My daughter has liked trains since she was two years old, so I got into trains. Our first train was one of those battery powered trains that people buy to go around their Christmas tree. Then I began to dabble in modeling trains, and I put together a set of trains for Hannah's fifth birthday with a custom decorated steam engine and caboose. We didn't miss many years that we rode on a train somewhere. We have ridden excursion trains in Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
One of my daughter's favorite places to go in Huntsville, was the old Southern Depot. When she was little she loved to ring the bell on the old steam engine and play in the Norfolk Western caboose.
My favorite railroad is the old Southern Railroad. Following are a few Southern Railway related web sites that I have found. If you know of any others, please let me know. jpkilpat@hiwaay.net
Here are some places we enjoyed visiting, visit their web sites to learn more about them: | |
Tennessee Valley Railroad | Tennessee Central Railway |
Great Smokey Mountain Railroad | Tweetsie Railroad |
Casey Jones Museum | Blue Ridge Scenic Railway |
Here are some places we hope to visit soon:
Steam Town: | North Carolina Transportation Museum: |
Cass Scenic Railroad State Park: | North Alabama Railroad Museum: |
Virginia Museum of Transportation: | Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum: |
Here are some model train and railfan resources link pages:
Kalmbach's Trains On-Line | Railfan.net |
RailroadDate.Com | Walther's On-Line |
Here are some Rail History and Rail Pictures pages:
Railroad Historical Societies | Rick's Train Page |
Rich Clarks Railroad Photo Page | Casey Jones |
Steam Locomotives | A beautiful engine.Unofficial Homepage of the Royal Hudson |
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