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Joe's 1960-70's Movies  
To order movies from Joe's collection send an e-mail to Joe. This is unsecured, so do not include any credit card information. Ordering information will be sent back to you by e-mail.

These are the same movies that are up on the web. Each disc contains about 40 minutes of content You can view the web version by linking below. Each disc is $10, including postage. Full DVD controls are included to change the subjects easily The quality is a good as I can get them given that the movies are over 30 years old and were converted to tape before DVD conversion.
Disc Name Content
City 1 Boston
Chicago
Clevelenad
New Orleans
City 2 San Fracisco
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
City 3 Toronto
Newark
Staten Island
NYCTA
PRR Pennsylvania RR no DVD menu
RR 1 New York Central
New Haven
B&M
CRRNJ
Eire Lackawanna
RR 2 Washington Union Station
CANADA CN-CP
Rahway Valley RR
Long Island RR
Reading 2102 Tips
RR 3 Penn Rail MUSEUMS
Branford Trolley
Selected subject from other movies:
Turbo Train
GG-1
MP 54
Metroliners
35 minutes
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I'll send replacements for defective discs.
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Clock Labs - City Transit Guides * Did you ever get lost in the New York Subway system? Spending hours hunting down an elusive subway map? Were you ever late at a business meeting because you took the wrong line? Were you ever late at a party because your usual line was stopped for repairs and you didn't know the other ways very well?
PocketMetro 2.1 is an application that runs on any Java-capable handset. It knows about each line and each station in the network and it can compute the shortest travel between two subway or light rail stations, instantaneously.
Works on cell phones and Blackberry.
Also Avaialble for:
Berlin
London
Paris

Screen shots of a trip from Pelham Bay Park to 242 van Courtlandt Park
Everything NY * Everything NYC.com: your only stop for the finest NYC related products. Many items are Subway related.
New York on Tap   Get your subway travel direction to many bars in New York!
This map combines Google's API with OnNYTurf's beautiful hand drawn subway map to present a database of over 1,600 New York City bars.
Scale Products * From the Union Pacific Railroad to Disney World and Six Flags, to dozens of mom and pop businesses and everything in between, if you have a need for signals, locomotives, props, obstacles, exhibits or displays, please take a look at some of our past and current projects
Headlight
Large, 27" tall by 14" wide x 10" deep and features a 5000 hour bulb.
They sell for $295.00 plus Shipping
Please be sure to mention the JoeKorNer when ordering.
ABRACADATA
Model railroad design and operation
Brooklyn Pix
Brooklyn Collectibles (www.brooklynpix.com) has offered high-quality photographic views of Brooklyn and New York City neighborhoods to the public since 1980. The archives boast thousands of images of theatres, high schools, Coney Island, Ebbets Field, trolleys, railroads and subways, stores, and regular street scenes. Pictures are mostly from the 1890 to 1965 era.
Kalmbach Publishing Co.
Trains Magazine Publisher
Dave Keller's
LIRR Book

Photos in the book include
Pennsy-leased K4s “Pacific” class #5406 as she pulls Sunday-only train #4229 from Yaphank,
G5s #25 is pulling westbound train #4227 from Central Islip State Hospital
The pair of “Budd cars” is in “Scoot” service, laying up on the north siding at Patchogue
Dave's Trains
Specializing in Postwar (1945 - 1969) Lionel Trains
MS Train Simulator
Home page to MSTS with links to help forums.
NY Subway.com   This New York Subway site is not affiliated with the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) of New York or any other government body, transit agency, provider or aiffiliate of the New York Subway system. However, it contains maps, news and information about the NYC Subway system. Recently added are directions to all three NY Area Airports.
World Subway Map   Transit Maps of the WorldTransit Maps by Mark Ovenden, by Mark Ovenden is available from Amazon Books.

From the Amazon page:

Transit Maps of the World is the first and only comprehensive collection of historic and current maps of every rapid-transit system on earth. Using glorious, colorful graphics, Mark Ovenden traces the history of mass transit-including rare and historic maps, diagrams, and photographs, some available for the first time since their original publication. Transit Maps is the graphic designer’s new bible, the transport enthusiast’s dream collection, and a coffee-table essential for everyone who’s ever traveled in a city.

Train-Sim.Com
This site is intended to serve as a central meeting place for the train-sim community
Each forum has links to files you can download, message forums, information like FAQs and more. See Fred Fred Barbieri's NYSubway Sim.
TrainSimmer.com.   The Web's number one Train Simulation site
Railfan & Railroad
R&R magazine on line edition from Carstens Publications. My favorite since issue #1 in 1974!
Time is Ticking
TTC face Watches.
Trains on Tracks
Model railroad shop in Chelmsford, MA specializing in O/O27 and G scales.
Lionel Corp
Lionel Trains

The Lionel corporation of our childhood. This includes Quicktime files of some of their historic models.
* commission earned on items sold through this link

RAILROAD Folklore

Here is a selection of train stories excerpted from:

"A Treasury of RAILROAD FOLKLORE"

by B.A.Botkin & Alvin F.Harlow

Bonanza Books, New York, 1953

The Runaway Federal Express

It was 1953, President Eisenhower was about to inaugurated and a GG-1 crashed into Washington Union Station.

The First Train Dispatching by Telegraph

The Superintendent of the Erie was on a train returning to Hoboken and got tired of waiting for the westbound!

Phoebe Snow and the Road of Anthracite

Poem about Ms. Snow and her dress of White on the road of Anthracite.

Casey Jones and the Wreck of the CANNONBALL

The story of the last train operated by Casey.

Engineer's Expedient

This is a narrative given by an engineer who saved himself and his train by some quick thinking.

On the Witness Stand

These items are quotes from railroad employees who were called upon to provide testimony in railroad accidents.

A Catch

The Engineer's Exam

Strange Laws

Railroad Laws of an interesting kind
Exchange of Priviledges Two RR presidents negotiating free rides
Kate Shelly A poem by MacKinlay Kantor. This story is true; Kate Shelley was The Iowa Heroine who crawled across the Des Moines River Bridge in 1881 to save a Chicago and North Western passenger train


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Railroad Information

A friend found a link about this wreck. It is acually a museum recreation of a train that crashed through the buffers at Montparnasse Station, Paris in 1895! Follow the link to rad about both the original and the museum.

The Photographers Right PDF file from a Portland, Oregon Lawyer. Some interesting points related to photographer security issues.

Steam Engine Classifications

4-6-2 Pacific, 4-6-4 Hudson, 4-8-8-4 Big Boy and more
Steam engine whell arrangements and their nick names (from NMRA data sheet)
Fare Evasion How passengers and employees tried to beat the fares. This is for historic information only and is NOT meant as a how to.
Frozen in Grand Central Terminal This is a prank on a "grand" scale. Over 200 people gathered at Grand Central Station in New York to pull off a 'frozen in place' act. The onlooking travelers who weren't part of the act were mystified as to what was going on.
Switching puzzle Get two trains to pass each other on a single track line.
Military Specifications One (humorous) take on why US railroads have standard gauge 4'-8.5". The Snopes Urban Legend page explanation.
Wayne's Trains Jokes(?) From a friend of the JoeKorNer.
When the Lights go out Two short stories about what happens on the subway when the power goes out.
Rocket Science Rocket Science as it pertains to railroading.
Subway World Series History of all of the Subway Series and other intra city contests
by Michael J. Rudolf
Menu Menu A collection of menus going back as far as WWII.
Hearty Appetite


Rail Menu
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RAILFAN WEB SITE LINKS

Organized (sort of) by the host of the site.
HOST LINK NOTES
Rich Ahrens The Grade Crossing Northeast Rail Links
Antonio Allah Metro Transit The goal of METRO Transit is to provide a web space for all those interested in rapid rail and bus transit. This is the place to share ideas, proposed theories, submit entries, keep a journal and submit pictures that you can contribute into our wonderful gallery.
Bob Andersen LIRR An interesting history of the LIRR.
Early History (1834-1900)
The Early Pennsylvania RR Years and Electrification
Competing Railroads
LIRR Firsts
Searching for Abandoned ROW's
Abandoned Stations
And more
Fred Barbieri Go to the Train-Sim.Com site and register to download. Then find the file nysubway.zip in the File Library. Look at the Readme file to find the other files that need to be downloaded. Fred has put together a SIM of the IRT. while it's not an attempt to exactly model the IRT, it certainly has the flavor. You can operated a train of R-22's or Lo-V's in each of four acivities.
Train at 225th St and View from cab
Fred added a second IRT layout (with a fictional light rail line) in September 2005. Included in the load are two activities designed by yours truly Look for the file
f1_irt.zip

New for 2006 Fred has done it again. This time a route that includes the 6th and 8th ave lines from Manhattan and the Bronx to Brooklyn. There is also a new IRT layout included. Look for the file f1_ind.zip This time Fred has almost duplicated the IND between upper Manhattan and the Bronx to lower Manhattan. In addition there is some free lance work through 'Brooklyn' and an IRT route with two trunk lines from Brooklyn to the Bronx. Trains may operate on both routes and there are connections between them.
Here are a few pictures along the IND route:
IND-183 and IND Tremont
And a few IRT shots:
IRT -1 - IRT -2
IRT -3 - IRT
And my favorite:
Command Center, we have a problem!
The Philadelphia Experiment meets the Microsoft Train Simulator
New in 2007.
Fred has made some improvements to his original Subway route. It's F1TRANV2.zip on Train-Sim.Com. He added a representation of the South Ferry loop (from what he tells me, loops are difficult in MSTS). He also connected two of the dead ends (more loops), so I was able to build an activity that tours all of the lines. I set it up as a fan trip using a four car Lo-V train. All of the other trains are R-15 or R-142 trains.
Some screen shots (these open in the same new window:
215th Yard
Fordham-2
Fordham-3
Fordham-4
Fordham-5
125th St
Beverly
Pelham
New in 2007. Fred has designed a Third Ave el layout that simulates the line between the Bronx and South Ferry in the steam era. Some of the features in this layout include horse drawn wagons on the street and steam engines pulling coaches on the el.
Look for the file f13rdave.zip in the Train-Sim.Com library. You will also need to download a few other files for cars and engines. Read the documentation file in the download.
Steve Baldwin Train Photos This is a FLICKR page, but you do not have to register to view the photos from the 1970's. GG-1, PA-1 (diesel - not PATH), EL commuter trains and much more.
Kevin Barsky & Trevor Logan New York City Transit Family Page of NYC Transit links.
Jon Bell HBLR in JerseyCity Story and photos of the HBLR Line
S. Berliner Rail and hobby page Links to many items of railfan interest.
James Bow No planes, Mostly trains, and no automobiles Filled with links to many transit and railroad sites.
Jan Bochman BAHN Home Page After more than a year of enjoying this program, the author, Jan Bochmann's web page was found. It has an English translation to the menu file. Visit, register, and download the Menu file.
Joe Brennan Joseph Brennan Abandoned stations & other interesting subway and rail subjects.
BEACH PNEUMATIC by Joseph Brennan
Alfred Beach's Pneumatic Subway and the beginnings of rapid transit in New York
an original web publication copyright 2004 by Joseph Brennan
Doug Cameron,
James Lalande,
Mark Lanctot
Railfanning @ Northbay 345 KM north of Toronto
See the Railfan Kit Some things to think about before your next railfan trip.
Clint Chamberlin GG1 Photo links Links to WWW photos of PRR electric locomotives class GG1. Organized by paint job, number, railroad etc.
Chao-Hwa Chen Home Page Links to Subway Pages
Chicago L History Chicago "L" The internet's largest resource for information on Chicago's rapid transit system!
Chris Slaight TransitPics.com Photos from some recent subway trips
Christopher D. Coleman GG1 Page This site is for the virtual preservation of the standard electric locomotive of the world, the Pennsylvania Railroad's GG1
Dennis Colligan Light Rail Sacramento Light Rail Sacramento CA
Photos of Light Rail Trains and Early 1900's Vintage Historic Street at Sacramento CA
This is a link to the Webshots photo system.
V L Condon Steam Engines Archive of steam engine photos (with sound)
Dave's Trains, Inc. Dave's Trains Specializing in Postwar (1945 - 1969) Lionel Trains
Dave Rail Pictures Large assortment of photos from many states and some rail properties.
Lorraine B. Diehl Penn Station "The Late, Great Pennsylvania Station", a book by Lorraine B. Diehl, is a beautifully illustrated remembrance of the old Penn Station.
Richard Einhorn Model Railroads of Long Island Links to Long Islanders' model railroad web pages.
George Elwood Fallen Flags Thousands of Rail and Trolley photos of system long gone.
Alan Flavell's BAHN Pages A fantastic train layout simulator. (It's in German - but there are English help files here too)
Flying Yankee Restoration Flying Yankee Vision: "To utilize this timeless symbol of American innovation and technology to reconnect ourselves, our neighbors, and our guests to the character of New England and the heritage of our railroads." The Flying Yankee Restoration Group
Joseph Frank EL and TROLLEY System In 1/4" O scale
H. George Friedman, Jr. Canal St. New Orleans When electric traction fans think of four track street railway operation, they usually think first of Market Street in San Francisco. But another such operation, perhaps less well known but no less spectacular, took place on Canal Street in New Orleans. In fact, Canal had stretches of four, five, six, and even eight track operation over portions of its length.
A study of over 500 postcards and images.
David-Paul Gerber The Station Reporter A Site for Station Agents, CTAs. Revenue Employees and Rail fans
Arthur John Huneke THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD YOUR ONLINE MUSEUM OF THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD and GALLERY OF RAILROAD PHOTOS
JLG The JLG Collection A friend of the JoeKorNer. Miscellaneous scans of interesting items.
Bernard S. Greenberg NX/UL Signal Control Simulates an NX interlocking machine, complete with cab view train operation.
Heinz Hammer Routes Page A look at the lighter side of public transit around the world
Mike Harrington Mike's Rail Photos - Mostly PCC's Many photos of PCC and other trolleys in a number of cities.
Rich Hartzog EXONUMIA Links Featuring Comprehensive links to articles of interest to all collectors of tokens, medals, buttons, badges, ribbons and other small collectibles, including topics such as Political, World's Fair, Americana, Franklin Mint ®* and other modern mints, etc.
Pierce Haviland NJ, NY & CT Railroad Page Photos information history about NYC metro lines
Ed Hobbs B&O Rule Book Ed took the rule book and turned it into an interactive web page. This is a great way to learn how a railroad puts together those rules that govern the operation of trains.
Mark Kavenagh Transit Page Over 400 photos of rapid transit and railroad systems in over 40 cities in 7 countries on 3 continents!
Dave Keller Long Island Rail Road Photos & Recollections
LIRR Book for sale.
Over 5000 negatives covering the LIRR (steam, diesel and electric), Stations, MOW and misc., BEDT, Staten Island Rapid Transit, Hudson & Manhattan, N.Y. Westchester and Boston, New York City Street Railways, and New York City Elevated Railways.
B Klapouchy's H&M History German translated to English history of the H&M - PATH lines.
Steve Lynch
(Three sites)
Rahway Valley Web site with maps and photos of the Rahway Valley line.
Trains Are Fun Links to many LIRR pages
NY and Western The New York & Western Railroad. Founded in 1951 as a Class 1 subsidiary bridge route for traffic linking the New England and Mid-Atlantic States, it is "The Tri-State Gateway"
Alex LaBianca Alex's Web Page Information about working and riding NYCT subways from the perspective of a Train Operator.
Phyllis M.LaVietes Home Page Home page of a former Brooklynite, with an interesting subway interest!
Dave Lev Models Buzz Forums Models Buzz Forums: Models are the real thing.
Christopher Livett Transit Toronto Web site devoted to Toronto's transportation system.
Iain Logan Electric Soup Rail related pages from Scotland
Mike's PCC's Mike's PCC's Photos and links to mostly PCC's
A. Richard Miller Sunnyside Web page devoted to Sunnyside Queens.
Modern Ruins NYC Putnam Division
Paulinskill Viaduct
This page is dedicated to all the folks who've seen abandoned buildings by the roadside and thought, "I wonder who used to live there?"
A. H. Morscher Morscher's Railroad Images Photo index that may be sorted by date, loctation, or railroad.
Paul Matus The Third Rail On line Periodical on line magazine
Microsoft MS Train Simulator Community page with links to help forums.
Christopher Muller RailServe System RailServe provides over 1,000 rail-related links, a search engine, railfan message board, chat room, and more
Bob Oliver
(formerly of New York State)
Links from Japan
Hiroshi Naito's
Home Page
Many Japan Rail links
Japan East Rail Japan Rail Home page
JR East Rail Page Japan East Rail Photos
Steve Okonski Railroad Baron Game Based on the board game.
Steve Olsen New York City Model Transit Association Absolutely the most incredible models of NYC transit subjects I've ever seen. Worth the visit.
Mike Patrick Grand Central Stories Web pages devoted to Grand Central Terminal.
Anyone know where this moved to?
Dave Pirmann
New York Subway Resources
Photos, BAHN layouts, History and much more.
Jim Poulos BMT Lines Great web site devoted to the BRT and BMT Lines now part of the NYC Subway System.
Gary Owen SIRT South Shore Page

In Gary's words:

Whenever our family would drive through the Verrazano Bridge toll plaza, my older brother, Mike, would point out an old railroad bed that lay abandoned alongside the highway. One time during the 1980s, he and I actually followed the entire right of way (ROW). We didn’t take any photos, which we regret. In 2003, I began collecting photos of what was once known as the Staten Island Rapid Transit (S.I.R.T.).
Quinto Rapacioli's SafeBus Page The WWW page from the fellow who taught me all about bus operations. (Yes I know, this is a rail page, but Quinto is a good friend and he made a link to the JoeKorNer)
Ribbon Rail Productions Railroad Historical Page Clipart; more links to Museums, Clubs, Histoical Societies, Tourist Lines.
Rapid T. Rabbit A Tribute to the Third Avenue El  On You Tube
Redbirds of the deep The Redbirds The New Jersey SCUBA Diving web page
An interesting page of photos of the redbirds in service and in the deep. Some even show the same cars in service and as reefs.
Bill Russell Penny Bridge New York City Metro Rail Resources
Dave Rutan DLW-Sussex Branch A memorial to the Sussex Branch of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
December 11, 1854 - October 2, 1966
Shriver DC Photos Photos of the Washington DC street car system
Chris Slaight TransitPics.com Photos from some recent subway trips
Society of Model Engineers SoME The Oldest model railroad club in America
Leif Spångberg Tramway Index This is the index page many different www-documents, mainly about tramways, buses, subways, trolleybuses, light railways and railways in primarily Scandinavia and Europe.
Michael Steinberg Hoboken Terminal The Unofficial NJ TRANSIT Website, serving the World Wide Web since 1994. This is where you will find technical information on one of the largest commuter railroads in the United States, New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. This is the place for photographs, rosters, historical information, a forum, links, stories, and other "railfan" information.
Henry J Sundermeyer Raildata.RailFan Good resource for data about the fallen flags of Conrail (RIP)
Time-Consuming Productions Semaphores "The Internet Site Dedicated to Preserving Our Signaling Heritage"
Wayne Vivola WAYNE'S TRAINS Collectable model and toy train pages
This is the Wayne's Trains Jokes folks.
Kevin Walsh Forgotten NYC Great web site containing photos of long gone scenes from New York City.
Rod's Rail Pages Rodsrailpage Photos from Rod Williams of Melbourne, Australia


Rail Menu
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RAILROAD WEB SITE LINKS

AAPRCO The American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners
Our mission is to promote the operation, ownership, and enjoyment of the Private Passenger Railcar.
About Train A Valuable Train Information Resource and Directory.
Alaska Railroad You'll know from the very moment you climb aboard the Alaska Railroad you're riding on the best train in the world.
AMTRAK USA National Passenger Trains
Friends of AMTRAK

FOA Yahoo Group
Friends of Amtrak, by Craig S. O'Connell, is an internet advocacy effort supporting continued funding for Amtrak by providing information on legislation and Amtrak operations. Friends of Amtrak has been working on behalf of Amtrak since 1995.
AAR Association of American Railroads
Austrailian Railroads
New South Wales Railway
Country Link Country lines
Cityrail Sydney city and inter-urban lines
Olympic Games train services
Links suggested by Ian Brady of Waverton, Sydney, NSW in honor of the 2000 Olympics.
Baltimore MTA Maryland Mass Transit Administration - Baltimore and MARC service
Bombardier Transport Subway and light rail equipment manufacturer
Burlington Northern/Santa Fe
Canadian National
CONRAIL
Flying Scottsman This is the official home on the web of Flying Scotsman Railways. History and currnet status of this famous British engine.
The Luxury Trains Train tours of India
MARC Washington DC - Maryland Commuter lines
Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad Scenic Train Rides on the Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad. This road is also a freight RR.
New Jersey Transit
Corporate Page
S. Berliner III Webmaster
Bill Russell Webmaster
The New York & Atlantic Links
Norfolk - Southern
Palaces on Wheels Travel in India on a really first class train
Railroad.net Homepage Links to many railroad related web resources.
Reading & Northern Formerly the Reading, Blue Mountain and Northern. A real RAILFAN friendly line. Check out the Train Watching page.
Train Travel
Rail Enthusiasts
Recreation Resources Directories of liesure time activities.
Safe Driving Video Some great steam clips used to show good driving habbits - produced in 1935 by Chevrolet !
Shohola Township, Pike County, Pa. Shohola,the Lenni Lenape native American word for "Place of Peace", shares the name of a Township, Creek and Village on the Delaware River.
This is a web page with the history of this town on the old Erie Railroad. Follow the links for some interesting reading.
US DOT United States Department of Transportation
Union Pacific Great photos of the lines and equipment


Rail Menu
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Transit System WWW Sites

American Public Transportation Association APTA
Friends of AMTRAK

FOA Yahoo Group
Friends of Amtrak, by Craig S. O'Connell, is an internet advocacy effort supporting continued funding for Amtrak by providing information on legislation and Amtrak operations. Friends of Amtrak has been working on behalf of Amtrak since 1995.
Atlanta MARTA - Photos Not allowed
Bay Area Rapid Transit BART
Baltimore Baltimore MTA
100th Anniversary NYCT construction Engineering News Record
Engineers Are Digging Deep To Rebuild New York’s Subways New York City’s subway turns 100 with $2-billion program to improve functionality and aesthetics (4/12/2004 Issue) By Aileen Cho
Subway and light rail equipment manufacturer Bombardier Transport
Boston MBTA
The darker side of Boston Editied by Mark Richards Bad Transit
Chicago Transit Authority CTA
From the CTA
Blue + Green = Pink
Using the reactivated Paulina Connection, some 54th/Cermak trains will be routed via Lake to the Loop.
Chicago MetroRail MetroRail
Cleveland, Ohio Regional Transit Authority
Denver Denver RTD
Electirc Railway Journal - circa 1930 The Electric Railway Journal is available as PDF scans of various issues from the 1930's. I quickly found articles about the design of the IND R-1 cars in the June 1931 issue.
Federal Transit Administration. US Dot department responsible for transit issues US FTA
Los Angeles LA-MTA
Miami, Fla Metro Dade Transit
Multi-City Guide.
(suggested by Donald White)
TRANSIT
New Jersey Transit NJTransit
Full web site information and links
Interactive Secaucus Transfer
!00th Anniversary of Hoboken Terminal
(PDF File)
Schedule Links
Hudson - Bergen LR & Newark City Subway
PRESS_RELEASE HBLR
River Line Web page
NJT Rail
New York City MTA Web Site
The New York Stop A Valuable New York Information Resource and Directory.
Guide on how to get to the New York Area Airports from New York City NYSubway.com directions to all three NY Area Airports.
Address to address guide to riding the NYC Subway system. Two different sites. Hop Stop
Works in IE and Netscape 7+
Subway Info
Only works in Internet Explorer
PATCO - Lindenwold Line PATCO
Philadelphia, Pa SEPTA
100 Years of the Market Street Elevated Line from the Philadelphia Inquirer
Pittsburgh, Pa PATransit
PATH (NY-NJ) PATH
St Louis MetroLink
Portland Tri-met TriMet
New Mexico Railrunner - Albuquerque New Mexico Railrunner
The commuter line through Albuquerque, New Mexico

Rails through the Fire!

Shoreline East - New Haven to New London SL EAST
Roosevelt Island Tramway RI Tramway
San Francisco, Ca Cable Cars
MUNI
Real time track - car status of the
Muni Subway
under Market St. Watch the trains move between Church and Embarcadero.
Watch the Acronym! Is it the South Lake Union Trolley or Streetcar?
Toronto Canada TTC
Traffic and Transportation Start Page
Links to both Transit and traffic information
Traffic and Transportation
Washington, DC WMATA


Rail Menu
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Transit and Rail Museum WWW Sites

Air Horns This page provides information on North American diesel locomotive air horns. We have attempted to provide detailed and accurate information regarding the many different types of diesel locomotive air horns that have been used in North America.
Difficult to find, but a nice operation. BaltimoreStreetcar Museum
Brooklyn City Streetcar Company, Inc The Spirit of Brooklyn Rides the Trolley
Brooklyn: trolleys crisscrossing its streets; the Dodgers, heroes of the working class; Coney Island, America’s Playground; the bustling piers, home of one of the greatest commercial empires in the world; a unique accent recognized far and wide. Not just a place; a universal state of mind.
Conecticut Electric Railway Association CERA Online
Electric Railroaders' Association ERA
Essex Steam Train
Essex Ct.
The Essex Steam Train and Riverboat ride is a fun-filled trip for adults and children of all ages!
Two coal-fired locomotives available to pull our collection of lovingly restored railroad cars.
H&M Jersey City Powerhouse This is a preservation group looking for support for rebuilding this facility. Joe Korman and the JoeKorNer are NOT making recommendation either way, just posting the link.
Inland Empire Railway Historical Society Inland Empire Chapter of the
National Railway Historical Society
at Spokane, Washington
Lehigh Valley RR Links LV Web Sites (arranged in order of estimated usefulness to LV modelers)
Illinois Railway Museum The Illinois Railway Museum, as you see it today, is the result of decades of effort by a dynamic group of dedicated volunteers. All of the buildings, track, locomotives and cars were assembled here at Union on what was once farmland. Our main line trackage was laid on the vacant right-of-way of the Elgin & Belvidere Electric railway. Why would rational adults freely contribute so much of their time and treasure to creating this repository of railroad history?
Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad Scenic Train Rides on the Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad. This road is also a freight RR.
MRIA Model Railroad Industry Association
National Capital Trolley Museum DC Transit and predecessors
NMRA National Model Railroad Association
New York Postcards A USGenWeb Archives Web Site
Pennsylvania RR Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society
Flying the Subway Express Modern Mechanix artcile from 1937 about the 'NEW' IND subway.
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania The Museum was officially opened in 1975, and has steadily grown in its collections of historic equipment and railroad materials, in its public programs, and in its prestige as a world-class museum of railroad history.
Roster of Preserved North American Electric Railway Cars This roster contains over 2,000 preserved historic electric railway cars which operated on North American electric railways. Each roster entry contains known information about the car's configuration, equipment and ownership history. Brief histories are available for some cars, as well as photos.
The San Diego Model Railroad Museum The mission of the San Diego Model Railroad Museum is to preserve the heritage of railroading through a series of miniature representations of California railroads; research and preserve the history of model railroading; and educate the public in the many different aspects of railroading.
Shore Line Trolley Museum
Formerly the Branford Trolley Museum.
BERA
Seashore Trolley Museum
Kennebunkport, Maine.
Seashore
Society of Model Engineers The Oldest model railroad club in America
Steamtown National Historic Site
Scranton, Pa
Steamtown
Strasburg Railroad America's oldest short-line railroad, where you'll ride authentically restored passenger cars pulled by a huge, coal-burning steam locomotive.

And I liked TONKA Trucks

The company that manufactures TONKA toy trucks is also selling a line of Enamelized Graffiti Train sets. This company, which is legitimizing vandalism, should be told how we feel about this 'art form'.

This is what I wrote to them:

I recently became aware of your Enamelized Graffiti Train sets. I think it is outrageous that you consider this an 'art form' that deserves to be displayed. It is no more than malicious vandalism of private property. It is a criminal act and should not be commercially endorsed.

As ironic as it seems, just a few days after posting this, a 13 year old was KILLED by a LIRR train after he finished vandaizing (paining his tag) along the right of way. His friends all but admitted it:
' ... who used the tag "Kos," was killed after painting graffiti on signal equipment along the LIRR tracks in Rego Park on Friday afternoon, friends said.'
Of course the family will sue the LIRR. They should be sued for the cost of covering the vandalism. Not to mention inconveniencing the thousands of commuters who were trying to get home that night. Service was disrupted until about 9:00PM that day.


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BAHN
That great simulation program from Germany.
Version 3.84 is current - some of the JoeKorNer files require it
Version 3.81 or 3.83 is required for most of the NYC subway and rail layouts
Bahn 3.84 was released July 2007, however, many of my layouts will not run directly, because of the way multi-level track crossings are handled. See notes for each zip set.

BAHN Home Page Latest Version
NYCSR BAHN Index

Joe's BAHN Layouts

Chicago L's
Requires BAHN 3.84
Four layouts of the Chicago L system including:
1940 - Before the subways opened
1950 - State St ans part of Dearborn subways opened
1975 - Dan Ryan median opened and through rout with Lake via the Loop
2007 - O'Hare, Midway and Pink lines open. Lake-Southside and Howard-Dan Ryan trhrough routed
Philadelphia Rail Systems
Requires BAHN 3.83 or 3.84
Philadelphia has it all - Subway, elevated, light rail, PCC trolley, high speed interurban, heavy rail. This simulation shows it all:
Broad St Subway
Market Frankford
Regional Rail
Subway Surface light rail
Girard Ave PCC cars
Media and Sharon Hill
Norristown High Speed
NJT Atlantic City service
There are two layouts in the zip file, one is for version 3.83 and the other is 3.84
Additional changes in the 3.84 version include ACELA trains and weekend service.
Hudson Bergen Light Rail
Requires BAHN 3.83 or later
A series of layouts that document the major expansions of this northern New Jersey system.

. . . . . . . . hblr-history.txt is a file describing the layouts.
hblr.nt3 is always a copy of the most recent file from the list below:

  1. 1999 - Layout showing training cars in operation
  2. 2001-4 - Original service as the line opened 4/15/2000 from 34th and Westside to Exchange Place.
  3. 2001 - 11 - Newport Center opens with single track operation between Washington Ave and Newport
  4. 2001 - Both tracks open to Newport Center.
  5. 2002 - Opening to Hoboken.
  6. 2003 - Opening to 22nd Street.
  7. 2004 - Opening to Lincoln Harbor - using tracks to Port Imperial to relay PIF trains.
  8. 2004-alt - Alternative routing using single track into Hoboken. PIF trains used the north track and the Westside and Bayonne train used the south track. This operation was used for a very short time.
  9. 2005 - Opening to Port Imperial Ferry.
  10. 2006 - Opening to Tonnelle Ave. Tonnelle train operate between Tonnelle and Hoboken.
  11. 2007 - fine tunes the schedule to avoid backups at the terminals.
BMT System
Requires BAHN 3.84
This version uses version 3.84 of BAHN. Use the zip file below for BAHN 3.83 compatible layouts.
Among other things, BAHN 3.84 allows more accurate multilevel track layouts. You can see it immediately at the load location Stillwell Ave for the el in Coney Island. Use CTL-Page Up or CTL-Page Down to see the levels.
16 layouts in one zip file! -
The files for 1997 to 2005 have been corrected with the F train local in Brooklyn. (5/31/2004)
The 2004 and 2005 files have a more accurate alignments for the Canarsie Line at Atlantic Ave (6/5/2004)
Franklin shuttle corrected in 2001 - 2005 Layouts (6/6/2004)
Stillwell Ave tracks 1 & 2 corrected for 2004 & 2005 layouts (6/11/2004)
1970 (first Chrystie St service) layout with NX (2 trains) added
Some signal systems were corrected.
  1. Els - Myrtle, Fulton, Lexington, Fifth. Brooklyn's elevated legacy recreated in BAHN from diagrams published in 1975 by the Electric Railroader's Association
  2. 1950 - Lex and Fulton els still running. Also the SSSS Coney Island service was added
  3. 1954 - Just before Culver taken by IND
  4. 1959 - BMT connected to IND in Queens and Culver running the D trains
  5. 1970 - First post Chrystie St service - includes NX, QJ and RJ
  6. 1980 - Second post Chrystie St service, KK, M to Coney Island
  7. 1997 - Operation with only 6th Ave tracks of Manhattan Bridge tracks working
  8. 1999 - Operation during the rebuilding of the 63rd Street tunnel tracks
  9. 1999WB - temporary service while the track approaches to the Williamsburg Bridge are reconstructed
  10. 2001W - Service operated between the 9-11 attack and the re-opening of the service through Whitehall St.
  11. 2001 - Service with the opening of the 63rd Connection and the swap of tracks over the Manhattan Bridge.
  12. 2002 - Service with Stillwell Ave closed for renovation 2002-2004
  13. 2004 - Service with 4 tracks on Manhattan Bridge and Stillwell reopened with all but the N train operating there.
  14. 2005 - Stillwell Ave fully operational - 5/29/2005
  15. 2005 - 12/20 strike service
  16. 2008 - Proposed service R to Queens and and N via bridge 24/7
  17. 200X - Added 2nd Ave Subway between 63rd and 96th Street with the Q train extended there
BMT System
Requires BAHN 3.83
15 layouts in one zip file! -
The files for 1997 to 2005 have been corrected with the F train local in Brooklyn. (5/31/2004)
The 2004 and 2005 files have a more accurate alignments for the Canarsie Line at Atlantic Ave (6/5/2004)
Franklin shuttle corrected in 2001 - 2005 Layouts (6/6/2004)
Stillwell Ave tracks 1 & 2 corrected for 2004 & 2005 layouts (6/11/2004)
1970 (first Chrystie St service) layout with NX (2 trains) added
  1. Els - Myrtle, Fulton, Lexington, Fifth. Brooklyn's elevated legacy recreated in BAHN from diagrams published in 1975 by the Electric Railroader's Association.
  2. 1950 - Lex and Fulton els still running
  3. 1954 - Just before Culver taken by IND
  4. 1959 - BMT connected to IND in Queens and Culver running the D trains
  5. 1970 - First post Chrystie St service - includes NX
  6. 1980 - Second post Chrystie St service
  7. 1997 - Operation with only 6th Ave tracks of Manhattan Bridge tracks working
  8. SB - what the BMT should be is the Manhattan Bridge were in service and the Q on Broadway!
  9. WB - temporary service while the track approaches to the Williamsburg Bridge are reconstructed
  10. Memorial service operated between the 9-11 attack and the re-opening of the service through Whitehall St.
  11. 2001 - Service with the opening of the 63rd Connection and the swap of tracks over the Manhattan Bridge.
  12. 2002 - Service with Stillwell Ave closed for renovation 2002-2004
  13. 2004 - Service with 4 tracks on Manhattan Bridge and Stillwell reopened with all but the N train operating there.
  14. 2005 - Stillwell Ave fully operational - 5/29/2005
  15. 2005 - 12/20 strike service
Brooklyn Trackless Trolley System included, St. Johns, Bergen St, Lorimer, Tompkins, Flushing, and Graham. Coaches operated between 1948 to 1960
NY City
Most older versions of this layout require BAHN 3.83. The main file runs on version 3.84. An new version repersenting 2008 service has been added.
3/20/2008 -Renamed a few more NJT routes to make them more obvious. Made the Raritan Valley trains wrongrail into track 5 Newark over night. Moved Grove Street and NCS extension to a more geographically correct place. Sent some NJT trains to Sunnyside yard in the mid day periods.

3/3/2008 - Extended the New Haven line east to New London. Converted the AMTRAK NEC trains to ACELA equipment.
Weekday KEYSTONE service with original Metroliner cars and electric locomotives were added.
Curves were added to some of the New Jersey Transit lines for more realism. Additional corrections were made in the Meadowlands area for NJT trains. The Montclair-Boonton line was converted to weekdays only. The Spring Valley line had weekend service added. Both of these reflect 2008 service.
PATH night and weekend service was modified for the round robin 33-HOB-JS-HOB-33 servcie. Weekend single track, with a work train was added between Journal Square and Harrison.
Many route names were changed to make more sense with the expanded services added to the layout.

5/26/ 2007 - Extended MNCR lines using a track diagram of the system. Added the NJT Casino train between NY and Atlantic City. Added trains in storage at various yards, Modified Penn Station, NY for turning AMTNH trains.
4/29/2007 - added detail to the Newark Airtrain, some Philadelphia commuter trains. Fixed a problem in the Meadowlands with the single track used by the Raritan and Bayhead trains. This also fixed the Bayhead trains to always enter Hoboken with the diesel on the west end.
The text file now includes the codes used for the route names.
3/7/2006 - added Bayonne Flyer to HBLR and made changes to Hoboken terminal of HBLR
2/24/2006 - Added HBLR service to Tonnelle Ave. Deleted CNJ shuttles between Newark and NJC and Bayone and Cranford
11/16/2005 - Newark City Subway extension to Broad St
Improved track layouts at a number of locations based on observations
Extended NEC to Philadelphia & Atlantic City
9/19/2004 - HBLR extension to Lincoln and the Riverline
A separate layout showing and alternative track operation for Hoboken on the HBLR
1/17/2004. JFK Airtrain added between the airport and Howard Beach and Jamaica.
Now includes the Hudson-Bergen Light rail with the to Hoboken. The Newport Center service is in a separate layout in the zip file.

2001 - Memorial service operated between the 9-11 attack. No service to WTC is in a separate layout in the zip file.
IND Not Built
Requires BAHN 3.81
New in 2007, the BAHN 3.84 version has more realisatic graphics for the multi-level locations like Central Park West, west 4th Street and other locations. The 2004 version is included in the set that uses the older 3.83 version of BAHN.
The IND system today is only 2/3 what it was planned. This is a BAHN Layout that shows what might have been. Now with NYC Subway cars.
With extensions as shown in the ERA New York Division Bulletins:
  1. The Concoourse to Gun Hill Road (2/16/2004)
  2. Jamaica to Springfield Blvd. (3/24/2004)
  3. Pitkin Ave Extension to 105th St (5/12/2004)
  4. Archer Ave extension to Springfield Blvd
Included in BMT set Myrtle, Fulton, Lexington, Fifth. Brooklyn's elevated legacy recreated in BAHN from diagrams published in 1975 by the Electric Railroader's Association.
Staten Island Trolley Lines 1918 Plus more Long before the Geothals, Bayonne, & Verrazano Bridges and Outerbridge Crossing were built, trolley operated on many North Shore streets and as far south as Richmondtown. Also, there were Trackless Trolleys (the TT car house still stands in 1997) and of course the SIRT had three lines in operation. I tried to show it all one one BAHN layout.
Brooklyn Trolley Lines The Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers, Peter Witts, PCC's, Coney Island, Canarsie, they're all here. Now three files All lines till about 1930, lines abandoned after 1945 and a text file with the description of both layouts.
What's NewIND History set
Requires BAHN 3.84
21 files tracing the construction and services on the IND Division between 1932 and the present.
  1. 1932 - Take the A train and the AA also
  2. 1933-02 - extended to Jay St
  3. 1933-03 - extended to Bergen St
  4. 1933-07 - Concourse Opens
  5. 1933-10 - Queens line opens to Roosevelt Ave , Crosstown to Nassau Ave, and Brooklyn to Church Ave
  6. 1936-01 - Houston St opens to East Broadway
  7. 1936-12 - Houston extended to Jay, Fulton St opens to Rockaway Ave, and Queens extended to Continental Ave
  8. 1937 - Queens line extened to 169th Jamaica and Crosstown connected to Bergen St
  9. 1940 - 6th Ave opens between 53rd and West 4th (local only) and World's Fair line
  10. 1946 - C extended to Utica in Rush hours and HH shuttle is discontinued
  11. 1950 - Fulton line extended to Euclid, A operates express and Jamaica extended to 179th
  12. 1959 - BMT Culver and Liberty elevated lines connected to IND, Rockaway line opens on LIRR, and 60th St connection made to BMT
  13. 1967 - Chrystie St opens to BMT Manhattan Bridge
  14. 1968 - Chrystie St opens to Willimasburg Bridge, 6th Ave express and 57th/6th opens
  15. 1976 - service consolidations
  16. 1988 - single letter line names, Archer Ave opens
  17. 1998 - B and C swap north terminals, 57th/6th connected to Queensbridge via 63rd St.
  18. 1999 - Temporary use of 63rd connection to BMT during track work
  19. 2001 - 63rd connector opens, F routed via 63rd, and V via 53rd St
  20. 2008 - C operates day time only, A local in Manhattan at night
IRT History for BAHN 3.84
Requires BAHN 3.84
This version uses version 3.84 of BAHN. Use the zip file below for BAHN 3.83 compatible layouts.
Among other things, BAHN 3.84 allows more accurate multilevel track layouts. You can see it by navigating to Rodgers Junction in Brooklyn or the Lexington Line north of Grand Central. Use CTL-Page Up or CTL-Page Down to see the levels.
Now 17 layouts tracing the history of the construction of the IRT Division
  1. 1903 the Manhattan els have not been elecrified. Steam rules the sky. Engines drop back or run around trains.
  2. 1904 - the first subway opens between City Hall and 145th St. The els have been converted to electric operation.
  3. 1906 The Lenox Ave line is open with connections to the Bronx
  4. 1908 The subway works its way into Brooklyn and southern Bronx
  5. 1922 The IRT subway is almost complete except for the end of the Flushing line and no lines have been closed yet.
  6. 1930 The IRT subway is almost complete, but the els are beginning to be torn down.
  7. 1939 6th Ave and 34th St Els gone
  8. 1942 9th Ave el reduced to Polo Grounds shuttle, 2nd Ave north of 59th St abandoned
  9. 1948 Astoria and Flushing split, 2nd Ave el gone
  10. 1953 City Hall (3rd Ave) abandoned, West Farms and Bronx Park abandoned
  11. 1960 3rd Ave abandoned in Manhattan, Polo Gorunds Abandoned More New cars.
  12. 1970 Red cars (R-29/33), 7th Ave south terminals swapped. 59th Lex express added.
  13. 1999 All cars red or R-62
  14. 2001 - Memorial service operated after the 9-11 attack. No service to South Ferry.
  15. 2004 - All Redbirds out of service - including a reefed train! 1-9 skip stop
  16. 2005 - 12/20 strike service
  17. 2007 - current service
IRT History for BAHN 3.83
Now 16 layouts tracing the history of the construction of the IRT Division - these will not be updated
  1. 1903 the Manhattan els have not been elecrified. Steam rules the sky. Engines drop back or run around trains.
  2. 1904 - the first subway opens between City Hall and 145th St. The els have been converted to electric operation.
  3. 1905 The Lenox Ave line is open with connections to the Bronx
  4. 1908 The subway works its way into Brooklyn and southern Bronx
  5. 1922 The IRT subway is almost complete except for the end of the Flushing line and no lines have been closed yet.
  6. 1930 The IRT subway is almost complete, but the els are beginning to be torn down.
  7. 1939 6th Ave and 34th St Els gone
  8. 1942 9th Ave el reduced to Polo Grounds shuttle, 2nd Ave north of 59th St abandoned
  9. 1948 Astoria and Flushing split, 2nd Ave el gone
  10. 1953 City Hall (3rd Ave) abandoned, West Farms and Bronx Park abandoned
  11. 1960 3rd Ave abandoned in Manhattan, Polo Gorunds Abandoned More New cars.
  12. 1970 Red cars (R-29/33), 7th Ave south terminals swapped. 59th Lex express added.
  13. 1999 All cars red or R-62
  14. 2001 - Memorial service operated after the 9-11 attack. No service to South Ferry.
  15. 2004 - All Redbirds out of service - including a reefed train!
  16. 2005 - 12/20 strike service
Metropolitan Street Railway Manhattan, the Bronx, and Westchester streecars from the 1946 ERA maps and Tracks of New York, Volume 1, Metropolitan Street Railway - 1907 © 1971
Route letters and numbers are in the form of GIF files scanned from the above documents.
New Haven New Haven, Ct based on the 1944 ERA track diagram. This is not a zip file, but a ready to run NT3 BAHN format.
NYCT 2005 The complete NYCT subway service in 2005. The original layout was built by Steve Hoskins. It was modified by John C. Michno and Tyrone Banks. It uses some support and car files designed by Robert Mammero. All of the files are in the zip file.
This layout was sent to me by Tyrone Banks


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