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UK Sites: GeneralBrian Nash's Google custom search: 2004 was the 200th Anniversary of the Pen Darren Locomotive - the first steam locomotive in the world to haul a load on rails. Have a look at Trevithick 2004
RailUK Mainline Tours
Pathfinder
Tours www.railholiday.co.uk - Self Catering Railway Accommodation in The Old Luggage Van - St Germans, Cornwall Geoff Cooke's
Trains and Treasures Nostalgic Art British Transport Police well worth a visit - check out "History of BTP" - some really fascinating stuff there. Check out their guidelines for enthusiasts - yes, "all Britain's Train Operating Companies and Network Rail welcome rail enthusiasts to their stations" - and you're allowed to take photographs too. Nick Catford's Closed Railway Stations Fascinating and comprehensive directory of things that have gone... Martin and Oliver Webb Fine Stone Miniatures Many of our railway stations could be said to be cathedrals of the railway age. Here are some fascinating and intriguing miniature replicas, cast in stone, from the cathedrals of the - er - cathedral age... www.tillyweb.biz John Tilly's comprehensive site with an emphasis on signalling - well worth a visit
UK Sites: PreservationMark Dewell's UK
Heritage Railways pages Keighley and Worth
Valley Railway Merchant Navy
Locomotive Preservation Society: The West Somerset
Railway Corris
Railway Society
UK Sites: Modern traction etcDave Hall's
Ruston and Hornsby Locomotives and
Simplex (ng) Gareth McMurray's The
Junction.org.uk Paul Appleby's
Preserved Shunters Anthony Gregory's
Life On The
Leicester Line
UK Sites: Railtrack and Train Operating CompaniesEnglish Welsh and Scottish Railways
UK Sites: SocietiesThe Branch Line Society a source of regular information about the state of the british railway infrastructure, and occasional organiser of wonderfully eccentric railtours! Industrial Railway Society Producers of the gricer's "bible" - "Industrial Locomotives", listing all industrial and preserved locomotives (including ex-main line) in the UK and Ireland Railwatch - website of the Railway Development Society "formed to press for greater use of, and investment in, our railway system". North Eastern Railway Association "for all enthusiasts interested in the railways of north eastern England" and the North Eastern Railway in particular
Shropshire SitesBishop's Castle Railway Museum Exhibiting artifacts of the line which closed in 1935 Cambrian Railways Society based in Oswestry, Shropshire headquarters of the former Welsh company, and Cambrian Railways Trust Securing the restoration of the Cambrian Railways in order to preserve the unique Railway Heritage of Oswestry Market Drayton Railway Preservation Society The society aims to restore part or all of the former Nantwich to Market Drayton Railway Severn Valley Railway
- just down the road from "Geoff's Rail Pages HQ" Telford Steam Railway an interesting little setup on the old Wellington - Lightmoor Junction line Shropshire and Montgomery Railway and Snailbeach District Railway Historic information on the Colonel Stephens Museum website Exploring Telford Richard Foxcroft's explorations of the old railways, plateways and canals of the birthplace of industry Bridgnorth Cliff Railway The UK's only remaining inland electric funicular railway! Weston Park Railway Nice little 7¼" gauge railway in the grounds of Weston Park, the remains of the late lamented Hilton Valley Railway Shropshire
Railway Society homepages Shropshire Caving & Mining Club Devoted to the exploration and study of disused mines and caves in Shropshire and beyond The
Shropshire Mining Website
The
Shropshire Mines Trust Oakengates.com - an excellent (general) community site with some interesting local links, several related to the former mines, railways and industry of the district Telford Live - Community News and Views Forum There doesn't appear to be a website for the Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Railway - try a Google search The Tanat Valley Light Railway was partially in Shropshire - a new and developing website on this long-closed border railway
Model Railway Sites
Laurelltrains.se Henrik Laurells first-rate site with a focus on narrow gauge and a particular interest in estate railways
Dave's Trains,
Inc.
Pagelists.com
Johns Model Madness
Torbay Models
La passion des trains / Trains passion
Photo SitesCool Train Pix Blogged photos - the best of Flickr's rail-related groups
Ian Loasby transport photography www.steam-loco.co.uk Roger H Smith's record of the days of BR steam Coxster.co.uk Excellent site by a young webmaster who will go far if the quality of this site is an indicator Alan Newble's Photo Centre extensive set of sites containing great railway and general photography Jones's Gallery latest incarnation of Steve's excellent rail photo website. Jim Howie's Scottish Lowland
Locomotives is well worth a look - and his Chris Nevard's Railway
Photography Gallery Sharpo's World The
EMRPS website Railways
Steam On! NottinghamRail.com
and Today's Railways David
Smith's Steam Loco Photos
UKTrainwatchers Terry
Blackman's Railways of South East England Some interesting material dating back to 1959 on Geoff Bannister's website - follow the link to "Transport of Delight" British Railway Signalling - Adrian the Rock's pages of semaphore signals, mostly in Wales and the west of England
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