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Over many years I have written numerous articles about railroad history.
What I realized was that I had no one central place where someone could go and find everything I have plus what others have too. This WebSite is divided into several major sections: New York Central Railroad Connecticut, New Haven Railroad, and New England Chicago and the Midwest West of the Hudson and Around New York State Other Areas of Interest Plus we have links to everything railroad, plus even more links! |
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Circus Trains: The Second Greatest Show on Earth
The circus and the circus train has always fascinated small children and grown-up railfans alike. Circus transportation has changed significantly in the last forty years. The second greatest show - that of moving the circus by rail, begins even before the last performance begins. See a great sample of this material or purchase the entire article. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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Abandoned Railroads
All about abandoned Railroads. A lot about the West Shore. Other abandonments in New York State and elsewhere in the Eastern US. Some interesting things about New York State Railroads, mostly New York Central Railroad. |
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Amtrak's Secret Business
Amtrak operates commuter trains for several local/regional transportation authorities, but they don't publicize this at all. Find out more about this profitable operation in a time when Amtrak looses all kinds of money. See a great sample of this material or purchase the entire article. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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EMD Model 40; a rare early diesel locomotive
Electro-Motive Division (EMD) of GM is famous as a major US locomotive builder since the 1940's. Except for 2 demonstrators DH1 & DH2, the only real commercial small locomotive venture was the Model 40, introduced in 1940. |
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All about trains run for the President of the United States (POTUS)
All about trains run for the President of the United States (POTUS). In 1990, George Bush visited Connecticut to campaign. His visit closed parts of three Interstate highways and disrupted thousands of commuters and other travelers. Should he have taken the train? See a great sample of this material or purchase the entire article. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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Not So Long Ago
Not so Long Ago: Some tidbits from railroading magazines of the 1940's which seem so strange and out-of-place now. Also a fictional plan (by Ken Kinlock) for mass transit in the Albany, New York area. |
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Across the Channel
British rail, a rail-boat-rail trip across the English Channel, and Dutch railways. An American's experience. |
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Harvard Professor John R. Stilgoe states that: ‘Train travel will supplant highway and air travel in the next few decades.
Furthermore,
electric railroads
will increasingly be used to distribute freight items as well as mail and express packages.’
According to Stilgoe the three prime factors driving railroad development are population growth, rising gas prices, and advanced technology. “In the 1930s it was possible to order a fridge in the morning and have it delivered by train later the same day,” says Stilgoe. “Americans forgot about this, but we’re starting to put it back together.” See more about high gas prices, politics of "change" and global warming awareness. |
| John W. Barriger: Rail Historian and Railfan | Short biography of an amazing man who ran several railroads, was both a rail historian and a railfan, and proposed many new ideas for railroads. |
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San Francisco's BART and CALTRANS
San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) California commuter rail, cable cars, street railways, and other North American light rail systems. See a great sample of this material or purchase the entire article. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
The Global Highway: Interchange to Everywhere A portal to the World. The Global Highway leads everywhere! Follow it to wherever you might want to go. We have something for everyone! |
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Budd RDC
Budd announced the RDC (Rail Diesel Car)in 1949. Some are still in use. One successful operation was between Bridgeport and Waterbury, Connecticut. Now that they are disappearing, many of us tend to forget about Rail Diesel Cars (RDC). See a great sample of this material or purchase the entire article. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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High-Speed Rail in New York State and Along the NorthEast Corridor
Ridership on New York State's high-speed rail system will continue to rise even if no improvements are made. An attempt to match or better a bus trip from Delaware to Old Saybrook which appeared in the NY TIMES. Travel over Amtrak's Northeast Corridor between New Haven and Washington. Electrified railroads. See a great sample of this material or purchase the entire article. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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Commuters, Car Culture and the Jenny Plan
Most railroad passengers today are commuters. Taxpayers underwrite part of this cost and the ride is now more comfortable and the future more secure than ever before. Many ideas have been brought up over the years to ease commuting problems from New Jersey. One of the most interesting was a 1935 proposal by L. Alfred Jenny which consisted of a modern electrified railroad connecting the various New Jersey railroads and bringing these lines into a new passenger terminal in mid-Manhattan. Public Support of Private Railroads. The greatest economic factor of the 19th Century was the railroads. Public money helped them then and it could help them now.A real story for this era is how General Motors, Ford and Chrysler reshaped American ground transportation to serve their corporate wants instead of social needs. See a great sample of this material or purchase the entire article. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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Railroads and Transit in Florida
A collection of articles about Railroads and Transit in Florida. Tri-Rail was created to head-off an often-quoted scenario in which I-95 would have to be widened to 44 lanes to handle increased traffic expected along certain stretches by the year 2020. |
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Railroads and Transit in Philadelphia
A collection of articles about Railroads and Transit in Philadelphia. The nation's fourth-largest metropolitan area boasts its third-largest commuter rail network (after New York and Chicago). SEPTA is an amalgam of the suburban services of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Reading Company. See a great sample of this material or purchase the entire article. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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WIKIPEDIA: the free-content encyclopedia that anyone can edit. WIKIPEDIA contains several articles of interest to the railroad historian or fan: A sampling of these is shown below: New Haven Railroad List of defunct United States railroads Grand Central Terminal List of Connecticut railroads New York Central Railroad List of New York railroads List of Massachusetts railroads List of Rhode Island railroads United States railroads Amtrak Penn Central Northeast Corridor Some of these articles have been developed by our staff researcher K.C. Jones. In addition, K.C. Jones is available for questions on WONDIR, the search engine that provides both automated answers and human answers. Any connection to Casey Jones....America's Railroad Legend is purely coincidental. K.C. also has a railroad-related BLOG you might enjoy reading and adding your comments to. 
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Railroads and Transit in Denver
A collection of articles about Railroads and Public Transit in Denver, Colorado. Colorado is home to many tourist railroads and railroad museums. See a great sample of this material or purchase the entire article. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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Commuter Trains
Most railroad passengers today are commuters. All about the various North American commuter rail systems. See a great sample of this material or purchase the entire article. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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Electric Railroads
History of electrified railroads throughout the United States. The disparate voltages, cycles, DC versus AC, third rail versus overhead, etc were the result of free enterprise capitalist competition. See a great sample of this material or purchase the entire article. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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| Railroad Mergers in the Northeast of the U.S. |
Railroad mergers have taken place right from
the beginning of railroading. The two peak periods for mergers have
been the 1920's and the 1960's. Because of the Transportation Act of 1920,
the ICC engaged Professor William Ripley of Harvard to develop a tentative plan
for railroad consolidation. Includes a timeline.
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| The North East Corridor |
Trips along the North East Corridor of AMTRAK
are not always without problems. Find out how to play
the "hidden city" game on AMTRAK and learn what other pitfalls may trap the
travelers. One can't help but be amazed by the many rail lines in northern New Jersey.
Most of these are CONRAIL, most of these are commute and most of these are
ex Erie-Lackawanna.
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Milk Trains
Milk Trains were once important to provide milk to our big cities. |
Little Falls train wreck in 1940 on the New York Central Railroad |
| New York City Transit Planning |
Plans for better transit in the
metropolitan area. An analysis of a early 1960's Ford Foundation
study of commuting into Grand Central and what might be done to improve it.
Some unique ideas and far ahead of its time.
Developed early on in the history of aviation, JFK International,
LaGuardia and Newark airports were intended to only be accessed by automobile.
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| Québec, Montréal, and Southern Railway | Québec, Montréal, and Southern Railway was once owned by the Delaware & Hudson, then by Canadian National |
| 1939 Royal Tour of Canada and the United States |
In 1939, Canadians saw a 29-day, 8,600 mile tour by
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England. The parents of the present Queen Elizabeth
II also saw 1,099 miles of the United States. The United States route included New York
Central, Pennsylvania, New Haven and Delaware & Hudson trackage.
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Troop Trains
Troop Trains were important to the United States in previous Wars. The first war in which trains were used to carry Americans to battle was the Mexican War in 1846. Extensive use of trains to carry troops occurred in both World Wars. See a great sample of a trip from Texas to New York in World War II or purchase the entire photo album. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
| A Collection of Short Stories about Railroads and Railroad History | A collection of articles about Railroads. Included is: Troy and Albany Passenger Trains in 1939; New Haven's activities on Cape Cod; New Haven Railroad Speeds and Trackage Rights; Railroad coal towers. |
| The Train Comes to St-Jerome | After more than three years of waiting, false starts and epic battles between municipalities, the government of Quebec finally confirmed yesterday that the commuter train on the Sainte-Thérèse-Blainville line will go to Saint-Jérôme in 2006. It Did Finally. |
| Railroad Tunnels and Bridges | A collection of information about railroad tunnels (mostly going under water) and railroad bridges going over water |
| Winter, Snow and Railroads |
All about how railroads deal with Winter
and snow. The New York Central's "Snow Book". Winter on the Long Island Railroad.
Also wrecking trains, fire trains, etc. |
| Union Pacific Railroad |
Union Pacific -- the railroad established by
Congress and Abraham Lincoln to span the continent -
is in the middle of a very tough period.
A 1996 merger with Southern Pacific to form the nation's largest railroad caused what
regulators call an unprecedented breakdown in rail traffic through the heart of
America that has lasted more than 10 months.
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| Oris P. and Mantis J. Van Sweringen |
Short biography of Oris P. and Mantis J. Van Sweringen
two brothers from rural Ohio built a railroad empire when
railroads were more critical to American transportation.
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| Rails Around the Nation's Capital |
A collection of articles about
Railroads and Transit in and around Washington DC.
Metro, Virginia Railway Express and Maryland DOT are covered.
Also the Washington Terminal Railroad and other small railroads that were once
a part of Washington. See the Anacostia light rail project.
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| Scale Model Railroads | A collection of links to scale model railroading. |
| Since 1950 | Over fifty years ago, Merle Armitage published a book called "The Railroads of America". In it, he listed the major railroads of the time. I took his list and tried to see where they all went. I also compared to a 1980 source of Class 1 railroads. |
| Head End Equipment: REA, RPO, Express |
Head End equipment, in the heyday of passenger service,
was a big part of the railroad's operations. Head end included Railway Express
Agency and the post office's RPOs (Railway Post Offices). We have text and
pictures not found elsewhere on the Web.
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