History of rail transport Rail transport has a long history, including systems with man or horse power and rails of wood or stone...
academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php... Locomotive A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train, and has no payload capacity..
academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php... Train In rail transport, a train consists of a single or several connected rail vehicles that are capable of being moved together..
academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php... Timeline of railway history Timeline of rail transport history..
academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php... Railroad Maps Collection
memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.... Transcontinental Railroad - Driving the Last Spike - 1869
sfmuseum.org/hist1/rail.html Union Pacific Railroad History and Photos
Historical overview, photo gallery and more..
uprr.com/aboutup/history/ History of Railroads and Maps
The Beginnings of American Railroads and Mapping.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrintro... Railroad Information Online - Paul L. Schumann
This service provides information on railroads of interest to railroad investors, professional railroad managers, railroad employees, railroad travelers, railroad historians, and railroad enthusiasts and railfans.
krypton.mankato.msus.edu/~schumann/www/rr/r... Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum"Central Pacific Railroad construction in the 1860's. Stereoviews, engravings, maps, and documents are treasures of western Americana that illustrate the history of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California
cprr.org/ All Things Trains-Trains.com
Trains.com covers trains both big and small, including model trains, railroads, rail travel, trains for kids and Train Shops.
trains.com Oregon Railroad History
Brief Histories of Oregon Railroad Companies
easystreet.com/pnwc/museum/rr_history_i... Railroad Museums and Historical Society Listing
av.qnet.com/~howdy/museums.html Union Pacific Corporation
up.com/ Welcome to the Golden Gate Railroad Museum!
The Golden Gate Railroad Museum (GGRM) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of steam and passenger railroad equipment, and the interpretation of local railroad history.
ggrm.org/ B&O Railroad Museum, The
The B & O Railroad Museum, the birthplace of the American railroads.
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