This is where the wagon enthusiast finds further information on his hobby.
At the moment you can find:
dBase
files that document my photo collection.
Various
wagon photographs to wet your appetite.
Some
photographs of
German privat owner wagons.
Links
to other WWW sites that are of interest to wagon enthusiasts.
A list
of books for wagon enthusiasts.
Magazine
articles on wagons that I have in my archive.
Magazine
articles on wagons that I do not have in my archive.
Information
on Interfrigo-wagons.
Information
on DSB goods wagons as of February 1982.
Information
on DSB goods wagons as of December 31, 1993, German only.
Information
on CFL goods wagons.
The following files are available for download (last update 5. 4. 96):
GDB.zip
Wagons of the DB (Deutsche Bahn AG, formerly Deutsche Bundesbahn)
PG_DB.zip
Private owner wagons, registered with the DB
IGB.zip
International wagons (UIC railways)
IGP.zip
International private owner wagons (UIC-railways)
AGW.zip
American freight cars
ALGEMEIN.zip
Everything else that looks like standard gauge wagons
All above files are packed and yield a dBase file and a short introduction into the contents. I can provide copies of my own photographs. However, since I am running this as a hobby and not as a commercial business, my first preference for compensation is in exchange for other wagon photographs, other modes to be agreed upon.
Links
to other WWW sites that are of interest to wagon enthusiasts:
A
list of all NSB freight cars A List of all wagons of the Norwegian state
railway, by Terje Knudsen
Photographs
from a coal-loading site in Portugal. By Antonio Raposo
NS
Wagons List A list of all wagons of the Dutch State Railway, by Maarten
Deen
InterRail
news - Photo Collection A series of Italian railway photographs, including
several wagon photographs, by Luca Regoli
The freight cars of the
Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Company
Information on the
SOO-Line and
its freight cars
Some freight car photographs
from the US by clicking
here or
here or
here
An explanation of the UIC
numbering scheme is available by
clicking right
here
A very good site on DB/DR
is the German
Railways Homepage
You can find a couple of
very unusual wagons at the
Cyprus Railways
The Mercurio server now
also has some
wagon
pictures
The
Album de Vagones
gives a lot of information on Spanish wagons (Spanish language)
Hier
geht's zur deutschen Version
This presence on the WWW is an experiment to gather more information on the subject of wagons. Therefore, I would be belighted to receive your comments.
Drop me a line! 12. 6.
96 Viktor Schiffer My e-mail address
is: vschiffer@aol.com