Road Name Index

Tony wrote: Is there a comprehensive source of railroad road names, abbreviations and color schemes available? An online source would be great.

--------------------------------------------------- Here's a start:

Bill Bill's Railroad Empire N Scale Model Railroad: History of N Scale: Links to over 700 helpful sites:

Just a start too. A comprehensive list would look like a New York telephone directory! Huge volumes have been created on very limited subsets, like all the RR's in ONE state, or just Narrow Gauge RR's. etc. Even confining to the USA would make a HUGE list (thousands).

Dan Mitchell ==========

Bill wrote:

Actually, there is such a book, which lists not only the railroads, but also private corporations who own railroad equipment. Locomotives are not covered, but all rolling stock is.

It's called the OFFICIAL RAILWAY EQUIPMENT REGISTER.

You can often find this book at train shows. I have one from April

1990. It pretty much covers anyth>Just a start too. A comprehensive list would look like a New York

Tony,

A great downloadable database (that is updated from time-to-time) may be found at:

The database does not provide color schemes but it does include much other information, even RR nicknames. Professor Milton Hallberg of Penn State U. compiles and maintains it.

Mark

=>Actually, there is such a book, which lists not only the railroads, =>but also private corporations who own railroad equipment. Locomotives =>are not covered, but all rolling stock is. =>

=>It's called the OFFICIAL RAILWAY EQUIPMENT REGISTER.

There is also the OFFICIAL RAILWAY GUIDE, which provides maps of the larger systems, and tables of operating stations (==destinations for freight). I have a spare copy, dated July-August 1978. It's looking for a good home. Anyone that wants it can have it for $10 postpaid. It lists a lot of very obscure shortlines (eg, Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England Railroad, 3.2 miles, connection at Bethlehem with CR and DH), as well as companies that exist only as corporate entities included in larger systems (eg Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad Company "see Southern Pacific Lines").

The above two books are IMO essential references for model railroaders. All you need is one of each dated in or close to your preferred timeframe.

Email me at wolfkir that-funny-symbol sympatico period-or-flyspeck ca

HTH

Wolf Kirchmeir ................................. If you didn't want to go to Chicago, why did you get on this train? (Garrison Keillor)

Hi Wolf,

If that book has any information on the Coudersport and Port Allegany shortline, I'll take it off your hands. It was abandoned in the early

70's, just a few years after being merged with the WAG.

Thanks,

Bob McConnell N2SPP