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World-wide rail links: irfca member works:

Saif's JR pics
http://www.geocities.com/Baja/Mesa/7368/

Prakash's alaska pics
http://www.jps.net/prakash/alaska
http://www.jps.net/prakash/arr/
http://www.jps.net/prakash/alaska/index1.htm

Jason Anthony's page on tilt trains of Australia's QR: http://www.alexanderino.net/trains/tilt/index.html


World-wide rail links: general
(includes pages of   individuals who are not irfca members,but do correspond off-list with one or more irfca members on a regular basis)
International Steam Sitea comprehensive site with information and links to steam loco. operation around the world.
http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/steam/internat.htm

Railway Technical Web Pages
a storehouse of information related to technology, planning, maintenance and operation of railways.
http://www.trainweb.org/railwaytechnical/

Running Hot:
a ride on the Nepal’s forgotten railway – description with pictures.
http://www.catmando.com/sl/running.htm

Modelling in Sri Lanka
pictures and links.
http://infolanka.com/modelrail/

The Signal Box
with special focus on British railway signaling,with links to signaling systems around the world.
http://www.trainweb.com/signalbox/


Grand Central
a look at commuter rail and Amtrak in the New York city metro area and beyond.
http://www.nycsubway.org/commuter/index.html

ALCos International
information about ALCo-design diesel locos. in selected countries such as Australia and Phillipines.
http://members.tripod.com/~alcos/index.html

Information and pictures from John Raby’s trips across the world.
http://www2.gol.com/users/jraby/

Differences in railway terminology between USA and UK. Has a few pictures.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~mt5h-nitu/esaki/rrterms.htm

UPRR’s Bailey Yard
the world’s largest railroad classification yard.
http://www.uprr.com/uprr/ffh/history/bailey/

RIGHT-OF-WAY:
railroad multimedia items – includes clip art and sound files.
http://www.spikesys.com/mult.html

Phil wormald's Alco diesel site:
http://www.alco.freeserve.co.uk/

Roberto Yommi's - Argentina Railways sites:
a  peek into the railways in that country. http://members.xoom.com/atodotren/
and http://geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/8849/

Mark Bristow Flaming stack Sound gallery
http://www.flamingstack.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm

Australian mainliners gallery
http://www.sydney.cyber.net.au/~mainline/index.html

Chuck Donaldson's US diesels site: http://www.teleport.com/~cdonald/

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GT 46 MAC webpage (now IR WDG/4): http://www.gmemd.com/locomotives/intl/gt46mac/index.html

The Panama Railroad
by Suresh http://www.trainweb.org/panama

British Railway Signalling
http://trainweb.com/signalbox/

A series of stories, anecdotes, jokes, observations and serious discussions about the technicalities of the railway and the railway world in general.
http://www.trainweb.org/railwaytechnical/stories.htm

The Railways of Iran (courtesy Phil Wormald) http://www.msedv.com/rai/rolling.html

Another site about Iran's Railways:  (courtesy Satish Pai):This appears to be an unofficial site, and has a clickable map,timetables, details of rolling stock etc. http://www.msedv.at/rai

A tragic tale of rusting steamers in Vietnam: http://www.powerup.com.au/~jakuma/page2.html

An equally sordid tale about rusting steam locos up for sale (some cannibalized) in Nepal:(Janakpur Rly): http://www.maunsell.free-online.co.uk/

An article about making paper models of the TGV: http://mercurio.iet.unipi.it/tgv/papermodels.html

Two sites in German about railways in that country by Klaus-Dieter Troeger:
T-3 Club Ostheide:
http://home.t-online.de/home/05820678-0001/t3-club.htm

OHE Osthannoverische Eisenbahnen AG: http://home.t-online.de/home/05820678-0001/ohe.htm

TodoTrenes: a portal (in Spanish) for trains in Spain: http://www.todotrenes.com/

An article about Microsloth (Microsoft)'s new train simulation game: http://www.microsoft.com/games/trainsim/

An article about past steam from the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_992000/992144.stm

A page about steam: traction calculations, mallets, shays etc. http://www.railroadextra.com/Page0002.Html    

 A page on railway photos: india in sec2http://community.webshots.com/user/jack1940 

 Help for railway modellers: http://www.walthers.com/ 

 World Bank website with some info and a pic on the IR: http://www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/transport/rail/rl_pict.htm

 A page with trivia like longest rail tunnels etc.: http://www.uselessknowledge.com/trivia/railtunnel.shtml

A page about a  high output ballast cleaner by Kershaw Manufacturing Co. U.K.http://www.manufacturing.net/magazine/dn/archives/1996/dn0722.96/14f8932.htm

Train Mountain Railroad Museum:by Robert Dean Wood: http://www.halcyon.com/dfm/tmp

An article from the BBC about revival of a S.E.Asia Railway: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1637000/1637032.stm

 

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