Web links which our members have found useful and interesting:
Local Heritage Railways:
https://www.svr.co.uk/ Severn Valley Railway
http://www.cambrianrailways.com/ Cambrian Heritage Railways
https://telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/ Telford Steam Railway
https://www.wllr.org.uk/ Welshpool and Llanfair Railway
https://www.llangollen-railway.co.uk/ Llangollen Railway
http://www.rvlr.co.uk/ Rhiw Valley Light Railway
https://avlr.org.uk/ Apedale Valley Railway
https://www.churnetvalleyrailway.co.uk/ Churnet Valley Railway
https://foxfieldrailway.co.uk/ Foxfield Railway
https://chasewaterrailway.co.uk/ Chasewater Railway
https://amertonrailway.co.uk/ Amerton Railway
Other local (and not-so-local) sites:
https://shrewsburyrailwayheritage.com/ Shrewsbury Railway Heritage Trust
https://colehampumpingstation.co.uk/ Coleham Pumping Station (Shrewsbury Steam Trust)
http://bcrailway.co.uk/ Bishop’s Castle Railway Society
http://www.woodseavesminirail.co.uk/ 7¼” gauge miniature railway at garden centre in Woodseaves (on the Market
Drayton to Hinstock road) There is also an extensive 32mm gauge garden railway.
http://www.canalcentral.uk/ Canal Central, near Oswestry - another 7¼” gauge miniature railway worth visiting
http://www.southcheshiremes.com/ The miniature railway of the Nantwich-based South Cheshire Model Engineering
Society
http://shrewsburyrailwaymodellers.co.uk/ Self descriptive. They have had meetings with interesting speakers. Some of
our members are also members.
https://www.freewebs.com/telfordrailwaysociety/fixtureslist.htm Twice-monthly meetings on Mondays (in normal times).
Not a rival to SRS.
http://nwrail.org.uk/index.htm ‘North Wales Coast Railway’ - all things relating to the railways of North Wales: the main
lines from Manchester and Crewe to Bangor and Holyhead, branch lines, the connecting routes from Manchester and
Shrewsbury, the Cambrian Coast line and local heritage railways.
https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/ Again, covering an area well beyond the county boundary
http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/ Their interests extend well beyond Cornwall covering lines across the south
west
General information, maps etc.
https://www.hra.uk.com/ Heritage Railway Association. Has map of all heritage railways, etc who are members (not
quite all of the UK heritage ones).
http://www.bglr.org/ Britain’s Great Little Railways (BGLR) represents the UK’s leading narrow, miniature and minimum
gauge steam & diesel railways. Trains of every size and shape powered by steam, petrol, diesel or batteries.
http://www.miniaturerailwayworld.co.uk/index.html Miniature railways in the UK, with a particularly useful county-by-
county list
https://www.modelengineeringwebsite.com/Clubs.html The smallest gauges, 5” and below - model engineering clubs
and societies
http://disused-stations.org.uk/ Increasingly-comprehensive database of this part of Britain’s railway heritage, with
photographs from the past and present, history and a selection of maps.
https://www.registerofclosedrailways.co.uk/ A relatively new site ‘which aims to provide a comprehensive record of all
railways in Great Britain closed to passenger services since 1901’. Useful complement to the above
http://www.urban75.org/railway/ A complement to "disused-stations". Covers disused stations, abandoned railways,
steam trains, old buildings and railway walks. Can be source of old photos. Also covers subjects other than railways
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/ Needs no explanation!
https://www.railadvent.co.uk RailAdvent web site ... regular news, videos, events including all mainline steam
movements.
https://raildar.co.uk/ The Map page shows trains moving around the network superimposed on Google maps. As time
passes the icons move to show the progress of the trains.
https://traksy.uk/live/ its ‘places’ panel provides selection of either a location map, said to be interactive and similar to a
signal box display, or a listing of trains for that location
https://www.opentraintimes.com/ Similar to Traksy
https://trackit.uppyjc.co.uk/ similar to RTT: can be more reliable during instances of data outages, but only shows the
present day timings.
http://brdatabase.info/ Locomotive build dates, scrapping dates, shed allocations etc.
https://www.railmaponline.com/UKIEMap.php Very detailed atlas of UK railway network at its greatest extent
https://maps.nls.uk/os/ National Library of Scotland’s online maps – all the steam-age out-of-copyright Ordnance
Survey sheets – ¼”, 1”, 2½”, 6”, 25” (shows every siding!)
https://www.streetmap.co.uk/ By selecting the appropriate ‘zoom’ gives quick direct access to 1:50,000 and 1:25,000
ordnance maps
https://www.bing.com/maps/ Switch from ‘Road’ to ‘Ordnance Survey’ for 1:50,000 and 1:25,000 maps; also aerial
photos
https://www.openrailwaymap.org/ a detailed online map of the world's railway infrastructure, built on OpenStreetMap
data. Includes all rail-mounted and automotive vehicles, but not aerialways, monorails or maglevs.
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/rail-accident-investigation-branch gives regular summaries and reports of
all rail incidents and reports. You can also subscribe to a weekly email summarizing events of that week.
http://www.ingr.co.uk/intro_links.html Narrow gauge railway links provides links to sites which deal primarily with narrow
gauge content in this country and abroad, including modelling information.
https://www.s-r-s.org.uk/home.php Signalling Record Society maintains and shares knowledge of Railway Signalling
and Operation in the British Isles and Overseas. Everything from the present day signalling to the earliest times.
https://www.rain-alarm.com/ This gives the radar pictures of rainfall, UK and elsewhere. Whilst historic, not predictive,
you can watch the movement of rain clouds and decide on your outdoor activity.
https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/internat.htm There’s a world beyond Shropshire...
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