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• September 2004 Railroad Photos

• RailServe the Internet railroad directory
• Operation Life Saver
• Union Pacific
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• BNSF
• Metrolink
• Amtrak
• Book List
• Railroad Books
• Library of Congress Railroad Maps

• Calfiornia and Nevada railroad map from 1948
  • Los Angeles detail
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• San Diego Railroad Museum
• Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum -- Transcontinental Railroad
• SP in the Cascades

• Signals
• Altamont Press - Newsline
• Alameda Corridor Subdivision Timetable from Altamont Press
• Glossary of railroad terms

• FRA Crossing Safety Data
• California Rail Accident Report for 1999 (2.6MB PDF)
• NTSB railroad accident reports
• NTSB Report: The fatal 1996 Cajon derailment (87 pages, PDF)
• NTSB Report: Safety at passive grade crossings Vol. I
• NTSB Report: Safety at passive grade crossings Vol. II
• NTSB Report: Collision of Two Burlington Northern Santa Fe Freight Trains Near Clarendon, Texas

• NTSB wants Positive Train Seperation
• California Blocking of Crossings Rule

• Interactive aerial picture of Cajon Summit
• Interactive aerial picture of the Tehachapi Loop
• Interactive aerial picture of the Roseville Yard
• Port of Los Angeles rail map

• Railroad.Net
• Rail DVDs

• Calendars
• Scanners

• Railroad: What It Is, What It Does
• The Art of Railroad Photography: Techniques for Taking Dynamic Trackside Pictures by Gary J. Benson, Michael Emmerich (Editor)
• Railroad Shutterbug by Jim Fredrickson
• One Track Mind: Photographic Essays on Western Railroading by Ted Benson

• Railroads, Rates and Regulations by William Z. Ripley
• Jane's World Railways - 2002-2003 (Jane's World Railways, 2002 2003) by Ken Harris
• The Routledge Historical Atlas of the American Railroads by John F. Stover, Mark C. Carnes (Editor)
• Landmarks on the Iron Road: Two Centuries of North American Railroad Engineering (Railroads Past and Present) by William D. Middleton
• Railroads, Rates and Regulations by William Z. Ripley
• Red for Danger: The Classic History of British Railway Disasters by L. T. C. Rolt
• Workin on the Railroad: Reminiscences from the Age of Steam by Richard Reinhardt
• The Historical Guide to North American Railroads: 160 Lines Abandoned or Merged Since 1930 by George Drury (Editor)

• The Southern Pacific: 1901-1985 by Donovan L. Hofsommer
• Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1865-1869 by Stephen E. Ambrose
• Full Steam Ahead: The Race to Build a Transcontinental Railroad by Rhoda Blumberg

• The Engine Driver's Manual: How to Prepare, Fire and Drive a Steam Locomotive by Brian Topping

• E Units: Electro-Motive's Classic Streamliners by Jeff Wilson
• F Units: The Diesels That Did It by Jeff Wilson
• Gm's Geeps: The General Purpose Diesels by Paul D. Schneider
• Modern Diesel Locomotives (Enthusiast Color Series) by Hans Halberstadt
• Diesel Locomotives: The First 50 Years: A Guide to Diesels Built Before 1972 by Louis A. Marre, George H. Drury

• Vintage Diesel Locomotives (Enthusiast Color Series) by Mike Schafer
• A Field Guide to Trains of North America (Peterson Field Guide) by Gerald L. Foster
• Field Guide to Modern Diesel Locomotives by Greg McDonnell
• Gm's Geeps: The General Purpose Diesels by Paul D. Schneider
• Railway Maintenance Equipment: The Men and Machines That Keep the Railroads Running by Brian Solomon
• Guide to North American Steam Locomotives (Railroad Reference, No 8) by George H. Drury (Editor)
• Superpower: The Making of a Steam Locomotive by David Weitzman
• The Golden Age of Steam: A Celebration of the Locomotive from 1830 to 1950 by Colin Garratt
• The Last Steam Railroad in America by O. Winston Link (Photographer), Thomas Garver
• Steam, Steel & Stars: America's Last Steam Railroad by O. Winston Link (Photographer)

• Southern Pacific Railroad (Railroad Color History) by Brian Solomon
• Southern Pacific's Coast Line by John R. Signor
• Tehachapi: Railroading on a Desert Mountain by Steve Schmollinger
• Southern Pacific--Santa Fe Tehachapi by John R. Signor
• Cotton Belt Locomotives by Joseph A. Strapac

• Santa Fe Rails by Kevin N. Eudaly
• Santa Fe in the Mountains: Three Passes of the West: Raton, Cajon, and Tehachapi (Golden Years of Railroading) by George H. Drury
• The Story of the Santa Fe by Glenn D. Bradley
• Santa Fe Railway (Railroad Color History) by Steve Glischinski, Michael Blaszak

• Union Pacific Across Sherman Hill: Big Boys, Challengers and Streamliners by George Drury
• The Feather River Canyon: Union Pacific's Heart of Stone by Steve Schmollinger
• The First Transcontinental Railroad: Central Pacific, Union Pacific by John Debo Galloway
• Modern Marvels: The Transcontinental Railroad (VHS)
• Union Pacific Official Color Photography by Robert A. Le Massena, Robert J. Yanosey
• Yellowstone Branch of the Union Pacific by Thornton Waite
• Union Pacific Steam in Color by Lloyd E. Stagner

• The American Railroad by Joe Welsh, Jim Boyd, William F. Howes (Contributor), Mike Schafer (Contributor)
• American Shortline Railway Guide: Facts, Figures, and Locomotive Rosters for over 500 Short Lines by Edward A Lewis, George Drury (Editor)
• Desert Railroading by Steve Schmollinger
• Great Northern Railway in the Pacific Northwest by Jeff Wilson

• We Took the Train by H. Roger Grant (Editor)

• Freight Train Cars (Enthusiast Color Series) by Mike Schafer, Mike McBride
• The American Railroad Freight Car: From the Wood-Car Era to the Coming of Steel by John H. White
• Caboose (Enthusiast Color Series) by Mike Schafer

• Foamers: A Novel of Suspense by Jon Berson
• Red for Danger: The Classic History of British Railway Disasters by L. T. C. Rolt, Jack Simmons
• The Channel Tunnel: A Geographical Perspective by Richard Gibb (Editor)

• Railroad Journeys: Around the World (VHS)
• Tourist Trains 2003 by Kalmbach Trade Press

• The Train They Call the City of New Orleans by Steve Goodman, Michael McCurdy (Illustratorr)
• The Impossible Railroad (VHS) San Diego & Arizona Railroad construction
• Train and Railroad DVDs
• Good Though Utah Phillips
• Railroad Songs
• More Railroad Books