsIntro.html
     A listing of hotels, motels and inns located directly on rail lines in the US, with views of the railroad tracks from at least some of the rooms.
  •  Central Jersey Rails  - http://jerseyrails.railfan.net
     Includes photo galleries, radio information, employee timetables, equipment rosters, message board and links.
  •  The Port of Tillamook Bay Railfan's Guide  - http://www.trainweb.org/potb
     A complete guide for railfans visiting this Oregon Coast shortline. Topics include locomotive and car rosters, galleries, videos, history, and maps.
  •  Railfans Is Us  - http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/launchpad/1449/index.html
     Represents many years of railfanning, with photographs broken down to general areas of interest.
  •  Great Lakes Rail  - http://www.greatlakesrail.com
     A forum for discussing the railroads of the Great Lakes region, and their operations. Photo Galleries, Chat, Downloads.
  •  Railroad Webcams  - http://www.railcams.com
     A listing of rail webcams. Catch the live railroad actions of trains thru web cameras.
  •  Indonesian Railway Site  - http://keretapi.tripod.com
     Historical information, such as steam rosters, old timetables, menus, and photographs. Also current aspects such as present-day timetables, diesel roster and modern photographs.
  •  Track and Time  - http://www.photographytips.com/page.cfm/2211
     A gallery of North American Railroad Photography by Arizona-based photographer Len Kratz.
  •  Webville and Hypertext Railroad Company  - http://www.spikesys.com/webville.html
     It is neither a real company, nor a real railroad. Rather it is a site for the archiving of historical and informational documents and binaries concerning railroads, railfanning and model railroading.
  •  CERA's Inspection Trip  - http://www.ameritech.net/users/liz357/SSL.htm
     Learn about an inspection trip that was organized by rail-fans on the South Shore Line, America's last inter-urban electric railway.
  •  Trains of the American West  - http://www.rmpbs.org/trains
     Engineers, conductors and passengers share their experiences as they travel through the great American west. Spectacular images of some of America's favorite trains. HDTV.
  •  Preserved Diesels UK  - http://www.preserved-diesels.co.uk
     A comprehensive photographic guide to all preserved ex-mainline diesel locomotives based in the UK.
  •  Yahoo Railscan Group  - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/railscan
     Rail and communications hobbyists discuss aspects of railroad radio communications.
  •  Trainjunkie.com  - http://www.trainjunkie.com
     Locomotive pictures from the Northwest Florida/Southern Alabama area including many different road names.
  •  MNRail  - http://www.visi.com/~mfrahm/mnrail/
     E-mail discussion list dedicated to news, operations, and history of railroads in Minnesota, the Dakotas, and parts of neighboring states and provinces. Information file, guidelines for posting, links.
  •  Railfanning the B&O around Cumberland, MD  - http://mtnsub.org/
     Railfanning CSX (ex-B&O) around Cumberland, MD. Covers the Cumberland Subdivision to Brunswick, MD, the Keystone Subdivision to Connellsville, PA, and the Mountain Subdivision to Grafton, WV.
  •  Railways Steam On  - http://www.1-room.freeserve.co.uk
     Photographs of UK preserved and main line steam activity since 1990
  •  Trainspotting in Wales  - http://www.steamsafari.com/wales/index.htm
     A multimedia journey on the great narrow-gauge steam trains of Wales. Ride the Talyllyn Railway, Vale of Rheidol Light Railway, Ffestiniog Railway, Snowdon Mountain Railway and the historic standard-gauge Cambrian Coast Line.
  •  The IRFCA Server  - http://irfca.org
     Indian Railways Fan Club Association hosted resource of interest to enthusiasts of railways in India. Articles, faq, pictures, history and fan pages.
  •  Steam Masala  - http://www.geocities.com/wp7713/index.htm
     A collection of webpages dedicated steam locomotives from India and Australia.
  •  Steamsounds  - http://www.steamsounds.org.uk/
     Downloadable recordings of steam hauled trains on main line and preserved railways in the UK.
  •  Train Orders  - http://www.trainorders.com/
     Welcome to the most popular railroad site on the internet! At Trainorders you'll find a host of features that includes photographs, discussion forums, live chat, multimedia clips, and the train activated RailCam Network with cameras at Tehachapi and Dunsmuir on the Shasta Route in California.
  •  The Campbell Family Railroad Archive  - http://www.railroadarchive.net/
     Images of three decades of train chasing. News and information on several of the operational steam locomotives of the western United States.
  •  International RailwaY Circle  - http://www.iryc.net/
     Society offering news on Belgian and international railways, tips on photographic locations, reports, and diagrams.
  •  Diesels locos from around the World  - http://www.locopage.net/
     Pictures, Data and trip reports about diesel locomotive operations across the globe. Special sections on GE and ALCO locomotives
  •  Southern Electric Group  - http://www.southernelectric.org.uk/
     Non-profit making organisation dedicated to the 750 volts direct current third rail electrified railway system in the South East of England.
  •  Anorak - Train Spotting  - http://anorak.100megs6.com
     UK trainspotting data from past decades. Railway photographs. Railway sound recordings as mp3 files. Railway videos from the 1990s in Quicktime format.
  •  Trains Estonia  - http://trains.future.ee
     Photos and information about Estonian railways.
  •  Class 47s around Southampton  - http://www.47soton.co.uk/
     Weekly updated pictures and archive showing the decline of Brush Class 47 around the Southampton area.
  •  Subways.net  - http://www.subways.net/
     Pictures and information about subway trains.
  •  Locomotive Performance  - http://www.locoperformance.co.uk/
     UK Locomotive Performance from 1954 together with train spotting notes from the 1950's and 1960's and a Picture Gallery.
  •  Indian Railways Videos  - http://www.irfca.org/~jayb/
     Jay Balakrishna's collection of Indian Railways Videos. Features downloadable videos of Diesel(ALCo) and Electric traction of passenger trains shot in and around Bangalore and Mysore.
  •  German Steam Locomotive Performances  - http://germansteam.info/
     Detailed News, timing and speed data of German steam locomotives, mainly in the 21st Century, also history of past high speed runs. Includes a Plandampf page.
  •  Railfanning.org  - http://railfanning.org/
     US based railfan site. Includes railroad news, history and general features.
  •  The Sri Lanka Railway  - http://www.gyan.doctors.org.uk/
     A study of Sri Lankan (Ceylon) Government Railways and locomotives
  •  Intercity Railway Society  - http://www.icrs.org.uk/
     A society for UK freight and passenger train enthusiasts. Information, news and publications.
  •  Railways in Japan  - http://www.japan-railways.com/indexe.htm
     Photographs and sounds of the railways in Japan.
  •  St. Louis Railfanning  - http://www.trainweb.org/stlrailfanning/
     Railfan guide to St. Louis, MO. Photographs and hot spots. Diesel locomotive production statistics from ALCo, EMD and GE
  •  LocoScene  - http://www.locoscene.co.uk/
     Online UK Train Spotting Database. Allows Train Spotters to store sessions and sightings on the Internet.
  •  Class 47 Locomotive Group  - http://c47lg.jdaltpol.co.uk/
     Class 47 Locomotive Group was to preserve a Class 47 Diesel Locomotive, also known as a Brush Type 4.
  •  Railwayana Collectors' Network  - http://www.trainweb.org/rcn-uk/
     The main feature of RCN is an email contact list, which is primarily for the use of British railwayana collectors. The site includes information about single line tokens, Rhodesian/Zimbabwean loco relics, GWR cabsides, as well as a photo gallery and other info.
  •  The Railwayana Page  - http://www.railwayanapage.com/
     An introduction to collecting railwayana, auction reports and links
  •  Rail.lu  - http://www.rail.lu/indexuk.html
     Documents the world of railways in and around the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and promotes public transport.
  •  TrainBoard.com  - http://www.trainboard.com
     Message boards and discussion forums for all facets of railroading.
  •  GRAF - Gruppo Romano Amici della Ferrovia  - http://www.graf.tv/
     Cultural not for profit association founded in 1958 with the aim of promoting and working for the preservation, and collecting of historical and technical information about Italian railways and tramways.
  •  Steam Railroading  - http://steamrailroading.com
     Information about US railroading in the days of steam, as well as steam railroading today.
  •  High Speed Railways  - http://www.altavelocidad.org/index_en.htm
     High speed trains in Spain, Europe and the rest of the World.
  •  On Track On Line  - http://www.on-track-on-line.com/
     News, photos, articles, and forums for all rail-related topics.
  •  Mile 77  - http://www.personainternet.com/mile77/
     Canadian Pacific Railway operations in and around Sudbury, Ontario.
  •  Railfanning Halifax  - http://www.accesswave.ca/~gbevan/hfx.html
     Information about the current railfan scene in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  •  Railfan USA  - http://www.railfanusa.com/
     Railfanning site with an emphasis on the United States.
  •  Chicago Rail Junctions  - http://www.dhke.com/CRJ/
     An in-depth look at some busy rail crossings in the Chicago area and northwest Indiana.
  •  Cape Breton Rails  - http://www.cbrails.netfirms.com/
     Pictures and information of trains on Cape Breton Island.
  •  Stormcatcher's Railnet  - http://www.irfca.org/users/shanky/
     A collection of pictures, screensavers and desktop wallpaper from the Indian Railways.
  •  Rail Fan Europe  - http://www.railfaneurope.net/
     Rail network and operator information, locomotive details and photographs categorized by country.
  •  N8OAY's Railfan Help Desk  - http://www.railfanswelcome.com/
     US based database of railfan friendly train watching locations with scanner frequencies and train symbols.
  •  CSX South  - http://www.trainweb.org/csxsouth/index1.html
     Railfanning and railroading in the Southeastern United States.
  •  Cordova Bay Station  - http://www.cordovabaystation.ca/
     Canadian railway news, stories, photos, timetables, links, and reference material.
  •  ARR Locomotive Roster  - http://www.alaskarails.org/pix/ARR-picts-loco-roster.html
     Locomotive roster for Alaska Railroad.
  •  Clinchfield Country  - http://clinchfieldcountry.com
     Former Clinchfield Railroad trackage mostly the north end. Visit the photo gallery and links with other info on this site as well.
  •  Rail Enthusiast UK  - http://www.railenthusiast.co.uk
     A complete listing of British locomotives and multiple units including their full history. Record spots and hauls online.
  •  The Train Library  - http://www.trainlibrary.com
     Large database of Timetables, Maps and Photos as well as HUGE locomotive history database containing over 100,000 road numbers.
  •  Steam Train Diary  - http://www.diary.svsfilm.co.uk
     A regularly updated diary of steam railway special trains and operations in the USA and Canada
  •  RailRoadFan.com  - http://www.railroadfan.com
     Site contains information on train operations, local railfan watch spots, along with a wide variety of pictures around Michigan and surrounding areas.
  •  Class 25 Action  - http://www.class25.info/
     Record of all known BR Class 25 hauled passenger trains, performance records and photographs of these locos in action.