ÿþ<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 6.0"> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <title>Railroad Links</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#808080" link="#0000FF" vlink="#FFFFFF" alink="#0000FF"> <table border="1" width="100%" id="table1"> <tr> <td width="200" height="55"> <img border="0" src="4-4-0-lo2_small.gif" xthumbnail-orig-image="4-4-0-lo2.gif"></td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#000000"><i><font size="6" color="#FFFFFF">Railroad Links</font></i></td> <td width="200"><font color="#660033"> <img border="0" src="4-4-0-lo_small.gif" xthumbnail-orig-image="4-4-0-lo.gif"></font></td> </tr> </table> <p><font size="4" color="#00FFFF">General Information Links:</font></p> <p><font size="4">1. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.coxrail.com">Coxrail</a>: If you don't known this wonderful site you will be missing tons of information.</font></p> <p><font size="4">2. <a target="_blank" href="RRnote.htm">My Railroad Notes, Scrip, &amp; Check Collection</a>: My interest includes these interesting financial items that help finance the 19th Century Railroads.</font></p> <p><font size="4">3. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject:&quot;Railroads -- Directories&quot;">Poors Manuals on Line</a>: These great books are full of information on the companies such as capital structure, officers, and financial data. Trouble is they cost a pretty penny to acquire. Now with this site 22 Poor's Manuals are free for the down load.</font></p> <p><font size="4">4. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/122407/bw_1224.asp">Railroad Bank Notes</a>: A lot of people do not know that railroads issued bank notes and scrip in the 19th century like banks at that time. This page has some interesting information on RR bank notes.</font></p> <p><font size="4">5. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stock-certificates"> Collectors Weekly</a>: Great site with collectibles of all kinds. It includes Stock &amp; Bond as well as Currency collections.<br> <br> 6. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.certificatecollector.com/index.html"> Certificate Collector</a>: Excellent website on New England certificates. It includes railroads as well as other industries.<br> <br> 7. <a target="_blank" href="http://community.webshots.com/user/jaymar20">Texas &amp; Mexican Collection:</a> Large number of Texas railroad and trolley certificates as well as Mexican railroad issues.&nbsp; Excellent collection.<br> &nbsp;</font></p> <p><font size="4"><font color="#00FFFF">Railroad History Links:</font><br> <br> 1. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.csa-railroads.com/">Confederate Railroads</a>: The Civil War was the first major conflict were the railroad played a big factor in it's outcome. This informative site covers the Confederate railroads and the role they played in Civil War.</font></p> <p><font size="4">2. <a target="_blank" href="http://schafluetzel.org/W&ARR/index.htm">Western and Atlantic Railroad:</a></font> T<font size="4">his was an important carrier in the Civil War. This site covers it's history as well as the large issue of scrip and bank notes which most are common to collectors and some quite rare.</font></p> </body> </html>