N&W - Related:

• Virginia Museum of Transportation - The home of Norfolk & Western 611 and 1218, and now 1151 too!



• Roanoke Chapter, National Railway Historical Society - The new home of Norfolk & Western 1118



• The Western Virginia Railroad Preservation Society - Formed in 2003, initially to attempt a rescue of the "Lost Engines", the broader mission of TWVRPS is to preserve and interpet the history of railroading in western Virginia.



• The Norfolk & Western Historical Society - A wealth of historical information about the Norfolk & Western and Virginian railroads



• The O. Winston Link Museum - Preserving the legacy of famed N&W photographer O. Winston Link



• The Last Run of the N&W 611 - Some great photos from the final days of Norfolk Southern's steam program by Kipp Teague (also check out his Old Train Stations of Lynchburg and Abandoned Lynchburg Rails pages.)



• Virginia Tech Imagebase: Norfolk & Western Collection - a veritable gold mine of historic Norfolk & Western photos

Other Railroad Sites:

• Surviving Steam Photo Archive - My other site, featuring photos of preserved steam locomotives all around the country.



• Steam Locomotive dot Com - Wes Barris' list of surviving steam locomotives in the U.S. and Canada



• Railway Preservation News - an online news magazine about railroad preservation



• Washington State Steam Railroads and Locomotives - a website with lots of information and photos about tourist lines and park engines in Washington State.



• Surviving World Steam Locomotives - James Hefner's database of steam survivors worldwide



• Brian Case's Railroad Links - a searchable list of links to railroad-related sites



• Bill Adams' homepage - lots of interesting prototype and model R.R. photos, including the East Broad Top and a now-scrapped "lost engine" in Maryland



• Ryan's Steam Locomotive Page - featuring photos of forgotten steam locomotives in Oregon



• The Walker Transportation Collection - A wealth of historical information and images of transportation in New England, including railroads as well as ships, planes, and road vehicles.



• The Archer (Florida) Historical Society - This organization maintains the depot museum in Archer, Florida



• The Baldwin Diesel Zone - A railfan website dedicated to Baldwin diesel locomotives



• Minnesota Transportation Museum - MTM operates the Osceola & St. Croix Valley Railroad in Osceola, Wisconsin and the Jackson Street Roundhouse museum in St. Paul, Minnesota

Steam Railroads and Operating Locomotives:

• Spokane,  Portland & Seattle 700 - The last surviving Northern Pacific designed 4-8-4,  operated by the Pacific Railroad Preservation Association.



• Milwaukee Road 261 - A classic 4-8-4 running main line excursions in the Upper Midwest.



• The A1 Locomotive Trust - With their brand new A1 Pacific no. 60163 Tornado now an operating locomotive, this group in Britain has proven that nothing is impossible!

Steam Locomotive Restoration Projects:

• Great Western 6880 Betton Grange - another British locomotive class being resurrected from extinction.



• Duluth & Northeastern 14 - A classic Baldwin 2-8-0 being restored to steam by the California Locomotive Preserve for operation on the Fillmore & Western Railway.



• West Virginia Northern 8 & 9 - After many years in private storage in Pennsylvania, these Baldwin 2-8-0's are back in West Virginia in the care of the West Virginia Railroad Museum, with plans to restore no. 9 to steam.

Non-Railroad Links:

• Great Lakes Vessel Passage - Also known as "boatnerd.com", the online source for Great Lakes shipping information



• The Northeastern Maritime Historical Foundation - Dedicated to preserving historic commercial vessels of the Great Lakes and East Coast



• The Nomadic Preservation Society - The last surviving White Star Line vessel, S.S. Nomadic was built in 1911 as a tender for the Olympic and Titanic, and is now being preserved in Belfast, Northern Ireland.



• Save-the-Delta-Queen.org - An appeal to save the legendary sternwheeler Delta Queen, which may be forced into retirement in 2008.

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