Livesteam.org shows Satellite Map (Google) of live steam railroads in the western states. Special thanks to Dave August for providing this effort. Download Live Steam Points of Interest and to load into you GPS. This is a CSV file and you will need your brands GPS utility program for loading.

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Live Steam and Diesel Model Railroading information. For sale, Suppliers, Club calendars, and much more.

Visit Live Diesel (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livediesel/) which is dedicated to 1.5" scale live diesels. A great source of information on building locomotives, rolling stock and structures. If you are building a locomotive or are in the planning stages this group is for you. Lots of info on power trains and parts suppliers too.

RailServe.com: The Internet Railroad Directory - Guide to 13,000 rail-related websites including train travel, model railroading, railfan resources, train simulators, and railroad industry sites

Whyte Locomotive wheel classification:
The Whyte notation for classifying steam locomotives by wheel arrangement was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte and came into use in the early Twentieth Century encouraged by an editorial in American Engineer and Railroad Journal (December 1900).