Tourist, leisure and historical sites

Tourist Railroads

• (Arizona) Grand Canyon Railway...daily service from Williams to Grand Canyon (South Rim), with shuttle bus connection to Amtrak’s Southwest Chief at Williams Junction. Offers discounts to NARP members!
• (Arizona) Old Pueblo Trolley...historic streetcar line running in Tucson, mostly weekends, with plans for expansion
• (Colorado) Ski Train...Runs winter and summer schedules from Denver to Winter Park
• (Colorado) Fort Collins Municipal Railway...Seasonal, historic streetcar line
• (New Jersey) Cape May Seashore Lines...offering a rail transit alternative on the traffic-choked Cape May peninsula
• (New York) Adirondack Scenic Railroad...operates seasonal service to Thendara (Old Forge), N.Y., connecting with Amtrak services at Utica
• (North Carolina) Charlotte Trolley...heritage trolley (temporarily not operating due to light rail construction; website is active)
• (Oklahoma) Heritage Express Trolley...One-mile streetcar line in El Reno, Oklahoma
• (Pennsylvania) Strasburg Rail Road...4.5-mile steam-hauled excursion in beautifully restored 1900s-era coaches through Amish farm country in Lancaster County.

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Leisure Trips

• Accent on Travel...travel agency specializing in individual rail trip bookings; includes links to tour operators and clients’ trip reports.
• America By Rail...group tour operator providing full-escorted tours in the United States and Canada.
• Grand Luxe Rail Journeys...providing luxury train service on an excursion schedule (formerly American Orient Express)
• Rail Travel Center...group tour operator that provides fully escorted tours in the United States and Canada and Europe.
• The Society of International Railway Travelers...Monthly publication specializing in rail adventures around the world; includes several club rail tours around the world, many to very exotic or unique destinations.
• USA By Rail...Homepage for a complete guidebook to train travel in the United States, also available at the NARP Bookstore.

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Historical and Railfan organizations

• National Railway Historical Society...a non-profit, educational group with many chapters across the country
• John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library...part of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri - St. Louis, has several collections of interest to railroad history reasearch (including a large archive donated by the Association of American Railroads)
• The Morse Telegraph Club, Inc....an international non-profit organization dedicated to the perpetuation of the knowledge and traditions of telegraphy and American Morse Code.
• 20th Century Railroad Club...Based in Chicago, this large organization draws both people who are interested in trains as a hobby, and those who want to preserve and expand scheduled services