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Railroad News Links
Railroad News and Forums
News Outlets
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Daily & other Periodical News Sources and On-Line Publications
Daily/Near-Daily News Publications
- Railway Age
- Railpace Magazine "Hot News"
- The Bull Sheet News Wire
- From the formerly monthly newletter
- Trains Magazine "Daily News Wire"
- Subscription required for full stories
Search-Engine Based
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General Railroad Forum and Link sites
- Railroad Net, including the following forums:
- TrainBoard, including various railfan forums
- Railfan.net, including various railfan forums
- On Track On Line, general forum and news site
- NYC Transit Forums, including LI and MNCW
- Railserve, with various forums and extensive links
- TrainOrders.com (subscription; successor to Eastern Railroad News)
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Railfan Links
- [ Local Fan Sites ]
- [ Individuals' Information Sites ]
- [ Organizations, Photo Servers, and Link Resources ]
Local Fan Sites
- Bridge Line Historical Society (a D&H historical society)
- The Western Mass. Chapter, Trains-R-Us
- Broken Knuckle Video Productions (sells a fine video on Selkirk Yard)
Live Radio
- These change from time to time:
- Mohawk Valley Rail Scanner
- Live Railroad Radio Communications, various scanners including Central New Jersey Wide Area
Individuals' Railfan Sites
Regional and Road-Specific Information
N.Y. south from Albany
Hudson Valley
N.Y.C. and L.I.
- Railroad Photos in and around Long Island
- TrainsAreFun for Long Island Rail Road Photos, Maps, and History
N.Y. west from Albany
Rochester
New England
North Jersey, then south and west through Penn., Del., and D.C.
- The Central Jersey Railfan Page
- The East Penn Rail Page
- Delmarva Railfan Guide
- Railroad Signals of the U.S., with general railfan information for the Baltimore region
- Washington Grove Pacer Farm (North of D.C. on CSX's Metropolitan Subdivision)
- MtnSub.org (CSX's Cumberland [Md.] Subdivision)
Well out of the region
General Historical and Preservation Information
Local/Regional
- The Poughkeepsie Bridge
- Existing Railroad Stations in New York State
- The Conrail Cyclopedia — all kinds of CR info
- Fallen Flags
- The Lehigh & Hudson River: "A personal scrapbook"
- Dr. Mark Bej's railroad information, especially the Pennsylvania
- Erie Lackawanna Internet Resources
- Lehigh Valley Railroad
- Remembering the Rutland
- Offline Terminal Railroads of New York City
National/International/General
- Cyberspace World Railroad for Lots of Links!
- TrainStation.com with assorted maps, utilities, and art
- Spike Systems (home of Webville & Hypertext Ry; GG1 Homepage)
- Steam Locomotive Wheel Arrangements from Web Site of ToyTrains1
- North American Steam Locomotives
- The History of the Transcontinental Railroad at U-Pack Moving
- GG1 links -- see Steve's GG1 Page
Motive Power Information
- ALCO Alert! — lots of ALCO info
- Motive Power Review
- The Diesel Shop, "Home to First Generation Power"
- The U.S. Army MRS-1, an international resource for these ALCOs & EMDs
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Organizations, Photo Servers, and Link Resources
Regional Museums and Historical Societies
- The ALCO Historical and Technical Society (Schenectady, N.Y.)
- The Trolley Museum of New York (Kingston, N.Y.)
- Empire State Railway Museum (Phonecia, N.Y.)
- Oyster Bay Railroad Museum (Oyster Bay, Long Island)
- Railroad Museum of Long Island (Riverhead, Long Island)
- New York Museum of Transportation (Rochester, N.Y.)
- Anthracite Railroads Historical Society (Quakertown, Penn.)
- Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania (Strasburg, Penn.)
- Shore Line Trolley Museum (East Haven, Conn.)
- Naugatuck Railroad/Railroad Museum of New England (Thomaston, Conn.)
- Conway Scenic Railroad (North Conway, N.H.)
- Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railway Museum (Alna, Maine)
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum (Baltimore, Maryland)
- 20th Century Railroad Club (Chicago)
- Illinois Railway Museum (Union, Illinois)
- East Troy Electric Railroad Museum (East Troy, Wisconsin)
- Great Northern Railway Historical Society
- Pacific Southwest Railway Museum (San Diego, Calif.)
- California State Railroad Museum (Sacramento, Calif.)
- National Railway Museum, York, U.K.
- Railway Museum of the Netherlands
- D & H Canal Historical Society Home Page (High Falls, N.Y.)
- The New York City Department of Environmental Protection: New York City's Water Supply System, Catskill/Delaware Watershed (because so many miles of railroad are now under these reservoirs)
Regional & National Organizations
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Regional Railfan Organizations
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N.Y. Statewide and National Organizations
- The National Railway Historical Society
NRHS Chapters
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N.Y.S. southward from Albany
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N.Y.S. westward from Albany
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New England
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N.J., Penn., and south
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Farther Afield
- The Hawaiian Railway, NRHS (and the only active railroad on Oahu!)
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Link and Photos Sites
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Link Sites
- Trainweb — all sorts of things railroad
- The Railroad Directory, a directory of rail-related companies.
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RaildoadInfo.com (railroad news, information, photos, and links to over 4,000 railroad websites)
- RailroadData.Com — RailroadInfo.Com's Links Page
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Photos
Special Interest Sites
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Transit
- New York Public Transit Association
- www.nycsubway.org — "Grand Central" — including NYC area commuter rail information (rosters, photos, etc.)
- Second Avenue Sagas
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Steam and Restoration
- Railway Preservation News, an on-line magazine
- 6060, "The Spirit of Alberta"
- Hickory Creek Restoration
- The T1 Trust
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Telegraph
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Model Railroading
- Great Train Extravaganza (in Albany, first Sunday in December)
- National Model Railroad Association
- Rensselaer Model Railroad Society (new site: see also old site)
- Hopewell Junction Model Railroad Club
- New York Society of Model Engineers
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Drawings
Maps, Atlases, and Similar Resources
- DeskMapSystems, Inc. is a mapping company that sells rail maps on-line.
- N.Y. State Dept. of Transportation's "Photolog" has a library of images, shot at a rate of about 100 times per mile, of 1700 miles of NYS rail lines, which are taken from a hi-rail vehicle.
- Steam Powered Videos has a regional atlas series. These lack topo information, and actual track locations are sometimes somewhat somewhere else than where they have been drawn, but nevertheless these are excellent contemporary as well as historical resources.
International Information
Games
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Railroads and Related Resources
- [Albany Railroads]
- [Other (i.e., non-Albany) Major Freight Railroads]
- [That Other Passenger Railroad]
- [Transit & Commuter Railroads]
- [Regional/Shortline/Terminal/Industrial Railroads]
- [Tourist & Scenic Railroads]
- [Other Railroad Sites]
- [Locomotive Manufacturers]
[ Railroads Index ]
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Albany Railroads
- Amtrak
- Canadian Pacific (parent of about half of what was the D&H)
- Norfolk Southern (parent of the rest of what was the D&H)
- New York, Susquehanna, and Western (briefly, the operator of the D&H)
- CSX
- Conrail -- still an active railroad to the south and west
- Port of Albany: see also
Also, no longer active but of some historical interest . . .
- Boston & Albany: see B&A notes
- Boston & Maine: see a Guilford Rail System
- Delaware and Hudson: see CP; also see D&H notes
- Mohawk & Hudson Rail Road: see Mohawk & Hudson notes
- New York Central: see New York Central notes
- New York, West Shore, and Buffalo: see West Shore notes
[ Railroads Index ]
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Other (i.e., non-Albany) Major Freight Railroads
U.S.
Canada
[ Railroads Index ]
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That Other North American Passenger Railroad
[ Railroads Index ]
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Transit Systems and Commuter Railroads
City/Regional based
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New York State
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Out of New York (alphabetical)
- Atlanta MARTA
- Boston MBTA Transit System
- Buffalo, N.Y. (Niagara Frontier Transit Authority, [NFTA])
- Chicago METRA
- Los Angeles MTA
- Miami/West Palm Beach TriRail
- Oahu Transit Services
- Philadelphia SEPTA
- San Fransisco BART
- Washington, D.C. (D.C., Maryland & Virginia suburbs, & Baltimore)
State based
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[ Railroads Index ]
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Regional, Short Line, Terminal, and Industrial Railroads
In or Near New York
- Providence and Worcester Railroad (via trackage rights to Fresh Pond, L.I.)
- New York, Susquehanna & Western
- Morristown & Erie
- Genesee & Wyoming
- Vermont Railway
- Bay Colony Railroad (Massachusetts)
- Central Maine and Quebec Railway,
- (ex-Montreal, Maine & Atlantic),
- (ex-Bangor & Aroostook)
Terminal Railroads
- New York City
- New York & Atlantic Railway (L.I. freight operator)
- New York New Jersey Rail, LLC (New York Harbor, N.J./L.I.)
- East Jersey Railroad (at IMTT Bayone Terminal)
- New Jersey Rail Carriers, LLC (site may not be active)
- Chicago
- St. Louis
- Baltimore
A few other regionals
- Aberdeen & Rockfish (North Carolina)
- Indiana Railroad Company
- Wisconsin Southern Railroad
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Tourist & Scenic Railroads
In or Near New York
- Saratoga & North Creek Railway, home of the BL2s
- Adirondack Scenic Railroad, Utica, N.Y.
- Catskill Mountain Railroad, Highmount, N.Y.
- Delaware & Ulster Railroad, Arkville, N.Y.
- Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum
- Tioga Central (operates passenger excursion trains on ex-NYC Pennsylvania Division, Corning, N.Y. — Wellsboro Junction, Penn., May – October.)
New England
- Boothbay Railway Village
- Cape Cod Central Railroad
- Danbury Railway Museum
- Essex Steam Railroad (Essex Steam Train and Riverboat Ride, Conn.)
- Green Mountain Railroad
- Hobo Railroad/Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad, Lincoln, N.H. and Lake Winnipesaukeee, N.H.
- Old Colony & Newport Scenic Railroad
- Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railway
Farther Afield
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad, Romney, West Virginia
- Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
- Santa Fe Southern
- Clonmacnoise and West Offaly Railway, Shannonbridge, County Westmeath
- Hawaiian Railway and Land Company
- China Train Guide
[ Railroads Index ]
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Other Railroad Sites
Federal Government
Associations
- Association of American Railroads
- American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association
- American Public Transportation Association
- Railroads of New York (RONY)
- Operation Lifesaver
- Railway Supply Institute (formerly Railway Progress Institute, still rpi.org)
- Railway Association of Canada
- Consumers United for Rail Equity
- Railway Systems Suppliers, Inc. Trade association for communication & signal systems
- The Railway Industrial Clearance Association of North America -- all of the folks with those loooooong cars
Unions
- Divisions of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) (Engineers),
- Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees (BMWE) (MoW Employees)
- United Transportation Union (UTU) (Train Crews)
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) (Mechanical Workers)
- Association of Commuter Rail Employees (ACRE) (Metro North)
Railroad and Related Products and Services
- Sperry Rail Services
- Herzog Services
- Invensys Rail
- Union Switch & Signal (US&S)
- Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc.
- WJ Riegel Rail Solutions LLC
- RJ Corman Railroad Company LLC
- Hulcher Services Inc.
- The Railway Exchange
- RAILINC Corporation, the national railway data center
- Westinghouse Airbrake successor company
- Fairbanks Morse, Yes, that Fairbanks Morse
- ALCO Engines, Yes, that ALCO: since 1994 the rights to the 251 have been owned by FM
- ABB U.S., owners of the longest of those loooooong cars
- Contractors Cargo Company (rail site), another loooooong car owner (owner of former GEX 40010, now CCRX 40010)
- HLI Rail & Rigging, LLC (rail site), manager of the Contractors Cargo cars
- Jumbo, frequently in the Port for the cargo of those loooooong cars
- Donjon Marine Co., Inc., also in the port for heavy-lift cargo
- the Chesapeake 1000, used for G.E. loads, and used in the salvage of Jumbo Ship's MV Stellamare
- Weeks Marine, also used in the MV Stellamare salvage
- Big Lift Shipping, another heavy lift visitor to the port
- Clipper Group, yet another heavy-lift shipping line
- Hallamore Corporation, whose equipment was used in the recovery of Susquehanna 4006 off the D&H in West Port, N.Y. (February, 1996)
- MotivePower Industries
- Transflo, Inc., multi-modal transport with site in Albany
- Advanced Train Control System (ATCS) Monitor
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Other Locomotive Manufacturers
[ Page Index ]
Radio Scanner Resources
- The original definitive list of RR Freqs.
- Western N.Y. Radio Frequencies (by the Rochester Railfan Network).
- RailroadRadio.Net: Live Railroad Radio Communications
- My frequency listings:
- Selkirk Yard and environs (CSX, D&H, Albany Port, B&M, Amtrak Albany/Rensselaer)
- Expanded listing: Albany and beyond
- Interested in buying a scanner?
- Albany's own Scanner World, one block north of the Amtrak's Albany/Schenectady line, just east of Fuller Road off of Railroad Avenue on Interstate Avenue.
- And the ubiquitous Radio Shack — check the monthly specials, as there is usually at least one model listed at a discount.
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Magazines
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Travel, Tourism, and Other Links of Interest
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Tourism and Regional Information
- The City of Albany's "Albany Events Online"
- Albany County Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Albany.com, business and travel guide
- Capital Region Chamber of Commerce
- The State of New York's "Special Events at the Empire State Plaza"
- The New York State Museum (at the Empire State Plaza)
- The RiverSpark visitors center in Troy
- New York State Tourism
- New York Visitors Network — Visitors Guide
- The Empire State Bed and Breakfast Association
- New York State Department of Transportation
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Albany Media
Television
- WMHT, public television
- WNYT, NBC, ch 13
- WRGB, CBS, ch 6
- WTEN, ABC, ch 10
- WXAA, Fox, ch 23
- News 9, 24-hour local news on Cable
Radio
Newspapers
- The Times Union (Albany)
- The Daily Gazette (Schenectady)
- The Troy Record
- The Saratogian
- Metroland
- Capital District Business Review
- TRICITY Computing Magazine, comprehensive local computer information
- The New York Times, everybody's newspaper of record
- The Washington Post, where politics is King
Weather
- Albany Weather from Weather Underground
- Albany Weather from The Weather Channel
- Albany Weather from Intellicast
- More weather resources on the my Weather Links page
Hudson Valley/Downstate News/Weather
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Out of the Albany Area
- Steamtown Marathon (not really a RR site, but a nice logo)
- F.X. Matts Brewery, within walking distance of the Utica station, serviced by the NYS&W
- Wallkill Valley Rail Trail
- see also Steve's World-Wide Transportation & News Links
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Other Resources
- Search Engines: see my Search Page
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Maps
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United States Postal Service ZIP-Code Lookup Utility
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NYSOFA
Since many rail enthusiasts are retired railroaders, perhaps some of the information available at the New York State Office for the Aging web sites would be of interest (http://aging.ny.gov).
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