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This is not an exhaustive list, so if you know of a link that
should be included or you are a webmaster of a site and would like to link with
us or are linking to us already, please let me know
I have split the links into various categories for ease of use
and new sites are added by date at the foot of each list
Railway
Books:
David Curwen (
David Edgington is helping
locomotive builder David Curwen publish his autobiography. His story covers his
early days in the motor trade, work on steam cars, aircraft--during WW2, and
finally over 25 assorted locomotives. Of course, it was Davids locomotives that started the SMR in the first place.
And the link to him continues to this
day, with 751 John H Gretton, still at the SMR along with the original wooden
bodied Curwen coaches, now forming our heritage stock.
From: Michael Crofts
author of Miniature Railways, a Shire book
Miniature
Railway Magazine (
Website of new May 2006 launched
www.morgansyearbook.co.uk. (
Morgan's Historic & Classic Vehicle Events
Yearbook
Is a must for all Historic & Classic Vehicle Enthusiasts who are interested in Steam, Veteran, Vintage &Classic Cars, Commercial Vehicles, Motor Cycles, Tractors & Buses.
It is produced
in February each year by
The yearbook
listings covers an area from Merioneth,
Montgomery, Stafford, Shropshire, Leicestershire &Rutland as it’s sou
All profits from
Local
The official website of LOROS, the
Leicestershire and
If you are new to the area or want to know
what else to see, visit this site, and events diary.
Great site to discover
more about the neighbouring "secret" and ancient
Superb site for searching
about any places of interest. Includes a vast data base of railway sites including
of course this one! As well as location maps and websites for the subject.
BRILLIANT
Brilliant resource for Leicestershire web
sites and info on all things in the County and City
More resources on Leicestershire can
be found here, including a business directory. Very useful and a nifty photo
gallery of various
locations
Main Leicestershire promotions and tourism
site
Excellent site for resources and what's
on, in the Nottinghamshire and surrounding areas.
Leicestershire past and present
Great resource site on
Leicestershire from
Brilliant site for everything Avengers.
You can find locations and details for all episodes on here including a page
for the "Grave Diggers" episode that featured the SMR in the 60's.
Enjoy!!
Website for the superb restored Beam
pumping engines at Stretton near Burton on Trent from
the local
GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY
LOUGHBOROUGH, LEICESTERSHIRE
BRITAIN'S ONLY MAIN LINE STEAM RAILWAY
Possibly the only place in the
world where scheduled full size steam trains pass in motion on double track
Main
Line Steam trains - every weekend throughout the year.
Re-creating the experience of famous expresses of the steam age.
Passenger trains also on weekdays, June to August.
See one of our classic demonstration freight or parcel trains.
Relax in the comfort of our classic corridor trains - steam heated in Winter.
Just like British Railways in the great years of steam
Visit the Explore site for info on events and attractions across the Uk and Europe
.
This site has an extensive business list and info
on events and attractions across the Uk
Other
Extensive and historic
15" railway running along the Romney marshes in
The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Spectacular 15" railway running through the
scenic Cumbrian mountains. Along with the RHDR, one of the pioneers in minimum
gauge railways. Also the first public railway to use radio communication.
The Eastleigh Lakeside Railway
This extensive Southern Counties based
miniature railway, features a dual gauge 10 1/4" and 7 1/4" system
with driver training opportunities. Well worth a visit
Swanley New Barn Railway is a 7 1/4" railway running for
just over 1/2 mile
around
The Perrygrove
railway is a 15" line running through delightful countryside in the Forest
of Dean, on the edge of Coleford, Gloucs
The Island of Mull in NW Scotland features
a delightful 10 1/4" gauge working railway, built to take visitors from
the Oban ferry at Craignure,
the short but arduous distance up to Torosay castle.
Recently starred in an episode of the CBBC childrens prgm, "Balamory",
filmed at nearby Tobermory.
Knebworth Park Miniature Railway
Constructed in 1991, this 10 1/4" line
runs around Knebworth park
near
Delightful 5” gauge railway based at Keynsham near Bristol running a variety of steam and diesel
motive power.
The railway is in Crowborough,
The 10
¼” gauge Rudyard
Travel
behind steam on the old Somerset & Dorset railway near Templecombe
on this delightful 2 foot narrow gauge steam line. See their website for open dates.
South Downs
Light Railway (
This delightful 10 ¼” gauge line runs on weekends in the summer and over Xmas week on Santa specials. Situated on the south coast at Pulborough.
This recently formed group was formed to promote the
benefits of 10 ¼ lines and too share ideas and operational details
The Heywood Society (
Aims: - To further the association of
those involved in miniature railways
from 7¼” gauge to 21” gauge, to meet for visits to such railways,
to publish a Journal, to maintain a register of members and their railways, to
collect from time to time, material that may form a history of
miniature railways.
Photo galleries
Sharpo's
Steam World (
A
brilliant site about anything Steam on land, rail or water with dedicated pages
of pictures for the subjects covered. Links of course to other sites as well.
We are listed under miniature railways with our own page! And there is an
extensive gallery of all the SMR loco fleet taken in June 2006
Simon
Townsends Railway site (
Brilliant
Miniature
Railways (
Ian has created an excellent categorised
site of links and facts on the miniature railways of
General world wide railway interest sites:
The name
says it all!
If you want to know more about the
For the definitive guide
to British railway history, a must visit. The
The site of the Great Western Railway Centre at Didcot, Oxfordshire. Home to everything GWR, and home to the construction project of a "Saint" class loco as per the SMR's own 1/5th scale Didcot railway centre Saint project
CN6060
Rocky Mountain Rail Society (CAN)
Great site on this famous Canadian steam
loco with loads of links and great sound files.
North
American Steam Locos (
Comprehensive site on
all things American with loads of data and operational info. Lots of links and specs including loads on the NKP
Berkshires past and present.
Railfan webboard (
Great
Daniel McIntyre has created a
comprehensive site on this standard gauge Cumbrian
railway and also runs a large data base webpage of links to other UK railway
interest web sites, including the SMR
Trainboard (
Another great new
message board site for everything to do with railways. Loads of topics and threads, as well as links.
Nickel Plate Rail
Road (
A great site devoted to all things NKP!!
Lots of Berkshire info etc with links to ourselves.
Nickel Plate
Historical Society (
Run from the same stable as above, the society
is a must for anyone connected with the NKP or into the Berkshires and their
site is well worth a look.
Lakeshore Live
Steamers (
Nice Website of this
Train
Net's International Rail Links (
Another nice linking
site with hundreds of links to international railway websites, including
ourselves.
American
Railroad Steam Engines Pictures, Sounds & History (
Stop by and enjoy beautiful pictures and hear
the sounds of Steam Engines of the past. The site is designed for kids from age
6 to 96 to rejuvenate
memories or to let the kids learn about the great era of Steam Engines.
www.jubilees.co.uk (UK)
The name says it all!!
Simons made a superb site for anyone nuts
on the old LMS Jube's with pics
of "Leander", big sister to the SMR's
"Victoria"
Grand
Scales Quarterly (
A recently discovered site of
interest to model engineers, is the site for this American based journal
covering 10 1/4" and above lines world-wide
British Miniature Railways (
Another good guide to the British
Miniature scene
Link Rail UK Miniature (
The
A-Z of
British and Narrow Gauge Railways (
Another great resource site for links and
info on British Miniature and Narrow gauge railways.
Irail (
Alex has created a great
site devoted to model, and larger scale garden railways and resources up to
miniature scale and beyond.
Narrow
Gauge (
Narrow Gauge on the web - news, photos,
railway directory and discussion
forums!!!!!
New
Zealand Maritime (NZ)
A great website for information on
the full size Northern Star liner amd others can be
found here
Great resource site for railways big and
small
Heritage Railway, the website of the
monthly magazine for everything to do with preserved railways big and small in
the UK
Bedfordshire
Steam Engine Preservation Society (
Bedfordshire Steam preservation group for
full size and scale steam tractors, rollers and lorries
etc. Organisers of the rally at Stapleford Steam and
also of their own events in Bedfordshire.
Geoffs
pages (
Geoff has created a great website
exploring the Uk's heritage
lines including the SMR and archive work on the former Waverly route to
Scotland, now lost to nature
UK Steam Fairs (
Comprehensive and very very funny listing of all steam rallies and fairs for 2006
in the
Svea's
train depot (
Svea has created a site of resources for train and
modelling enthusiasts
Miniature Railway
discussion group(
This
list is intended for the discussion of anything related to
miniature railways between the gauges of 7 1/4
and 15 inches. This
could include trip reports, requests for information, articles, links to other websites and even items for sale/wanted.
Steampower
(
Extensive galleries of
.
Minor railways (
Nice collection of links to all types of
minor railways including miniature, narrow, tramway, full size and cliff
railways
Wensleydale Railway (
In the heart of the Yorkshire Dales, The Wensleydale Railway runs for 22 miles from Northallerton on the East Coast Main Line to Redmire in the
heart of Wensleydale. On its way
from the flat Vale of
At present,
passenger services operate over the 18-mile section of the line from Leeming Bar (close to the A1 trunk road) to Redmire. All trains call at the intermediate stations of Bedale, Finghall and Leyburn.
Whether you
are using the train to travel to your local market town, to visit friends or
family or as part of a great day out in the Dales, the Wensleydale
Railway is sure to have something to offer.
This organization is for you if you are
interested in railroads. It makes no difference if you are an amateur or a
professional railroader. Whether your interest is in trips, photography,
history or models, the NYRRE has someone who can speak your language are using
The name
says it all!!.
Database of miniature railways and links in
the UK
Other steam sites:
The Steam Car Club of Britain (
Website of the steam car owners club
with loads of info, pictures links and database of owners and cars
Steam Up (
“The
Steam Rally site on the web”
Brilliant website for all sorts of steam
fair and traction engine links and information as well a comprehensive what’s
on diary
Northern Association of Model Engineers
The FSMR are members of the association,
as are most model engineering societies and clubs in the North and Midlands
Model railway sites:
The British Railway
Modelling Directory. (
Bringing you the
ultimate in Online Information for the British Railway Modeller.
With listings for
Model Shops, Suppliers, Clubs, Exhibitions, Railway Attractions in the
G Scalemad (
Fantastic resource site
for “G” scale garden railways products, events and open dates and forums.
If you haven’t tried “G” scale, you have
not lived!!
And finally
If you need a CORGI gas
plumber in
A Great resource for landy and other 4x4 events
