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Here are some links to a few sites that I have found to be well worth a look at.
(Last checked and updated April-2012)
| A few other British railway photography sites |
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R~P~M's Photostream A collection from Roger Marks, a Chiltern driver, which contains a spiffing collection of photos including many interiors and cab shots. |
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Tidal, Margam and Canton As well as some other interesting bits and pieces this sites contains about thousands of great photographs from the incredible collection of Martin Bray. |
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Railwaymedia An excellent collection of photos from Mark Bearton. |
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David's Railway Photography British Railways since 1978 |
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Barking Bill's Photostream I'm not sure if Bill is from Barking or if he is just plain 'barking' but he's got a tremendous collection of hundreds of good pictures here going back to the steam age. |
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Southern Email Group Picture Gallery
Main site index TThe Gallery contains not only photos of many locos, multiple-units, rolling stock and infrastructure but also gives details about them all - and that's just the gallery. The rest of the site covers just about all things Southern. |
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| Preservation sites |
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Class 40 Preservation Society A group passionate about the class 40. Includes photos and info on the class. |
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North Yorkshire Moors Railway 18 miles of preserved line running through the Yorkshire moors. |
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West Somerset Railway The official site of what has to be one of the finest preserved lines in the country. |
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Mid-Hants Railway The Watercress Line's interesting and informative site. |
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Swanage Railway The Purbeck Line. Six miles of track through the Isle of Purbeck between Swanage and Norden. |
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Project 62 Project 62 own the USA type loco 30075. Read about it and other Yankee tanks here. |
| Other railway related sites |
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Live Departure Boards Current service disruptions and Engineering Works National Rail Information |
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Angel Trains stock data sheets
Data sheets on Angel Trains stock of locos and multiple units. |
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UK Train Operating Companies and
Rail Maps
Current train operating companies and the areas they cover. |
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wnxx.com - End of the Line Withdrawn and stored locomotives |
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UK Steam Info Details of UK Mainline Steam Tours |
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NRM National Railway Museum, York |
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The 47's Just about everything you could want to know about each and every one of the 512 class 47 locos ever built. History, numbers, liveries, names etc. |
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The Great Western Archive If you need to find out something about the Great Western, this has to be the first place to look |
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The Signal Box Facts, articles and photos relating to signals and signal boxes in the UK |
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Cumbria Railways A fascinating glimpse into the history of the lost railways of Northern Cumbria, all closed during the last century. |
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London Railways Facts, figures and tales about the London Underground |
| Train Sim and Model Rail sites |
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BVE Train Simulator Free train simulator combining realistic physics with support for safety systems and signalling methods found on the real railway. |
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SimSig Safely route trains to their destinations on time using this realistic signalling simulator. |
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Trainz Simulator 2010 Another popular simulator. |
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Littlewood An impressive 'N' gauge layout that I found fascinating to watch at a model railway exhibition some while ago. |
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