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UK and Irish Railway Websites Database |
Ten and a Quarter Inch Gauge Railway Society
A society dedicated to the promotion of building locomotives, rolling stock and railways. Mainly based on 10¼ inch gauge but also cover 9½ and 12¼ inch gauges.
Kestrel Railway Books
An ever-increasing range of quality railway books covering many areas of interest, written and published by experts and enthusiasts.
British Railways 1920-1970
This database serves to lay out in a catalogue style, a number of key railway topics, some of which are newly attempted. Included in these lists are the classification and numbering of locomotives through the Grouping and Nationalisation.
Bygone Transport
Online shop selling audio CD's and railway photographs.
Foynes Heritage Railway Group
Aiming to preserve the Foynes-Limerick line to be kept for future use such as a steam tourist railway.
Gertrude - Andrew Barclay 1578
Castle Howard Station
Historical records including a time line and image bank relating to Castle Howard Station on the York to Scarborough line.
Severn Valley Railway Engineering
Traditional engineering services & supplies for heritage railways, including: boiler inspection, repair & overhaul.
Andrew Briddon Locos
Details of a private collection of industrial locomotives.
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| Community Railways | Railways and railway partnership schemes run by local communities. | |
| Education and Research | These websites are mainly used for educational and research purposes (Many of these are also categorised as Historical). | |
| Heritage Railway Supporting Groups | These are the organisations who support (and in many cases operate) the heritage railways and museums. | |
| Heritage Railways and Museums | These are the heritage railways and museums that are open to the public (These are the ones also listed on the ABC and Map pages). | |
| Historical Societies and Websites | Organisations and websites devoted to the history of UK and Irish railways (Many of these are also categorised as Education and Research). | .|
| Locomotives | Websites devoted to locomotives. | |
| Mailing Lists | Mailing lists relevant to UK railways will be included, providing they have at least 50 members and 5 messages per week. However, lists which only relate to a single heritage railway will not be included as they will already have their own main website(s) included in the database. | |
| Miniature Railway | Passenger carrying railways of less than 15 inch gauge. | |
| New Builds and Reconstruction Projects | Websites devoted entirely to new builds and reconstruction projects. (Projects which do not have their own seperate website will be listed under their 'owning' website). | |
| Other Preservation Groups | Intended for preservation groups that do not fit into other categories (e.g. Building preservation groups, signalling etc). | |
| Publications | Covers publishers, authors and retailers of books and magazines. | |
| Railway Enthusiasts | Covers both rail pressure groups and non-heritage enthusiast groups and individuals. | |
| Railtour Operators and Information | Rail Tour Operators and Websites devoted to mainline heritage rail tours. | |
| Railway Art, Photographs and Videos | There are thousands of people publishing their photographs of railways on the internet, some of the better ones (with their own websites) are listed here. | |
| Railway Enthusiasts | Websites of enthusiast groups and individuals who are not directly involved with any particular railway project. | |
| Rolling Stock | Websites devoted to carriages, wagons and multiple units (but not locomotives, which have their own category - see above). | |
| Suppliers of Railway Parts or Services | Suppliers of railway parts and services. (There are many other suppliers who, although not directly railway related, supply heritage railways. Many of these are listed in the HRA Suppliers Guide which is available in the HRA Members Only section). | |
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©Mark Dewell.