_______________________________________________________________________________________
Railway Register
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Home Page - Rail Industry Links - Contact Registrar
This page was last updated on Friday 12th June 2009
This page takes about 25 seconds to load on a dial-up
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Rail Enthusiast Links
Auctions & Railwayana
-
Auctions
Railwayana
Books, Videos
& Software -
Book
& Video Sellers
Video Producers
Publishing,
Magazines & Artwork
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
LNER
& Constituents
LMS
& Constituents
SR &
Constituents
Railways in Wartime
General
& Miscellaneous Railway History
Steam Locomotive
& Heritage Railway History
Railway Societies -
Diesel
& Electric Traction Societies
General
& Miscellaneous Railway Societies
Railway History Societies
Steam Locomotive Societies
Signalling
-
Signalling
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Alan
Godfrey Maps Old & new OS maps. Consett, Co Durham
Anvil Books Secondhand
and antiquarian books with a Railway Section
Batterdale Books
Secondhand railway book sellers, located in York
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
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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
Visions International
Producers of high quality videos for the railway enthusiast
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________________________________________________
HERITAGE RAILWAYS & RELATED SOCIETIES
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
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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
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 Company Project to re-open the Gaerwen Junction to Amlwch
branch
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
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
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
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
Burlesdon
Brickworks The last surviving example of a Victorian steam-driven
brickworks in the country
Bury Transport Museum
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
Cholsey & Wallingford
Railway Near Didcot, Oxfordshire
Churnet Valley Railway (Cheddleton)
Staffordshire
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
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
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
Devon Railway Centre
A new attraction at Bickleigh, near Tiverton
Didcot Railway Centre
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 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 Lancashire Railway
At Bury
East Somerset Railway
Near Frome in Somerset
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
Eden Valley
Railway
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
Ffestiniog Railway North
Wales
Ffestiniog
Railway The WalesRails 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
Glenfinnan
Station Museum
Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway (GWR)
At Toddington in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Warwickshire Railway Unofficial news website
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 Orme Tramway
From Llandudno to the summit of the Great Orme in two stages. This is Britain's
only cable worked tramway
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
Headhunters
Railway Museum at Enniskillen
Hollycombe Steam Collection At
Liphook, Hampshire
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
Operating Department
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
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
Lincolnshire Wolds Railway
at Ludborough
GN&ELR
Picture site
Grimsby
to Louth Railway Preservation Society
Liverpool Museum
Llanberis Lake Railway In
Snowdonia, North Wales
Llanberis
Lake Railway The WalesRail 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 The WalesRail website
Carrog
Station
London Transport Museum
Covent Garden, London
Lynton & Barnstaple
Railway In north Devon
Manchester Museum of
Science & Industry Home of the Beyer-Peacock Archive
Mangapps Farm Railway Burnham
on Crouch, Essex
Middleton Railway
Near Leeds
Mid-Hants Railway (Watercress Line)
Alton, Hampshire. Official 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
National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside
Home of the Vulcan Foundry archive
National Museums of Scotland
National Railway Museum York
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 Ings Farm Museum
North Tyneside Steam Railway
North Norfolk Railway (NNR)
Sheringham, Norfolk
Midland & Great
Northern Joint Railway Society Support organisation for the NNR
North Yorkshire Moors
Railway (NYMR) Grosmont to Pickering, North Yorkshire
Hull
& Barnsley Stock Fund
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
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
Ribble Steam Railway
Preston Docks
Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway
At New Romney, Kent. Official 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 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
Snibston Discovery Park Coalville,
Leicestershire. Leicestershire County Council website
Snowdon Mountain Railway
Llanberis, Gwynedd, North Wales
Snowdon
Mountain Railway The WalesRail 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
Southall Railway Centre West
London
Southwold 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 Railway 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 Vale Railway
South Wales
Swansea
Vale Railway The WalesRail website
Swindon & Cricklade
Railway Blunsdon, near Swindon, Wiltshire
Swindon Railway Museum (STEAM)
Swindon, Wiltshire
Talyllyn Railway At Tywyn on
the Cambrian coast, Mid-Wales. Official website
Talyllyn
Railway Narrow Gauge Railway Museum, Tywyn
Talyllyn
Railway - The WalesRails website
Tanfield Railway
Between Gateshead and Stanley, Tyneside
Teifi Valley Railway
Official website
Teifi
Valley Railway The WalesRails website
Telford Steam Railway
(Horeshay)
Shropshire
Timothy Hackworth
Victorian Railway Museum Near Darlington
Tiverton Museum Devon.
Museum closed till Easter 2001
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
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 (Caernarfon) Official website of the WHR project
Welsh Highland
Railway (Porthmadog)
Welsh
Highland Railway Society The existing line at Porthmadog
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway
In Mid-Wales. Official website
Welshpool
& Llanfair Light Railway The WalesRail website
Wensleydale Railway
Aims to reinstate the Garsdale to Northallerton line in Northern England
West Clare Railway
Ireland.
West Lancashire Light
Railway Narrow gauge steam railway
at Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
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
Yeovil Railway Centre
Operating base for stock stabling and loco servicing at Yeovil Junction,
Somerset
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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
Headhunters
Railway Museum at Enniskillen
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
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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 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'
_______________________________________________________________________________________
* 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
_______________________________________________________________________________________
* Model Engineering Clearing House, The The best place to start! Clubs, Suppliers,
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Atlantic
Coast Express Dedicated to the ACE - the Southern Railway's
premier train to the West Country
Brighton Circle, The
Researching the LBSCR
Clayton Tunnel
Accident 1861
Isle of Wight Nostalgia
By Dave Parker. General IOW historical site with railways included
LB&SCR Liveries
LBSCR Locomotive & rolling stock liveries
London, Brighton and South Coast
Railway, The A good starting place for study of the LBSCR
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
Somerset & Dorset Joint
Railway Maps & Links
Somerset & Dorset
Railway (Heritage Trust), The All about the history of the S&D
Somerset and Dorset Railway Private
site, includes info on the S&D
Somerset and
Dorset Railway - Searching for a Lost Line Looking at the remains
of the S&D
Southern E-Group Homepage
For those interested in the Southern Railway / Region. Includes modelling
information
Richard's
Southern E-mail Group page A complimentary website by a member of the
Southern E-Group
Southern
Railway Coaching Stock Register The first in a series of pages
that will identify all the coaching stock of the Southern Railway from its
formation in 1923, through its demise at the end of 1947, finishing with
Southern-designed stock which continued to appear until the early 1960s.
Southern Railway
Drawings Index
_______________________________________________________________________________________
British
Railways in Wartime - 1943 A very informative site about Britain's
railways at war
Railway Women in Wartime
Good pictures from the two World Wars
World War 2 Railway Study Group
Aims to collect, exchange and, whenever possible, to publish factual information
on the operation of the railways of the combatant nations during World War Two
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Beeching
Report Maps From this page you can download the 'before' and
'after' maps from the Beeching Report
British Railway
History 1700-1900 Engineers, entrepreneurs, locomotives,
companies, railway art, historical developments, stations, towns & cities
British Railway Line
Societies There are groups dedicated to the study and promotion of
almost all the railway companies that have existed in this century
Coatbridge & Airdrie
History of railways in The Monklands
* Historic Railway Disasters
An investigation of railway accidents from the dawn of rail transport to the
present
Industrial Narrow Gauge Railways This
web site has been built to record information regarding current industrial and
commercial narrow gauge railways operating throughout Europe
Kent Rail The history of Kent's
railways and the South Eastern Division.
Mike's Railway History
Material dates from 1935/6
Narrow Gauge Pleasure
General site about Britain's little narrow gauge railways.
Nottingham
Victoria Railway and Architecture resources. Not just about
Nottingham Victoria station
Railref Railway
Archive Reference System. Aims to provide an indexing system for historical
railway infrastructure items
Railway Ancestors Family History
Society The purpose of the Society is to help
members trace their family ancestry in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, and
also British Railwaymen Overseas, by informing them of Records, Documents,
Books, Special Collections, etc., that exist in the Record Depositories and by
discovering and investigating previously unknown sources
* Railway
Clearing House pre-1923 Junction Diagrams
Railways
in Birmingham Railways, canals, trams and cabs
RailWest West Country
Railway Archives. Historical information about the railways of the South-West of
England
Robert Forsythe's Home Page
Transport and Industrial Heritage Historian and Consultant
Trackbed.com The aim of this
site is to provide the most comprehensive historical database on the web of
everything that made Britain's Railways so unique & special. Very much an
ongoing project, this website should build into a major resource
Victorian Railway, The
Pictures from Punch
Waggonway Research Circle
Welsh Railway
Archaeology
Weston Clevedon & Portishead Railway
An unusual independent light railway linking three North Somerset coastal towns.
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Carriage
Restoration Technical information for those involved in restoring
vintage railway carriages, including how to make luggage rack netting! From the
Bluebell Railway's C&W team
Footplate Days &
Ways Clive Groom's steam engine driver & fireman training
courses. Click here
for a write up of Dewi Williams' experience of this course
How to Drive a Railway
Locomotive The basics of steam & diesel driving
LMS Jubilees All about the
LMS 'Jubilee' class 4-6-0s. Extensive historical photo gallery. Excellent site
LYd2 Page, The About Lyd2 2'
gauge diesel locomotives from Romania. Now on the WHR
* Railway Technical Pages
An excellent resource, well worth an occasional look to see what's new
Rob's How it Works Pages
How a steam locomotive works. Includes valve gear animations
Steam Engine Library
A searchable collection of historical documents relating to the history of the
steam engine
Surviving World Steam
Locomotives Commercial database for most of the World's surviving
steam locos
Ultimate Steam Page, The
Modern developments in steam locomotive design
_______________________________________________________________________________________
RAILWAY SOCIETIES (Societies based on Heritage Railways are listed under Heritage Railways)
125
Group Dedicated to the HSTs. Includes stock formations, unit
diagrams and news
37254
The fund for the preservation & operation of 37254
427 'The
Buffs' & '9th Field Squadron Royal Engineers'
45015 on the Net / 45/0 Group
Preserving 'Peak' 45015
50149
Preserving 50149 on the WSR
6LDA Preserving 26004 and 26024
at Bo'ness
71A Locomotive Group Dedicated to
the restoration and maintenance of diesel locomotive engines
AC Loco Group Preserving
81002, 82008, 83012, 85101 amongst other a/c items
APT Preservation Update Preserving
the APT at Crewe
Blyth & Tyne Diesel Group
Preserving modern image items in the North East
BRCW Workgroup Preserving
33018 & 33201
Brush-Sulzer Preservation Group
Brush Type 4 Fund
Owners of 47105, 47295, 47376 'Goldcrest' on the GWR
Bulleid Double Decker
Society Preserving the only double deck train type built in
Britain on the Northampton Ironstone Railway
Bury Diesel Group (ELR)
Website of the combined diesel preservation groups on the East Lancashire
Railway
Carriage Exchange, The
Carriages & parts for sale
Class 100
Gloucester Trailer E56301
Class 107 Limited Preserving
52005, 52006, 52031 & 59791 at Bolton Abbey
Class 20 Locomotive Society
Preserving 20001, 20005 & 20227
Class 26 (Locomotive
Numerology Paper 2) Brief outline of the class with dates of
withdrawals etc
Class 309 Electric
trains of First North Western - An Appreciation & a preservation proposal
Class 37 Group Preserving 37003
at The East Anglian Railway Museum. Also a partial fleet history of the class
Class 40 Appeal Preserving
40012 'Aureol' 37190 'Dalzell' and No. 50007 'Sir Edward Elgar'
Class 40 Preservation Society
Preserving 40135 & 40145 on the East Lancashire Railway
Class 56 Group
Class 71 (Locomotive
Numerology Paper 1) Brief outline of the class with dates of
withdrawals etc
Cravens Heritage
Trains Preserving London Underground stock
D9000 Locomotives Ltd (DNLL)
Looks afterD9000 D9002 D9016 50002 50050
Deltic Preservation Society (DPS)
Preserving 55009 'Alycidon' 55015 'Tulyar' and 55019 'Royal Highland Fusilier'
Devon Diesel Group
Preserving Class 50 50002 'Superb' and Class 04 D2246 in the West of England
Diesel & Electric Preservation Group
Preserving D7017, D7018, D1010, D9526 and a Park Royal DMU at Williton on the
WSR
Diesel Traction Group Preserving
D1015 'Western Champion' on the main line, D821 'Greyhound' Hymek D7029 &
D8568
EPB Preservation Group, The Preserving
2-car EPB 5759 and MLV S68001 at the East Kent Railway
Fifty Fund Website
Preserving 50031, 50035 & 50044
Growler Group, The - English
Electric Type 3s Preserving 37215 & 37324
Hampshire and Sussex Units Preservation
Society Aims to preserve one of these units
Hasting Diesels Limited
Preserving unit 1001
Hastings
Diesels Limited - Unofficial Unofficial Hastings Diesels Limited
website
Irish Traction Group Railtours
& diesel locomotive preservation in Ireland
Llangollen Diesel Group
Llangollen Railcar
(DMU) Group Maintains five 2-car DMUs on the LR
Midland Diesel Group
Diesel group of the Midland Railway Centre, Ripley, Derbyshire
North Staffs Railway Diesel
Group Preserving 08350, 25912 (D7672) "Tamworth
Castle", 33102 & 33056 "The Burma Star" at Cheddleton in
Staffordshire
North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Diesel Group Site for diesel groups at the NYMR
Peak Locomotive Company Preserving
44004 'Great Gable'
Preserved Locomotive Enthusiasts Group
* Railcar Association, The
Umbrella group for DMU owners. Includes class histories for all types and
technical data
Renown & Rupulse Restoration Group
An attempt to preserve 50029 & 50030
Rustons R Us About
R&H NG locomotives. From the Moseley Railway Trust
Scottish 37 Group, The
Preserving 37025 at Bo'ness
Severnside Travel & Railway Society
Tours to rail locations for the discerning enthusiast,
whether your interest is ‘number-crunching’ or photography.
South East Locomotive Group
Preserving 33063 & 33065
Southern Electric Group
For all who are Interested in the Third Rail dc Southern Electric system.
Preserving 4-COR 3142 on the NVR
Stratford 47 Group Owners
of 47367 & 47596 in Norfolk
Suburban Electric
Railway Association Preserving Britain's first generation
electrics
Swindon Diesel Preservation
Society, The Preserving Swindon Class 126 'Inter-City' DMU on the
Bo'ness line
The Woodhead Site Preserving
1502 'Electra' at the Midland Railway Centre
Type One Locomotive Company
Preserving 20098, 25279, 31418, 31563 & 47117 on the GCR
Unofficial Growler Group
Preserving 37099 & 37215 on the GWR
Werkgroep 1501 Preserving
1501 in the Netherlands
Western Ranger & The Western
Locomotive Association (WLA) Preserving 1013 'Western Ranger'
& 1062 'Western Courier' on the SVR
_______________________________________________________________________________________
GENERAL & MISCELLANEOUS RAILWAY SOCIETIES (Top)
Basingstoke
& District Railway Society Regular talks & foreign trips
* Branch Line Society
Since 1955 the BLS has been the main British group for people with a special
interest in railway geography and infrastructure, and in railway by-ways in
particular. In recent years, the Society has broadened its horizons from Great
Britain to mainland Europe and the rest of the world
Rinbad
Line openings & closures around Europe and other resources from the BLS
Branch
Line Society (BLS) EU Border List of lines across EU borders
* Enthusiasts
Guide to Travelling the Railways of Europe
Passenger
Train Services Over Unusual Lines Current timetable. For rare-track
'gricers'
Benelux Railways Society
Cambridge University Railway Club
Founded in 1911, it is the third oldest railway club in the world. Regular talks
& visits
Cumbrian Railways Association
Cumbrian railway history
East Midlands Railway Photographic
Society Aims to cater for all the different types of traction,
weather it be Steam, Diesel, or Electric, weather it be on the main line or
preserved railways
European Train Enthusiasts Bringing
together all of us who are interested in the railroads of Europe
Exminster Signal Box
Preservation Project Aims to preserve this box at Swindon's STEAM
museum
* Gensheet Advance notice of
interesting diversions and 'rare track'. The original paper based GENSHEET was a
weekly newsletter of the Oxford University Railway Society, which detailed
diversions extracted from weekly engineering alterations as well as items from
the timetable
Huddersfield Railway Circle
Inter-City Railway Society Formed
in1973 by enthusiasts for enthusiasts producing a monthly magazine and
publications to cater for the modern day UK or Continental enthusiast
* Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA)
News about light railways and tramways around Europe
Locomotive & Carriage Institution
Founded in 1911, the L&CI provide lectures and visits on all aspects of the
railway industry through a regular programme of lectures and seminars in
Locomotive Club of Great Britain (LCGB)
General railway club with railtours & depot tours & meetings etc around
the country
London Underground Railway Society
Exists to study all aspects of London's underground railways - past, present and
future †
Norfolk Railway Society
General railway interest society with meetings in Norwich
Northumberland Railway Walks Society
Nuneaton Railway Circle
* Pennine Railway Society
South Yorkshire based society that has functioned successfully for 25 years
promoting an interest in rail transport. Extensive databases on main line &
preserved stock, depot codes, owner codes, liveries etc.
Railway Correspondence & Travel Society
(RCTS) General railway club with railtours & depot tours &
meetings etc around the country
Railway Performance Society
Traction performance and train timing
Scarborough
Railway Society Meets every other Friday from September to
May at the public library on Vernon Road Scarborough. Meetings commence at
7:45pm. Guest and local speakers give pictorial lectures on a wide range of
subjects
Shropshire Railway Society
Regular meetings in Shrewsbury
St. Alban's South
Signal Box Society Preserving the old box
Stafford Railway Circle
General railway interest and modelling society
Stephenson Locomotive
Society - SLS General railway club with railtours & depot
tours & meetings etc around the country
Stowmarket Railway Club
Thorncombe Rail Activities Club
General interest railway club in west Dorset
Tramway
& Light Railway Society For everyone interested in tramways
and especially tramway modelling
* UK Railway FAQ
FAQ site for the main British railway newsgroup
Wolverton Heritage
Group
Worcester Locomotive
Society General railway interest society with meetings in
Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Also maintains a collection of GWR rolling
stock on the South Devon Railway
Wrexham Railway Society
Meetings, visits and tours
_______________________________________________________________________________________
RAILWAY HISTORY SOCIETIES (Top)
Bilton
Historical Society
Brighton Circle, The
Researching the LBSCR
British Overseas Railways
Historical Trust British built railways in the Commonwealth and
overseas
Broad Gauge Society, The Promoting
the study of the GWR in its broad gauge days
Brookwood Cemetery Society
The necropolis railway in Surrey
Caledonian Railway Association
Cumbrian Railways Association
Glasgow & South Western Railway
Association
Glyn Valley Tramway Group
...served the Ceiriog Valley from 1873 until 1935
Great Eastern Railway Society
Great North of Scotland Railway
Association
Great Northern Railway Society
Gresley Society
Founded to study and promote interest in the work of Sir Nigel Gresley
Great Western Study Group, The
Helston Railway
Trust Aims to restore part of the Helston branch in Cornwall
Highland
Railway Society
Industrial Railway Society
Devoted to the study of privately owned industrial railways and locomotives in
Britain and abroad
* Irish Railway Record Society
One of the best Irish sites - strong on news
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Society
Founded to promote the study of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway company and
it's predecessors and successors
LNER Study Group No website. K. Tong, 18, Gray Fallow,
Broadmeadows, South Normanton, Derbyshire, DE55 3BQ
LNWR Society Aims to foster
interest in all aspects of the LNWR, its constituent companies and joint lines
London Railway Heritage Society Dedicated
to the preservation of London's architectural railway heritage
London Underground Railway Society
Exists to study all aspects of London's underground railways - past, present and
future
Midland Great Northern
Circle
Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway
Society Support organisation for the NNR
Midland Railway
Society Brings together those interested in the Midland Railway,
including its predecessors, successors, joint lines and working arrangements
Midland South Western Junction Railway Society - No website. D.
Bartholomew, 49A Martins Rd, Keevil, Trowbridge, BA14 6N
National Railway Historical Society
(UK Chapter)
NRHS American Website
North British Railway Study
Group Aims to conduct research into the North British Railway and
its constituents and successors
North Eastern Railway Association
Formed in 1961 to cater for all enthusiasts interested in the railways of north
eastern England, the North Eastern Railway and the Hull & Barnsley Railway
North Staffordshire Railway
Study Group Bringing together people with an interest in the North
Staffordshire Railway
Railway &
Canal Historical Society Founded in 1954 to bring together all
those interested in the history of transport, with particular reference to
railways and waterways, its main objects are to promote historical research and
to raise the standard of published history
Romsey Signal Box Project
Signalling Record Society
The Society exists to encourage and further the study of railway signalling and
operation. It aims to cater for all levels of study from the purely casual to
the most detailed historical or technical treatment, and we welcome all members
whatever their level of knowledge or enthusiasm for the subject
Somerset &
Dorset Railway Trackbed Trust Preserving as much of the
former trackbed of the old S&D as possible
South Western Circle The
Historical Society for the London & South Western Railway
Waverley Route Heritage Association
Dedicated to the preservation & protection of all heritage aspects of this
former North British / LNER railway through the Scottish Borders
Welsh Railway Research Circle
For those interested in the railways of Wales & the Borders
World War Two Railway
Study Group The purpose of the Group is to collect, exchange and
wherever possible publish, factual information on the operation of the railways
of the combatant nations during World war Two, and similar relevant material
from the years immediately before and after
_______________________________________________________________________________________
STEAM LOCOMOTIVE SOCIETIES (Top)
2807
Group GWR 2807 on the modern GWR
35025 'Brocklebank Line'
Association Preserving a SR Merchant Navy on the GCR
3862 Prserving a GWR 2-8-0
heavy goods loco on the Northampton & Lamport Railway
4079
'Pendennis Castle' At the Didcot railway Centre
44422 Locomotive Fund
45163 Ltd
Owners of Black 5 45163 on the Colne Valley Railway
46464 Locomotive Group
48624 8F Restoration Page
48624 at Peak Rail
5542 Locomotive
Ltd Preserved at Washford on the WSR
6024 'King Edward I' Preservation
Society Mainline railtour engine
6880 'Betton Grange' Fund A
proposal to build a new Grange Class engine at the Llangollen Railway
9689 'Wightwick Hall' Restoration
Group At the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
70000 'Britannia' From The
Britannia Locomotive Company
71000 Trust Supporting 'Duke of
Gloucester'
7200 Trust Preserving
GWR 2-8-0T 7200 at the BRC
73082 'Camelot'
Locomotive Society Preserving a BR Std5 on the Bluebell Railway
76084 Locomotive Company Ltd Preserving
a BR Standard Class 4 on the Eden Valley Railway
8F - 48624
99212 Locomotive Company Ltd Preserving
a 9F on the GCR
A1 Steam Locomotive Trust
Building 60163 'Tornado' from scratch
A4 Locomotive
Society 60007 'Sir Nigel Gresley' on the NYMR. Lists names &
numbers of all A3s & A4s. Plenty of good pictures
Bahamas Locomotive Society
Preserving 'Jubilee' 45596 ' Bahamas' on the K&WVR
Battle of Britain Locomotive Society
34081 `92 Squadron'
'Bon Accord' Dedicated to
the Restoration of the former Aberdeen Gas Works Locomotive, Andrew Barclay No.
807 'Bon Accord
Bury Standard 4 Group
80097 & 46428 on the ELR
Churchill 8F Locomotive Co. Ltd
Owners of Turkish Railways 8F number 8274
Class 4 Preservation Trust 80136
Duke of Gloucester 71000 Steam Locomotive
Trust 71000. No website
Erlestoke
Manor Fund
Eastleigh Railway Preservation Society
828 `Sir Harry Frith' & looking after the NRM's ex-SR 4-6-0 850 "Lord
Nelson"
Flying Scotsman Association
4472/60103 'Flying Scotsman'
Foxcote Manor Society 7822
on the Llangollen Railway
Friends of 'Galatea'
45699 'Galatea' at the BRM
Friends Of Illingworth
Working to restore the only surviving steam engine from the Nidd Valley Light
Railway
Friends of Locomotive 4930 'Hagley
Hall' Based on the SVR
Furness Railway Trust
Based on the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway, this trust owns a number of
locomotives, including Furness Railway No 20, Austerity 0-6-0ST 'Cumbria', GWR
0-6-2-T 5643 and GWR Hall Class 4-6-0 4979 'Wootton Hall'
GWR 0-6-0PT 9466
9466, a GWR pannier tank visiting various railways
Heavy Freight Group
Helping to preserve heavy freight stem locos at Didcot Railway Centre
Holden F5 Steam Locomotive Trust
Aims to build a replica of this lost type
Hunslet 2414 Preserving
an 0-6-0ST at Embsay
Industrial Locomotive Society
The aim of the Society is to record information about locomotives other than
those operating on Main Line railways and larger passenger carrying light
railways. Emphasis is placed on steam locomotives
LNER Class A2 Pacific 60532
'Blue Peter'
Locomotive Owners Group
(Scotland) Ltd Owners of BR std class 4MT 2-6-4T number 80105
Loughborough Standard
Locomotive Group Restoring 78019 on the GCR
Maunsell Locomotive Society
1618, 1638, 541 , 830, 847 on the Bluebell Railway
Mayflower Group,
The Based on the NVR, this group supports the preservation of B1
'Mayflower' and several other locomotives
Merchant Navy Locomotive Society
(MNLPS) 35028 'Clan Line'
North Eastern Locomotive
Preservation Group (NELPG) Preserving locos & rolling stock
connected with North East England. 60532, 62005, 65894, 2238, 901, & 69023
Number 11 Website
Preserving 0-4-0ST No 1047 at the EARM
O1 and Wainwright Interest Group
All things Wainwright
Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust
80080 80098 and 46203 'Princess Margaret Rose' & 6233 'Duchess of
Sutherland'
Simplex 2028 Association
Preserving a Simplex at Ruddington
Southern Locomotives Ltd
31178, 34028 'Eddystone', 34070 'Manston', 34072 '257 Squadron', 35022 'Holland
America Line', 35027 'Port Line', 80078 & 80104, 34010 'Sidmouth'
Standard
Steam Locomotive Company, The 72010 'Hengist' and the 82045
locomotive groups. Building new steam locomotives from scratch
Stanier 8F Locomotive Society
48773 based on the SVR
'Wadebridge' Locomotive Restoration
Project Preserving 'West Country' pacific 34007 'Wadebridge' on
the Bodmin & Wenford Railway
Warwickshire Industrial
Locomotive Preservation Group Manning Wardle (2047/1926) on the
SVR
Warwickshire
Industrial Locomotive Trust Alternative website
_______________________________________________________________________________________
SIGNALLING (Top)
Bluebell
Railway Signalling
British Railway
Signalling From the SVR signalling dept - an explanation of
mechanical signalling
Central
Line ATP On the London Underground
* Danger Ahead - Historic Railway
Accidents
Derby Area Signalling Project
Studying mechanical signalling in the Derby and Burton-upon-Trent area
* Devil's Guide, The
A major practical information resource for railway industry professionals
Docklands Light Railway Signalling
European Rail Traffic Management System
(ERTMS) About the new European Automatic Train Protection
System. Also known as European Train Control System (ETCS)
Greenford East Station Signal Box
Junction
Signalling in the UK Junction signalling techniques including
approach control, flashing yellows and splitting distants
Railway Signal Company Timesegment
supplies signal castings, using in the main, the original casting patterns from
the Reading Signal Works of The Great Western Railway. Parts that can be
supplied date from Timber post signals through to Colour light signalling
equipment of the 1960s.The range of available parts extends from GWR through to
BR standard. Some LMS equipment is also available and other specials can be
undertaken
* Railway
Technical Pages An excellent resource, well worth an occasional
look to see what's new
ATP
Transmission and Moving Block Signalling
British
Signalling - What the Driver Sees A good explanation of the basics for
those new to railways
The
Development of Railway Signalling Explains such things as Line
capacity, fixed signals, track circuits, braking distance, overlap,
interlocking, ATP, fixed and moving block
Train
Protection & Warning System - TPWS
Romsey Signal Box Project
* Signal Box, The One of
the best sites for all matters relating to British railway signalling. Mainly
concerned with mechanical signalling, this website looks at the types of
signals, block systems, lever frames, explains the rules of signalling. There is
an extensive photo gallery with pictures of most signal boxes
Signal Passed at Danger (SPADs)
From the Rail Safety & Standards Board. Includes monthly SPAD reports
Signalling Record Society
The Society exists to encourage and further the study of railway signalling and
operation. It aims to cater for all levels of study from the purely casual to
the most detailed historical or technical treatment, and we welcome all members
whatever their level of knowledge or enthusiasm for the subject
Signalling
Technical Page
Signalling
Worldwide
Train Protection
Systems HSE explanation of the types of train protection systems
available
TVM430
The TGV signalling system
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Contact Me
To contact me about this webpage you should e-mail: h2batd[dash]mail[at]yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk , making the obvious corrections to the address - this is done to minimise the amount of spam I get.
_______________________________________________________________________________________