West Coast Rails

Links:

Railroad Companies   

Alaska

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Passenger Carriers

Alaska Railroad

• Alaska Railroad
   
  official website
• A current route map for the ARR
   

• John's Alaska Railroad Web Page
   
  unofficial website

White Pass and Yukon

• Official company website
   
• Historic WP&Y route map
   
• A WP&YR friend and fan web site by Boerries Burkhardt
   
• 4/15/1899; THE FIRST RAILWAY T0 THE KLONDIKE - THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON RAILWAY
   

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Arizona

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Freight Carriers

Arizona Eastern Railway

• Official website
   

Arizona and California Railroad

• Official ARZC Map
   
• Pictures of early ARZC trains
   
• Movies filmed on ARZC
   
• BNSF Railway Shortline Partner ARZC Profile
   

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Passenger CarriersAmtrak

Grand Canyon Railway

• Grand Canyon Railway
   
  official website
• History of Line
   
• More History of Line
   

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California

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Major Pasenger Companies

Amtrak

• Amtrak - California Zephyr,
• Amtrak - California Zephyr
   
• California Zephyr Virtual Museum
   
• California Zephyr History
   
• California Zephyr Museum Online
   
• Western Pacific Railroad Museum - owns several pieces of CZ rolling stock
   
• California Zephyr restoration effort
   
• California Zephyr's 1949 schedule
   
• "Amtrak's California Zephyr: The Way West"
   
  August 11, 2005 article by Dan Zukowski, author of Why America Needs Amtrak: The Fight to Save Our Trains.
• Cars of the California Zephyr
   
• Consist Information for the California Zephyr
   
• "The History Behind the California Zephyr"
   
  article by David Lotz.
• The California Zephyr — Trains 17 & 18
   
• The "Zephyrettes" — Trains 1 & 2
• Capitol Corridor
   
• Amtrak - Capitol Corrido
• Amtrak - Coast Starlight
   
• Coast Starlight Communities Network
   
• TrainWeb's Coast Starlight
• Amtrak - Pacific Surfliner
   
• Amtrak California--a partnership of Caltrans and Amtrak
• Amtrak - San Joaquin
• Southwest Chief. (No Link as of yet. I will get back on it later.)
• Amtrak - Sunset Limited
   
• Sunset Un-Limited - Google group for advocates of restoration of the cross-country Sunset Limited route

Altamont Commuter Express
BART
Caltrain
Metrolink
MUNI
Sacramento Regional Transit District
San Diego Coaster
Sprinter

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Heritage Railways

Angel's Flight

• Angels Flight Through the Decades
   
• An Elegy For Two Angels
   
• Angels Flight Virtual Ride
   
• Transit Rider Photos
   
• Angel's Flight, the film
   
• Stills from several movies in which Angels Flight features or appears
   
• KTLA News Clip (Jan 2007) covering prposed reopening
   
  at YouTube
• A ride on Angels Fligh

Calico and Odessa

• website regarding the Railroad
   
• Extensive history of Calico, pics of the Railroad

California State Railroad Museum
California Western Railroad
Skunk Train Home Page
Disneyland Railroad
The Carolwood Pacific Historical Society (CPHS) rededication of Engine #3, the Roger E. Broggie"Hidden Mickey's Secrets of the Magic Kingdom Railroad" webpage
"History of: the Disneyland Railroad" webpage
The "Magic Behind the Steam Trains Tour" webpage
"The Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad" website
DRR 5 is alive
Fillmore and Western Railway
Railway's websiteGhost Town and Calico Railway
Extensive "On Track" Magazine articleMcCloud Railway

• UPRR MCR Profile
   
• Shasta Sunset Dinner Train operated by MCR
   
• Railfan site of the MCR
   
• Pictures of the MCR
   
• McCloud River Railroad
   
• McCloud River Railroad Fan Site

Napa Valley Wine Train

• Napa Valley Wine Train
   
  official website
• Napa Valley Railroad Police Department
   
• The Antidote to Amtrak: The Napa Valley Wine Train
   
• Article about the early years of Napa railroad history

Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad & Transportation Museum
Museum's website
Niles Canyon Railway

• Niles Canyon Railway website
   
• Listing and photographs of the Pacific Locomotive Association's collection
   
• Video about NCRy's "Steamfest" in March of 2007
   
• 2472 in Niles Canyon (DVD about the 2008 Memorial Day Weekend Excursion in Niles Canyon)

Orange Empire Railway Museum
Official OERM website
Pacific Coast Railroad (tourist)
Pacific Coast Railroad blog
Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
Home Page
Poway-Midland Railroad
Railroad's website
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park

• Official site
   
• Official government site
   
• Home page

Redwood Valley Railway
The railway's official website
Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad

• "Roaring Camp Railroads"
   
  . http://www.roaringcamp.com
   
  . Retrieved on 2005-11-29. 
• "Video Documentary about Roaring Camp Railroads' Narrow Gauge Steam Operations"
   
  . http://www.tsgmultimedia.com/common/product_info.php?part_number=10040
   
  . Retrieved on 2007-04-09. 
• Roaring Camp Railroads

Sacramento RiverTrain

• Railroad's website
   
• Sierra Railroad's website

Sacramento Southern Railroad
"History of the Sacramento Southern Railroad". California State Railroad Museum. http://www.csrmf.org/doc.asp?id=341

 

. Retrieved on November 29.
Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway

• Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway
   
  official website

• "Video Documentary about Roaring Camp Railroads' Narrow Gauge Steam Operations"
   
  . http://www.tsgmultimedia.com/common/product_info.php?part_number=10040
   
  . Retrieved on 2007-03-09. 

"Video Documentary about Roaring Camp Railroads' Standard Gauge Diesel Operations". http://www.tsgmultimedia.com/common/product_info.php?part_number=10050

 

. Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
Sierra Railroad

• http://www.sierrarailroad.com
   
• http://www.sierranorthern.com
   
• http://sierraenergycorp.com/
   
• http://www.csrmf.org/railtown/default.asp

Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources

• "Official SPCRR website"
   
  . http://www.spcrr.org/
   
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• "Official East Bay Regional Park District website"
   

Western Pacific Railroad Museum

• Museum's website
   
  retrieved August 23, 2006.
• Home page of the Feather River Rail Society
   
  retrieved December 2, 2005.
• WP 165 Steam Locomotive Restoration Blog
   
  retrieved September 3, 2008.

Western Railway Museum

• Official Western Railway Museum website
   

Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad

• Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad Website
   
• Picture album of the railroad
   
• West Side Lumber Company history and restoration
   
• The Narrow Gauge Inn, adjacent to the railroad property
   

Yreka Western Railroad

• Yreka Western Railroad
   

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Current Freight Carriers

Arizona and California

• Official ARZC Map
   
• Pictures of early ARZC trains
   
• Movies filmed on ARZC
   
• BNSF Railway Shortline Partner ARZC Profile
   

Central California Traction Company

• Official CCT Website
   
• Comprehensive CCT Site
   
• Photographs of CCT
   
• Photographs of CCT
   
• Current CCT Locomotive Roster
   

CORP

• Unofficial CORP website
• Official CORP System Map
• Active Short Lines of the Pacific Northwest: Central Oregon and Pacific from Abandoned & Active Historical Railroads of the Pacific Northwest

Modesto Empire and Traction

• Official MET Webpage
   

Northwestern Pacific Railroad

• North Coast Railroad Authority
   
  Current owner of the "new" Northwestern Pacific
• Northwestern Pacific Railroad Historical Society
   
• Railroads and the Redwood Empire
   
  Lots of NWP Pictures

Oakland  Terminal Railway

• OTR Railfan Site
   
• Official UPRR site OTR
   

Pacific Harbor Lines, Inc.

• About PHL founding
   
• PHL Official Page
   

San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad

• RailAmerica official website
   
• Union Pacific Shortlines directory entry on the SD&IV
   

Santa Maria Valley Railroad

• Official Santa Maria Valley Railroad homepage
   
• Abandonment of 5 miles in 2002
   
• UPRR profile of SMV
   

Stocken Terminal and Eastern Railroad

• Official Stockton Terminal and Eastern web site
   
• Brief history of ST&E at UPRR
   
• ST&E at Central California Rails
   

Trona Railway

• [1]
   
• [2]
   
• [3]
   
• IMC Chemical, owner of TRC
   
• [4]
   
• [5]
   

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Colorado

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Freight Carriers

San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad

• San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad
   
• Rio Grande Scenic Railroad
   
• Rio Grande Scenic Railroad Photos
   

Utah Railway

• Utah Railway official site (GWI)
   
• Utah Railway history page
   
• Trainweb's Utah Railway
   
• UtahRails.net Utah Railway page
   

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Heritage Railways

Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Guage Railway

• Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad Official Site
   
• Map of the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway
   
  at the Old Colorado City Historical Society
• Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad Photos
   

Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad

• Official Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Web Site
   
• Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
   
• Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Photos
   
• Official Cumbres History Page
   

Durango and Silverton Narrow Guage Railroad

• Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Web Site
   
• Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Photos
   
• Community Portal for Visitors
   
• Durango Railroad Historical Society
   
• Durango and Silverton Railroad Website
   
• San Juan Historical Society
   
• Galloping Goose Historical Society
   
• American Heritage Railways
   
• Texas State Railroad
   
• Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
   

Fort Collins Municipal Railway

• Fort Collins Municipal Railway official site
   

Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway

• Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway home page
   

Platte Valley Trolley

• Website of the Platte Valley Trolley
   

Royal Gorge Railroad

• Royal Gorge Route's website
   

Ski Train

• Ski Train website
   
• Winter Park Ski Resort website
   

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Hawaii

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Idaho

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Bountiful Grain and Craig Mountain Railroad

• TrainWeb.org Rosters
   
• North Central Idaho News, February 2006
   
• Railnet sale to Watco
   

Eastern Idaho Railroad

• Eastern Idaho Railroad
   

Montana RailLink

• Official website
   

Pend Orielle Valley Railroad

• FullelFan write-up
   
• NPOV Lions Club excursion website
   

Washington and Idaho Railway

• Washington & Idaho Railway Inc.
   

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Montana

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Freight Carriers

Dakota Missouri Valley and Western Railroad

• Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad website
   

Yellowstone Valley Railroad

• Yellowstone Valley Railroad
   

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Nevada

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Heritage Railways

Las Vegas Monorail

• Las Vegas Monorail web site
   
• Las Vegas Strip Map - Including Monorail Stops
   
• Monorail Society Homepage
   
  (good source for the technical details of trains, track and stations)
• Ridership Graph 2005–2006
   

Mandalay Bay Tram

• DCC Doppelmayr Cable Car
   
  , designers' website
• Doppelmayr/Garaventa Group
   
  , parent company of DCC.
• Video of full journey
   
  (express southbound, taking 90 seconds).

Nevada Northern Railway Museum

• Nevada Northern Railway Museum
   

Nevada State Railroad Museum

• Nevada State Railroad Museum
   

Virginia and Truckee Railroad

• Virginia and Truckee Railroad
   
  V&T Operations
• Nevada Commission for the Reconstruction of the V&T Railway
   
• Northern Nevada Railway Foundation
   
• Friends of the Nevada State Railroad Museum
   
• Nevada State Railroad Museum
   
• Kent Kristiansson's V&T History Site
   
  History, Facts, Stories
• Road Trip America visits the V&T Railroad
   
• V&T Route Map
   
• V&T Locomotives
   
  No. 18, the Dayton, and No. 22, the Inyo

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New Mexico

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Heritage and Passenger

Sante Fe Southern Railway

• Santa Fe Southern Railway official website
   
• Santa Fe Southern Railway on trainweb.org
   
  , a railfan site, with photos
• Santa Fe Rail Trail
   

New Mexico Rail Runner

• Rail Runner homepage
   
• Mid-Region Council of Governments homepage
   
• New Mexico Department of Transportation
   

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Oregon

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Freight Carriers

Idaho Northern And Pacific Railroad

• Thunder Mountain Line
   
  tourist train history page
• INPR information
   
  from Rio Grande Pacific Corporation

Mount Hood Railroad

• Mount Hood Railroad
   
• [1]
   
  for some information, maps and pictures related to Mount Hood Railway and Power Company
• [2]
   
  for Union Pacific’s information on the Mount Hood Railroad
• [3]
   
  for information on an extant piece of Mount Hood Railway and Power Company equipment.

Portland and Western Railroad

• Portland & Western Railroad official site (GWI)
   
• unofficial Portland & Western railfan page
   

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Heritage Railways and Passenger Carriers

Eagle Cap Excursion Train

• Eagle Cap Excursion Train
   
  (official website)
• Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce: information on the Eagle Cap Excursion Train service
   

Longview Portland and Northern Railway

• Longview, Portland and Northern Railway on trainweb.org
   

MAX

• TriMet's MAX pages
   
• Station to Station
   
  , a series of articles about the MAX from 2004, originally published in the Portland Tribune
• MAX Light Rail at nycsubway.org
   
• Puget Sound Transportation Projects - Portland MAX
   
• Railway Technology - Portland MAX Light Rail
   

Meadows and Lake Kathleen Railroad

• Official page of the railroad
   

Oregon Pacific and Eastern

• Oregon, Pacific & Eastern Railway
   
• Western Rails: Oregon, Pacific & Eastern
   
• Wildlife Safari
   

Sumpter Valley Railway

• Sumpter Valley Railway
   
• Sumpter Valley Railway from Abandoned and Active Historical Railroads of the Pacific Northwest
   

Willamette Shore Trolley

• Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society's website about the trolley
   
• Lake Oswego's website about the trolley
   

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Utah

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Utah Central

• Utah Central Railway
   

Heber Valley Historic Railroad

• Heber Valley Railroad Home Page
   
• Heber Valley Railroad Winter Photo Freight Photos
   
• Heber City
   
  Official City Site

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Washington

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Freight Carriers

Ballard Terminal Railroad

• A railfan's site on the BTRR
   

Cascade and Columbia River Railroad

• Cascade and Columbia River Rail map
   
  at RailAmerica
• C&O fan site
   

Lewis and Clark Railroad

• Railroad's website
   
• Chelatchie Prairie Railroad website
   

Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad

• RailAmerica's Home Page
   

Tacoma Rail

• Tacoma Rail
   

Western Rail Switching

• Western Rail Switching
   

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Passenger Carriers and Heritage Railways

Chehalis-Centralia Railroad

• Chehalis-Centralia Railroad's website
   

Chelatchie Prairie Railroad

• Railroad's website
   

Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad

• Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad
   

Northwest Railway Museum

• Museum's website
   

Sound Transit

• Sound Transit
   
• Mass Transit Now! (campaign site 2008's Proposition 1)
   
• Puget Sound Transportation Projects (unofficial site)
   
• Seattle Transit Blog
   

Yakima Electric Railway Museum

• Yakima Valley Trolleys
   

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Wyoming

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Freight Carriers

Dakota Minnesota and Eastern Railroad

• DM&E official website
   
• South Dakota Office of Railroads: DM&E facts
   
• Surface Transportation Board, DM&E Final Environmental Impact Statement
   
• DM&E photo gallery
   
• Unofficial DM&E Home Page
   

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Railfan

Western Shortline Rosters
Trainweb.org
Trainweb.com
Here is a great link for Northern California Railroads.
Bay Area Rails
Milepost 1147.2
Dan's Depot
Stockton Tower
WP Museum

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