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Dear skulboep, Welcome to the hobby! For the largest railways, I would reccomend The Great Railways of North America by Bill Yenne, published by Barnes and Noble. It's thick, heavy, comparatively expensive, and jammed full of pictures! If you can't find this book, might I reccomend Kalmbach's series of books Classic American Railways, or something like that, which have sections on many smaller railroads as well. I would reccomend you join a railway museum if you can, as people there can probably give you more information than you ever wanted to know. And believe me, when three or four "old-timers" get together and talk about railroads, there seems to be a hurricane of information emanating from them! Furthermore, I would suggest you look through your nearest model railroad store, find books, and chat with emplyees and other customers there. If you are interested in modeling a shortline or such, there are often specialized websites devoted to them, and I finally would suggest you read the TRAINS magazine "Railroad Blueprint" each month. I hope I have helped, Daniel
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