Useful Prototype Reaserch Site

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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http://www.flashearth.com/

Very useful for following prototype lines![:)]

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Yep. A handful of other useful web resources for prototype research, in no particular order:

  1. Library of congress collections
    Especially useful: HABS-HAER (Historic American Buildings/Engineering Survey)
    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

  2. Minnesota Historical Society Visual Records database
    http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/search.cfm?bhcp=1

  3. Chicago and Northwestern Historical society
    http://www.cnwhs.org/index.htm

  4. Great Northern Empire
    http://www.greatnorthernempire.net/index.htm

  5. General code of operating rules
    http://www.cwrr.com/Lounge/Reference/rules/title.html

  6. Brooklyn’s waterfront railroads
    http://www.forgotten-ny.com/SUBWAYS/Southbklyn/waterfront.html

  7. The diesel shop (lists of diesel engines - numbers, purchase dates, roads etc)
    http://www.thedieselshop.us/

  8. Billboards of the past
    http://www.billboardsofthepast.com/

  9. Historic road signs:
    http://signalfan.freeservers.com/signs.html

There is a lot of interesting prototype info out there. Good luck with your googling.

Grin,
Stein