Linked Sites

Links to other Railway Sites of Interest

Preservation Sites that have been visited by members;

United Kingdom:-

The National Railway Museum at York.
The largest collection of historic British Locomotives.
Much more on web site.

Beamish - A most complete working Preservation Site in North Yorks.

At the Amberley Chalk Pits is a 36 acre Working Museum with a narrow gauge railway preserving the industrial heritage of the south-east. The museum contains a wide range of exhibits; the Southdown bus collection, the village garage, industry-based collections, such as the Print Workshop & Wheelwrights.

LLangollen , a restoration in North Wales of a line that was closed in the 1960s.
The heritage trains now operate at weekends for most of the year

The Severn Valley Railway is perhaps the largest restoration railway in
the United Kingdom. A railway preserving the industrial heritage of the iron country of Shropshire.
More on web site.

Australia:-

In Victoria, the Puffing Billy Railway in the Dandenong Ranges.
Saved by the Puffing Billy Preservation Society from certain demolition in 1954 when the Upper Fern Tree Gully to Gembrook route was to close.

North America:-

The Black River and Western Rail Road at Ringoes, New Jersey, offers scenic train excursion and hot air balloon rides from Flemington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey as well as shortline railroad services.

There are a lot of web sites today collected into 'Web Rings':

here are a few of the ones I have found:

Our New Zealand ring, The EnZedRing.
English sites Sites concerning all aspects of Railways in the UK and Ireland. - 316 links in total
USA Eastern Railroading Webring - 61 sites regarding Eastern U.S. railroading - East of the Mississippi!!
This UK webring is mainly for Narrow Gauge Steam Railways in the United Kingdom (24 sites)
UK steam railway webring for all those interested in Preserved Steam Railways (23 sites)
American Rail Transportation Rails USA Webring (132 sites) Prototype and model...

Of course our members also have web pages;

For Books on Railways Graham Carter has a large collection of second hand and new.
Peter McGavin has a lot of references to New Zealand Facts, Preservation sites and Photos.
Railways of New Zealand by Patrick Dunford is now closed. Some of it may appear on a blog spot site.
An index of New Zealand Publications Compiled by Brian Wheatly.
The Federation of Rail Organisations of New Zealand has a site hosting some Preservation and Heritage sites and linking to others.
Building for the future is the Rimutaka Incline Railway. Plans are afoot to restore a well known piece of New Zealand Railway History. Building a Sanctuary for Steam in Wellington, New Zealand.
An Outstanding New Zealand Locomotive is described on the K900 Club Site organised by Mike Dawson.
Want an unusual look at early logging railways sites - try Bush Tours for up to 5 days touring in the South Island.
For the railway modeller, New Zealand Scale Models with links to other sites of interest to model makers.
And for the not-so-small modeller, New Zealand Models in the garden showing the Ashburton Forks Railway in miniature.

Railway Photos are always popular; Here are some archive sites.

Check the index of railway photos held at the Alexander Turnbull Library (through National Library) - 'USER'-timeframes,'PASSWORD"-images.
The National Archives holds many New Zealand Railways records including the vast New Zealand Railways Photographic collection.
The Australian Links Page has a good coverage of Australian and New Zealand Preservation Railways and Model sites..
Or if you are just looking for something about Railways , try SmartLinks for a list of world wide Railway Links