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Hi Richard - another round-up...
More things culled from RAILDATE up to 13/09/02, plus anything else that's come my way.
David Hill's excellent website featuring the BR Sulzer Type 2's (Classes 24 and 25) and railways around his home town of Derby has a new domain:
A modern image railways and modelling website for 7mm and 10mm Gauge 1 models:
A few new Sections have been added to Link Rail * Heritage - Standard Gauge Lines : England (North) - England (South) - Scotland - Wales - N Ireland * Heritage - Narrow Gauge Lines : England - Scotland - Wales - Isle Of Man
New on trains of Europe: South African trains and Norwegian trains and trams, picture series of the Swiss St. Bernard standard gauge railway line, many new pics of Swiss and French railway stations:
The relaunch edition of the newsletter "Dunaskin News" is now online. As well as various archive news items it contains a feature on the removal of additional railway material from Hunslett Barclay's Kilmarnock site:
http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/news/dunaskin/default.html.
The LocoWatch web site has a couple of features about the proposed reopening of the Wirksworth branch:
http://www.locowatch.com/uknews/news.asp?01011111003
http://www.locowatch.com/uknews/news.asp?01010912001
The Woodhead Route site:
Has an interesting Java cartoon at the bottom.
Those of you interested in coal mining might care to have a look at the following site. It just gives lists and the geography sometimes isn't quite perfect - but then it's always easy to criticise when you've not done the work yourself.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cmhrc/index.htm
A new website which features quite a number of photographs of Whaley Bridge taken during the period 1970 - 1990 includes aerial views, a few Rose Queen shots, photos of a couple of floods, repairs to the reservoir:
http://members.tripod.co.uk/WebFlint/whaley/home.html
Up to now (Feb 2002) there are about 70 photographs on the site with plenty more waiting in the wings including the odd shot which includes the railway station. I hope the site proves to be useful and interesting.
Graham Pitt, who has been working on a version of Bulleid's Light Pacific loco for Microsoft Train Simulator, has now released 34006 Bude and plans to add 21C107 Wadebridge shortly. Those of you with MSTS who may wish to download 34006 can get it from either:
http://www.uktrainsim.com - if you are a subscriber or http://www.bude-okehampton.org.uk - if you are not.
There is also an original sound track but as the file doesn't belong to Graham he cannot post it on his own site. However, if you care to contact him direct he will be happy to email it to you. mailto:admin@cfcorg.co.uk Please use the subject line: Westcountry Sounds
David Babb has now released his APT-P for Microsoft Train Simulator and it is available for download:
For a copy of the London Underground "Mind The Gap" soundbite:
http://geocities.com/WestHollywood/2957/the_gap2.wav
Wheel arrangement designations of modern traction:
http://www.worldrailfans.org/Forum/1998/Nov/27101829.shtml
The Steamsounds website has been updated to include 76079 on Copy Pit, 60009, 2968, 46229, 34092, some recordings on the WSR among others. Have a look at:
"Stalham Station rescue comes to a stop!":
http://link-rail.com/norfolkbyrail
I am a German railway enthusiast specially interested in hump marshalling yards of the whole world. I know that all hump yards in Great Britain are closed, but I am also collecting historic data about all closed hump yards which have ever existed.
Does anyone know about London's former Willesden yard how many tracks had the marshalling sidings of each of the two hump systems? Who knows a publication with an exact track diagram or a detailled aerial image?
Thank you very much!
All people who are interested generally in hump yards are invited to join my international YAHOO group about hump yards with informations about hump yards in various countries. The URL is:
http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/humpyardgroup
There are over 220 links to informations about hump yards in the whole world in the bookmark section of the site. I invite all British railway enthusiasts who miss the former hump yards in Great Britain to do there a virtual travel to these international hump yards.
Regards, Michael Krumholz. mailto:triaj53@yahoo.de
A railway screensaver:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/HomePages/MarkGoodspeed/
Mike Wright has been working on the release of the multiplayer version of Western Rover. An uploaded web page provides some screen shots and a description of how to run the game in both client and server mode.
http://www.railrover.co.uk/webrover.htm
http://www.92212.com has been updated with the lastest news
The first photos by the SNG Trust team of the overhaul of 60007 'Sir Nigel Gresley' are now on line. These include shots inside the cab, inside the firebox, and lifting the boiler:
http://www.gresley.org.uk/overhaul.htm
Pics of what the re-furbished Merseyrail fleet is going to look like:
http://www.interfleet.co.uk/Information/InterfleetNews/News_Archive/UK_News _Archive/index_Interfleet_Newsuk_30.htm
The John Turner railway photographic website has been further updated, and now has around 1540 mainly wallpaper-sized (1024 x 768 pixels) images of predominantly UK railways in the diesel & electric era. The most recent additions have mainly been to the "Post Privatisation Era" section, and in particular to the 1996, 1997 and 2002 pages, although some Preservation Scene images added too. In addition a totally new "Narrow Gauge Railways" section has been added which initially includes images from the Isle of Man and North Wales:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/53amodels
The Omnibus Society is changing web hosts. Hopefully http://www.omnibussoc.org will be available again shortly, but meanwhile you may be able to find them at:
http://www.omnibussoc.force9.co.uk
The Class 43 (HST) Society:
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pandpw/125Group
A web-based photo album:
http://community.webshots.com/user/ukrailway
A new webpage is now available for the Romsey Signal Box project:
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk
Settle & Carlisle Railway:
http://www.redfern83.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm
Steam: the museum of the Great Western Railway...
http://www.steam-museum.org.uk
A society for those interested in the archaeology of railways is being formed. The Railway Archaeology Society will produce a journal which will be concerned with all aspects of railway archaeology - stations, signal boxes, track beds, warehouses etc. Anyone interested can contact B Longstaff at 15 Nevin Close, Hollinwood, Oldham, OL8 4SD.
There is a emailing group for this embryonic Society, open to all:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/railarch
The Group has 112 Subscribers so far and there is also a Society website in preparation. The domain has been registered...
The Society is planning a meeting for Saturday, 16th March in Manchester. Anyone interested should contact Brian Longstaff for further details. See above address or mailto:brian@vegsoc.demon.co.uk
New on 'Trains of Europe' Swiss trains: AOMC narrow gauge regional railway, The 3 trains to the Emosson reservoir, Lausanne metro, MOB Vevey-Les Pleiades narrow gauge line, New pics of standard gauge trains
Pictures from Death Railway, also known as the River Kwai railway:
http://www.fonnesbech-hjorth.dk
Fragonset website updated:
A website devoted to beautiful Ukrainian bus shelters (no, really!!):
http://www.brama.com/travel/busstop.html
Pictures from the recent Settle and Carlisle line West Coast diversions.
Pictures of 40135 in action at Bury 09/03/02:
http://www.geocities.com/lusitania40
Three pictures of corporate blue liveried 56006 at Boulby:
http://www.nrw.clara.net/photosRailway.htm
Just done a big update of the North Wales Coast notice board
http://www.page27.co.uk/nwales/nwnews.htm
with lots of heritage 47 pics, a 37 on the fl*sks, Northern Belle Times, more 175 inside stories and some other news and views...
A Railway Photographers' Guide has had two new locations added:
http://www.photoloc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
Welcome to the Underworld - exploring and documenting forgotten and abandoned railways and engineering structures. Currently featuring the Worsboro Incline and Silkstone Tunnels:
http://underworld.enchantress.org.uk
British railways pictorial:
http://www.moggy180.freeserve.co.uk
Kent and East Sussex Railway photos taken in early 1990s:
http://uk.geocities.com/manic1959/rail.htm
New on Trains of Europe - pictures of Swiss GFM railways, French Montenver narrow gauge railway, French Tramway du Mont Blanc narrow gauge railway:
The official site for the Mid Norfolk Railway:
Some photos from the Mid Norfolk Railway diesel gala:
The Class 47 in 'Police car' (literally!) livery:
http://www.class47list.co.uk/news.htm
(click on news link)
A rail photography website from a 14-year old enthusiast:
According to the 'End of the Line' website, Two Class 37s have been written off in a collision in Spain:
Usenet has details about the accident involving two of the Spanish class 37s:
News:alt.railway.locomotives.uk.class37
Another couple of pages added to Joyce's World of Transport Eclectica. These show the standard dimensions and clearances for new or rebuilt standard gauge railway lines, as laid down by the Minister of Transport in 1950:
http://www.btinternet.com/~joyce.whitchurch/clear950.htm
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southwesttrains
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southcentral
A source of transport-related artwork and fonts, including BS376 track and signalling symbols for signal box diagrams (and a load of other railway-related TrueType fonts for PCs and for Acorn computers) is at:
http://homepages.enterprise.net/iainlogan/commercial/
A couple of Deltic websites:
http://www.napierchronicles.co.uk
http://www.55s.co.uk (Definitive Deltics)
Some pics of Gordon Highlander's triumphant return to the main line:
http://www.iabg01952.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/delticgallery.htm
Plus a couple of pictures of 37521/682 which coverd the York-Scarborough leg:
http://www.iabg01952.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/37gallery.htm
Indian Railways is celebrating 150 years of its formation on 16th April 2002. The first train in the Asian continent was run in Bombay between Victoria Terminus to Thane (a suburb of Bombay) on 16th April 1853. To commemorate the 150th year, a year long celebration has been planned, starting with a re-run of the first train journey.
http://travel.vsnl.com/mumbairail
The St. Helens and South Lancs Rail and Bus Site has moved. The new rail feature this month is a feature about Class 31s on the former CLC line:
http://www.bevanprice.freeuk.com
http://www.microsoft.com/games/trainsim/
For a free, downloadable update to MS Train Simulator.
There has been the successful formation of a new totem study group aimed at advancing the technical and academic study of BR station totems, including their usage and survival:
Postal: TSG, P.O. Box 2093, Wickford, Essex, SS12 0WP mailto:davidbelinda34@netscapeonline.co.uk or mailto:rydalhall46@aol.com
A new e-group, which is mainly southern region photos:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/class375/?yguid=100026278
David's Railway Photography website "Britain's Railways since 1978" has been updated to feature Diesels in Devon & Cornwall, a week's holiday in Devon & Cornwall in July 1984, photographs added to the following galleries, Classes 31, 33, 37, 45, 47 and 50, Dart Valley Railway visit (2 photographs), Cornish Signalboxes (Bodmin Parkway, Par and St. Austell), The Devonshire Dart Railtour on ?/8/1984 brought 20184 & 20169 to Plymouth
http://www.mounton.freeserve.co.uk
Friends of the Earth has a campaign website where you can register support for more investment in rail and, if the mood takes you, make a donation to the FoE campaign:
http://www.stoptrainrobbery.com
http://www.pacificcoast.net/~slim
A couple of pics of Western tour of 20 April:
Take the NEWS/PICS link.
Latest news from the GWR (the Cotswold variant):
http://www.cheltenhamextension.fsnet.co.uk
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/railway-photography
Welcome to new RAILDATE recruit, Jim Cullen. Jim is a friend and near-neighbour of Larry Schwartz, who has been on the RAILDATE distribution list since he visited the HPMRS some years ago; they both live in Maryland. Jim recently disposed of his detailed N scale layout, and his current interests can be seen at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/1433/
A train driving simulator is available here:
http://www.battewell.freeserve.co.uk
The editor would welcome reports from anyone who tries it out...
http://www.kirtleymodels.co.uk
"Just Like The Real Thing", finescale locomotive kits and parts:
http://www.justliketherealthing.freeserve.co.uk/
A new website entitled DPTnet, the site is aimed at giving an up to date list of sightings/status of Departmental stock (coaches, DMUs, EMUs) and Internal Users around the country:
http://www.departmentals.com/?in=13
A new 'unofficial' site dedicated to pictures and information about the North Yorkshire Moors Railway:
Pictures from the North York Moors diesel gala including 37216, 33108, 50027, 47635, 47853 and 47826.
Some rather strange looking photos on a site at the NYMR diesel gala in 'panoramic' view! A bit odd as they contain more than the eye can view as they are multiple images joined at the hip!!
53A Models' superb photo website:
http://trainshed.hostinguk.com/homepage.htm
A trackwork group has been set up. Those who wish to join can use the details below:
Group name: trackwork
Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trackwork
See also:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/templot
which is mainly concerned with fine-scale modelling of track, but covers many prototype track matters.
The Industrial Railway Society Devon Railway Centre is trying to get hold of photos of the locos based at the centre, either in Industry or at any previous railway preservation site. For details of the engines based at the centre see the web site at
http://www.devonrailwaycentre.co.uk
It is intended to extend and improve the museum displays and web site. We have 12 narrow gauge locos on site and 2 more expected to arive in the next month.
A most excellent collection of web pages dedicated to the life and works of the revered documentary film-maker, Humphrey Jennings, is as follows. It was set up to coincide with the Channel 4 Documentary "The Man Who Listened to Britain":
http://t4.channel4.com/culture/microsites/J/jennings
A few of HJ's films are available from MovieMail's mail order website:
http://www.moviem.co.uk/film.php?dir=53
A Guardian Unlimited article about HJ is also online:
http://film.guardian.co.uk/Century_Of_Films/Story/0,4135,36070,00.html
http://www.railscot.co.uk/railways.htm
New Yahoo Group - Railway Signalling:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/railwaysignalling/
The Web site for the Friends of the Cromford Canal has just been updated. A new printable Membership Form has been added to the site, and there is an online version of the first edition of our Magazine, "The Portal".
http://www.cromfordcanal.org.uk
http://www.cix.co.uk/~osy/gilling.htm
http://www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk/frcomain.htm
This site mentions "Teal" and "Swan" built by the LMS in 1936, and "Tern" built by the Furness Railway in 1891. Also photographs....
http://www.windermere-lakecruises.co.uk/vessels.htm
This site has photographs of "Gondola" since restoration - the oldest boat on the Lake built by the Furness Railway in 1859:
http://www.visitcumbria.com/amb/gondola.htm
A site on steamboat restoration:
A new Website about the Class 15 has been commenced. Information and pictures are sought:
http://www.link-rail.com/class15
Pictures from Carlisle with no less than six Class 37s in action amongst other things. Also included are some sound recordings:
The APT-P repaint is almost complete now, well done guys! More information and photos can be seen at:
http://www.apt-p.com/APTPRepaint.htm
This is well worth seeing for the 'before & after' views
Ewan Crawford's History of Scottish railways web pages:
A Huddersfield and district photo egroup. On it at the moment are over 100 photos dating back to the early 1980s mainly Classes 25, 31, 37, 40, 45, 46, 47 and 56, and a few steam:
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/huddsrailphotos
Des Brailsford's cornucopia of railway, model railway, and other stuff...
http://community.webshots.com/user/dbrailsf
Cathkin Barrow - Mike Macdonald's Transport History Pages. A select guide to written and photographic resources:
http://home.planetinternet.be/~pin31209/
A website about Mow Cop in Cheshire, which includes details of railways and Industrial Archaeology in the area.
A new Yahoo group has started, devoted to railways in the Peak District:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peak_district_railways/
Trams set to return to Central London:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_2013000/2013587.stm
After news last week of the peak_district_railways group at Yahoo! Groups:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peak_district_railways
a sister group has been set up specifically devoted to the operations of Midland Main Line TOC. For further details go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Midland_Main_Line/
The owner's website is the Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire Transport Review:
http://www.leytransport.i12.com/
This includes details of several other groups including:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blue_pullman/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/british_railway_carriages/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_trains/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/m_g_n_jt/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/woodhead_railway/
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~ian100/sglr/index.htm
A very nice canal website:
Particularly good is the list of canals:
http://www.canals.com/The_Directory/waterway.htm
"Exploring The Potteries" project:
http://www.exploringthepotteries.org.uk
Graeme Wall Transport Miscellany has a new section to the website, a photographic tour of the signalboxes of Southampton. The boxes were demolished when Eastleigh power box came into operation in the early 1980s:
http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail
BR Dieselweb Updated with new photos for Class 24, 31, 33, 35, 37, 40, 46, 47, 52, DMU and Shunter section. Sounds for Class 24, 31, 33, 35, 37, 42, 45, 46, 47 and 52. Pages for Class 31, 37, 40 and 47 have now been sub-indexed - they were getting too big!
The D9531 (Class 14) page has now been relocated:
The "Rail Blue" website has had a full overhaul and now includes video from 1993/1994:
There are a couple of photos about on the web of new Virgin livered 57301:
http://album.atomic-systems.com/showPic.php/22516/57301a.jpg http://album.atomic-systems.com/showPic.php/22516/57301b.jpg
The Renown Repulse Restoration Group have a new website:
RailBritain.com has opened its website to participation. Images for inclusion in the expanding galleries, with room for up to 1.6million images (without bandwidth issues), are welcomed.
Updated website with pictures of 101s, 142s, 150s, 156s, 158, 175, and 221 DMUs. All taken at Bolton, Piccadilly, or Romiley.
http://four-foot.tripod.com/dmu.htm
The Forth Rail Bridge painted by James HF Thomson. (I suppose that's a picture - not him actually painting the Forth Bridge... on his own, as it were. ...Ed)
A couple of very nice views of the Royal Train in North Wales:
http://www.page27.co.uk/nwales/nwnews.htm
An updated website with some images taken at Eastleigh. Sections updated are:
http://www.mjcook.co.uk/Class47.html http://www.mjcook.co.uk/Class66.html http://www.mjcook.co.uk/Class73.html
Website Updated including 73109 heading failed unit 3409 at Fratton, 58041 at Havant with a Worthing to Eastleigh engineers train, Diverted Voyager (Pines) and HST, also at Havant, 47840 and 47828 at Fratton and Portsmouth Harbour and Various images taken at Eastleigh:
http://www.mjcook.co.uk/update.html
The first realtime auction site which is dedicated to railwayana:
New photos of the Kelbit bitumen tanks service at Edge Green near Golborne and photos of the Hays Chemicals acid tanks train. Both services are expected to cease at their present locations within the next 3 months, but traffic will be transferred to other rail-based locations.
http://www.bevanprice.freeuk.com/kelbit.htm http://www.bevanprice.freeuk.com/hayschem.htm
The latest Yahoo railway groups:
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/continentalwagons http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/internalusers http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/departmentalstock http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/coachingstock http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/ontrackplant http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/raildaysout http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/locosightings http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/wagonews
New book about the Midland Railway to Kimbolton in 1866. Great for anyone who likes railway history or as a present for somebody who does. Additionally, all proceeds go to a local museum. Info at:
http://www.greendragon-cam.co.uk/book/
As of 23 June 2002 it had 7,611 railway-orientated sites listed, you name it, it covers it, allegedly!
http://www.tadlane.com/rrlinks.htm#toc
A picture report on the unveiling of electric blue 86 233 at Willesden:
http://www.page27.co.uk/nwales/nwnews.htm
A Yahoo Group has been set up for the exchange of information, photos, drawings etc., connected with railway hand lamps and lanterns of both British and Overseas origins. Queries regarding such lamps are welcomed along with photos, which can be added to the Files section. Already in place is an impressive gallery of over 100 images of lamps, both from the U.K. and from around the World.
This Discussion Group is unlisted and membership is by invitation. To ensure that you receive your invitation, please send an email to Jeremy Cookson. Your invitation, in the form of a hyperlink, will be sent by return. In order that they can identify with other members, we do suggest that new members post a short introduction regarding their lamp interests.
jeremy.cookson@care4free.net
A few pics under the 'Blast from the Past' link. First set shows Eastfield, Stratford, Newton Abbot & Reddish. Not a SHED in sight!
Some photos of the excellent Totem display at the last Sheffield railwayana Auction, and also a couple of photos of Ian Wright auctioning one of the three class 20 nameplates now on-line:
http://www.d444.freeserve.co.uk/Sheffield.html
For those visiting the Lake District on holiday I would thoroughly recommend that if they visit Keswick they also take a walk along the Threlkeld-Keswick Railway footpath. (Seconded ...Ed.)
The railway is situated behind the leisure complex and also close to the Keswick country house Hotel. The National Trust bought the trackbed between Threlkeld and Keswick after the line closed and have made an excellent job of the path. Last year a boardwalk was erected at Low Briery so people with wheelchairs could have better access at a cost of around £150K. The walk leaves Keswick along Latrigg Close and passes under the main road through Keswick. The walk then passes beneath a large road overpass where "Big Tunnel" has been buried. Big Tunnel is still very much intact. The path then becomes a boardwalk then returns back to the railway footpath and the other end of "Big Tunnel". The next stop is Low Briery where there was once a Bobbin Mill, the platform is still intact. The path then carries on over numerous bowstring bridges and you go through "Little Tunnel", all of which is fairly close to the River Greta. The path passes through a cutting then after the final bowstring you come back to the A66 at Threlkeld. There are many pictures of the railway path at:
and
A very useful local history search engine: http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk
Ashley Sanders has produced an excellent index to the Midland Railway Derby Registers, the first page of which is at:
http://irwell.mimas.ac.uk/~zzaascs/mrsoc/dreg/kwik/kwik-a.html
This is a KWIK (or KeyWord In Context) index. The index term is the emboldened term listed in a column down the middle of the page. The KWIK index should enable you to find entries speedily without having to refer back to the main listing all the time.
Members who know of "Archive", the industrial and transport history quarterly will be interested to know that it has been joined by a thrice-yearly (at present) 96-page "Railway Archive". For those who appreciate the eclectic scope of "British Railway Journal" and the HMRS Journal this new magazine is a must and worth every penny of the £7.50 cover price. Issue No 1 contents include the following:
- Moor Street Station 1894 - 1916 - The Railway Photographs of E.J.Pouteau- interesting selection & Part 1 of listing - Locomotives Designed by Committee - the NER Tennants (including drawings at 7, 4 and 2mm scales) - Catching the Tablet at Moy - Stoke Works - North Staffordshire Rlwy Part 1
The whole is well produced on art paper with card covers, and there is a web site:
The following link was posted on the LNER group site:
http://www.selbynet.co.uk/selbycivic/railways.html
It is an excellent article about the stations on the Leeds & Selby Railway of 1834. This is of particular interest to railway archaeology types because substantial parts of the original Selby station, described in the article, can still be seen.
http://www.irail.co.uk/torrebox/
HMRS member, Alex Seal relates his experiences as a Railtrack level crossing attendant at Red Cow in Exeter:
http://www.irail.co.uk/alex/careers/railtrack_red_cow.shtml .
Recent photos of the Carstairs area:
http://www.imcmillan.co.uk/carstairs
The Waverley route through Hawick - a page of photos of the route as it was in May 2002:
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/leopold/mark/rail_hawick.html
A photo of the platform edge of Hawick's old station:
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/leopold/mark/graphics/scrapbook/brl_hawick_ol d2.jpg
Eden Valley Railway Trust - Work continues to reopen the 6 mile line from Appleby East to Warcop in Cumbria and ultimately Kirkby Stephen East. Latest news:
Interesting site that demonstrates how to extract a track plan directly from photographs of the track:
http://www.85a.ision.co.uk/martweb/info_files/gimp_track.htm
Warning - takes a while to download...
For more stuff on track design, go to the higher-level website:
http://come.to/victoria-station
The Class 47 Locomotive Group is in the process of being formed:
A new egroup, brushgen. Posts can be any Class 47/57 gen, be it either everyday or rare workings (given the everyday workings are getting scarcer these days), sightings, withdrawals, Class 57 conversions - all welcome!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brushgen
http://www.trainsferriesbuses.co.uk
http://www.coventryrailwaycentre.org.uk/
There is now a web site dedicated to St Albans South signal box:
A new site for Irish Railway History has been set up at:
http://www.irishrailwayhistory.com
Included on the site are photographs of ongoing construction work on Dublin's ligh railt system "LUAS", a brief history of atmospheric railways, particularly that from Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire to Dalkey) and details of a built heritage survey of the closed Waterford to New Ross line.
There is a good description of German signalling (in English) at:
http://home.t-online.de/home/wmeyenberg/eisenbahn/index.htm
This covers the main signal aspects and some of the underlying principles.
Another site explains, in English, German railway section (as opposed to station) block working:
http://broadway.pennsyrr.com/Rail/Signal/Germany/manual_block.html
Former HPMRS member, Harvey Saunders extols the virtues of catching the overnight (is there any other kind?) sleeper to Inverness...
Hi, folks! I'm still at large. And still riding the train, at any excuse. Here are some observations on a trip to Scotland.
Each year I go off on the sleeper to Inverness - for the hill-walking/Munro-bagging, you know.
The sleepers are run by Scotrail, who don't have any locomotives of their own any more, so they hire Virgin electrics as far as Edinburgh (16 carriages thundering down the WCML behind a scruffy class 87 sounds exciting, but everything seems to stay under control). After the split at Edinburgh, EWS provides the pulling power on to Inverness (and Aberdeen and Fort William). The Inverness portion consists of 8 carriages, including a full brake. We used to get a class 47 for this duty; it always struggled; we would be crawling along by the time we reached Slochd summit and the traffic on the nearby A9 would be flying past. Then, they tried a pair of class 37s - some improvement, but not much. This year, we got a sparkling-clean class 67 - wow! What a difference! We beat all the lorries out of sight. On the return run, You could feel the acceleration up the long 1 in 70 grade out of Inverness. ON TIME!
Someone has given the Scotrail guys instruction on correct station procedures - trains left on time from clean clear platforms. At Inverness, the person in charge of getting the trains away cut a remarkable figure - white shirt, hi-vis waistcoat, long hair, short skirt and high heels!!!! And boy, could she blow that whistle!
At the stop at Kingussie, in the twilight, one passenger joined the train, a semaphore signal was clear (they use radio signalling up there, don't they?), the guard waved his lamp at the driver (who was watching) - and nothing happened. The guard waved his lamp again - nothing. The guard checked his lamp - it had been showing a white light! He switched it to green and waved it again - the driver waved his lamp in response, the engine gave a toot and off we went. There's definitely been same safety lecturing going on.
You can get plenty of sleep, depending on the maintenance of the carriage and the driver. Get a berth in the middle of a carriage (furthest from the bogies) which has smooth-riding and grab-free brakes and you should be OK. The journey (Euston-Inverness) takes about 12 hours, so there's plenty of time to snooze. You get a mini-breakfast with hot drink and there's a lounge car that serves hot snacks, etc. Book early to get an APEX ticket - these are now few (and you always get an end berth) and you can only book about 10 weeks ahead, so it's a race to get the cheap fares. The train is always pretty full to bursting.
That's all for now, folks.
Cheers, Harvey
The Association for Industrial Archaeology (AIA) should be regarded as an umbrella organisation which encourages original archaeological and historical research into divers aspects of the more recent past. Furthermore, it seeks to disseminate information relating to a wide variety of industrial and social archaeological topics. It generates a quarterly news bulletin entitled Industrial Archaeology News, and a yearly journal (Industrial Archaeological Review) published in two parts about six month apart. Articles reflect the research interests of those submitting them. Taking a quick look at some back numbers of the Review and the News produces the following:
The Kings Cross gasholders (News, 103, 1997, p.2) IA in the South Atlantic - including the 2' gauge guano extraction (!) railway on Ascention Island (News, 107, 1998, p.4-5) Railway tarpaulins and sheet stores (News, 120, 2002, p.10) The archaeological excavation of wooden waggonway remains at Lambton D Pit, Sunderland (Review, vol. XX, 1998, p.5-22)
The AIA hosts its own conferences and study weekends, and publicises conferences, etc, run by other IA-related groups. It is a useful organisation to join - not least because it encompasses such a wide variety of specialist skills and interests. The AIA website can be found at:
http://www.industrial-archaeology.org.uk
The AIA's Liaison Officer, Isabel Wilson, can be contacted at: AIA@le.ac.uk
Class 25/50/55/58 Galleries have been added to the Canton website with plenty of images from Doncaster Works in the 1980s:
http://www.martinbray-ukloco.com
I am a part time antique and collectables dealer in Ripley, Derbyshire (Patrick Morriss):
mailto:patrickj@morriss15.freeserve.co.uk
There is also a postcard dealer in Nottingham, who specialises in modern postcards (Pete Davies):
mailto:petedavies.modernpostcards@virgin.net
The Postcard Traders Association is at:
For a program for setting desktop wallpaper and lockup screens, with a huge array of high quality photographs, including trains and other transportation (American, of course) go to:
http://www.webshots.com/homepage.html
If you want to display many images in a slide-show screen-saver go to:
http://www.tech-pro.co.uk/slideshow_info.html
You just point it at a directory of jpgs and set a delay...
If Hitler had won - this would have happened...
http://www.myrtle.co.uk/art/untergrund.gif
(It's amazing what some people spend their time on.)
BR Dieselweb updated including some Class 26 recordings from a visit to the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway in May. This completes a gap meaning sound recordings are now available for classes 03, 08, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 33, 35, 37, 40, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 50, 52, 55, 56, 57, 66, 73 and a DMU!! Also added is a Class 37/4 section with photos from trips to Scotland and South Wales with sound recordings of 37405, 37408 and 37415 & 421 as well.
Photographs of the recent Foxfield Railway Gala & South Devon Jubilee Gala
http://www.paddington83.freeserve.co.uk
The Cambrian Railways Society Ltd are proud to announce their new website:
http://www.cambrian-railways-soc.co.uk
http://www.eisenbahnseitevonfmunna.de/
I have just been experimenting in putting together a small website with a view to designing something bigger and better in the future. The site will be an outlet for many thousands of signalling photos in both colour and black and white from around the UK. It is not my intention to duplicate any other site and to this aim the site will have contemporary feel with a bias towards signalling in the BR era and will look at early BR signalling installations (e.g.West coast main line, etc). http://mysite.freeserve.com/NeasdenJunction Many thanks for your future support, Ivan Stewart.
(Despite the name, this appears to be mainly North Staffordshire Railway boxes at present ...Ed.)
http://www.steamdaysmag.co.uk/
Makeover for MML website - now totally revamped
http://www.midlandmainline.com
A new egroup on Yahoo Groups for modellers of the Scottish scene:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScottishModellers
Some pics taken in the early 1970s. Some leave something to be desired. Several are of the old Wimbledon to West Croydon line:
http://www.railfan.net/railpix/submit/johnlaw
A website that perhaps hasn't been mentioned before. Have a look especially at the Photo Gallery that has lots of photos of South Wales (and other) Signalling Installations in the 1960s:
http://www.geocities.com/class40uk
Nick's nomination for item of rolling stock in the 'National Collection' that's in the worst physical condition...
http://www.apt-p.com/work49006.htm
http://www.typetwo.fsnet.co.uk/od1a.htm
A very comprehensive site for those interested in the Southern Railway:
http://www.semg.org.uk/index.html
RAILDATEr, Peter Kazmierczak, has just started a new Yahoo! Group entitled BR Livery Library.
Details are: BRLiveryLibrary@yahoogroups.com
To subscribe: BRLiveryLibrary-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Some of you may have seen the Class 58 farewell railtour that made the TV news on Monday for crashing into the buffers in Essex (Walton on the Naze) causing 30+ injuries with one hospitalisation due to broken ribs.
What the TV didn't tell you was the name of the railtour......
"The Bonebreaker"!
At least the Trade Descriptions Act will be covered!
A new website for the Peak Locomotive Company Limited, custodians of D4, 45041 and 46045
A major revamp of a rail photo site. A search engine has been put in place, where you can search by operator, class, name, number:
http://www.richmackin.co.uk/rail
A new egroup dedicated to Deltic photos:
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/delticphotos
And an egroup for people interested in CEP and BEP EMUs:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/4cep_4bep
http://www.mulehouse.demon.co.uk/stations/
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