Pacific & American Railroad

Places to Visit and Things to See
[Virtual Railroads] [Train Sim Sites] [Other] [Prototype] [Railroad GIF's]

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Virtual Railroads
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Great Lakes & Allegheny Railroad Welcome to the virtual Great Lakes & Allegheny Railroad (GL&A) where members utilize Microsoft Train Simulator on the Kicking Horse Pass 2, Michigan Iron Ore, Bridge Line, and Sandpatch routes by Maple Leaf Tracks.
North Eastern Railroad Setting the Standards for Virtual Railroading and Creating a World in V-Scale since September 1, 2002
Ohio Valley System A Virtual Railroad is a group or "club" of people who enjoy Microsoft Train Simulator. We chat and share files, and we run activities on the sim and report them to the VR.

train simulator sites
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3d Train Stuff Welcome to 3D Train Stuff, we are a leading international developer of high quality train simulator add-ons for Microsoft® Train Simulator.
3d Trains Digital art for the pc
AlabamaRailfan.com Railfanning in the heart of Dixie
AV-Sim Library Select Train Simulators in the Category drop down and have fun. You may need to register first.
Canadian Pacific Steam Locos This collection of Steam Locomotives and steam era coaches has been produced as a donationware package to benefit steam preservation in Canada.
Dekosoft Trains WELCOME TO DEKOSOFT TRAINS. We take pride in bringing you quality virtual models and accessories for Microsoft Train Simulator.
Digital Rails The creators of Demex and Jumper have joined forces to bring you the best in complete routes, tools, and add-ons for Microsoft® Train Simulator.
Facing Point Media Pacific Surfliner v1.0 features over 120 miles of mainline track,
from downtown San Diego to Los Angeles, CA.
Gulf Mobile & Ohio Simulations Developing train simulations since 2001, the very beginning. of MSTS
How In The World We've turned our famous Sky! Conductor skies for Microsoft Train Simulator into an easy to use plug-in for the new Kosmos environment utility by Jeff Bush. Route Control and more.
Maple Leaf Tracks Founded in 2001, and now headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Maple Leaf Tracks Inc. is a small organization which strives to provide our customers with top quality products and customer service. Please feel free to browse our product offerings, and do not hesitate to contact us if you have an inquiry.
msts-trains Transparent driver aid, tutorial on camera angles and head out view.
MW Graphics Some musings on the strange graphics formats used in Trainsim, TGATool2 (A Tool for the viewing, converting and editing of Targa and Ace Textures) and more.
Route-Riter Route-Riter v6 is a suite of over 110 utilities for performing various actions on sections of the Microsoft Train Simulator program.
Steam4me Great Aussie ad-ons for Microsoft's Train Simulator
TheTrain.de German/English train sim site.

Other
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Clip Art Collection Railroad related clip art and links to Historical Societies, Museums, Tourists Railroads and other Railroad Related Information.
Let's Talk Trains Lets Talk Trains is available on the Internet both Live, 10am pacific time Saturdays, and in the Archives 24/7.
Railmation Hand Signals The hand or flag, moved the same as the lamp, as illustrated in the following diagrams, gives the same indication, except in the observance of Rule 12a the hand or flag movement may be above the shoulder. Animated graphic hand signals.
Railroad Clip Art Many of the images here have been made available through the courtesy of Ken Houghton of Houghton's Rail Images and are marked with a (KH). The other images are from the collection efforts of NMRA members Jack Pettee and Roger Hensley.
The Railroad Paint Shop Welcome to the Railroad Paint Shop. Drawings of railroad locomotives, rolling stock, and lineside structures available for download for those of you who would like to design custom paint schemes for your own model railroads.

Prototype
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Al Krug's Train Computer Al Krug's program for computing draw bar pull, speed, horsepower requirements, etc.
Articulated Loco Photos Richard Leonard presents images of the Union Pacific Railroad's famous "Big Boy" 4-8-8-4 articulated locomotives, along with the well-known "Challenger" 4-6-6-4s.
Bay Area Railroads This website is a collection of railroad photos I have taken over the years, ranging from my start around 1998 to the present. Most of the photos I have taken are from the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California.
Catskill Archive A history of the Catskill Mountains including several interesting railroad items
Chicago & Illinois Midland Richard Leonard provides images scanned from a 48-page publicity booklet issued by the Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway. The booklet includes only four pages of text, with a brief survey of the railroad's history.
CNW Historical Booklet In 1942 the Chicago & North Western Railway published a 20-page booklet entitled A Brief History of the Chicago and North Western Line.
Dan's Depot Welcome to Dan's Depot! This site covers railroading in the San Francisco Bay Area and San Luis Obispo, CA, with an emphasis on the ex-Southern Pacific Coast Line. There is a photo gallery, railfanning information page, a large gallery of train drawings, and more!
Denver Rails Denver Rails is a website dedicated to capturing images of the railroads of Denver and the West. In addition, I have compiled a database of railroad things to ride, see, and visit throughout the U.S.
Fallen Flags Web Site Fallen Flags and Other Railroad Photos by George Elwood including contributions by others
Florida East Coast Railway In my opinion a beautifully done web site providing information about this railroad.
Florida Rails Welcome to a collection of hopefully-interesting facts and fables dedicated to the PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE of the passenger trains and railroads in Florida.
GM&O Photo Gallery Photos by Richard Leonard - Bloomington's major railroad was the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio's former Alton Route, featuring the shops and yards, the junction with the line to Kansas City via Jacksonville, and the fast Chicago-St. Louis passenger trains such as the Ann Rutledge, Abraham Lincoln and Alton Limited.
Links to RailFan Sites A comprehensive listing of links to railfan sites and more
Links to Railroad History Links to Railroad History Resources in the United States provided by the University of Connecticut.
LiveTrains.com Streaming train cams in Iowa and other resources
Nevada Northern Railroad The Nevada Northern Railway Museum is dedicated to the restor
ation, preservation, interpretation and operation of the Nevada Northern Railway historic facilities, yards, and rail collection. This evolving museum gives people the opportunity to experience a world class historic working railroad.
New York Central This is a collection of New York Central System locomotive photos. The steam photos belonged to my father, the Rev. Dr. Richard D. Leonard.
North American Signaling Very informative site with comprehensive on signaling and train operations in the US.
North East Rails North East Rails contains over 10,000 rail photos, with focus on
Pennsylvania and the North East
NS - Winston-Salem District Norfolk Southern's Winston-Salem District is one of the most scenic lines in the Southeastern United States. It runs 124 miles from Roanoke, Virginia to Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The line handles Coal, Grain, and Auto traffic.
Operator Manuals A collection or operator manuals for Alco, EMD, Baldwin, GE, Lima, etc.
Pennsylvania Railroading Welcome To NeFR. A source of Northeastern Pennsylvania are railroading info, photos, and other items of interest. The site doesn't just focus on Pa, you will also find lots of drawings, clipart and links to many world wide railroading websites.
RailCams.com Over 10 railcams which are located along some of the nation's busiest rail lines and train stations.
Railfanning California's Coast This section of the website will aid you in finding some of the places I have taken photos and observed trains along the Coast Line (and surrounding areas).
Railfanning - Frograil.com Railfan, railfan - where do you go to see those elusive trains?
Here are over 2,400 fun and, hopefully, productive places to watch trains. The emphasis is on "fun," as the objective for most railfans is to enjoy themselves.
Railfanning Stanley County, NC There are three railroads in Stanly County: A major class I, an historic short line, and a fairly new short line, which really isn't new at all.
Railfanning Tours - Frograil.com With the dedicated help of many contributors, Frograil has begun to compile a series of "tours" that a vacationing or visiting railfan can take. These are just what the heading implies: You can print out the tour, start at point A, and get all the way to point B, even if you've never visited the area in your life.
Railfan USA Railfan USA is one of the largest railfan sites in PA and hosts one of the largest personal photo collections online.
RailPictures.net At RailPictures.net, we strive to offer rail photographers a streamlined, efficient, and easy-to-use online database in which to display their photos, free of charge.
RailroadData.com Over 5,000 railroad links. Hop on board at the Information Train Station and travel to train sites around the world.
Railroad Photos Fine art and historic railroad photography
Railroad Radio Links to scanners and a chat room
Railroad Maps 1828 - 1900 Railroad maps from the Library of Congress.
Railroad Songs This is a listing of American English railroad songs. If you know of more please send them to me so that I can add them. Songs must have some kind of reference to railroads,a railroad or railroad equipment in the lyrics.
Railroad That Went to Sea The story of the Florida East Coast Key West Extension including photos
Rebel Rails Nice site with a large selection of T-shirts, mugs, mousepads and more.
Rob's Pennsy Home Page A comprehensive collection of documents and photos about the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Schrader's Railroad Catalog Welcome to Schrader's Railroad Catalog, "the finest in gifts for railroad enthusiasts".
Seaboard Airline Railroad History, graphics, models and more.
South Carolina RR Museum Come spend an afternoon at the South Carolina Railroad Museum. Come see freight cars, passenger cars, and even a real steam engine on display.
Steam Freight Cars The photos on this web site are an invaluable part of the research that is Prototype Modeling.
Steam Loco Archive Most of the photos in my archive are organized by railroad line, each railroad on its own page. (Links are always visible in the left frame.) There are also pages for miscellaneous railroads, some interesting non-steam items, the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition, and some railroadiana
Steam Loco Backhead How'd the do that? - Steam Locomotive Backhead Illustration
Steam Loco Counterbalances How'd the do that? - Why Are the Main Driver Counterbalances Not Symmetrical?
Steam Loco Description How'd the do that? - Steam Locomotive Workings Illustration
Steam Loco Firing Course Ever wonder how to fire a steam loco? Take the course designed by the Education Department of the State of New York in 1944
Steam Loco Pressure Diagram How'd the do that? - Steam Engine Pressure-Volume Diagram
Steam Loco Walschaert Gear How'd they do that? - Steam Locomotive Walschaert Valve Gear Animation
Steam Loco Walschaert Desc How'd they do that? - Steam Locomotive Walschaert Valve Gear Explaination
Tales From the Krug Real world photo essays from the fertile mind and work notes of Al Krug.
Toltec Images Welcome to Toltec Images. Thanks for visiting our site! We feature high quality items imprinted with images you select from our image library.
TrainOrders.com Trainorders.com operates two remote RailCams in California that only activate when a train is within range.
Transportation Collectibles Railroad and train collectibles.
UK Preserved Steam Pics Welcome to Steampics, my collection of photographs of preserved U.K. steam.

Railroad GIF's
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Dave's Trackside Train GIF's A wide selection of scenes and tutorials
NeFR Train GIF's On the following pages you will find gifs of North East Freight Railroads that I have made myself or modified and repainted from those made by Dan Klitzing, Matt steinblock, Chris Denbow, Alex Stroshane, Tom Burger, and Cullen McCormick.
Railmation Train GIF's Virtual train watching on your computer! Click on the image to watch the trains roll by. A new window will open and it may take a minute or more to fully load.
Reality Scaled Train GIF's Welcome to REALiTY SCaLED TrainGIFs. This is a relatively new hobby bringing the real railroad into the virtual world by means of train gifs. These train gifs are scale drawings of real life prototypes.
Train GIF's @ Dan's Depot These galleries contain hundreds of small train drawings which I have created for my website.
Train GIF's - Frograil.com Welcome to the fascinating world of Train Gifs. These are very small files, usually in the hundreds of bytes rather than the thousands, so they load very rapidly.
Train GIF Scenes - Frograil.com Train GIF scenes are detailed scenes or running trains as they travel through the scene. Please give them time to download. Watch as pieces of the scene are added and the trains begin to run.

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This document was last updated on Thursday, March 03, 2005 02:48:16 PM