www.rgusrail.com: A website with photos of railroad locomotives and railroad museums in the US, as well as railroad manuals and railroad links.

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Apr '13

• C&O G-5 #701, Covington VA; NW M #433, Abingdon, VA added.

• Forty-two photos added to the B&O Railroad Museum Roundhouse page; forty-six photos added to the B&O Railroad Museum Yard & Car Shop page;
thirty-three photos added to the Maryland Scenic Railroad page; and twelve photos added to the NW M #1134 page.

• 1 book/manual added.

Feb '13

• 7 pages and 1 book/manual added.

2012

• 42 pages and 7 books/manuals added. 9 pages updated.

2011

• 46 pages and 9 books/manuals added. 9 pages updated.

2010

• 15 pages and 15 books/manuals added. 14 pages updated.

2009

• Site published. 8 pages and 10 books/manuals added. 3 pages updated.

This site has over 6,800 photographs of nearly 750 locomotives (mainly steam) as well as other equipment in 121 locations across 31 states in the continental US. There is also a page with railroad-related books and manuals, and a page with links.

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Northwest Railway Museum, Snoqualmie, WA

Northern Pacific Railway Museum, Toppenish, WA

Sumpter Valley Railway Engineer for a Day, Sumpter, OR

California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA

Travel Town, Los Angeles, CA

Tehachapi Loop, Walong, CA

RLHS, California Chapter Collection, Fairplex, Pomona, CA

Kelso Depot, Kelso, CA

Cajon Pass, San Bernadino, CA

Horseshoe Curve, Caliente, CA

Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City, NV

Palisade, NV

Nevada Northern Railway Museum, Ely, NV

Nevada Northern #93 Steam Excursion, Ely to Keystone, NV

ATSF #3759, Kingman, AZ

Southwest Lumber Mills #12, Flagstaff, AZ

ATSF #1129, Las Vegas, NM

ATSF #5000, Amarillo, TX

Museum of the American Railroad, Dallas, TX

Historic Central Pacific Grade, Lucin to Promontory, UT

Golden Spike National Historic Site, Promontory, UT

Spencer S. and Hope Fox Eccles Railroad Center, Ogden, UT

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railway, Antonito, CO-Chama, NM

Pueblo Railway Museum, Pueblo, CO

Strasburg, CO

Colorado Railroad Museum, Denver, CO

Forney Museum of Transportation, Denver, CO

Ridgway Railroad Museum, Ridgway, CO

DRG 47 #168, Colorado Springs, CO

Manitou & Pikes Peak #2, Manitou Springs, CO

ATSF 1000 #1024, La Junta, CO

ATSF 1800 #1819, Lamar, CO

Union Pacific S-4 #4420, Evanston, WY

Ames Monument, Sherman Hill, WY

Union Pacific T-57 #1242, Cheyenne, WY

Union Pacific Big Boy #4004, Holliday Park, Cheyenne, WY

UP Roundhouse, Cheyenne, WY

CBQ O-5a #5633, Douglas, WY

CBQ O-5a #5631, Sheridan, WY

Golden Spike Tower, North Platte, NE

UP C-57 #407, Sidney, NE

UP C-57 #437, Grand Island, NE

UP 1901 #480, North Platte, NE

UP C-57 #481, Kearney, NE

UP 1901 #485, Lexington, NE

UP C-2 #237, Hastings, NE

UP Challenger #3977, Cody Park, North Platte, NE

UP Big Boy #4023 & DDA40X #6900, Kenefick Park, Omaha, NE

1880 Train, Black Hills Central Railroad, Hill City-Keystone, SD

ATSF #132, Topeka, KS

St Louis Museum of Transportation Yard, St Louis, MO

SLSF T-54 #1501, Rolla, MO

SLSF 4500 #4524, Springfield, MO

Milwaukee Road #261 Steam Excursion, MN

DMIR M3 #225, Proctor, MN

Soo Line #2719, North Shore Scenic Railroad Excursion, MN

Lake Shore Railroad Museum, Duluth, MN

Two Harbors Depot Museum, Two Harbors, MN

National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI

Mid-Continent Railway Museum, North Freedom, WI

Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI

Illinois Railway Museum Yard, Union, IL

CBQ S-4 #3006, Galesburg, IL

CBQ O-1A #4978, Mendota, IL

NKP H-6e #639, Bloomington, IL

Monticello Railway Museum, Monticello, IL

Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago, IL

Chicago History Museum, Chicago, IL

IC 2500 #2500, Centralia, IL

Golden Spike Monument, Council Bluffs, IA

RailsWest Railroad Museum, Council Bluffs, IA

CBQ S-4 #3001, Ottumwa, IA

CBQ S-4 #3003, Burlington, IA

ATSF 2900 #2913, Fort Madison, IA

NKP H-6d #624, Hammond, IN

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern #765, Gary, IN

National New York Central Museum, Elkhart, IN

Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum, North Judson, IN

NKP S-2 #765, North Judson, IN

GMN #72, Franklinton, LA

Bonhomie & Hattiesburg Southern #300, Hattiesburg, MS

IC 2500 #2542, McComb, MS

Green Brothers Gravel #141, Georgetown, MS

Meridian & Bigbee #116, Meridian, MS

TNO S-14 #842, Terry, MS

Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, AL

SLSF T-54 #1527, Mobile, AL

SLSF #1355, Pensacola, FL

Bache Brothers Lumber Co., 4-4-0, Tallahassee, FL

ACL #1504, Jacksonville, FL

W. W. Cummer #7, Jacksonville Beach, FL

Gold Coast Railroad Museum, Miami, FL

Roundhouse Railroad Mueum, Savannah, GA

CG C-4 #509, Macon, GA

GM #209, Gainesville, GA

GM #208, Winder, GA

Southeastern Railway Museum, Duluth, GA

Southern Museum & Great Locomotive Chase, Kennesaw, GA

North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, NC

Chesapeake & Ohio G-5 #701, Covington VA

Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Heritage Center, Clifton Forge, VA

O. Winston Link Museum, Roanoke, VA

Virginia Museum of Transportation, Roanoke, VA

Chesapeake & Ohio K-4 Kanawha #2760, Lynchburg, VA

Chesapeake & Ohio K-4 Kanawha #2756, Newport News, VA

Norfolk & Western M2 #1134, Portsmouth, VA

Crewe Railroad Museum, Crewe, VA

Chesapeake & Ohio K-4 Kanawha #2732, Richmond, VA

Norfolk & Western M #433, Abingdon, VA

Chesapeake & Ohio K-4 Kanawha #2755, Logan, WV

Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, WV

Durbin Rocket, Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad, Durbin, WV

Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society, Huntington, WV

Norfolk & Western G1 #7, Bluefield City Park, Bluefield, WV

John Henry and Big Bend Tunnel, Talcott, WV

Western Maryland Scenic Railway, Cumberland, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Museum Roundhouse, Baltimore, MD

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

Allegheny Portage Railroad, Hollidaysburg-Jamestown, PA

East Broad Top Railroad, Orbisonia, PA

Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA

Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Yard, Strasburg, PA

Strasburg Railroad, Strasburg, PA

Canadian National S-1-b #3254, Scranton, PA

Steamtown, Scranton, PA

Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, Jim Thorpe-Summit, PA

Bookcase

Wittemann, Souvenir of Mauch Chunk

B&O Rules and Regulations

Collingwood, Standard Train Rule Examination

Houlahan's Railroad Hand Book

Prior, Operation of Trains and Station Work

Sinclair, Railroad Men's Catechism

Swingle, Modern Locomotive Engineering

UP Rules & Regulations

Wallace, Locomotive Engine Breakdowns

Morris, Railroad Administration

Reagan, Locomotives: Simple, Compound, and Electric

Roberts & Smith, Practical Locomotive Operating

Sabin, Building the Pacific Railway

Jordan, The Switzerland of America

Sakolski, American Railroad Economics

Johnson & Van Metre, Principles of Railroad Transportation

Baker, Standard Railroad Signals

Baker, Firing With Bituminous Coal

Baker, Economical Boiler-Feeding

Bell, Early Motive Power of the B&O

Goss, Locomotive Performance

Henderson, Locomotive Operation

Williams, Pacific Tourist

McShane, Locomotive Up To Date

Raymond, Elements of Railroad Engineering

Sinclair, Twentieth Century Locomotives

McPherson, Working of the Railroads

Allen, Railroad Signals

Crofutt, New Overland Tourist

Forney, Catechism of the Locomotive

Fowler, Locomotive Breakdowns

James, Engineman's Manual

Sinclair, Locomotive Engine Running

Sinclair, Locomotive Engine Running

Schmidt, Practical Railroading V

Pittenger, Daring and Suffering

Southern Pacific, Overland Trail

Schmidt, Practical Railroading I

Schmidt, Practical Railroading II

Schmidt, Practical Railroading III

Schmidt, Practical Railroading IV

Schmidt, Practical Railroading V

Schmidt, Practical Railroading V

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