Links
San Diego Rail-related Sites
- San Diego Vintage Trolley - www.sdvintagetrolley.com
- SDMTS - Trolley Information - San Diego Metropolitan Transit System - www.sdmts.com/trolley/trolley.asp
- North County Trainsit District - Coaster - www.gonctd.com/coaster
- North County Trainsit District - Sprinter - www.gonctd.com/sprinter
- Pacific Southwest Railway Museum (Campo) - www.sdrm.org
- Poway Midland Railroad Volunteers (Poway) - www.powaymidlandrr.org
- Christian Chaffee's San Diego Historic Class 1 Streetcars - www.sandiegohistoricstreetcars.com
California Rail Museums
- California State Railroad Museum in Old Sacramento, CA - www.csrmf.org
- Orange Empire Railway Museum (Perris) - www.oerm.org
- San Bernardino History & Railroad Museum (San Bernardino) - www.sbdepotmuseum.com
- Western Railway Museum (Rio Vista Jct - Solano County) - www.wrm.org
- Law's Railroad Museum (Bishop) - http://www.lawsmuseum.org
- Southern California Railway Plaza Association (Fullerton) - promoters of Fullerton Railroad Days - www.scrpa.net
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
- Save Our Heritage Organisation (San Diego) - www.sohosandiego.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.vta.org/services/trolleys/historic_trolleys.html and www.railwaypreservation.com/vintagetrolley/sanjose.htm
- New Orleans Streetcars - New Orleans, LA - www.norta.com/getting_around/Streetcars_for_Visitors
- 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.letstalktrains.com (Now affliliated with American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation - APRHF)
- 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
Museum Association Related Links
Note that ARM and TRAIN have agreed to merge the organizations into ATTRM (Association of Tourist Railroads and Railway Museums). In the meantime, both still maintain individual websites.
- Association of Railway Museums (ARM) - www.railwaymuseums.org
- Tourist Railway Association, Inc. (TRAIN) - www.traininc.org
Local Tourism Resources
- National City Chamber of Commerce - www.visitnationalcity.com
- San Diego Chamber of Commerce - www.sdchamber.org
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 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_High-Speed_Rail
- Siemens marketing page targeting San Diego - www.usa.siemens.com
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