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Railroads
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Aboard the Underground Railroad: A National Register Travel Itinerary 
 A history of the Underground Railroad, including the early antislavery movement. A map displays the routes. Provides links, by state, to a history of each of the surviving historic places along the route, with photos and location, often including hours and phone number if open to visitors. The "Learn More" section includes print and online resources as well as a list of state tourism websites for those states featured. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/underground/ Topics: Black Resources, History, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, United States History Last updated Jul 11, 2007 The All Gauge Model Railroading Page
Covers O and O27, HO, N, and G scales with basic information, anecdotes, photographs, and paper scenery kits to download. The video clips require the VivoActive Player and RealPlayer. The author explains why OO, S, TT, and Z scales are not yet covered: "I don't want to merely write about trains. I want to write from enough experience to give you more than bare facts. To do this, I need to have the trains, track, etc. ... Free information should still be reliable information, and it should contain more than bare facts. It should help you get the feeling as well as the hard data." http://thortrains.hypermart.net/ Topics: Hobbies, Photograph Collections Last updated Dec 27, 2000 Anne T. Kent California Room
The Marin County Free Library's digital historical archive contains oral history transcripts of prominent Marin County residents; digitized photo albums of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Quentin State Prison, the Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railroad, and other subjects; and digitized copies of brochures, posters, and other Marin County, California, ephemera. Also includes a bibliography of resources on Frank Lloyd Wright, designer of the Marin County Civic Center (which houses the California Room). http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/lb/main/crm/kentmain.html Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife Last updated Oct 15, 2003 Asahel Curtis Photo Company Photographs
A collection of over 1700 photographs of "Seattle, Washington State, Alaska and the Klondike covering a period from the 1850s until 1940." Searchable by keyword, and browsable by topic (including British Columbia, construction projects, fishing industry, the Klondike gold rush, lumber industry, railroads and streetcars, and universities and colleges). From the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections. http://content.lib.washington.edu/curtisweb/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, U.S. History By Place Last updated Sep 19, 2004 California Rails
Several dozen railroad photographs taken by Harry Pidgeon and Will Connell between 1913 and the 1940s, including images of wrecks, locomotives, and lumber camps. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/collections/permanent/projects/survey/railroad/ Topics: Photograph Collections Last updated Jun 10, 2006 California State Railroad Museum
This museum is the home of twenty-three restored locomotives and cars and this site is an online guidebook to their history. It includes photographs of the exhibits, with detailed information on each one; a brief history of the railroad in America; short biographical information on Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins, Collis Huntington, and Theodore Judah; and the driving of the gold spike at Promontory Summit in Utah. There are also a calendar of museum events and information on their volunteer program, library, and museum store. Directions, ticket information, and hours of operation are listed. http://www.csrmf.org/ Topics: Museums, Photograph Collections, Transportation Last updated Aug 23, 2002 Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
A searchable site that traces the history of the railroad that met the Union Pacific Railroad at Promontory Point, Utah, May 10, 1869, to complete the first transcontinental railroad. The online collection includes photographs, stereographs, engravings, documents, railroad and survey maps, and other related materials. A bibliography, FAQ, and related links are included. http://www.cprr.org/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Feb 8, 2004 Colorado State Archives Photograph Collections
A sampling of photos from a variety of collections, some dating back to the 1870s. The exhibits include the "Postcard Collection," which captures "public buildings, main street scenes, town panoramas, amusements, and transportation"; "Department of Corrections Mug Shot Collection"; WPA projects; photos and a virtual tour of a couple orphanages; and other images depicting early 20th century life in Colorado. http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/photo/home.htm Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jun 18, 2004 Discover Peru
Information about the culture and history of Peru from Pre-Incan times through the present day. Includes statistics, geographical and tourist information, directories, and over 2,300 photographs. There are maps of ecological regions, railroads, bird watching, and a detailed, searchable map of Lima (works in IE only). Available in several languages. http://www.inkatour.com/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional, Travel Sites by Continent Last updated Oct 11, 2004 The Dramas of Haymarket
A history of the Haymarket Affair and the emerging power of labor, putting it in context beginning with the Great Chicago Fire and the national railroad strike of 1877. Presented as a tragedy in five acts with prologue and epilogue, this history includes visual materials, artifacts, video segments (requires QuickTime), and various documents. Archives contains "copies of most of the original manuscripts, artifacts, broadsides, photographs, prints, transcript of witness testimony and the accompanying evidence from the trial," and more.There are also suggested readings. From the Chicago Historical Society and Northwestern University. http://www.chicagohistory.org/dramas/ Topics: Activism, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Political Parties & Theories, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Feb 25, 2004 The European Railway Server
This site "provides information about the European Railways, for railway fans as well as for travellers who wish to explore Europe by train." Contains information on high speed trains in Spain, Germany, and Switzerland; the Dutch railways; and more. Features explanations of numbering schemes, technical data, liveries and paint schemes, photo galleries, and related links. http://www.railfaneurope.net/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Regions of the World, Regions of the World, Transportation Last updated Sep 3, 2005 Frank S. Matsura Image Collection
A collection of 1600 photos of the city of Okanogan, Washington, taken by Japanese-American professional photographer Frank S. Matsura between 1907 and 1913. Searchable, and browsable by topic (automobiles, baseball, basketball, children, Conconully Dam, dogs, farms, horses, hotels, irrigation, laborers, self-portraits, studio portraits, Native Americans, postcards, railroads). From the Department of Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries. http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/xmatsura.html Topics: Agriculture, Baseball, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Water Last updated Apr 22, 2003 Northwest Railway Museum: Snoqualmie-North Bend, Washington
Features a listing of the bridges, locomotives, passenger cars, freight cars, and other equipment housed at this Washington state museum. View or search the online collection of King County railroad history photos and find links to Web sites for railroad companies, railroad historical societies, and other railroad-related interests. Includes schedules for train excursions on the Snoqualmie Valley Railroad, a 5-mile interpretive railway run by the museum. http://www.trainmuseum.org/ Topics: Museums, Museums by Place: United States, Photograph Collections, Transportation, U.S. History By Place Last updated Mar 9, 2004 The Photography Collection
A searchable collection of photographs of the American West, primarily Colorado, that provides access to images of a portion of the over one million item collection. Over 100,000 "images of North American Indians, pioneers, railroads, mining, Denver and Colorado towns. ... Notable collections depict the daily lives of the Tenth Mountain Division ski troops and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show." From the collections of the Denver Public Library and the Colorado Historical Society. http://photoswest.org/ Topics: Geology, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Technology, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Feb 13, 2005 Quinnipiac University: Digitized Connecticut History Books
A collection of digitized books, including "The Underground Railroad" by William Still (1872); "The Photographic History of the Civil War in Ten Volumes," edited by Francis Miller and Robert Lanier (1912); and "Mark Twain's Burlesque Autobiography" (1871). From the Arnold Bernhard Library, Quinnipiac University, Connecticut. http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x915.xml Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, U.S. History By Place Last updated Nov 16, 2006 RailPictures.net
A database of tens of thousands of photographs of trains from the U.S. and Canada. Searchable by type of locomotive, railroad, location, and photographer. Browsable by category, such as tunnels, night shots, and derailments. Also includes a discussion forum. Free membership required to add photos and comments. Note: Site includes a significant amount of paid advertising. http://www.railpictures.net Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated May 11, 2005 Salem Public Library Historic Photograph Collections
"Thousands of photographs of Oregon...digitized and searchable online, dating from the mid 1800's with special focus on the City of Salem and other Western Oregon communities." May be searched by title, description, subject, or multi-field. There are also pre-programmed Selected Topic Searches on such subjects as homes, railroads, covered bridges, and "Tired Old Barns." http://photos.salemhistory.org/ Topics: Agriculture, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated Aug 20, 2002 ScaleModel.net: International List of Scale Model Related Web Sites
This site provides annotated links to scale model manufacturers, dealers, clubs, discussion groups, techniques, tools, and supplies from around the world. Browsable by category, including model type such as R/C (radio controlled), dollhouse miniatures, model railroad, paper and wooden models, and a wide variety of vehicles and buildings. Also includes message boards and a photo gallery. Searchable. http://scalemodel.net/ Topics: Hobbies, Photograph Collections Last updated Feb 11, 2004 Southwest Jewish Archives
"Dedicated to collecting and recording the dramatic history of pioneer Jews in the Desert Southwest, covering Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas," including the Crypto-Jews who trace "their family histories back to Spain and Portugal." Features materials on Jewish pioneers, railroad builders, ranchers, and merchants; synagogues and religious objects; Crypto-Jews; finding aids for the archive's collections; and transcripts of over 20 oral histories. Includes photographs. From the University of Arizona. http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/bloom/ Topics: History, History By Place, Judaism, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Dec 24, 2004 Steam Locomotive dot Com
Contains a database of surviving steam locomotives in North America, information on various types of trains and manufacturers, specifications, a FAQ, photographs, related links, and more. Searchable. http://www.steamlocomotive.com/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Transportation Last updated Jun 19, 2004 TrainWeb.com
"Information and photographs relating to passenger, freight and model trains in the U.S. and Worldwide plus items of interest to the professional rail industry." TrainWeb's information and links cover Webcams, videos, model railroads, virtual tours of train interiors, fan resources, job opportunities, magazines and journals, European rail travel, museums, and more. http://trainweb.com/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Photograph Collections, Transportation Last updated May 18, 2004 Transportation Photographs
Provides "an ongoing digital collection of photographs depicting various modes of transportation in the Pacific Northwest region and Western United States during the first half of the 20th century." Emphasizes Boeing aircraft and Pacific Northwest railway images representing the Milwaukee, Northern Pacific, and Great Northern railways. Also includes images of motor vehicles and sailing vessels. From the University of Washington Libraries. http://content.lib.washington.edu/transportationweb/ Topics: Photograph Collections Last updated Nov 10, 2005 Union Pacific Railroad History
Profiling the history of Union Pacific and its effort to construct the first U.S. transcontinental railroad, this site has an extensive collection of historic train photos, images, and maps. Includes a short history of the caboose, brief descriptions of past and present railroad jobs, and more. http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/history/ Topics: Business, Industries, Photograph Collections Last updated Oct 19, 2005 |
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