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                Software & Simulators
 


           
Fleetlists, References, codes etc -     
               
Fleetlists     
                Engineer's Line References, Signal Box Prefixes etc

            Heritage Railways & Related Societies -  
                Umbrella & Marketing Organisations
                Preservation News & Events
                Heritage Railways, Museums & Societies

            Ireland -
               Major Irish Railway Companies
                Tickets & Travel Information
                Other Irish Railway Websites

            London Underground & Metro Lines -
                London Underground
                Other Metropolitan Lines

             Model Railways etc -
                 Miniature Railways - Model Railways - Model Engineering

            Railway History -
               GWR & Constituents
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                General & Miscellaneous Railway History
                Steam Locomotive & Heritage Railway History 

            Railway Societies -
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                General & Miscellaneous Railway Societies
                Railway History Societies
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AUCTIONS & RAILWAYANA

AUCTIONS  (Top)

Birmingham Railwayana Auctions  Run by John Mander, BRA holds about ten auctions a year
Gloucestershire Worcestershire Railwayana Auctions
  Twice a year in Pershore, near the GWR
Kidlington Railwayana Auctions
  Auctions four times a year (January March July October) in Kidlington, Oxfordshire
Railmart
  A small ads notice board for anything from 'Locomotives for Sale' through to 'Recruitment Adverts'
Railwayana Collectors Events Diary
  Upcoming railway auctions - the full list
Railwayana Of Sheffield
  A bookshop with a database of 20,000 rail related publications
Sheffield Railwayana Auctions
  Sheffield auction catalogues
Solent Railwayana Auctions
  Auctions held several times a year in Wickham Hampshire. Alan Tonks
Wallis & Wallis
  Toy collectors auctioneer

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RAILWAYANA  (Top)

* Collecting British Railwayana  General information - a good place to start
GWR Publicity 
Collecting GWR publicity material
Ian Lyman & Railway Clocks
  Railway clocks bought, sold & restored. Kettering, Northamptonshire
Newton Replicas
  Replica nameplate manufacturers. Nottingham
R Jones & Co. - Clockmakers
Railway Carriage Prints
  For information on carriage prints
Railway Clocks 
Railway Lines Various railwayana for sale
Railway Posters In Retrospect
  Pictures of railway posters
Railwayana and Model Railway Home Page
  Mainly Irish
Railwayana Collectors Network Mailing List
  E-Mail contact list for collectors of British railwayana
* Railwayana Page
  Another good starting point. By Robin Gibbons
The Stationmaster's Attic  Specialising in paper railwayana , mainly handbills
Virtual Railwayana Museum
  A picture gallery
Yesteryear Railwayana  Railway books & printed ephemera

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BOOKS, VIDEOS & SOFTWARE

BOOK & VIDEO SELLERS  (Top)

Alan Godfrey Maps  Old & new OS maps. Consett, Co Durham
Anvil Books 
Secondhand and antiquarian books with a Railway Section
Bill Hudson Transport Books
  At Matlock station
Bob Pearman Books
  King's Lynn. New & second-hand books
Book House,The
  Antiquarian & secondhand books. Ravenstonedale, Cumbria
Camden Miniature Steam Services
  Railway & engineering books. Bath, Somerset
Carriage Shop, The
  Secondhand books, platform 1, Horsted Keynes station
D M Newband
  E-mail only. Secondhand maps & books. Kerry, near Newtown
Eagle Steam Resources
  Internet bookshop
Footplate, The 
The railway paintings of John Cowley
Great Indian Railway Atlas 
Also an online map
Henry Wilson Railway Books
  E-mail only. Tarvin, nr Chester
J T Booksellers
  E-mail only. Wheatley, near Oxford
Kevin Robertson Books  A wide range of railway books from many publishers to order online
MDS Books 
Specialist transport book and video sellers in Glossop
Markle Associates Video  Markle make railway videos about Irish Railways.
Martin Bott Bookdealers Ltd
  Secondhand railway books online & Horwich, Lancashire
Michael Rainger Books
  Second hand railway books. Brecon
* Motor Books
  London. Specialist transport books. 30,000 books & videos to order online. Close to Leicester Square underground station
Motorail Books
  30,000 books & videos online. Bournemouth
Nene Valley Railway Books
  Railway books
Nevis Bookshop
  5,000 rare & out of print railway books. Marlborough, Wiltshire
Nick Tozer
  Railway books and a book search facility. Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Nigel Bird Books
  New & secondhand railway books
Nostalgia Collection, The
  Railway books. Kettering, Northamptonshire
On Track
 Railway book sellers
Parkington Books 
E-mail only. Secondhand railway book dealer
Patterson Liddle
  Secondhand transport books. Based in Bath
Quail Maps 
Railway track diagrams and rail maps from around the world
Rail TV  DVD quality, downloadable films for rail enthusiasts'
Railway Book Club
  
Robert Forsythe
  Railway books. Also transport and industrial heritage consultant
Runpast Publishing  Runpast Publishing specialises in books on railways, mainly concentrating on the steam era
Saxon Court Books
  Good selection of railway books and videos available online
Signal Box, The
  E-mail only. Books & videos. Anstey, Leicestershire
Stanley Fish & Co
  Secondhand transport books. Dorchester, Dorset
Tony Pollastrone Railway Books 
Lists many second-hand books for sale
Trainspotting.tv
  Website of the Discovery Home & Leisure television series
Transport Diversions Emporium
  Books & videos online. South Stoke, Reading
W. J. Rodney-Rawkins
  Specialist dealer in steam railway books
Wolverton Rail
  Mail order transport videos. Olney, Buckinghamshire
Yesteryear Railwayana 
Railway books & printed ephemera

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VIDEO PRODUCERS  (Top)

Aarchive Film Productions  Video producers. Cine film transfers
Artsmagic Railway Videos
  Videos. Ebbw Vale
Avid Video 
Classic train journey videos
Belhurst Productions  Hailsham, East Sussex. Railway videos
Branch Line Video 
- No website. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Cab rides & videos of British branch lines
CMS Video  - No website. Stamford, Lincolnshire. Railway videos
Cine Rail
  Produces railway videos
Cornish Steam Enterprises  Railway videos
Delta Discount Ltd
  Steam archive videos
Globe Video Films
  British railway videos. Newton Abbot, Devon
Graham Whistler Productions  
The largest collection of preserved steam railway titles in the world
Journeys of Delight  Railway videos
Junction Video 
The current rail scene shot on digital video
* Kingfisher Productions
  Britain's biggest railway video producer. Makers of Railscene & an extensive cab ride library
Logan Video Services
  Produces digital widescreen railway videos
Nova Online
  The website from Nova Productions, producers of rail videos and CDs
Preserved Steam on Video
  Contemporary main line steam videos
Railway Videos 
Another address for the CineRail website
Steam Powered Video
  Videos and atlases about American Railways
Tele Rail  Railway videos
Ticket to Ride  European railway videos
Town Video  Videos of preserved locos and railways
Train Crazy  Diesel rail & tram video & book production & retail. Blackpool
Transport in Vision  Audio visual services to the transport industry. Also Beulah historical transport videos
Transport Video Publishing
  Railway video production and retail. Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
* Video 125
  Railway videos. Best known for its cab ride series. Ascot, Berkshire

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PUBLISHING, MAGAZINES & ARTWORK  (Top)

Black Dwarf Lightmoor Press - Archive & Postcard Magazine  Publisher
Channel Tunnel Publications
  Publisher. Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells
Collectors Guide
  For model collectors
Colourpoint Books
  Publishes Irish railway books. Newtownards, Co Down
Continental Modeller
  The magazine
The Power of Steam (Elaine Keegan Paintings)
  Locomotive paintings for the discerning collector
Ellen Golla
  Here are some examples of intricately cut paper collages depicting scenes in London, in particular views of the Underground
Freightmaster
  Specialist publisher of books about today's UK freight services
Glebe Publications Publishes Autobiographies, Railway Books, Industrial History Books and
reprints of 19th Century Books and Prints as well as books and booklets for other clients.
Guild of Railway Artists 
Heritage Railway (CMS Publishing)
  Heritage Railway magazine subscriptions
Ian Allan Publishing
  The big British transport book publisher
IPC Magazines Ltd
  Publishers of Railway Magazine
Irwell Press
Jonathan Clay 
Transport Art
Kalmbach Publishing
  American railroad books & magazines
Keeping Track: Railway Directory
  Railway industry company directory
Kestrel Railway Books  A wide range of quality railway books written and published by experts and
enthusiasts
Lincolnshire & East Yorkshire Transport Review
  Site for the  magazine
Local Transport Today  For the transport planning professional
Locomotives Illustrated
  Locomotives Illustrated is published bimonthly on the fourth Friday of February, April, June, August, October and December. It deals with a different class of locomotive in each edition
Locomotives International
  Bi-monthly magazine covering British-built steam overseas
Middleton Press 
Historical railway & tramway books
Midland Counties Publications
  Railway book publisher
Modern Railways Magazine
  Subscriptions
Motive Art Full colour locomotive prints
Nostalgia Collection
  Publisher
Nostalgic Art  paintings of steam trains at old railway stations in the UK, many of which have now been demolished. A refreshing glimpse at a bygone era.
Oakwood Press & Video Library
  Specialises in line histories
Ordnance Survey
  Map publisher
P. E. Waters and Associates (PWA books)
  Publishing books on railways & local history
Paul Joyce 
Railway Artist
Pearson's Rail & Canal Books 
Publishes transport books
Plateway Press
  Publishes a range of good quality material on neglected aspects of the transport scene, with a particular emphasis on narrow gauge, minor and industrial railways
Purbeck Press
  
Rail Photo Magazine 
* Rail Professional 
Trade magazine. Has an online version.
* Railnews
  Trade paper for railway staff
* Railstaff
  Railway staff newspaper specialising in staff recruitment
Rail Technology Magazine 
Railway Collectors Journal
  By John Mander of Birmingham Railwayana Auctions. 10 times a year. 
Railway Gazette International
  Trade magazine
Railway Magazine Index
  
Railway Modeller
  The magazine
Steam Railway News
  Weekly heritage railway newspaper
TEE Publishing
  Books & Magazines - new, rare & out of print
Today's Railways 
The monthly magazine from Platform 5 for those interested in the modern continental scene
Trackmaps  Publishers of John Yonge's Quail Track Diagrams
Traction Ads
  Buying & selling railway vehicles, spares, machinery etc. Aimed at the heritage railways
Traction Magazine
  Monthly magazine devoted to diesels & electrics
Twelveheads Press
  Transport & industrial history publishers
Xpress Books  Run by ex-BR steam railwaymen and publishing books about BR in the days of steam

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RAILWAY SOFTWARE & SIMULATORS  (Top)

British Rail Screensavers  Railway screensavers and slideshows containing ten photographs. Commercial
Clipart, Photos & Sounds From RailServe. Extensive
GPP Software  Help File Builder. Also The Paul Plowman BR steam photo CD collection
LocoTrack
  A comprehensive database for the UK railway enthusiast
Map Rail Research
  Has developed an exciting new railway design and simulation environment called BLOCK
* Microsoft TrainSimulator
 
PC-RAIL
  Signalbox & railway operations simulators
Railway Clipart Collection  
Railway Screen Saver  
Railway Software
  From Martin Meyer. Screensaver and an easy to handle software for an interactive control of a Maerklin Digital layout
Shark Software
  Steam loco driving simulation
Siam Ltd
  Railway control and train driving simulations
Signalling Centre Software
  Signalbox & railway operations simulators
Steam Locomotive Simulator

Track Access Systems  Suppliers of route learning and refreshing software and maps for train drivers  
Traingames
Train driving and signalling simulations for PCs
* Trainsim UK
  Formerly known as Vern's Railpages, by Vern Moorhouse. Start here for a roundup of train driving simulators
Virtual Rail  Resource site for the MSTS and BVE train driving simulators

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FLEETLISTS

FLEETLISTS etc  (Top)

AbRail Databases  Lists all locomotives, multiple units and carriages currently licensed to run on Railtrack lines. Also depot, pool, owner, operator & livery codes
Britishsteam.com  Every steam loco from 1923 to the end of steam in database search engine and lots more
Depot Codes
  Depot & works codes
* Locomotive Fleet Lists from The Junction 
Also... DMU & DEMU  EMU  Livery Guide  Pool Codes 
LocoTrack
  PC database for numbers, names, sightings etc. - commercial   
Passenger Trains Over Unusual Routes - PSUL  Listing regular passenger trains over obscure rail routes in the British Isles
Preserved ex-BR Main Line Diesel and Electric Locomotives 
About them, with a link to a directory of them & their locations. 80+ photos. From the UK Heritage Railways website. Also.... Preserved Diesel & Electric Locos Passed to Run on Railtrack Lines
Preserved Loco Database
  Searchable. Reasonably up to date so that you can find out where a particular locomotive is
Railwatch
  Loco stocklist download
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey Project
  A searchable database of preserved railway carriages and wagons
UK Railways
  Includes depot & pool codes

ENGINEER's LINE REFERENCES, SIGNAL BOX PREFIXES  etc  (Top)

Depot List & Depot Codes
Engineer's Line References 
Signal box prefixes 
Station List with ELR Reference & Mileage 
Electrification mast prefixes 
PRIDE codes 
Railway Licences Issued by the Rail Regulator 
CRS, TIPLOC, NLC and STANOX codes 

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HERITAGE RAILWAYS & RELATED SOCIETIES

UMBRELLA & MARKETING ORGANISATIONS  (Top)

Great Little Trains of Wales  A marketing group for most of the Narrow Gauge railways in Wales
Heritage Railway Association 
Formerly the AIRPS. This is the trade organisation for all Britain's Heritage Railways
* UK Heritage Railways Website 
General Site listing UK Heritage Railways and with links to them
WalesRails 
Steam railways and other railway attractions in the Principality of Wales. Has its own page for each of the Welsh Heritage Railways

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PRESERVATION NEWS, EVENTS etc  (Top)

Events by Mark Dewell  Heritage lines events diary by Mark Dewell
Gen Page, The  The idea behind this page is to try to bring as much gen on proposed preserved Diesel Workings as possible together in one place
HolidayRail 
Hosted tours of Britain's Heritage Railways for people with learning difficulties
* J.A.T Railway Supplies & Services
  Locomotive crew equipment for heritage railway train crews - shovels, Bardics, tea cans, overalls, oil lamps etc.
Narrow Gauge Railway Society
  What was envisaged in 1951 as being a small correspondence group of specialist enthusiasts has grown to a large international society
Narrow Gauge Railway Resurrection  About the British narrow gauge lines, by David Cooke
Railway Heritage Committee  Operating under the aegis of the Railway Heritage Act 1996, the RHC has the function of 'designating' records and artifacts still within the ownership of the post-British Rail (BR) industry, which are historically significant and should be permanently preserved. The Committee also has the function of agreeing which institutions will hold those records or artifacts
Tim's Narrow Gauge Railway Pages
  Devoted to history & modern scene on the Welsh NG
UK Heritage Railways - Events Diary
UK Heritage Railways - Map 
Showing the locations of Britain's steam railways

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HERITAGE RAILWAYS, MUSEUMS & SOCIETIES  (Top)

If you're interested in groups preserving individual locomotives and other items on the Heritage Railways below, don't forget to have a look at Diesel & Electric Traction Societies and Steam Locomotive Societies too!

Abbey Pumping Station (Leicester)  Click on 'Abbey Pumping Station'
Aberystwyth Electric Cliff Railway  
Alderney Railway 
In the Channel Islands. Unofficial website. Only reference I can find to it. Also see Alderney Tourism
Alford Valley Railway
  In Aberdeenshire
Aln Valley Railway Society
  Proposes to re-instate the Alnmouth to Alnwick branch in Northumberland
    
Aln Valley Railway Trust
Amberley Chalk Pits & Museum
  Near Arundel in Sussex
American Railroad Centre in the UK, The
  Its aim is to acquire a representative collection of American (US, Canadian and Mexican) motive power, rolling stock and artifacts and operate it as a typical US short line
Anglesey Railway Centre 
In the station yard at Amlwch, on the Isle of Anglesey
Anglesey Railway Company 
Project to re-open the Gaerwen Junction to Amlwch branch
    
Anglesey Railway Centre  In the station yard at Amlwch, on the Isle of Anglesey
Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society 
Near Scunthorpe
Astley Green Colliery Museum
Avon Valley Railway 
Based at Bitton, between Bristol and Bath
Ayrshire Railway 
Bala Lake Railway 
in North Wales. Official website
     Bala Lake Railway  The WalesRails website
    
Bala Lake Railway  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
Barrow Hill Roundhouse Railway Centre 
Near Chesterfield
Barry Island Railway  Barry Island Station, Vale of Glamorgan.
Battlefield Steam Railway 
Near Market Bosworth in Leicestershire
Beamish Museum Tramway
    
Virtual Tour of Beamish Museum
Belturbet Station  This disused station in Co Cavan has a Railway Heritage Centre, Accommodation, Conference Centre and restaurant
Bideford Railway Museum  The Bideford & Instow Railway Group
Birmingham Railway Museum
  Now known as Tyseley Locomotive Works
Bishop's Castle Railway Museum 
Shropshire
Blackpool & Fleetwood Tramway
Eye Kay Tramways website
    
Fylde Tramway Society  Founded in 1971 to support the retention and development of the Blackpool to Fleetwood Tramway
Bluebell Railway 
Near East Grinstead, Sussex
    
Bluebell Railway Fire Service  Based at Horsted Keynes
    
Bullied Society, The  Owners of 'Blackmoor Vale' and B4 Class 'Normandy'
    
Welcome to the Park Website for Sheffield Park station
Bodmin & Wenford Railway 
At Bodmin, Cornwall
Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway
  By The Firth of Forth, near Edinburgh
     Bo'ness & Kinneil Carriage & Wagon Dept
     Scottish Railway Preservation Society
Bowes Railway
  At Springwell Village, Gateshead
Brecon Mountain Railway
  Three miles north of Merthyr Tydfil
     Brecon Mountain Railway  The WalesRail website
    
Becon Mountain Railway  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway 
Private Railway near Hollingbourne Village in Kent
Bressingham Steam Museum & Gardens 
At Diss, Norfolk
Bridgend Valley Railway
  Aiming to preserve the Garw Valley branch line in south Wales. The WalesRail website
Bridgnorth Castle Hill Railway Company
  Funicular between Bridgnorth high & low towns, Shropshire
Bristol Harbour Railway
 
Bristol Industrial Museum
Brit Valley Railway
  Proposed new 2' gauge steam railway between Bridport & West Bay
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
  Near Aylesbury. Stockbook
Bure Valley Railway
  Aylsham to Wroxham in Norfolk
    
Bure Valley Railway  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
Burlesdon Brickworks
  The last surviving example of a Victorian steam-driven brickworks in the country
Bury Transport Museum 
Cadeby Light Railway 
The Old Rectory, Cadeby, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire. Leicestershire County Council website
     Cadeby Light Railway
Caledonian Railway (Brechin) 
The Brechin to Bridge of Dun line
     Caledonian Railway Diesel Group
Cambrian Railways Society (Oswestry) 
Cavan & Leitrim Railway
  Ireland
Chasewater Light Railway 
Chasewater Park, near Walsall
Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway 
Buckinghamshire. Official website
    
Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway  Unofficial website
Cholsey & Wallingford Railway
  Near Didcot, Oxfordshire
Churnet Valley Railway (Cheddleton)
  Staffordshire
    
Churnet Valley Railway Juniors Group
    
North Staffordshire Railway Diesel Group  Based on the CVR
Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway 
Clonmacnoise & West Offaly Railway
- The Bog Train. Ireland. Offers a 9km trip through the Bord na Móna peat bogs on its dedicated 3ft narrow gauge railway
    
Clonmacnoise & West Offaly Railway  A picture site by Christian Knop 
Colne Valley Railway 
At Castle Hedingham, Essex
Colonel Stephens Museum 
A virtual museum
Conwy Valley Railway Museum
  At Betws-y-Coed in North Wales
Corris Railway
    
Corris Railway - The WalesRails website
     Corris Railway  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
Coventry Railway Centre (Airfield Line)
  
Darlington Railway Centre & Museum
  Includes the Ken Hoole Study Centre
     Darlington Railway Preservation Society 
Dartmoor Railway
  Okehampton
Dean Forest Railway  At Chepstow in Gloucestershire. The UK Heritage Railways Association website
    
Dean Forest Railway  WalesRails website
     Dean Forest Diesel Association 
Derwent Valley Light Railway  Near York. Official website
    
Derwent Valley Light Railway  Alternative website
Devon Railway Centre
  A new attraction at Bickleigh, near Tiverton
Didcot Railway Centre
    
Didcot Railway Centre Projects  Steam Railmotor, 'Saint' & 6023 'King Edward 2' projects
Donegal Railway Heritage Centre 
Ireland. History, maps, track plans, signalling, timetables, locomotives, models etc.
Downpatrick & County Down Railway
  Ireland's only preserved 5' 3" gauge railway
East Anglia Transport Museum
Carlton Colville, Lowestoft
     East Anglia Transport Museum  Unofficial website
East Anglian Railway Museum 
Chappel Station, Colchester, Essex
  
  Diesel Unit Preservation Associates at the EARM
East Kent Light Railway 
At Shepherdswell, near Canterbury, Kent. Official website
     East Kent Light Railway  Unofficial website
    
East Kent Light Railway  Historical website
East Lancashire Railway
  At Bury
East Somerset Railway
  Near Frome in Somerset
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway 
Eden Valley Railway
    
Eden Valley Railway Trust
Elescar Steam Railway 
Near Barnsley 
Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
  Near Skipton in Yorkshire
     Embsay Tank Engine Club - for younger fans
Epping & Ongar Railway 
Exeter West Signal Box
  Which is at Crewe!
Fairbourne Barmouth & Railway
  On the Cambrian coast of Wales
     Fairbourne & Barmouth Steam Railway  The WalesRails website
    
Fairbourne & Barmouth Steam Railway  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
    
Fairbourne & Barmouth Steam Railway  A private website complimenting the official one
Ffestiniog Railway
  North Wales
     Ffestiniog Railway  The WalesRails website
    
Ffestiniog Railway  Unofficial website, managed by Keith Dawson of the FR's Midland Group
    
Ffestiniog Railway  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
Fintown & Glenties Railway 
Ireland
Foyle Valley Railway Ireland. A narrow gauge preserved railway in Donegal
Foxfield Railway 
Near Stoke-on-Trent
Gartell Light Railway 
A private narrow gauge line built along the track bed of the old Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
Giants Causeway Tramway 
Glasgow Museum of Transport
  
    
Glasgow University (Business Records Archive - Railways)  Home of the Andrew Barclay archive
Glenfinnan Station Museum
  
Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway (GWR)
  At Toddington in Gloucestershire
     Cheltenham Racecourse Extension 
    
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway  Unofficial news website
    
North Gloucestershire Railway  The NGR is a two foot gauge, predominantly steam hauled, railway which shares the   
     site at Toddington with the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway
    
Stratford on Avon & Broadway Railway Society  Devoted to protecting the northern end of the GWR
    
Unofficial GWR Diesels Website  
    
Winchcombe Railway Museum - No website
    
Wine & dine excursions on the GWR
Great Central Railway (GCR)
  Loughborough, Leicestershire.
     Also see this site for links to the the LNER (GC) Heritage Trust; Great Central Railway (Nottingham) Ltd; Great Central
     Railway Northern Development Association and the GCR Rolling Stock Trust
     Main Line Steam Trust (GCR)  Main Line steam trust is the charitable volunteer support body for the Great Central Railway
     Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre  at Ruddington
     Great Central Railway (Link)  Planning to link the two presently-separate GCR companies
Great Eastern Railway Museum, North Woolwich   
Great Northern & East Lincolnshire Railway 
Ludborough
     GN&ELR Picture site
     Grimsby to Louth Railway Preservation Society  
Great Orme Tramway  From Llandudno to the summit of the Great Orme in two stages. This is Britain's only cable worked tramway
    
Great Orme Tramway  Unofficial website
Groudle Glen Railway, Isle of Man
Gwili Railway 
Near Carmarthen
    
Gwili Railway  The WalesRails website
     Gwili Vintage Carriage Group 
Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Society 
Conserving narrow gauge items at Burlesdon Brickworks and at the Kew Bridge Steam Railway
Hollycombe Steam Collection 
At Liphook, Hampshire
    
Hollycombe Steam Fair  Council website 
Holt, Melton Constable and Fakenham Railway Company, The
  Set up to investigate and, in partnership with others, help put in place a cohesive public transport structure for  Norfolk. It aims to develop a circular railway from Norwich to Norwich via Fakenham, Sheringham and North Walsham
Irchester Narrow Gauge Railway Museum
  Northamptonshire
Irish Steam Preservation Society Limited 
The main objectives of the Society are to establish an operating steam museum at Stradbally with an associated collection of steam-powered and other agricultural machinery
Ironbridge Gorge Museum 
Near Telford in Shropshire
Isle of Man Transport Heritage 
Has links to the following IOM pages
    
Isle of Man (Douglas Horse Trams)
     Isle of Man (Groudle Glen Railway)
     Isle of Man (Manx Electric Railway)
     Isle of Man (Snaefell Mountain Railway)
     Isle of Man (Steam Railway)  Isle of Man Steam Railway, Manx Electric Railway, Snaefell Mountain Railway Groudle Glen Railway and Douglas Horse Trams
    
Isle of Man (Steam Railway Supporters Association)
Isle of Wight Steam Railway
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
  West Yorkshire
     Vintage Carriage Museum (Ingrow)
Keith & Dufftown Railway 
In Northern Scotland
Kent & East Sussex Railway 
At Tenterden in Kent
    
Kent & East Sussex Railway  Unofficial website by Keith Brownz
    
K&ESR Ashford Area Group  Ashford volunteers group for the K&ESR
     K&ESR Maidstone Area Group  Maidstone volunteers group for the K&ESR
     K&ESR Operating Department  
     K&ESR Terrier Club  The K&ESR's Junior Section
     Paul Beale's Web Pages  A volunteer's page about the K&ESR
Kew Bridge Steam Railway
  In west London
Kingdom of Fife Railway Preservation Society 
Based at the former Kirkland marshalling yard at Leven in Fife. This group took over the stock from the former Lochty Private Railway
Kirklees Light Railway 
Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway 
In the Lake District, near Windermere
    
Furness Railway Trust  Based on the LHR
Lappa Valley Steam Railway 
Near Newquay in Cornwall
Launceston Steam Railway 
Cornwall
    
Launceston Steam Railway  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
Lavender Line 
At Isfield, near Lewes, in Sussex
Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway 
Near Sanquhar, in the south of Scotland
Leeds Industrial Museum
Leighton Buzzard Light Railway 
Near Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
    
Leighton Buzzard Railway  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
Lincolnshire Wolds Railway 
at Ludborough
Liverpool Museum 
Llanberis Lake Railway
  In Snowdonia, North Wales
     Llanberis Lake Railway  The WalesRail website
     Llanberis Lake Railway  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
Llanelli & District Railway
  Formed in 1987 with the aim of preserving the former Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway (LMMR). The WalesRail website
Llangollen Railway
  Official website. North Wales, near Wrexham
    
Llangollen Railway  LDS Tourism services website
     Llangollen Railway  The WalesRail website
    
Carrog Station
London Transport Museum
  Covent Garden, London
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
 In north Devon
    
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
Manchester Museum of Science & Industry
  Home of the Beyer-Peacock Archive
Mangapps Farm Railway 
Burnham on Crouch, Essex
Market Drayton Railway Preservation Society
  Aims to try to restore part or all of the former Nantwich to Market Drayton Railway as far north as Cox Bank on the outskirts of Audlem
Middleton Railway
  Near Leeds
Mid-Hants Railway (Watercress Line)
  Alton, Hampshire. Official website
    
Mid-Hants Railway (Watercress Line)  UK Railways Online website
    
Wandleys on the Web  Sue Wandley - Watercress line volunteer
    
Vintage Carriage Group 
Midland Railway - Butterley
  Butterley, near Ripley, Derbyshire
    
Golden Valley Light Railway  Part of the Midland Railway
     Midland Diesel Group  Diesel group of the Midland Railway, Ripley, Derbyshire
     Midland Railway Signalmen's Association  About the signalboxes at the Midland Railway
Mid-Norfolk Railway
  Dereham, Norfolk
    
County School Station  
    
GER 1380  Preserving a pre-Grouping carriage at County School
Mid-Suffolk Light Railway 
Brockford Station, Wetheringsett, Suffolk
Moors Valley Railway
Dorset
Moseley Industrial Tramway Museum
  Industrial Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Trust 
Mull Railway
  At Craignure, on the Isle of Mull
    
Mull Rail  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
Museum of Army Transport
  Beverley, East Yorkshire
Narrow Gauge Railway Centre (Blaenau Ffestiniog) Gloddfa Ganol
- No website
National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside
  Home of the Vulcan Foundry archive
National Museums of Scotland
National Railway Museum
  York
    
Friends of the NRM (South of England Group)
     Ingenious  A new website with over 30,000 images from the NRM and science Museums
National Tramway Museum
  Crich, near Matlock, Derbyshire
National Waterways Museum
Gloucester
Nene Valley Railway 
Official website address. This link points to the HRA website pending development of the NVR's own official website
    
Friends of M30272M TPO Group  Preserving a TPO vehicle on the NVR
    
Railworld  Adjacent to the NVR at Peterborough
North Downs Steam Railway 
- No website. This society has now merged with the Spa Valley Railway
North Gloucestershire Railway  The NGR is a two foot gauge, predominantly steam hauled, railway which shares the site at Toddington with the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway. Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
North Ings Farm Museum
  
North Tyneside Steam Railway 
North Norfolk Railway (NNR)
  Sheringham, Norfolk
     Official NNR Junior Club Page  
     Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway Society  Support organisation for the NNR
     Sheringham Station Appeal  
North Warwickshire Railway Society  Established with the aim of trying to preserve local heritage by building a 2' Narrow Gauge Railway to recreate a typical British Quarry Line in Nuneaton
North Woolwich Old Station Museum 
North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR)
  Grosmont to Pickering, North Yorkshire
     Hull & Barnsley Stock Fund
    
LNER Coach Association
     North Yorkshire Moors Railway - Diesel - Site for diesel groups at the NYMR
Northampton & Lamport Steam Railway
  Pitsford & Brampton station, 5 miles north of Northampton
Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust
  Hunsbury Hill, near Northampton
Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway
  UK Heritage Railways Association website
Peak Rail
  Matlock and Rowsley, Derbyshire. This website now includes a link to the 17D Rowsley Association, an old comrades group for ex-Rowsley railwaymen
    
LMS Carriage Association  Based at Darley Dale
    
Derbyshire Dales Narrow Gauge Railway  On Peak Rail's Rowsley South Shed site
Pendon Museum
  Near Didcot. The finescale model museum near Abingdon re-creating the GWR of the 1930's. Combine it with a visit to Didcot Railway Centre
Penrhyn Castle Industrial Railway Museum
Bangor, North Wales
Penrhyn Railway Aims to preserve a mile of the former Penrhyn Quarry Railway near Bethesda in North Wales.
Plym Valley Railway
Marsh Mills station, near Plymouth
Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway
  In South Wales
     Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway  The WalesRail website
Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum
  Prestonpans, near Edinburgh
Railway Age
  Crewe, Cheshire
Railway Gun & Armoured Train Web-museum
  A website - not a real museum!
Railway Preservation Society of Ireland  
Railworld  Adjacent to the NVR at Peterborough
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway (Ratty) 
Ravenglass, Cumbria
    
Ravengalss & Eskdale Railway  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
Ribble Steam Railway
  Preston Docks
Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway
  At New Romney, Kent. Official website
    
Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway  Unofficial website about the history of the RHDR
     Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
Royal Deeside Railway Preservation Society
  Aims to restore the railway between Aberdeen and Ballater
Rushden Station Transport Museum & Society  
Rutland Railway Museum
  Cottesmore, near Oakham, Leicestershire
Science Museum
  London
Scottish Industrial Railway Centre
  Based at Minnivey Colliery, Dalmellington, Ayrshire
Seaton & District Electric Tramway
  On the south Devon coast
Severn Valley Railway
  From Bewdley in Worcestershire to Bridgnorth in Shropshire. Official website
    
Bewdley Station  A website run and maintained by Bewdley station volunteers
    
Dave Rowley's SVR Pages  Unofficial website
    
Friends of Kidderminster Town Station
     Kidderminster Railway Museum
     Severn Valley Railway S&T Department
     Severn Valley Railway Telecoms  From the Severn Valley Railway's Signal & Telecoms department 
    
Severn Valley Railway Webpages  Unofficial website
    
SVR Visitor's Guide
    
Western Locomotive Association Maintains D1062 and D1013 on the SVR
Shillingstone Station Project
  
Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway
  in north Kent
    
Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
Skegness Electric Tramway
Lincolnshire
Snibston Discovery Park
Coalville, Leicestershire. Leicestershire County Council website
Snowdon Mountain Railway
  Llanberis, Gwynedd, North Wales
     Snowdon Mountain Railway  The WalesRail website
    
Snowdon Mountain Railway  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust 
Aims to re-open the line from Midsomer Norton to Chilcompton
South Devon Railway (Dart Valley Railway)
  Buckfastleigh, Devon
South Donegal Railway Preservation Society
  Ireland - No website
South Tynedale Railway
  Alston, Cumbria. Official website
    
South Tynedale Railway Cumbria Tourist Board site
    
South Tynedale Railway  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
South West Main Line Steam Company
  Operating base for stock stabling and loco servicing at Yeovil Junction, Somerset
South Yorkshire Railway
Meadowhall, Sheffield. - No website
Southall Railway Centre
West London
Southport Railway Centre (Steamtown Southport)
This steam museum has closed and moved to Ribble Steam Railway  
Souhtwold Railway, The A scheme to re-instate part of the old Halesworth to Southwold line The Southwold Railway Society
Spa Valley Railway 
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Stainmore Locomotive Company 
A company formed to restore locomotives, rolling stock and Kirkby Stephen East Station in Cumbria as a Steam Railway Centre
Steam Museum, County Kildare 
Ireland
Steamtown Carnforth
  Cumbria
Stephenson Railway Museum 
Middle Engine Lane, West Chirton, North Shields. North Tyneside Steam Railway Association
Strathspey Railway
  Aviemore, Inverness-shire
Summerlee Heritage Centre
Coatbridge, Scotland
Swanage Railway
Swansea Maritime & Industrial Museum
  South Wales
Swansea Vale Railway
  South Wales
     Swansea Vale Railway  The WalesRail website
Swindon & Cricklade Railway
  Blunsdon, near Swindon, Wiltshire
Swindon Railway Museum (STEAM) 
Swindon, Wiltshire
    
Friends of Swindon Railway Museum
Talyllyn Railway
  At Tywyn on the Cambrian coast, Mid-Wales. Official website
    
Talyllyn Railway Narrow Gauge Railway Museum, Tywyn
     Talyllyn Railway - The WalesRails website
    
Talyllyn Railway  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
Tanfield Railway
  Between Gateshead and Stanley, Tyneside
Teifi Valley Railway
  Official website
    
Teifi Valley Railway  The WalesRails website
    
Teifi Valley Railway  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
Telford Steam Railway (Horeshay)
  Shropshire
Timothy Hackworth Victorian Railway Museum
  Near Darlington
Tiverton Museum
  Devon. Museum closed till Easter 2001
Torre Signal Box Group
  Preserving Torre Signal Box, near Torquay, Devon
Tralee & Dingle Railway
  Ireland
Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft
  Near Doncaster. Miniature railway & trolleybus museum. Mainly trolleybuses
Tyseley Locomotive Works
  Formerly Birmingham Railway Museum
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
  Northern Ireland
Vale of Rheidol Railway
  Aberystwyth, on the Cambrian coast of Mid-Wales
     Vale of Rheidol Railway - The WalesRails website
    
Vale of Rheidol Railway  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
Volks Electric Railway 
Brighton
Waterford & Suir Valley Railway 
Waverly Route Heritage Association 
Proposes to re-build a section of the old Waverley Route south from Whitrope
Weardale Railway 
Stanhope Station, Co. Durham. Aims to re-open the Bishop Auckland to Eastgate line
Wells & Walsingham Light Railway
  Wells-next-the Sea, Norfolk
Wells Harbour Railway
  Wells-next-the Sea, Norfolk
Welsh Highland Railway 
North Wales. The history of the project
    
Welsh Highland Railway (Caernarfon)  Official website of the WHR project
    
Welsh Highland Railway(Caernarfon)  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
    
Welsh Highland Railway  (Caernarfon)  News from Barrie Hughes
    
Welsh Highland Railway (Porthmadog)  
    
Welsh Highland Railway (Porthmadog)  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
    
Welsh Highland Railway Society  News about the re-building
    
Welsh Highland Railway Society  The existing line at Porthmadog
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway
  In Mid-Wales. Official website
    
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway  Unofficial news website
    
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway  The WalesRail website
    
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
Wensleydale Railway  Aims to reinstate the Garsdale to Northallerton line in Northern England
    
Wensleydale Railway Association  
West Clare Railway
  Ireland.
    
West Clare Railway Extension  
West Lancashire Light Railway
  Narrow gauge steam railway 
at Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
    
West Lancashire Light Railway  Narrow Gauge Pleasure website
West Somerset Railway
  Minehead, Somerset. Official website
    
West Somerset Railway  Unofficial website
    
West Somerset Railway  Unofficial website
    
West Somerset Railway Association  The volunteer support organisation that works with the West Somerset Railway plc
    
Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust  Washford
West Yorkshire Transport Museum
Bradford - No website
Westrail (Tuam)
  Ireland - No website
Workington Travelling Heritage Centre 
A new site in Workington's disuse loco shed
Wyvern Rail
  Working toward reopening the picturesque branch line from Duffield to Wirksworth in Derbyshire. See also Wirksworth Pioneer and Ecclesbourne Valley Railway Association

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IRELAND

MAJOR IRISH RAILWAY COMPANIES  (Top)

Bord na Móna (Irish Peat Board). Operators of peat bog railways in the Irish Republic
CIE (Córas Iompair Éireann)  Córas Iompair Éireann is Ireland's state-owned national transport company. CIE Group has three operating companies covering bus and rail services throughout the Republic of Ireland and to and from Northern Ireland. CIÉ also has a specialised tour company - CIÉ Tours International - and also manages the Group's property portfolio. It has a consulting division - CIÉ Consult - and provides legal and other services to the bus and rail companies. Site includes timetables for Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann
* Iarnrod Éireann  State owned national railway company of the Irish Republic
LUAS - Dublin's proposed Light Rail system
* Translink (Citybus, NIR, Ulsterbus).  Umbrella company promoting integration of bus & train services in Northern Ireland

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TICKETS & TRAVEL INFORMATION IN IRELAND  (Top)

Bus Éireann  Navigate to 'Timetables' for Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann
Irish Republic Railway Journey Planner  is here on the IE homepage
Northern Ireland Railway Timetables  Navigate via this page
Northern Ireland Railway Journey Planner  
Railtours in Ireland - Coolway Services Ltd
* Railtours in Ireland - Railway Preservation Society of Ireland

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OTHER IRISH RAILWAY WEBSITES  (Top)

Belturbet Station  This disused station in Co Cavan has a Railway Heritage Centre, Accommodation, Conference Centre and restaurant
Cavan & Leitrim Railway
 
Colourpoint Books   
Publishes Irish railway books
County Donegal Railway  A brief history
Donegal Railway Heritage Centre 
History, maps, track plans, signalling, timetables, locomotives, models etc.
Downpatrick Railway Museum 
Northern Ireland's only preserved standard gauge railway
Dublin & Blessington Steam Tramway, The
  A long closed line which operated between the populous town of Blessington, deep in County Wicklow, and Terenure, in the southern suburbs of Dublin
Dundonald Station Then & Now 
European Railway Picture Gallery 
Irish picture index
Fintown & Glenties Railway
(An Mhuc Dubh Historic Railway)
Fry Model Railway, The 
Ireland's largest 'O' gauge model railway at Malahide Castle, Co Dublin
Giants Causeway Tramway
Howth Tram, The 
A history of this tramway to the north of Dublin
Irish Health & Safety Authority
  Irish equivalent of the HSE
Irish Locomotive Information  This E-Mail group is for People interested in the Irish Railway Network.
Information on the loco workings & General information on Irishrail
Irish Locomotive Drivers' Association   
Irish Railway Information Source  
Irish Railway News 
A free e-mail based newsletter, published every two weeks, reporting on all aspects of Irish railways broad and narrow, commercial, industrial and preserved
* Irish Railway Record Society 
One of the best Irish sites - strong on news
Irish Railwayana  Railwayana auctions
Irish Railwayana and Model Railways  By Ken Lennan
Irish Railways and Transport Foundation  The aim of the foundation is to encourage the preservation in working order of vehicles and entire transport systems throughout the island of Ireland, North as well as South
Irish Rolling Stock List
Irish Steam Preservation Society Limited 
The main objectives of the Society are to establish an operating steam museum at Stradbally with an associated collection of steam-powered and other agricultural machinery
Irish Times, The 
Search for Irish railway news in the press
Irish Traction Group
and their Picture Gallery  
Markle Associates Video  Markle make railway videos about Irish Railways.
Meath on Track
A campaign for the re-establishment of a rail passenger link between Navan and Dublin via Dunshaughlin and Dunboyne
National Library of Ireland - Reference Source and Photographic Archive
NIR Photo Website  A photo and news site covering NIR from 1967 to today
O'Dea Collection, The 
Collection of over 5000 historic Irish railway photographs at the National Library of Ireland
* Rail Transport in Ireland  A very good general site for the railways of Ireland. Includes sections on open and closed lines, routes, locomotives and multiple units.
Railway Preservation Society of Ireland  
Rosslare Harbour Euro Port
Steam Museum, County Kildare 
Templeport Resource Centre
  At the old railway station
Tralee & Dingle Railway
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
Waterford & Suir Valley Railway 
West Clare Railway 
Not being updated - site owner deceased
West Clare Railway Extension
West=On=Track 
- Campaign to re-open the Sligo to Galway line in the west of Ireland

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LONDON UNDERGROUND & METRO LINES

LONDON UNDERGROUND  (Top)

* Abandoned Tube Stations  All about those mysterious closed stations under London
Brompton Road Station 
Which closed in 1934
Central Line ATP  On the London Underground
* Clive's UndergrounD Line Guides
  A series of files describing the London Underground system and the independent railways of the London area line by line. Includes the Docklands Light Railway and the Croydon Tramlink
* District Dave's London Underground Site
  A great deal about the District Line and driver recruitment & Training. Written by a District Line driver
District Line, The  Despite the name this is about more than just the Jubilee Line. Written by a District Line driver
Down the Tubes 
A few photographs of the London Underground
Going Underground  A fun but informative guide to The London Underground
Guide to the London Underground 
A guide to London's attractions along the Tube, with station-to-station descriptions of how to get there, admission prices, and the latest on Underground fares and travel passes. New features include a photo gallery of London
London Railways Net
  Primarily about London Underground - the Tube - you will also find information here on some of the railway branch lines in East and West London, some help for tourists and some additional information on other tunnels beneath London  
Transport for London
  Parent company of London Underground. Links to Underground, tram and bus pages
London Underground 
Operator of the London Underground system
* London Underground Map Archive
  All the old London Underground maps from 1908 to date xx
     London Underground Map from Multimap  Click on a station to get a street plan or aerial view
London Underground Railway Society  Exists to study all aspects of London's underground railways - past, present and future
London Underground Tube Station Maps
  Showing 3D tunnel layouts at various tube stations
London Underground Tube Stock
  Good basic information and pictures about these types
Metronet 
Operates the Bakerloo, Central, Victoria, Waterloo & City, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City, Circle, District and East London Lines
Modern London Underground, The  
Northern Heights
The never-built northern extension of the Northern Line
Subterranea Britannica Research Study Group 
Underground archaeology website, mainly concerned with the Cold War
The London Tube 
General site about the UndergrounD
Tube Lines 
The consortium which runs the Piccadilly, Northern and Jubilee lines
* Tube Prune 
An unofficial web site for professional railway people working for London Underground and for those interested in the London Underground railway system. Probably the best site about the London Underground.
Underground City  Has maps showing rivers, sewers and water mains under London
Underground History - Disused Stations on London's Underground  

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OTHER METROPOLITAN RAILWAYS  (Top)

Bristol & South Gloucestershire LRT  Proposed Tramway. This is the LRTA website
Docklands Light Railway 
Administered by London Transport
Edinburgh Tramway  New Edinburgh Tramway proposal
* Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA)
  Information and campaigning about better public transport through tramways and light rail transit systems
Mail Rail - London's Post Office Railway
  Speeding the mail under London
Manchester Metrolink  Owned by the Greater Manchester PTE
Midland Metro 
Operates between Birmingham and Wolverhampton. Operated by Travel West Midlands, part of National Express
Nottingham Express Transit
South Hants LRT  Proposed Portsmouth to Fareham LRT. This is the LRTA website
Stagecoach Supertram (South Yorkshire) 
Sheffield
Tramlink (Croydon) 
Administered by London Transport and operated by Tramtrack Croydon Ltd
Tyne & Wear Metro 
Owned and operated by Nexus, The Tyne & Wear PTE

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MODEL RAILWAYS etc

In order to reduce the workload involved in maintaining this page I am only listing a handful of very good portal websites which specialise in these areas of interest. I am sure that these sites will take you to where you want to get to.

MINIATURE RAILWAYS  (Top)

* Miniature Railways of Britain  This website has a complete A-Z listing of lines, with contact details for those lines listed below which don't have websites

Minor Railways Online  News about minor & preserved railways, along with updates to the author's book 'Minor Railways'

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MODEL RAILWAYS  (Top)

* UK Model Shop Directory, The  This website has a county by county guide to all British model shops, suppliers, clubs and just about everything else to do with modelling

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MODEL ENGINEERING  (Top)

* Model Engineering Clearing House, The  The best place to start! Clubs, Suppliers,

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RAILWAY HISTORY

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (GWR) & CONSTITUENTS  (Top)

Barber Line, The  The Harrogate Gas Company's narrow gauge railway that carried coal to the gasworks from 1908 to 1956
Broad Gauge Loco Photos
(Mike's Railway History)
  
Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway
  The history of the Swindon to Cheltenham line
Cornish Riviera Express, The
  Working the train in 1935
Electric Telegraph (Cable & Wireless)  Cooke & Wheatstone's electric telegraph on the Great Western Railway in the late 1830's and early 1840's
GWR Publicity  Collecting GWR publicity material
Grange Court Junction  About this closed station on the Gloucester - Chepstow line
Great Western Archive  Extensive & well laid out resource. Includes a section on the Western Region and the Tony Dunkley photographic archive  
Great Western Study Group 
Encouraging interest, research & modelling of the GWR
* greatwesternrailway.com
  A site dedicated to the GWR
History of The GWR to 1935
(Mike's Railway History)  The history of the Great Western Railway up to 1925
Railways of the Vale of Evesham  By Richard Kyte
Railways of the Forest of Dean 
By Richard Kyte
Warwickshire Railways A fine historical site with excellent pictures
Witney & East Gloucestershire Railway  by David Howse

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LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY (LNER) & CONSTITUENTS  (Top)

Aberdeen's Railways 
Great Northern Railway  
Gresley On Line  Sir Nigel Gresley ~ his locomotives ~ the societies which continue his legacy
Ken Hoole Study Centre  Houses the reference collection left by Ken Hoole in Darlington
LNER Magazine  Website about the old LNER company magazine
Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway  
    
Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway
Railways Through Ingleby  A pictorial history of the North Yorkshire & Cleveland Railway
Railways in Newcastle  Polish site (!) about railways on Tyneside
Railways of Yorkshire  
Scotland Street Railway Station  All about Edinburgh's Scotland Street station
Tyneside Railways 

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LONDON MIDLAND & SCOTTISH RAILWAY (LMS) & CONSTITUENTS  (Top)

Cairn Valley Light Railway, The  The Moniavie to Dumfries line
Carnforth Station  The history of Carnforth station
Derby Area Signalling Project
  Studying mechanical signalling in the Derby and Burton-upon-Trent area
Gateway to the LMS 
LMS Magazine  Website about the old LMS company magazine
The Railways of North Wales (Changes in Recent Years)  Derived from Charlie Hulme's North Wales Coast Railway website
Nottingham - Melton Railway  Historical & current data on the Old Dalby Test Track line
Steam on the Cheshire Lines Committee  This site serves as an attempt to compile information, anecdotes, memories, photos and records, in connection with all things CLC Liverpool between 1948 and 1968

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SOUTHERN RAILWAY (SR) & CONSTITUENTS  (Top)