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Here are some links to a few sites that I have found to be well worth a look at.

A few other British railway photography sites
Anoraksia (formerly RPM-Railpics)
A fotopic collection from Roger Marks, a Chiltern driver, which contains a spiffing collection of photos including many interiors, cab shots and nameplates.
Canton Depot - RIP 1964-2004
and Margam Depot
As well as some other interesting bits and pieces this sites contains about thousands of great photographs from the incredible collection of Martin Bray.
Chris Nevard's Railway Gallery
An excellent site with a wide range of photos covering both mainline and preserved railways.
David's Railway Photography
British Railways since 1978
Ken's Rail Photographs
An interesting collection of photos, taken mainly in the South.
Southern Email Group  Gallery   Site index
The 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.
Railfoto
Another good Fotopic collection featuring cab pictures, liveries, logos, signs and nameplates etc as well as a variety of rolling stock photos.
Chris Motteram's Modern Railway Photography
A fine Fotopic collection of modern British Railway pictures.
J and ML Photos
A good selection of pictures of modern locomotives.

Preservation sites
Class 40 Preservation Society
A group passionate about the class 40. Includes photos and info on the class.
North Yorkshire Moors Railway
18 miles of preserved line running through the Yorkshire moors.
West Somerset Railway
The official site of what has to be one of the finest preserved lines in the country.
Mid-Hants Railway
The Watercress Line's interesting and informative site.
Swanage Railway
The Purbeck Line. Six miles of track through the Isle of Purbeck between Swanage and Norden.
Project 62
Project 62 own the USA type loco 30075. Read about it and other Yankee tanks here.

Other railway related sites
Live Departure Boards
Current service disruptions and Engineering Works
National Rail Information
Angel Trains
Stock data sheets
UK Railways on the Net
Index to current train operating companies
wnxx.com - End of the Line
Withdrawn and stored locomotives
UK Steam Info
Details of UK Mainline Steam Tours
NRM
National Railway Museum, York
London Railways
Facts, figures and tales about the London Underground
The Great Western Archive
If you need to find out something about the Great Western, this has to be the first place to look
The Signal Box
Facts, articles and photos relating to signals and signal boxes in the UK
Cumbria Railways
A fascinating glimpse into the history of the lost railways of Northern Cumbria, all closed during the last century.

Train Sim and Model Rail sites
UK TrainSim
Reviews, articles and gigabytes of add-on downloads for (mainly) MSTS
Rail Simulator (Kuju)
The latest (and many say best) Train Sim program to date.
Microsoft Train Simulator
Microsoft's train simulator pages.
Coxster.co.uk
Downloads, tutorials, databases and reviews for MSTS and BVE.
Littlewood
An impressive 'N' gauge layout that I found fascinating to watch at a model railway exhibition.
Model Rail Forum
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