Eastern NG Links

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Eastern Narrow Gauge Links

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OR&W Gallery (06-26-00)

Dendron Historical Society (05-15-00)

NarrowTracks
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The goal of this page is to be a comprehensive list of links for Eastern Narrow Gauge Railroads. However, the objective is to focus on the lesser know railroads. To focus on the lesser known lines I have only included a few links to the EBT & ET&WNC. If you would like to recommend a link, send email to eastern_ng@narrowtracks.com. Anyone out there modeling Eastern Narrow Gauge? Do you have a Web Site I can link to?

Railroads

East Broad Top Railroad

Friends of the EBT (FEBT) is a non-profit organization that devoted the the history and preservation of the EBT. They even have their own building in Robertsdale.
EBT site sliimrails
Another EBT Web Site and another good EBT site by Sikes.

Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad

Chris Ford's ET&WNC ET&WNC site

ET&WNC pages at slimrails

Ohio River and Western Railroad

Ohio River & Western Gallery

Quincy & Torch Lake Railroad

The Copper Range site has history of the Q&TL RR which once ran in Michigan.

Surry Sussex & Southampton Railway

Dendron Historical Society "The Company" by Temple Crittenden. About Virginia's Surry Lumber Co. and its common carrier, the 3ft gauge Surry Sussex & Southampton Railway.
Pine Creek Railroad has 3ft Gauge 2-6-2, SS&S #26, see George's photos at the Pine Creek

Waynesburg and Washington Railroad

The Waynie page here at narrowtracks

West Virginia Midland

Taplines an internet railroad periodical about narrow gauge and short line railroads has an article about the West Virginia Midland.

Tourist Railroads and Research

The Pine Creek Railroad in Eastern New Jersey is a 3' gauge tourist line. One of the star attractions is SS&S #26.
In Michigan, the Huckleberry RR steams ex Q&TL #3, a 3 foot gauge mogul. The Huckleberry RR, is just one part of the Crossroads Village.
The Linden and Torch Lake Railroad is a tourist that is trying to get going. They are restoring an old steam locomotive.
The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is preserving the rail history of Pennsylvania. The library can be used to do research on Pennsylvania Narrow Gauge and Logging railways. Recently the museum reprinted the four Railroad Logging Era of Pennsylvania books written by Benjamin Kline. These are books 1,2,12,&13 and are available from the museum.
The Panoramic Maps site has images of many towns and cities near the turn of the century. The towns of several Eastern 3' gauge lines are shown.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has information about researching Railroads. The most significant documents might be the ICC reports/maps.