Wabash Railroad related:
Railroad historical society websites:
Being a bridge route, Wabash had lots of interchange with (>60 per day):
- Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Society - Toledo, Ohio and Milan, Michigan
- AT&SF at Kansas City
- B&O at Toledo - B&O Historical Society
- Canadian Pacific at Detroit
- C&O at Toledo
- CB&Q at Chicago and other midwest points (Burlington Route Historical Society)
- Illinois Traction Society (Illinois Terminal)
- Chicago & North Western Historical Society
- DLW at Buffalo NY (Black Rock)
- DT&I at Detroit and Delta, Ohio
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern
- Erie Railroad at Huntington, Ind., and Black Rock, NY
- Illinois Central at Chicago, Decatur and St. Louis
- IHB at Chicago Ridge and Tolleston, Ind.
- Keokuk & Western RR (CB&Q predecessor) Keokuk, IA and Glenwood Jct., MO
- Lehigh Valley Railroad Historical Society at Buffalo
- Minneapolis & St. Louis at Albia, Iowa
- Missouri Pacific Historical Society at St. Louis and Kansas City
- Milwaukee Road at Des Moines, Chicago and Tolleston
- Nickel Plate Historical & Technical Society
- Norfolk & Western Historical Society - Charlie Schlotthober-donated painting/stenciling diagrams
- NYC at Niagara Falls
- PRR at Logansport (Ind.), Black Rock (NY), Toledo, St. Louis
- Rock Island RR Technical Society
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Historical and Technical Society
- Union Pacific at Kansas City Union Pacific Historical Society
- W&LE at Toledo W&LE Historical
- Norfolk & Western Historical Society
- St. Louis Chapter, NRHS - website
Rails-To-Trails - former Wabash lines (new listings added Sept. 2014)
Railroad publications
- Erstwhile Publications "Railroading on the Wabash Fourth District" by WRHS member Victor Baird
- Morning Sun books: "Wabash/Nickel Plate/DT&I -Color Guide to Freight & Passenger Equipment" by James Kinkaid; also includes American Refrigerator Transit/Ann Arbor/M&LS, January 2007
- Michael C. Kelly's "Wabash in Color Vol. 2" (Morning Sun Books) was released August 2007
- Model Railroader magazine
- Classic Trains magazine - Kalmbach Publishing
- Wabash photos/slides for sale
- Heimburger House Publishing: "Wabash", by Donald J. Heimburger, November 1984.
- Heimburger House Publishing: "Wabash Standard Plans & Reference", by Donald J. Heimburger, July 1993.
- "Follow the Flag: A History of the Wabash Railroad Company (Railroads in America)" by Prof. H. Roger Grant of Clemson University (a must-have for serious Wabash historians), June 2004.
- "Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railroad" by Howard V. Worley, paperback, April 2004 (out of print)
- "Wabash in Color" by David R. Sweetland (out of print, can sometimes be found on eBay)
- Railway & Locomotive Historical Society Vol. 133; comprehensive Wabash steam locomotive roster by Wm. Swartz
- Morning Sun books: "Wabash in Color" by David R. Sweetland (out of print, can sometimes be found on eBay)
- Morning Sun books: "Wabash Trackside with Emery Gulash" by Jerry A. Pinkepank, Jan. 2004.
- Morning Sun books: "Trackside Around St. Louis 1952-1959 with Jim Ozment" (17 pages of Wabash), January 2000.
- Morning Sun books: "Trackside Around Detroit Downriver 1946-76 with Emery Gulash" by Jerry A. Pinkepank (15 pages of Wabash), January 2004.
- Morning Sun books: ""The Ann Arbor Railroad in Color: History & Operations 1869-1976" by Robert I. Warrick, January 2008.
- "The Columbia Branch Railroad" - a look at the Centralia to Columbia, MO Wabash branchline, by Marty Paten, January 2012.
- "The Haywire: A Brief History of the Manistique & Lake Superior Railroad", by Hugh A. Hornstein, May 2005.
Modeling sites
Rail Museums/Blogs/General railroad/Misc.
- Aerial Photographs of Missouri - stitch 'em together and go! (free)
- Belton, Grandview & Kansas City Railroad - owners/restorers of ex-Wabash boxcar 83106
- Bridgehunter.com - *The official WRHS information repository on Wabash Railroad bridge data, from all Operating Districts and branch lines* Do a search for Wabash Railroad and see what you find! Invaluable data for researchers & modelers alike, some with vintage as well as modern images included!
- Cyberspace World Railroad
- Chesapeake Railway Association - owners of restored Wabash caboose #2827
- Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad in Elkins, WV. You can spend a couple nights in one of two genuine Wabash streamlined cabooses (#2794 & #2849) there.
- Erin McNeill Jorgenson - the designer of this website!
- Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society, Inc. - owners of one of the only two surviving Wabash steam locomotives (LE&FtW #1, nee Wabash #534) as well as the #2543, an extremely rare wooden Wabash caboose (#2543 Facebook page)
- Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum in North Judson, IN is home to ex-Wabash cars 5719 (P-S troop sleeper) and automobile car 49114.
- Illinois Historical Aerial Photography - pick your county and follow the old Wabash! (free)
- Indiana Transportation Museum
- Iowa Geographic Map Service - invaluable for research & modeling purposes, this site has an extensive collection of downloadable aerial images of the state from the 1930's up through the present time (free)
- Jerry LaBoda's comprehensive Passenger Car Photos website
- Mad River & NKP RR Museum home of ex-Wabash F-7 #671
- Our friends at the Monticello Railway Museum have ex-Wabash F-7 #1189, ex-Wabash cabooses #2824 & #2834 (MRM-owned), Wabash #6 business car, several Wabash coaches & freight cars!
- Monon Connection Museum Restored Wabash caboose #2822 on-site (nice work!)
- Randolph County Historical Society - in Moberly, Missouri. Operators of the old REA bldg. adjacent to where the Moberly Union Depot once stood. The REA building is now a museum, with an extensive collection of Wabash ephemera. Restored Wabash caboose #2722 is also on the grounds.
- "The Magic City Line" - Wabash/N&W/NS-themed mini train, operating in Rothwell Park in Moberly, Missouri.
- Missouri Railroad Depots by Jack Forbes. Lots of Wabash depots!
- Rail Serve
- RRHX - Internet Railroad History Museum of Michigan
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Illinois (firewall-controlled - CARLI approved governing members libraries at no cost)
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Missouri (free)
- Southeast Railway Museum in Duluth, GA, the home of former Wabash Blue Bird dome-obs #1601
- St. Louis Museum of Transport, cosmetically restoring the Wabash #573 steam locomotive, as well as the home of restored Wabash caboose #2847!
- Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum is the owner of restored Wabash streamlined caboose #2774
- Personal blog of Michael C. Kelly, author of Wabash in Color Vol. 2. Several never-before-seen Wabash photos are posted there, including a shot confirming the use of PA locomotives on the Chicago trains!!
- Wabash caboose #2780 - on display in the public park in Stanberry, Missouri.
- Wabash caboose #2790 - on display in Caboose Park in Orrick, Missouri.
NRHS Chapters
