Transit and Commuter Rail Index

RAILFAN GUIDES of the U.S.

Railfan Guides and Maps for
LIGHT RAIL, HEAVY RAIL
and
COMMUTER RAIL SYSTEMS

Light Rail Systems
Heavy Rail / Metro System
Commuter Rail

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I have consolidated my individual index pages for Light Rail Systems and Heavy Rail/Metro Systems onto this one page, and added commuter Rail - it makes maintenance a little easier :-). These pages were originally conceived to highlight the various signal systems used on transit systems, but have developed into Railfan Guides in their own right.

Transit signals are quickly becoming the only place in railroading where you can find variety. All the way from the simple LED bar signals of Houston, to the overdone signals of the Minneapolis system, with their heavy duty heavy rail style color position lights. In between, you can find almost anything.

With commuter railroads, the majority of them are guests on a host railroad, and they do not have signals per se of their own...... SEPTA in Philadelphia is one of the exceptions, where they took over the commuter rail operations of the Reading and the Pennsylvania railroads, and freight traffic runs pretty much on their own and separate tracks.

If you have anything to add, correct, or contribute, please email me at toddgp30@yahoo.com. You can make a difference as can be seen with the railfan guide to Newark NJ, where ALL of the info came from one "anonymous donor".

Light Rail Systems

Baltimore MD
     MTA Light Rail System (For now, details of the system are on each sections' map)

Boston MA
     MBTA Light Rail (just a map so far)

Buffalo NY
     NAFTA Light Rail System

Camden/Trenton NJ
     NJT's River Line Light Rail

Charlotte NC
     LYNX's Blue Line Light Rail System

Cleveland OH
     RTA Light and Heavy Rail Systems

Dallas TX
     DART Light Rail Map

Denver CO
     RTD Light Rail System (station by station guide)

Houston TX
   Metro Light Rail System

Los Angeles CA
     Transit Home
     MTA Light Rail System

Minneapolis MN
     Hiawatha Light Rail System (station by station guide)

Newark NJ
     NJT's Newark Subway Light Rail System (this map is a railfan guide for the area, and includes the railroads)

Norfolk VA
      the Tide Light Rail System (station by station guide)

Ottawa ON
     O-Train Light Rail Transit Service

Philadelphia PA
     All Systems Index (Light and Heavy Rail)
     SEPTA's 69th Street Terminal Map
     SEPTA's Norristown Light Rail Line
     SEPTA's Routes 101 and 102 Lines
     SEPTA's Subway Surface Lines
     SEPTA's Trackless Trolley Lines

Pittsburgh PA
     PAT Light Rail System

Portland OR
     Tri-Met MAX Light Rail (some maps, some guides)

Salt Lake City UT
     UTA Light Rail System (maps by UTA only)(real basic info)

San Diego CA
     MTS San Diego Trolley (real basic info)

San Jose CA
     VTA Light Rail System

St Louis MO
     Metro Light Rail System Map

Toronto ON
     TTC Streetcars

Heavy Rail / Metro / Subway Systems

Atlanta GA
     MARTA Metro System

Baltimore MD
     MTA Metro Subway

Boston MA
     MBTA Metro System

Chicago IL
      CTA EL

Cleveland OH
     RTA Heavy Rail

Los Angeles CA
    Transit Home
     MTA Heavy Rail System

Miami FL
     Metro System

New York City NY
     MTA Subway System

New York/New Jersey
     PATH Rail System

San Francisco
     BART

San Juan PR
     Tren Urbano Metro System

Toronto ON
     TTC Metro (Map only so far as part of the Streetcar page)