General Resource Sites

• Ancestry.com - Researching Old Railroads 
  From "Along Those Lines" by George G. Morgan.
• FamilyOldPhotos.com - Railroad Photos 
  Old Photos of depots, train stations, train wrecks, railroad workers across the US.
• The Family Tree of North American Railroads 
• N.P. Ry. Working on the Railway - N.P. Ry. The Northern Pacific and Genealogy 
• Railroad Research Resources 
  Written for railroad history hobbyists, but has good information for the genealogist as well.
• Railway Links Research 
  Professional research in London & Southeast England.
• Taming the Wilderness: Railroads 
• Trainweb 
• Yahoo!...Trains and Railroads 

History & Culture

• American Railroad Women Research Project 
  Historic and biographical information about women in the US rail industry.
• Deadhead: A Pullman Porter Steps Out of Character 
  From Opportunity, the Journal of Negro Life by the National Urban League, August, 1935.
• A Federal Railroad Adventure - "Andrews Raiders" 
  Nineteenth century documents about a Federal raid to interupt Confederate communications by destroying railroad bridges and telegraph lines.
• Instructions to Porters, Attendants and Bus Boys 
• The Life of the Pullman Porter 
  Article by Stewart H. Holbrook.
• Mike's Railway History 
• Pullman Porter John Johnson 
  Russell, Joy, Baylor Senior Research Paper on the story of her grandfather, a Pullman Porter.
• The Pullman Porters Win 
  Berman, Edward. The Nation, August 21, 1935.
• Railroad History and Genealogy Database 
  Compilation of all railroads chartered in the U.S. since 1826.
• Railway Women in Wartime 
  The history of women railway workers in the United Kingdom.
• Sources for Railroad History Research in the United States 
• Yahoo!...Trains and Railroads...History 

Libraries, Archives & Museums

• A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum 
  Celebrating this leader in the African American labor movement and the African American Railroad Attendant.
  • Pullman Porter National Historic Registry of the African-American Railroad Employees 
• The Age of Steam Railroad Museum 
  An overview and virtual tour of our Railroad Museum which is located at historic Fair Park in Dallas Texas.
• Archives of Appalachia 
  East Tennessee State University.
  • Railroads 
• The B&O Railroad Museum  ~ Baltimore, Maryland
• BC Rail Ltd. Historical Archives 
  Formerly the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, British Columbia, Canada.
• Business Records as a Resource 
  The Greater Manchester County Record Office holds the Manchester Ship Canal Co., the Manchester & Salford Savings Bank, and the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Works at Horwich.
• California State Railroad Museum - Library& Collections 
  Holds records for: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, Western Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific, Southern Pacific Railroads.
• Carrier Library - Special Collections - Chesapeake Western Railway Records  ~ Harrisonburg, Virginia
• Center for Railroad Photography and Art 
• Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum - Transcontinental Railroad 
  Photographs, engravings, maps, and documents illustrating the history of the first transcontinental railroad.
• DeGolyer Library: Collections  ~ Dallas, Texas
  From Southern Methodist University. Includes the Baldwin Locomotive collection, the Muskogee collection, and more.
• The Directory of North American Railroads, Associations, Societies, Archives, Libraries, Museums and Their Collections 
  A book by Holly T. Hansen, B.A., with more than 1,600 addresses.
• Erie Lackawanna Railroad Inventory 
  University of Akron Archival Services.
• Guide to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Archives 
  University of Connecticut, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
• Illinois Rail Museum  ~ Union, Illinois
• John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library  ~ St. Louis, Missouri
  From the University of Missouri - St. Louis.
  • A Guide to Railroad Research 
• Manuscript Sources for Railroad History Research at the Special Collections Department of the University Libraries at Virginia Tech 
  • Railroad Guide: Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech 
• Milwaukee Public Library 
  Home of the archives for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, commonly known as The Milwaukee Road.
  • Milwaukee Road Archives 
• Minnesota Historical Society Library & Collections 
  • Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range Railway corporate records, 1874-1984 
  • Great Northern Railway corporate records, 1854-1970 
  • Minnesota Transfer Railway corporate records, 1882-1983 
  • Northern Pacific Railway corporate records, 1861-1970 
  • Soo Line Railroad Company corporate records, 1855-1994 
• Modern Records Centre 
  The Centre's holdings focus on UK trade union records.
  • Family History at the Modern Records Centre 
    List of occupations covered by the archives for which genealogical guides are available:
    • Railwaymen 
• The National Railway Museum, York  ~ England
• The Newberry Library  ~ Chicago, Illinois
  • Railroad Archives 
    Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, Illinois Central Railroad Company, Pullman Company.
• North American Railroad Museums 
  A list of addresses and phone numbers.
• Northern Ohio Railway Museum  ~ Chippewa Lake, Ohio
  A work-in-progress museum that is building a 2 mile demonstration railway as a place to operate its fleet of over 25 streetcars and related railway equipment.
• Orange Empire Railway Museum 
  OERM's purpose is to preserve and display rail transportation equipment used in Southern California, including street car equipment.
• Parliamentary Archives: House of Lords Record Office 
  The archive service for both Houses of Parliament and facilitates public access to several million records which are preserved in the Victoria Tower repository. The records include plans of canals, roads, railways and other public works deposited in connection with private bills from 1794.
• Peters Railroad Museum  ~ Wallingford, Connecticut
• Railroad Collections 
  From the Milwaukee Urban Archives at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
• Railroads in American Culture, 1850-1950 - A Pathfinder 
  Highlights selected aspects of the cultural influence of the railroad based on materials currently on the University of North Carolina campus at Chapel Hill.
• Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania  ~ Strasburg, Pennsylvania
  • The Library and Archives of The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania 
• Railway & Locomotive Society  ~ New Zealand
  • Listing of the Archives of the NZRLS 
• Rare Book Collections in the Special Collections Department University of Iowa Libraries 
  • Of Buffs and Professionals: Iowa's Expanded Transportation Archives  
  • The Levi 0. Leonard Railroad Collection 
    On the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad.
  • The Railroad Timetable: A Neglected Research Source 
• Reading Railroad Museum  ~ Pennsylvania
• South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society - Pullman Collection 
  SSGHS staff will search employee records of the Pullman Car Works (circa 1900-1949).
• State Archives of Michigan - Circular No. 13, Railroad Records 
• UK Heritage Railways 
  These pages are intended to provided a guide to all heritage railways, preserved locomotives, preservation societies and railway museums in the UK.
• University Libraries at Virginia Tech 
  • Special Collections, Digital Library and Archives, University Libraries, Virginia Tech 
    • Railroad Collection Introduction 
• University of Connecticut Libraries 
  • Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center 
    • Railroad History Archive, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut 
      • Links to Railroad History Resources in the United States 
      • Railroad Collections 
• University of Nevada, Reno - Railroad Manuscript Collections 
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Hoskins Library: Herbert E. Copeland Railroadiana Collection 
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Hoskins Library: Knoxville Railway and Light Company 
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Hoskins Library: Railroad Records Collection 
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Hoskins Library: Smoky Mountain Railroad Collection 
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Hoskins Library: Tennessee Central Railroad Company Collection 
• Western Historical Manuscript Collection - Business / Railroads  ~ Rolla, Missouri
• Wyoming State Archives 
  Has records for the Union Pacific railroad.
• Yahoo!...Trains and Railroads....Museums 

Locality Specific

• Angelina and Neches River Railroad Company 
  Collection held at the Stephen F. Austin State University.
• The Auburn Branch of the New York & Oswego Midland Railroad 
  This branch, which ran from Norwich to Scipio NY, was later operated by the Utica, Ithaca & Elmira, then the Elmira, Cortland & Northern, and finally by the Lehigh Valley.
• The Boston & Albany Railroad Webpage 
• The Chicago Tunnel Company Railroad 
  Learn all about a 60 mile underground railroad that operated with 146 locomotives and 3000 freight cars 40 feet below the streets of downtown Chicago.
• The Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Home Page 
• Existing Railroad Stations in New York State 
  Devoted to the classic railroad stations still standing in New York State.
• The Frisco Papers and More 
  The St. Louis San Francisco Railroad did not make it to California like the name implies. Missouri was its center point. It was better known as "The Frisco". Information relating to employment on the line from 1895 to the 1940s.
• The Hawaiian Railway -- Oahu, Hawaii 
• Idaho Historical Railroads 
• Iron Roads - Making Tracks Across Nebraska 
• Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts 
  Mass Bay RRE is is a non-profit organization that promotes the enjoyment of Railroads.
• Minnesota by Rail 
  Research Notes from Park Genealogical Books.
• Nacogdoches & Southeastern Railroad Company 
  Collection held at the Stephen F. Austin State University.
• Owosso Michigan Railroad Train Page 
  All about the rails of Shiawassee County and the engines that plied them. History and photos of Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk railroad steam locomotive and depots around Shiawassee County. M.U.T. Interurban and street cars histories and photos. Also info on the Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway.
• Pennsylvania Railroads 
• Post Medieval Railway System in Herefordshire  ~ England
• Railroads in Kansas 
• Railroad Workers Memorial, Cotter, Arkansas, Trout Capital USA 
  A memorial dedicated to the history of the White River Division of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad and the people who made that history. Includes a list of over 200 names of those history makers and their jobs.
• Railways Staff Registers  ~ Cheshire, England
  The Archives holds 17 staff registers of 4 former railway companies: Cambrian Railway, Great Western Railway, London and North Western Railway, London and North Western & Great Western Joint Railway. The registers cover staff working over a large area of the North West including western Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire and nine counties in North and mid Wales. They do not include stations in the east of Cheshire (eg Crewe). The registers provide a summary of an employee's career, the actual details varying slightly between registers. The registers cover the period c. 1869 when the first register was compiled, to c 1950 although no one company's registers cover this whole period. The index contains around 25,000 entries.
• Texas Railroading 
• Texas Transportation Archive 
  The Texas Transportation Archive Employee Database Project attempts to “reconstruct” missing or destroyed employee records for railroad companies, steamboat lines, stage coach lines, etc. The database currently has records on approximately 10,000 individuals who were employed by transportation companies or companies that operated their own transportation departments, such as logging and mining companies. These records provide information on employee duties, years worked, vital information, sources of obituaries, etc. The Employee Database covers every region of Texas, and is continually being expanded.
• That's Terrific! History of the Northern Pacific Railroad 
  History of the railroad through the Pacific Northwest.
  • The Northern Pacific and Genealogy 
    General research tips.
• UK Heritage Railways 
  • UK Railways - Glossary 
• Utah Railway 
  The Short Line Built by a Photo, written by C.A. Hamaker.
• Wisconsin Railroading History Shop 
  Wisconsin railroads only. New and used books, pre 1950 collectibles, and railroad maps.

Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat

Mailing lists are interactive e-mail forums that are free for you to subscribe to and participate in. Click on the links below and be sure to follow the instructions provided exactly as shown in order to subscribe to the mailing list of your choice. Be sure to keep a copy of the welcome message that you receive. This message will contain details about the mailing list, the person who runs the list and instructions you will need in order to participate in the list, unsubscribe from the list, etc.
• Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Occupations Mailing Lists 
  Most of the mailing list links below point to this site, wonderfully maintained by John Fuller. John indexes links for all known genealogy mailing lists, including RootsWeb and others.
• RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists: Occupations 
  The majority of genealogy mailing lists are hosted by RootsWeb.com. Messages on RootsWeb lists are archived. The links to RootsWeb below point you to the archives (browse or search).

• AMERICAN-RAILROADS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the railroads of America and the people who worked for them.
• AR-RAILROADS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in railroads and railroad workers in Arkansas. Archives: browse or search.
• CANADIAN-TRAIN-DISASTERS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in documenting train wrecks in Canada including passenger lists and those who may have perished. Archives: browse or search.
• FRISCO-RR Mailing List 
  For anyone researching ancestors who worked for the St. Louis and San Franciso (Frisco) Railroad.
• GEN-Railwaymen Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding ancestors who were employed as British railwaymen and the history of the various British railway companies.
• IA-RAILROADS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in old Iowa railroads and their workers. Archives: browse or search.
• IN-RAILROADS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in old Indiana railroads and their workers. Archives: browse or search.
• KS-RAILROADS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in old Kansas railroads and their workers. Archives: browse or search.
• OHIO-RAILROADS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in Ohio railroads and the people who worked for them. Archives: browse or search.
• OK-RAILROADS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Oklahoma railroads and their ancestors who were associated with them. Archives: browse or search.
• PA-RAILROADS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the old railroads of Pennsylvania and the people who worked for them. Archives: browse or search.
• PULLMAN-COMPANY Mailing List 
  For genealogical or historical interest in the Pullman Palace Car Company (founded 1867) and their ancestors who were associated with it. The list will address the Pullman Company; Pullman Palace Car Company; Pullman Car Works; Pullman porters; and the town of Pullman, Illinois, near Chicago, which was built for Pullman employees. Archives: browse or search.
• RAILWAY-UK Mailing List 
  For anyone who is researching ancestors who worked on the railways in the United Kingdom. Archives: browse or search.

• Yahoo! Groups: Providence & Worcester RR 
  Message board for the the Providence & Worcester RR.

Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information

• The 1891 Grain Dealers and Shippers Gazetteer 
  Another terrific map project from Pam Rietsch.
• American Memory Railroad Maps 1828-1900 
  From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
• Eastern Railway Travel 
  Showing major lines in the Eastern U.S. from 1827 to 1850.
• Railroad system of the United States: 1890  
  Scanned image from the Statistical Atlas of the United States, based upon the results of the eleventh census.
• Western Railway Travel 
  Showing major lines in the Western U.S. from 1827 to 1850.

More Railway Links Lists

• All Things Trains-Trains.com 
• Becketts Depot - Becketts + 2000 Railroad Links 
• Interesting Railroad Related Resources 
• Just Railroads 
• Railpace Interlocking 
• RailroadData.Com - Railroad Links Directory and Search Engine 
  A searchable, categorized directory of over 4,000 railroad links.
• Railroad Information Online 
• Rails Canada -All Canadian Internet Search Engine & Directory 
• RailServe - Historical Societies & Preservation 
• Webville and Hypertext Railroad Company 
  Archiving of historical and informational documents concerning Railroads.
• www.rrhistorical.com 

Official Railroad Web Sites

• BC Rail, Inc.  ~ British Columbia, Canada
• Canadian National Railway Company / Canadien National 
• Canadian Pacific Railway 
• Cotton Belt Railway Web Site 
• The Union Pacific Railroad 
  • The Union Pacific Collection at the Durham Western Heritage Museum  ~ Omaha, Nebraska
  • Union Pacific Railroad History & Photos 
• White Pass & Yukon Route 

Orphan Trains

• 1880 U.S. Federal Census New York Juvenile Asylum, New York, NY 
  Many children from the institution were sent to Illinois and other states on Orphan Trains between about 1853 and 1929.
• Ancestry.com - Orphan Train Genealogy 
  Article by Marilyn Irvin Holt.
• The Children's Aid Society of New York: an index to the federal, state, and local census records of its lodging houses, 1855-1925 
  A book by Carolee R. Inskeep.
• Iowa Orphan Train Project 
• Indiana Orphan Trains Project 
  A contact point for those interested in the Orphan Trains riders who were given out in Indiana.
• Louisiana Orphan Train 
• The New York Foundling Hospital: An Index to the Federal, State, and Local Census Records [1870-1925] 
  A book by Carolee R. Inskeep.
• Orphans to Iowa 
• The Orphan Train Collection 
• The Orphan Train in Michigan 
  Video for sale.
• Orphan Train Page 
  An American Local History Project.
• Orphan Train Resources 
• Orphan Train Riders History 
• Orphan Trains 
• The Orphan Trains 
  A PBS American Experience television show regarding this unusual immigrant experience.
• Orphan Trains of Kansas 
  • A History of the Orphan Trains 
  • Index of Children Who Rode the Orphan Trains to Kansas 
  • Kansas Orphan Train "Time-Line" 
  • Orphan Train Bibliographies 
  • A Partial List of Institutions That Orphan Train Children Came From 
  • A Partial List of Kansas Orphan Train Arrivals 
  • Riders on an Orphan Train to Kansas - 1911 
• Orphan Trains of Nebraska 
• The Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America 
  A book by Marilyn Irvin Holt, for sale from Ancestry.
• The Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America 
  A book by Marilyn Irvin Holt.
• Orphan Trains: The Story of Charles Loring Brace and the Children He Saved and Failed 
  A book by Stephen O'Connor.
• Orphan Trains to Missouri 
  Information about a book from the University of Missouri Press.
• They Rode the Orphan Trains 

Publications, Software & Supplies

• Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore 
  A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.

• The Brookwood Necropolis Railway 
  A book by J.M. Clarke.
• Canadian railway records: a guide for genealogists 
  A book by Althea Douglas.
• Cathedral of Steel 
  A book that affords an intimate look inside the Burlington Railroad's roundhouses and shop facilities at Galesburg, Illinois.
• The Directory of North American Railroads, Associations, Societies, Archives, Libraries, Museums and Their Collections 
  A book by Holly T. Hansen, B.A.
• The Ontario Genealogical Society's Publications List 
  See their book titled "Canadian Railway Records: A Guide for Genealogists".
• Railway Records 
  By Cliff Edwards, National Archives, United Kingdom.
• Railway Records: A Guide to Sources (Public Record Office Readers' Guide) 
  A book by Cliff Edwards.
• Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class 
  A book by Larry Tye.
• The Victorian Railway Worker 
  A book by Trevor May. <
• Was your grandfather a railwayman? 
  A book by Tom Richards.

Queries, Message Boards & Surname Lists

• Ancestry.com - Message Boards - Canadian Train Disasters 
• Ancestry.com - Message Boards - Railroad Workers 
• Ancestry.com - Message Boards - United States Railroad Accidents 

Records: Administrative, Employment and Pensions

• Ancestry.com - Railroad Retirement Board Records 
  Article by George G. Morgan.
• The Erie Railroad, Personnel Records 
  Data and links of interest to family researchers with ancestors who worked for the Erie Railroad.
• Family Tree Connection - Railroad Records 
  Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.
• Great Northern Railway Co. Papers & Northern Pacific Railway Co. Papers 
• Northern Pacific Beneficial Association Records Overview - NPBA Hospital Records Database 
  The Washington State Historical Society's Research Center has posted 11,000 hospital records from the Northern Pacific Beneficial Association Northern Pacific Hospital Records, Tacoma, Washington, 1905-1930.
• Pennsylvania Railroad Voluntary Relief Cards 
  From the Pennsylvania State Archives.
• Railways: An Overview 
  Research Guide from the National Archives, United Kingdom .
• Railways: Staff Records 
  Research Guide from the National Archives, United Kingdom .
• Records of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 
  Description of the microfilmed holdings of the Chicago Historical Society and the Newberry Library.
• Riding the Rails Up Paper Mountain: Researching Railroad Records in the National Archives 
  By David A. Pfeiffer for Prologue, the quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration.
• United States Railroad Retirement Board 
  • Genealogy Research 
    Genealogical information after 1936.
  • Railroad Industry & Railroad Union Web Sites 

Societies & Groups

• Amtrak Historical Society 
• Anthracite Railroads Historical Society 
  Central Railroad of New Jersey, Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Lehigh Valley Railroad, Reading Company, Lehigh and New England, Lehigh and Hudson River Railroad.
• ARHS/nsw - Australian Railway Historical Society, New South Wales Division 
• Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS) - (Victorian Division Inc.) 
• Australia Railway Historical Society - Queensland Division 
• The Bridge Line Historical Society  ~ Albany, New York
  Historical Society of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad.
• British Transport Police History Society  ~ United Kingdom
  • A Time for Policing the Railways 
• B&O Historical Society 
  • Employee Records 
• Burlington Route Historical Society (BRHS) 
• Canadian Railroad Historical Association - Association canadienne d'histoire ferroviaire 
  The CRHA aims are the preservation and dissemination of information concerning railway heritage in Canada.
• The Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society 
• Chicago & North Western Historical Society  ~ Illinois
• Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society  ~ West Virginia
• Conrail Historical Society 
• Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society  ~ Indiana
• Grand Trunk Western Historical Society  ~ Michigan
• The Great Northern Railway Historical Society 
• Heritage Railways Association 
  The Heritage Railway Association represents the majority of Heritage and Tourist railways and Railway Preservation Groups within both the U.K., and Ireland.
• Historical Model Railway Society  ~ U.K.
• Hobo Foundation 
• Irish Railway Record Society 
• Kansas City Southern Historical Society 
• Katy Railroad Historical Society 
  For the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad.
• The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Historical Society  ~ Kentucky
• The Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Historical Society  ~ Spring Grove, Pennsylvania
• Middletown & New Jersey Railway Historical Society  ~ Warwick, New York
• Milwaukee Road Historical Association  ~ Antioch, Illinois
  Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad. This link is for Uncle Reggie!
• Missabe Railroad Historical Society  ~ Duluth, Minnesota
• Missouri Pacific Historical Society  ~ Ballwin, Missouri
• Monon Railroad Historical Technical Society  ~ Linden, Indiana
  The Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad.
• National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) Directory: Historical Societies:
  • North American: A-E 
  • North American: F-M 
  • North American: N-R 
  • North American: N-Z 
  • NRHS/RLHS 
  • World 
• National Railway Historical Society  ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• National Railway Historical Society, UK Chapter 
• New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association, Inc. 
• New Jersey Midland Railroad Historical Society 
• New York Railroad Enthusiasts 
• New York, Susquehanna & Western Technical & Historical Society, Inc.  ~ New Jersey
• Nickel Plate Road Historical & Technical Society  ~ New Haven, Indiana
• The Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association 
• Ontario & Western Railway Historical Society  ~ New York
  The historical society for the New York, Ontario & Western Ry (1880-1957) which operated in NY, PA, and NJ. The NYO&W was originally called the New York & Oswego Midland.
• Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society 
• Pacific Coast Chapter - Railway & Locomotive Historical Society   ~ Folsom, California
• The Pacific Northwest Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society  ~ Portland, Oregon
• Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society 
• RailRoad Genealogical Society  ~ Kingsland, Georgia
  Railroads played a huge role in American history. This was even more true in the settlement of the west, where entire communities were established as railroad towns. In some of these, nearly every family was engaged in some aspect of railroading, or in supplying the families who were. The Railroad Genealogical Society arose from the efforts of a small group of genealogists to cooperatively locate and share information on men who worked for the Missouri-Kansas-Texas RR. The mission of the RRGS is to locate and preserve in usable form whatever records still exist and to make them available to genealogists everywhere.
• Railroad Historical Societies 
• Railway Ancestors Family History Society  ~ U.K.
  The purpose and aims of the Railway Ancestors Family History Society is to help members trace their ancestry by informing them through the pages of the Society's Quarterly Information Journal, of records, documents, books, staff magazines, and special collections, etc., that exist in the record depositories and by discovering and investigating previously unknown sources.
• Railway & Locomotive Historical Society 
  • Railway and Locomotive Historical Society - Pacific Coast Chapter  ~ Sacramento, California
  • Railway and Locomotive Historical Society - Southern California Chapter  ~ Pomona, California
  • Railway and Locomotive Historical Society - Southwest Chapter  ~ El Paso, Texas
• Railway & Locomotive Society  ~ New Zealand
• Rio Grande Modeling & Historical Society 
  Dedicated to preserving and disseminating the historical record of the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad and its predecessors.
• Rivanna Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society  ~ Charlotte, Virginia
• San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society  ~ California
• Santa Clara River Valley Railroad Historical Society Inc.  ~ California
• Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society 
• Seattle, Portland & Spokane (SP&S) Railway Historical Society  ~ Vancouver, Washington
• Soo Line Historical and Technical Society  ~ Wisconsin
• Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society  ~ Pasadena, California
• Union Pacific Historical Society  ~ Cheyenne, Wyoming
• Wabash Railroad Historical Society 
• Washington State Railroads Historical Society  ~ Pasco, Washington
• Yahoo!...Trains and Railroads....Historical Societies 

Train Wrecks

• CANADIAN-TRAIN-DISASTERS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in documenting train wrecks in Canada including passenger lists and those who may have perished. Archives: browse or search.
• GenDisasters.com - Events That Touched Our Ancestor's Lives - Train Wrecks 
  GenDisasters.com, chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors' endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. New material is being transcribed and added daily. Searchable.
  • Austin, MT Train Wreck, Feb 1906 
  • Carey, OH Train Wreck, January 1912 
    Dead and injured in the train wreck were from Indiana, Michigan, Connecticut, Ohio, Kentucky, New York, and New Jersey.
  • Conway, MO Train Wreck, Oct 1892 
  • Eden, CO Train Wreck, Aug 1904 
  • Gladbrook IA Train Wreck, Mar 21, 1910 
    Newspaper articles and information detailing the wreck of the Rock Island train at Green Mountain near Gladbrook, Iowa, in March 1910 killing 47 people. Includes details, photos, and a list of the dead.
  • Greeley, CO Circus Train Wreck, Aug 1884 
  • Husted, CO Train Wreck, Aug 1909  
  • Logan, IA Train Wreck, July 1896 
  • Lyndhurst, WI Train Wreck, September 1, 1912 
  • New Haven, CT Train Wreck, Sept 2, 1913 
  • Pando, CO Train Wreck, Sept 1915 
• Kitt Co Railroad Accidents - Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Accident Record, 1907-1909, Kittitas County, Washington 
  Transcript of CM&StP division engineer's field book of accidents (injury and fatality), approx. May 1907-April 1909, all in Kittitas County, Washington. Includes name, date & time, location of accident, occupation, residence, age, injuries, doctor, description of accident, witnesses, and who reported. Includes workers from US, Canada, Europe, and Japan. Includes alphabetical index of those injured or killed, doctors, and witnesses and others.

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