Links
San Diego Vintage Trolley - www.sdvintagetrolley.com
San Diego Rail-related Sites
- Pacific Southwest Railway Museum (Campo) - www.sdrm.org
- Poway Midland Railroad Volunteers (Poway) - www.powaymidlandrr.org
California Rail Museums
- California State Railroad Museum in Old Sacramento, CA - www.csrmf.org
- Orange Empire Railway Museum (Perris) - www.oerm.org
- Western Railway Museum (Rio Vista Jct - Solano County) - www.wrm.org
- Law's Railroad Museum (Bishop) - http://www.lawsmuseum.org
Model Railroad Clubs
- San Diego Model Railroad Museum (Balboa Park) - www.sdmodelrailroadm.com
- Chula Vista Live Steamers (Rohr Park) - www.chulavistalivesteamers.com
California Historical Organizations
- California Historical Society - www.californiahistoricalsociety.org
US Vintage Streetcar Operations
- Waterfront Red Car Line - San Pedro (Los Angeles), CA - portoflosangeles.org/recreation/waterfront_rcl.asp.
- Market Street Railway - San Francisco, CA - www.streetcar.org. More information at www.railwaypreservation.com/vintagetrolley/sanfrancisco.htm.
- Memphis - Memphis, TN - www.matatransit.com/trolleyService.aspx.
- McKinney Avenue Trolley - Dallas, TX - www.mata.org
- Valley Transportation Authority - San Jose, CA - www.railwaypreservation.com/vintagetrolley/sanjose.htm
- St Charles Line - New Orleans, LA - www.norta.com/StCharles/
- Portland Vintage Trolley - Portland, OR - www.trimet.org/streetcar/trolley.htm
- George Benson Waterfront Streetcar Line - Seattle, WA - transit.metrokc.gov/tops/wfsc/waterfront_streetcar.html. Additional information can be found at www.railwaypreservation.com/vintagetrolley/seattle.htm
Other Rail Related Links
- Operation Lifesaver - Great organization promoting grade crossing and general railroad safety. Great education resources!! www.oli.org
- Trainorders.com - interesting rail news and discussion site - www.trainorders.com
- Talking trains on the Internet, Lets Talk Trains - www.railradio.com/ltt (Note: The creator of Lets Talk Trains, Richard Hamilton, recently passed away. His friends are continuing the legacy!
- Trains.com - Kalmbach Publishing's site supporting their magazines (Model Railroader, Trains, Garden Railways) - www.trains.com
- Light Rail Now! - Texas-based light rail advocates - www.lightrailnow.org
- TRAC - Train Riders' Association of California - www.calrailnews.org
- Dave's Rail Pix (San Diego Electric Railway related) - www.davesrailpix.com/sdgo/sdgo.htm
California High Speed Rail
While highly controversial and still in the middle of much political debate, San Diego is still a planned terminus to this system. The information below is for reference only and not an endorsement of the project or particular elements of the project.
- The California High Speed Rail Authority - www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov
- Wikipedia page for California's High Speed Rail efforts - www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov
- Siemens marketing page targeting San Diego - www.usa.siemens.com