Sometimes I joke that I do web development to support my railfanning habit. It’s not entirely true, but it’s always pleasant when the two intersect.
I’m a Trains subscriber. Trains is a monthly publication which serves both those who actually work in the railroad industry and enthusiasts (railfans) like me. Beyond the monthly print publication (which I get electronically, but never mind), Trains publishes a daily news feed called News Wire. There’s lots of good information here on the various comings and goings in the industry, though US-centric.
I use Zotero to index information for research projects–mostly railroading, but other topics as well. There’s an extension for Chrome, Zotero Connector, which lets you import web content directly into Zotero, saving a lot of manual entry. Many publications like The Atlantic and The Washington Post are natively supported. When one isn’t, Zotero makes a best guess based on page structure and metadata. How well that works depends on how well-formed the page here.
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