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Links
to other preservation websites
Here’s an
introductory sampling of railway preservation topics. A more detailed list
of rail-related sites can be found on the Railway Preservation News
web site. Note that all links open in a new window, to return to the RPR
site, close the new window. Inclusion of a
link on this page does not constitute an endorsement.
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Railway
Preservation |
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Association
of Railway Museums (ARM) |
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Ballarat
Tramway Museum |
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Bendigo
Tramways |
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Cable Car Home
Page |
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California State
Railroad Museum |
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Colorado Railroad
Museum |
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Electric
City trolley Museum |
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Illinois
Railway Museum |
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Mid Continent
Railway Museum |
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Minnesota
Streetcar Museum |
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Museum of
Transport, St. Louis |
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NMRA
Directory of World-Wide Rail Sites |
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North Carolina
Transportation Museum |
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National Railway
Museum, York, England |
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Nevada State
Railroad Museum |
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Orange Empire
Railway Museum |
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Pennsylvania
Trolley Museum |
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Railroad Museum
of Pennsylvania |
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Railroader's
Memorial Museum, Altoona |
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Railway
Preservation News |
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Seashore
Trolley Museum |
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Steamtown |
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Surviving North
American Steam Locomotives |
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Shore Line
Trolley Museum |
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Tourist
Railway Association |
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UK
Heritage Railways-Glossary & Technical Pages |
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Railway
Research |
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Baldwin
Locomotive Collection- DeGolyer Library, SMU |
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J.G. Brill
Company order books-Historical
Society of Pennsylvania.
Also see Harold Cox's Railroad
Rosters website, which has the Brill and American Car Company order
books 1920-1941, as well as many other useful items.
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"The
Birney Car" book by Harold Cox (online) |
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Central
Electric Railfans Association (CERA) |
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Cincinnati
Car Company Collection, Indiana Historical Society |
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DOT
On-Line Library: Investigations of Railroad Accidents 1911-1966 |
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Interurban
Carbuilders of the US |
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Pennsylvania
Railroad Standard Plans one of many items from Rob'
Pennsy home page |
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Preserved
North American Electric Cars Complete roster of preserved electric
cars |
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The
Pullman Project- Pullman passenger car database |
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Roster
of Preserved North American Electric Cars |
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Santa
Fe Railway Subjects (includes data on surviving structures, etc.) |
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Significant
Extant Railroad Structures of North America |
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St. Louis Car Co.
Collection, Washington University |
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Sanborn
Fire Insurance Maps- EDR |
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Survey
of Railway Cars and Locomotives Listed on the National Register |
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General
Museum |
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ALHFAM |
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American
Association of Museums (AAM) |
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American
Association for State and Local History |
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California
Association of Museums |
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Institute of
Museum and Library Services |
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Conservation
& Collection
Management |
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ARM Recommended
Practices |
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Ballarat Tramway
Museum Collection Policy |
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Ballarat Tramway
Fleet Conservation Policy |
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Canadian
Conservation Institute |
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Conservation
Assessment Program (CAP) |
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Displayed
Steam Locomotives- Their Care & Maintenance |
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Museum
Assessment Program (MAP) |
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NPS Conserve O’
Grams |
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NPS
Preservation Briefs |
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NPS
Reference Desk (link to NPS-28 Document)
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Orange
Empire Railway Museum Collection Policy
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Welsh
Color & Conservation Inc. (paint analysis)
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Vintage
Trolley & Other Transit Links |
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Links to individual systems
are now on our Vintage Trolley
pages |
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Adaptive
Engineering Wheelchair Lift for accessing railcars |
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American
Public Transportation Association (APTA) |
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APTA
Vintage Trolley & Streetcar Task Force web site, hosted by Seashore Trolley Museum |
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APTA
Vintage Trolley & Streetcar Task Force Standards Page |
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Bring
Back the Streetcars! From the Free Congress Foundation |
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Bendigo
Tramways parts and complete trolleys for sale (click on tram /
trolley parts) |
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Brookville
Equipment Corporation complete trolleys and trucks for sale |
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Edwards
Railway Motor Car Company manufacturers of self-propelled railcars |
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Federal
Transit Administration |
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Gomaco
Trolley Company parts and complete trolleys for sale |
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Light
Rail Central |
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Light
Rail Now |
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Light
Rail Transit Association |
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Light
Rail NL - Light Rail Atlas |
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Mass
Transit Magazine |
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National
Corridors Initiative |
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New
Electric Railway Journal (on-line magazine) |
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Newstead
Tramcars- Australian Birney-type trolleys for sale |
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NYC
Subway Resources |
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Project
for Public Spaces |
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Rail
Transit Online Newsletter |
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Reconnecting
America- Center for Transit Orientated Development |
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Transportation
Research Board |
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Transportation
Innovations Group Battery powered circulator trolleys |
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Trams
of Australia |
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TRB
circular: This is Light Rail Transit
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Related
Preservation Fields |
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Documenting
Historic Aviation Properties, from NPS |
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Martin
J. Donnelly Antique Tools (reprints of old trade and tool books) |
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Heritage
Preservation |
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Historic American
Engineering Record |
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Mystic Seaport |
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National
Maritime Initiative |
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National Trust
for Historic Preservation |
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National Register
of Historic Places |
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Secretary
of the Interior's Standards for Historic Vessel Preservation Projects |
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Secretary
of the Interior's Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties |
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Society for
Industrial Archeology |
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US
Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB |
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Links
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