Acknowledgments

I would like to thank the persons whose names are listed below for the information which they sent me for this railroad section.Argentina

• Librarian, Biblioteca del Congreso de la Nación, Buenos Aires
• Roberto Yommi, Resident of Buenos Aires

Australia

• Greg Lunney, Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum, Dorrigo, NSW

Belgium

• Sabine Griffel, Information Officer at the Belgian Tourist Office, New York, U.S.A.

Brazil

• Angela Cardoso Guedes, Press Advisor, National Museum of History, Rio de Janeiro

Canada

• S. Campbell, Curator, Argyle Prairie Museum, Argyle, MB
• Denise Kirk, Local History Librarian, Brantford Public Library, Brantford, ON

Denmark

• Jens Boetcher, Resident of Roedovre
• Thomas Nørgaard Olesen, Secretary, The Danish Railway Club (URL down)
• Vibeke Petersen, Librarian, Public Library, Aarhus

Estonia

• Anneli Jaarma, Tourism Department, Haapsalu
• Kalle Piirküla, Resident of Hiiumaa
• Anne Pilli, Tourism Department, Tallinn

Finland

• Risto Hurmalainen, Resident of Helsinki
• Matti Bergström, Resident of Hyvinkää

France

• Pascal Berger, Webmaster, www.ajecta.org, Longueville

Hungary

• Maria Korasz, Librarian, Somogyi Memorial Library, Szeged

India

• Rajesh Agrawal, Director, National Rail Museum, New Delhi

Latvia

• Mike Johnson, Patricia Ltd., Riga Tourism, Riga

Lithuania

• Rita Navalinskiene, Lithuanian State Department of Tourism, Vilnius

Malaysia

• S. Sivanesan, Train Manager, North Borneo Railway, Sabah

Netherlands

• Willem Boorsma, Het Nationaal Modelspoor Museum, Kerkgracht
• Richard Drexhage, Resident of Valkenburg ZH
• Marco van Uden, Railfan contact, Amersfoort

Poland

• Jakub Halor, Member of Management, Fundacja Wieku Pary, Siemianowice, Upper Silesia
• Jacek Wesolowski, Resident of Lodz

Romania

• Misu-Jan Manolescu, Director, International Relations Department, University of Oradea

Russia

• Alexander Kondakov, Editor, E-magazine Semafore, Moscow
• Aleksandr Vasyutin, Deacon, St. Mitrophan of Voronezh Parish, Moscow
• Sergey Boltenko, Transsib Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia

Slovakia

• Member at Slovakia Culture, Government of Slovakia, Bratislava

Slovenia

• Dusan Galez, Resident of Ljubjana

South Africa

• Cecilia M Blight, Deputy Cory Librarian, Cecil Rhodes University, Grahamstown

Sweden

• Jason Morales, Resident of Skara
• Kurt Möller, East Södermanland Railway, Mariefred
• Bernt Schechinger, Webmaster of a national railroad museums page and a Nordic trains page, Göteborg

Switzerland

• Laurent Stalder, Webmaster of a trains site, Vevey

Turkey

• Ebru Erdem, Turkish graduate student at Stanford University, California, USA

United Kingdom

• Member, East Anglia Railway Museum, Chappel

United States

• Jim Baggett, Head, Department of Archives and Manuscripts, Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, AL
• Christina M. Coxe, Librarian, Local History and Genealogy Dept., Mobile Public Library, Mobile, AL
• Steve Whisel, Curator Arizona Railway Museum, Chandler, AZ
• Member, Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CA
• Brian Anderson, Resident of Pittsburg, CA
• William Thomas, Special Collections, Pikes Peak Library District, Colorado Springs, CO
• Bruce Hanson, Reference Librarian, Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library, Denver, CO
• Jim Kroll, Manager, Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library, Denver, CO
• Robert Wilfley, Controller, Pueblo Railway Museum, Pueblo, CO
• Al Galanty, Connecticut Eastern Chapter NRHS, Willimantic, CT
• Sam Boldrick, Florida Collection, Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami, FL
• Phil Cross, President and Historian, Central Florida Chapter NRHS, Orlando, FL
• A. Chapman, Librarian, Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative’s Electronic Reference and Information Center, Tampa, FL
• Joe Oates, Editor of Lines South, publication of ACL and SAL Historical Society, Valrico, FL
• Reference Dept., Washington Memorial Library, Macon, GA
• Roger Miller, Resident of Freeport, IL
• Curtis Mann, Sangamon Valley Collection, Lincoln Public Library, Springfield, IL
• Deb Ehret, Reference Services, Elkhart Public Library, Elkhart, IN
• Linda Chapman, Reference Librarian, Readers’ Services Department, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN
• Suzanne Hahn, Director, Reference Services, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, IN
• Millicent Jackson, Lawrence Library, Indianapolis Marion County Public Library, Indianapolis, IN
• George Berghoff, NKPHTS Information Director and resident of Indiana
• Lynn Friesner, Council Bluffs Public Library, Council Bluffs, IA
• Richard Warner, Historical Society of Pottawattamie County, Council Bluffs, IA
• Rosie Springer, Library Associate, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, IA
• David Matthew Wilkins, Kentucky Railway Museum, Bardstown, KY
• Michael M. Palmieri, Webmaster of The Louisiana Rail Site, New Orleans, LA
• George Livingston, Local and Family History Librarian, Willard Public Library, Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI
• Librarian, Flint Public Library, Flint, MI
• Catherine A. Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI
• Julie Levang, Reference and Information, Duluth Public Library, Duluth, MN
• Reference Librarian, Eudora Welty Library, Jackson, MS
• Jacqueline Lewin, Head of Research, St. Joseph Museums, St. Joseph, MO
• Jason D Stratman, Library Assistant-Reference, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, MO
• Member, Convention and Visitors Center, St. Louis MO
• Bob Henderson, President, Pacific Junction Railway Club, Havre, MT
• Russell Ford, Volunteer information specialist at “Visit Charlotte”, Charlotte, NC
• Jackie Jacoby, Call Center Supervisor, Charlotte Convention and Visitors Bureau, Charlotte, NC
• Peter Jorgensen, Reference Librarian, Lincoln City Libraries, Lincoln, NE
• Deb Wiens, Convention and Visitors Center, Omaha, NE
• Bob Wilhelm, former resident of Omaha, NE
• Member, Western Heritage Museum, Omaha, NE
• Cynthia T. Harris, Librarian Manager, New Jersey Room, Jersey City Free Public Library, Jersey City, NJ
• Librarian, New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ
• Richard Haskell, Resident of Alamogordo, NM
• David Schneider, Special Collections Library, Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library Systemy, Albuquerque, NM
• Scott M. P. Hawbaker, Webmaster and Steam Locomotive Mechanic, Western New York Railway Historical Society, Buffalo, NY
• Reference Librarian, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Buffalo, NY
• Local History and Genealogy Division, Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, Rochester, NY
• Dan Smith, Local History/Genealogy, Onondaga County Public Library, Syracuse, NY
• Wayne Drummond, President, New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association, West Babylon, NY
• Joanne, Special Collections Librarian. Akron-Summit County Public Library. Akron, OH
• Jim Hunter, Library Director, Dispatch, Columbus, OH
• Carole Medlar, Local History Librarian, Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library, Dayton, OH
• Mark J. Camp, Railroad Station Historical Society, Toledo, OH
• John Fryar, Webmaster, trustee, and life member of the Nickel Plate Road Historical and Technical Society, Westerville, OH
• Larry Johnson, Reference Librarian, Downtown Library, Metropolitan Library System, Oklahoma City, OK
• Ellen Cummings, Reference Librarian, Tulsa City-County Library, Tulsa, OK
• Scott Daniels, Reference Librarian, Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR
• Teresa Johnson, Independence Visitor Center, Philadelphia, PA
• Cindy Ulrich, Pennsylvania Department, Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, PA
• Betty Fitzgerald, Reference Services, Providence Public Library, Providence, RI
• Ed Monson, Minnehaha County Historical Society, Sioux Falls, SD
• May Langmann, Local History and Genealogy Dept., Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library, Chattanooga, TN
• Carol Kaplan, Nashville Room, Nashville Public Library, Nashville, TN
• Jerry Michels, Amarillo Railroad Museum. Amarillo, TX
• Sue Soy, Austin History Center, Austin Public Library, Austin, TX
• Kay Bost, Curator of Manuscripts/SMU Archives/Photographs, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
• Ron Dawson, Railroad and Transport Museum of El Paso, El Paso, TX
• David N. Currey, Resident of Houston, TX
• Howard Laker, Historian, Gulf Coast Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, Houston, TX
• Lee Witten, Archivist, Union Station Museum, Ogden, UT
• Stuart Metz, Librarian, Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake City, UT
• Liz Triplett, Literature and History Department, Richmond Public Library, Richmond, VA
• Charles V. Mutschler, Archivist, John F. Kennedy Library, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
• Nancy Compau, Northwest Room, Spokane Public Library, Spokane, WA
• Jeff Cunningham, President, Tacoma Historical Society, Tacoma, WA
• Bob Lettenberger, Education Director. National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI
• Brian A. Morgan Resident of Richland Center, WI, formerly of Chicago, IL, and former employee of the Union Pacific Railway
• Geraldine Strey, Reference Librarian, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI
• Don Ginter, Curator, Mid-Continent Railway Museum, North Freedom, WI
• Elizabeth Fraser, Reference Librarian, Kanawha County Public Library, Charleston, WV
• Robert Emery

Venezuela

• Luis Enrique Lopez Gomez, Biblioteca Central, Dpto. Recuperacion de Informacion, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas

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I would like to thank the following persons for the translation of the introduction page of this railroad section.

• Afrikaans: Rina Goosen, Inter-Library Loans Librarian, Cecil Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Republic of South Africa
• Dansk: Thomas Nørgaard Olesen, Resident of Frederiksværk, Danmark
• Deutsch: Timo Cernohorsky, Resident of Crailsheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
• Eesti: Anneli Jaarma, Haapsalu Tourism, Haapsalu, Estonia
• Español: Sean Duff, Our son, former resident of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, México
• Français: Michel Marin, Retired resident of Limal (Wavre), Brabant wallon, Belgique
• Lietuviskai: Rita Navalinskiene, Lithuanian State Department of Tourism, Vilnius, Lithuania
• Magyar: Maria Korasz, Librarian, Somogyi Memorial Library, Szeged, Hungary
• Polski: Jakub Halor, Resident of Siemianowice, Upper Silesia, Poland
• Portuguesa: João Marçalo, APAC – Associação Portuguesa dos Amigos dos Caminhos-de-ferro, Lisbon, Portugal
• Romanesc: Alina Darie, Intern, Embassy of Romania in Canada, Ottawa, Canada
• Slovensko: Dusan Galez, Resident of Ljubjana, Slovenia
• Suomeksi: Juhani Bergström, Resident of Hyvinkää, Finland, and volunteer in the Finnish Railway Museum
• Svenska: Jason Morales, Resident of Skara, Sweden
• Türkçe: Erkan Kiraz, Resident of Izmit, Kocaeli, Turkey

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I would like to thank the webmasters of the following URLs that have been of help. I hope that our readers will visit each of them.

• English Preserved Railways and Museums – Links to railway museums throughout England.
• European Rail – Information about railways in Europe.
• Existing Railway Stations in New York State – Pictures and information about current existing railway stations in the state.
• Historical Societies and Museums – Links for sites around the world, but concentrating mainly on the United States.
• Mike’s Railway History – A large list of railway URLs, with emphasis on the year 1935.
• Index to Railroad Historical Societies – A large list of historical societies of major railroads operating between 1930 and 1950, with URLs and E-Mail addresses.
• The North American Tourist Railroad and Railroad Museum List – Locations of rail sites in Canada and the United States, including both with and without URLs, using maps.
• Preserved Orenstein and Koppel Steam Locomotives – Extensive list in chart form giving information and location of these locomotives around the world.
• RailroadData.Com – Links to over 4,000 railroad websites.
• Railwatch – Links to railway sites in United States and a few in Canada.
• Rails Canada – Links to Canadian railway sites.
• Russian Railway Portal – Information on railways in Russia.
• Steam Locomotive Dot Com – Vast source of information on steam locomotives around the world.
• TrainNet Forum – International railway links covering several areas.
• UK Heritage Railways – A guide to the entire heritage railway scene in the United Kingdom.
• Webville and Hypertext Railroad Company’s MAIN YARDS. – Contains documents on a wide variety of railroad topics.
• http://www.uq.net.au/~zzpeasvi/2ft_gauge_links.htm – Information about narrow gauge railways in Australia.