Links

Other websites of interest to those interested in wooden railway cars,
and in railway car restoration.

ASSOCIATION OF RAILWAY MUSEUMS

The Association of Railway Museums helps these museums exchange information with each other and improve professional standards. Their website is designed to aid member museums and others interested in railway preservation.

CALIFORNIA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM

Excellent research site.

ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM

Lots of restoration going on. On their homepage, select any of the Departments under “Department News.” Then look for the “Restoration Projects” button on the button bar to the left.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AMERICAN MEMORY HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS

A gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections. May take awhile to learn to find your way around, but there are plenty of helps.

MID-CONTINENT RAILWAY & MUSEUM

A grand collection of wooden passenger cars, well displayed and described on-line. Also, a bastion of reconstruction work, with great coverage!

NEVADA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM

The Nevada State Railroad Museum houses over 60 pieces of railroad equipment from Nevada’s past. The bulk of the equipment is from the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, and a number of cars have been restored.

NEW YORK MUSEUM OF TRANSPORTATION

NORTH AMERICAN VINTAGE TROLLEY SYSTEMS

This site provides an overview of Vintage Trolley (a.k.a. Heritage Trolley) operations in North America. From these pages you can visit the impressive variety of systems now in regular operation, as well as learn about proposals for new systems.

NORTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM

Read about the development of their Conservation and Restoration Center.

RAILWAY PRESERVATION NEWS

News about railway restoration and preservation projects of all kinds, railway locomotives, rolling stock, track, structures and rights-of-way. Also articles, editorials and a bulletin board.

SEASHORE TROLLEY MUSEUM

“A Living History of Public Transportation — Home of The National Collection of American Streetcars” Has a number of current restoration projects underway, with excellent coverage at their website.

SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF CARTER RAILROAD RESOURCES

The purpose of the SPCRR is to locate, preserve, restore and interpret the products of the first industry of the City of Newark (CA), Carter Brothers, for the historical and educational benefit of the general public. Neat site for all interested in the Carter Brothers products (and the South Pacific Coast Rail Road).
 

STEAM ERA FREIGHT CARS

The stated purpose of this well-done website is to be a place where model railroaders who seek to produce the most prototypically accurate freight cars possible can come to view information pertinent to their pursuits. It has a great deal of prototype information including a growing selection of images of builder catalog pages.

WHIPPANY RAILWAY MUSEUM

Another excellent museum preserving and restoring valuable historic equipment including a White Motor Co. railbus and a ventilated refrigerator car built by St. Louis Car Co. (AC&F) for the Union Refrigerator Transit Lines (URTX).