Another very useful link is the topo map collection at UNH. They've done a superb job of putting together a collection of historic topo maps of New England. Well worth checking out. Go to http://docs.unh.edu/.

The people up at the Wiscassett Waterville and Farmington Railroad have been keeping very busy. They have an enthusiastic group of volunteers, they're doing a lot and they've got a great web page to keep you up to date on what they're doing.
http://www.wwfry.org
 
 

Here is an interesting page with some pictures of the Central Mass railroad tunnel in Clinton Mass. The tunnel has been abandoned for some time.

This is a nice site that lists other web sites dealing with abandoned railroads throughout the US.

Ron Karr has published some fine books, including two editions of  "Lost Railroads of New England." He also has a book out called "Railroads of Southern New England." The "..Northern New England.." book is on it's way. Recommend checking out his page for full details on these and other books.  http://www.branchlinepress.com

The Boston and Maine Railroad Historical Society put out a very nice bulletin several times a year. The bulletin features in-depth articles about the B&M. They also publish a newsletter and have an extensive collection of information about the railroad.  http://home.sprintmail.com/~tandjminer/bmrrhs/index.html

Railserve has a very interesting web page. Particularly good is their links. They have a ton of links. Recommend checking them out. Their address is  http://www.railserve.com.

Whether your interest in railroading centers on rail travel, photography, history, models or just a love of trains, Mass Bay RRE may be for you!  http://www.massbayrre.org

Nice to see Edaville RR up and running again. Check out their site. I hope they update more often than they have been in the past.  http://www.edaville.org

Another interesting page about Edaville is Reinhard's Edaville Page  Reinhard has pictures and information about both the old and new Edaville.

Another interesting two-foot operation is the Sandy River and Rangely Lakes RR.

This is an interesting page on Maine's two-foot railroads by faculty member of the University of Sydney. I was quite surprised to see the .au in the address of a web page dealing with former railroads in Maine.

Keep up with what's going on with the Flying Yankee at http://www.flyingyankee.com/.

Guilford has a pretty good web page. They're at http://www.guilfordrail.com/

I've been very happy with Street Atlas USA by Delorme. I have several versions and I find them very useful for printing maps when I go out on roadtrips. They do a reasonably good job of showing the railroads. Their page is at http://www.delorme.com/

Here is a very interesting site on the Boston and Albany. http://home.att.net/~rlgroves/

History of the Climax Locomotive. Very interesting.

New England Railfan Forum on Railroad..net.

Steamlocomotive.com. An interesting site dedicated to surviving steam engines and other steam engine topics.

Geared Steam Locomotives

http://www.sdrm.org/faqs/hostling.html  How to boot a steam locomotive. Very interesting description of what it takes to get a steam engine up and running.

The V-8 Steam Locomotive. Interesting article about high speed steam.

Here is a company looking to actually build a new steam engine.  Who would have thought that any new steam locomotives would ever be built again.

Here is another interesting steam locomotive page.

This site deals with abandoned amusement parks in New England such as Rocky Point and Lincoln Park. I enjoyed the site and have gone back many times.

Here is another good site, this one gives an excellent history of the former Pleasure Island amusement park that used to be in Wakefield MA.

Here is a site on railroad bridges and on it's front page it features a picture of a Guilford engine going over a bridge in Nashua on the Hillsboro. This company makes bridges.

This is an interesting article on railroad bridges.

Here is some information on the Cape Cod bridges.

Notes on Railroad Accidents by Charles Francis Adams 1879.