Selected Links

Sites with the proper attitude:
Amtrek - Have you had the opportunity to experience intercity travel by rail?
Not until you have experienced a trip on Amtrek, the railroad with an attitude!

Prototype Railroading:
The "Unofficial "Hoboken Division Engineer's web Site - I belong to this group?
BLE Division 171 Home Page - A new page for an old Engineer's Division.
BLE Division 373 Home Page- After 100 years the legacy continues.
New Jersey Transit's official web page - See what's going on. Register a compliment or complaint.
Operation Lifesaver - Helping to prevent deaths and injuries in railroad related accidents.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers - 135 years and still strong.
Fallen Flags of New Jersey - A retrospective look at New Jersey's railroads through maps, track and
physical characteristics profiles, operating rules, timetables in the pre Conrail and New Jersey Transit Era.

Model Railroads:
Garden State Model Railroad Club - A club with a lot going for it. It was also the destination of the Lackawanna Terminal Railway Technical and Historical Society Inspiration Tour.
The Model Railroad Club of Union, New Jersey - Here's proof that bigger can be better.

Model Manufacturers and Hobby shops:
Athearn - The biggest little railroad in America. They created the standard.
Atlas Model Railroad Company - A leader in the hobby.
Model railway Post Office - The approved, official hobby shop of the Lackawanna Terminal Railway!
North Coast Engineering - Premiere Command Control System (yeah, we use it!).
Prime Mover Decals - Finest in Northeastern railroad decals (heck, they made ours!).
The Showcase Line - Quality S-scale model trains from S-Helper Service, Inc. These people are making "S" scale THE scale to watch!

Historic Sites:
The Anthracite Railroads Historical Society - This organization consists of over 1,800 authors, historians, railroad employees, photographers, model railroaders, and just plain rail fans who share an interest in the railroads that served the anthracite coal mining region of eastern Pennsylvania. Somehow they managed to leave out the Lackawanna Terminal Railway.
The Danbury Railway Museum - "The goal of the Danbury Railway Museum, Inc., is to create and manage a railway museum which educates the public about the vital role railroads and railroaders have played in North America..."
Unofficial NJ Transit Home Page- See where I spend most of my On Duty, Not Running Trains time.

Special interest Press:
Model Railroader Magazine - Lots of inspiration in this magazine.
Railpace Magazine - The definitive magazine for those interested in northeast railroading.
Railroad Model Craftsman - Lots of good articles on modeling and model railroads.

Rail Related Internet Links:
RailServe: The Internet Railroad Directory  - Over 1,500 rail related links, search engine, forums, railfan chat rooms, and more!
From the BLE  Division 272 web site.
From Miss Esther Ward's Seventh grade class at the Monument Charter School comes a very informative link to railroad history.

Government Sites:
Bureau of Labor Statistics: All kinds of interesting stuff about labor in America.
Congressional Email Directory
Department of Labor     
Department of Transportation
Downloadable IRS forms
Federal Railway Administration  Learn about the rules and regulations under which you work.
FirstGov - A link between the government and the people
National Labor Relations Board
National Transportation Safety Board - NTSB
Railroad Retirement Board: Learn about your benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act.
Surface Transportation Board
Thomas (library of Congress) Legislative Information on the Internet. Find out how bills in the Senate and House are doing.
Title 45 - US code for railroad labor laws
U.S. Senate
U.S. House of Representatives
Weather.com Get your local area forecast.
White House

Lackawanna Terminal Railway employees come from a number of diversified railroads. Check out their sordid past:
Burlington Northern
Conrail
Delaware and Hudson
Erie Lackawanna 
Grand Trunk Western
Illinois Central
Lackawanna Terminal Railway
New Jersey Transit
Norfolk Southern
Penn Central
Pennsylvania
Reading
Santa Fe

Railroad related Sites:
Operation Lifesaver: Helping prevent railroad related accidents.
Railserve - Over 1500 railroad related links, search engine, forums, and more
Unofficial NJ Transit Home Page - Lots of information about New Jersey Transit and the historic Hoboken Terminal