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Island Publishing (John New) | Stephenson Locomotive Society (SLS)

Waggonways Research Circle | Wessex Association of Model Railway Clubs | York Model Railway Show

Where've they gone? / pending deletion

Internet newsgroups & web rings 

York tourist links

Countryside info for the railway enthusiast
Island Publishing
(home page of this site)

Update policy and recent history list

(Page last revised 5 May 2008)

(NB Sites with numbers in the title are listed first)


009 Society

85F - A site dealing with railways and tramways in the Black Country and Shropshire around Stourbridge Junction. 84f.com

2mm Scale Association 2mm Assoc

(Repaired 2 Mar 2008) 3mm Society 3mm_Soc

7mm Narrow Gauge Assoc.7mm NGA

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Bachman Branchlines Bachman Branchlines

Backtrack/Pendragon Publishing have recently developed a website the URL is www.PendragonPublishing.co.uk  You will probably be aware that they are the publishers of BackTrack, Britain's leading historical railway journal and the Railways In Transition series of books

The Bassetlaw (North Notts) Railway Society Homepage Bassetlaw and Littlewood' 'N' gauge exhibition layout

Beamish Industrial Museum Beamish

Bentley MRG's web site BMRG web site e-mail gendacott  BMRG also organise the annual Trainwest Show.in Melksham

British Railway Modelling brmodelling

Brockley Green SE4 by John Wass. A superb EM layout featuring Southerm 3rd Rail Electric traction.

Bournemouth Diesel & Electric Railway Modellers : Bderm

Buccabury Group of the 009 Society (Email) Web site - Buccabury Group of the 009 Society

The Bulleid Society Bulleid Society

Burnham & Dist MRC email Burnham MRC

 
 
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Micro/Small layouts - Carl Arendt's site dedicated to railway modelling in small to minimal spaces. Updated regularly on a magazine style basis.

Card modelling - the Island-Publishing card model making section with sub pages showing the techniques relevant to the railway modeller using card. 

Card modelling  - Welsh Patentless Cardboard Chimney Company  Web site for the soon to be launched WPCCC range of card locomotive kits in 4mm covering Welsh Narrow Gauge prototype's and the related card modelling photo gallery showing heplful tips for working in card to make railway locomotives.

 
 
A comprehensive site covering the Canadian rail scene - preserved and contemporary - Canadian Scene

(Updated 16 Oct 2007) Chivers Fine Lines Chiversfinelines

Cross country expresses operate services to the Midlands, South Coast and Scotland (Formerly Virgin X Country trains)

 
 
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DC Kits

Site covering all aspects of rail links, modelling and full size. Directory index page

Dean Forest Railway - Dean Forest

 
 
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East Lancs Railway East Lancs

(Updated 16 Oct 2007) East Somerset Railway - East Somerset (Replacement link is now to railway's own website)

Early Railways section of the SLS site (See also Wollaton Wagonway under W) SLS Early Railways

Early Railways section of the Waggonway / Wagonway Research Circle site (See also Wollaton Wagonway under W) WRC Early Railways

Early steam locomotives - SLS Early locomotives

East Coast main lline (Current franchisee) National Express East Coast

East Midlands Trains (Incorporating the former Midland Mainline franchise) East Midlands Trains route map.  

East Midlands Model Railway Exhibition East Midlands

York Model Railway Show (Held every Easter) York Easter Exhibition

Edinburgh & Lothians Miniature Rlys Club

Education resource Basic fact file on the life of George Stephenson and information on the SLS publication covering the life of George and his family. An ideal resource for school use.

Epsom & Ewell MRC Epsom and Ewell

Eurostar international service Eurostar

(Updated 16 Oct 2007) Solent MRG and Eurotrack exhibition (held annually in Eastleigh) Solent MRG & Eurotrack

Evesham Vale Light Railway EVLR

EWS EWS

Oddities and extreme steam locomotives - the web-site (Added 21 October 07)

 
 
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Fareham & Dist MRC Fareham web site Email- Fareham club

First Great Western - FGW

First Transpennine Express - First Transpennine's Network Map (link updated 2 Mar 2008) 

Fox-transfers

 
 
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Gn15 info - a very good site covering the modelling of minimum or miniaturegauge railways of circa 15in gauge in O and G scale (1:24 or thereabouts).

gnatterbox (the) - the related forum group covering the Gn15 scale. 

George Stephenson Basic fact file on the life of George Stephenson and information on the SLS publication covering the life of George and his family. An ideal resource for school use.

Gauge O Guild Gauge O Guild

Richard Green (Railway illustrator) & Locomotives in profile.

Grand Central Rail (Kings Cross - York - then selected stations to Sunderland) Route map

Gloucester & Warwickshire Railway

Great Central Railway (As preserved) - official GCR website

 
 
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Heritage Railway magazine web site

Heritage Model Railway A group for modellers of Preserved Railways. Web site

RECOMMENDED Index and gateway to information on all UK heritage railway sites - Heritage sites (Link repaired 21 October 2007)

Links relating to Sir Arthur Heywood, pioneer of mininiature steam locomotion. (Added 21 October 07)

Sir Arthur Heywood - The Heywood Collection

The Heywood radiating axle locomotives

Wikipedia entry covering Heywood's Duffield Bank Railway

Photo album covering Heywood items at the Perrygrove Railway

The HMRS have recently rebuilt their pages. This link IS to the new site address HMRS

(Updated 16 Oct 2007) Hornby Railway Collectors Association Hornby Dublo Collectors Assn

Site devoted to Hornby Dublo Electric Trains (link reset 2/1/1999) Hornby Dublo Electric Trains

Hornby Model Railways Hornby

Hull MRS web site Hull MRS

HO - The British 1:87 Scale Society British-HO

 
 
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Keighley & Worth Valley Railway KWVLR

 
 
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All aspects of rail links, modelling and full size. Revised link Nov 2000 Link Rail

Leicester & Swannington Railway http://www.swannington-heritage.co.uk

Richard Green (Railway illustrator) & Locomotives in profile.

The Locomotive Club of Great Britain (LCGB)

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North Mersey Model Railway Show (NB when tested on 15 Oct 07 this link was live but the information on the page was not displaying correctly!) North Mersey Show

Micro/Small layouts - Carl Arendt's site dedicated to railway modelling in small to minimal spaces. Updated regularly on a magazine style basis.

(The) Middleton Railway (Added 21 October 2007)

Miniature Railway World  - excellent and informative web site covering miniature railways.  Has an associated forum.

(The) Model Railway Club MRC General club information

(The) Model Railway Club MRC Layout descriptions and pictures

Model Railway Enthusiast Magazine link updated 15 Oct 2007 mremag

(Updated 16 Oct 2007) Model Railway Ring - Model Railway Ring

Moors Valley Railway - Dorset.  Moors Valley Rly

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National Express East Coast (Current East Coast main lline franchisee)

National Rail Enquiries

National Railway Museum (York) - NRM

National Preservation web forum - Forum covering aspects of railway preservation in all gauges.

(Updated 16 Oct 2007) National Model Railroad Assoc of USA (NMRA) Many links to worlwide sites including some in UK NMRA (Home page) | NMRA (UK section)

N Gauge Society N Gauge Soc

(Not N Gauge but related as 2mm/foot) 2mm Scale Association link updated 15 Oct 2007- 2mm Assoc

Alan Newble's Railway Photo Centre

(Updated 16 Oct 2007) Newcastle & District MRS Newcastle & Dist MRS Network Rail (Replaces Railtrack)

North Mersey Model Railway Show (NB when tested on 15 Oct 07 this link was live but the information on the page was not displaying correctly!) North Mersey Show

Northern Rail - Northern Rail's Network Map (link updated 2 Mar 2008)

Webmaster's favourite preserved railway - North Yorks Moors Rly. NYMR (link updated 15 Oct 2007 to new website)

Nottiingham (Bulwell) MRS & NOTTINGHAM East Midlands MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION Nottingham (Bulwell) MRS  ( Note revised URL added Sep 2007)

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Oddities and extreme steam locomotives - the web-site (Added 21 October 07)

Old pics to the fore - On line photographic collection http://gallery62603.fotopic.net/

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PECO/Railway Modeller/Continental Modeller (Note PECO site has moved this link is to new site) - Peco

Pendragon Publishing have recently developed a website the URL is www.PendragonPublishing.co.uk  You will probably be aware that they are the publishers of BackTrack, Britain's leading historical railway journal and the Railways In Transition series of books

Perrygrove miniature railway   (Added 21 October 2007)

Photographs by this site's webmaster - coverage is in several galleries.

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Railtrack - organisation no longer exists so link replaced by new link to Network Rail

UK Steam info (former March web site as renamed - link updated 15 Oct 2007) Rail tours index site

Rail link directory covering all aspects of rail links, modelling and full size. Directory index page

Railway Club (The) The Railway Club Formed in 1899 the oldest association of railway enthusiasts in the world.

RCTS (Railway Correspondence & Travel Society)

Railway Herald (The) An online digital free railway magazine with each edition as a pdf. (Experiencing temporary technical problems Apr 08)

Railway Magazine (The) Sample digital edition | IPC Press contact information

Railway Magazine (The) Unofficial site carrying on-line indexes of many volumes.

Railway Performance Society www.railperf.org.uk

Richard Green (Railway illustrator) & Locomotives in profile.

The Robert Stephenson Trust The trust web site

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(Updated 16 Oct 2007) Scale Four Society Scale Four

Scale 7 Group Scale 7 Group

Severn Valley Railway - SVR

Tony "Treeman' Hill's homepage Simply Scenery.com

(Updated 16 Oct 2007) Solent MRG and Eurotrack exhibition (held annually in Eastleigh) Solent MRG & Eurotrack

Oddities and extreme steam locomotives - the web-site (Added 21 October 07)

Stephenson (George) Basic fact file on the life of George Stephenson and information on the SLS publication covering the life of George and his family. An ideal resource for school use.

SLS (Stephenson Locomotive Society)

Swanage Railway (The official Swanage Railway site - link updated 15 Oct 2007)

Stephenson on the Leicester & Swannington Railway http://www.swannington-heritage.co.uk

Stourbridge Junction - A site dealing with railways and tramways in the Black Country and Shropshire around Stourbridge Junction.

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Thorncombe Rail Activities Club - TRAC

TrainNet American directory site with some links to UK sites TrainNet

Bentley MRG's web site (Two addresses found only one working) - BMRG Web site (As at 15 Oct 07 - Appears official URL but temporarily unavailable) & BMRG web site(2) e-mail gendacott  BMRG also organise the annual Trainwest Show.in Melksham

The man in seat sixty one (England to Europe rail travel information site) Seat_61 link

The UK Model Shop Directory: The UK Model Shop Directory:

Richard Green (Railway illustrator) & Locomotives in profile.

The Locomotive Club of Great Britain (LCGB)

The Railway Club Formed in 1899 the oldest association of railway enthusiasts in the world.

The Trevithick Society - The Trevithick Society

TrainLines of Derby (A model shop) website 1  and website 2

Thomas the tank engine (Warning - this website discourteously breaks your back button link) thomasthetankengine 

(Updated 16 Oct 2007 - updated to the probable replacement of my original link) The Great British Railway Directory. A directory of all aspects of railway.

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Replacement for the GB rail web site now a guide to UIC rolling stock etc. UICSTOCK / GB Rail web site

UK Steam info (former March web site as renamed - link updated 15 Oct 2007) Uk steam info

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Virgin trains - (frames version of site) Virgin Trains

On line swapmeet Virtual Swapmeet

 

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Warley Club and National Exhibition details Warley Club

Welsh Patentless Cardboard Chimney Company  Web site for the soon to be launched WPCCC range of card locomotive kits in 4mm covering Welsh Narrow Gauge prototype's.  Related card modelling photo gallery featuring the prospective kit range. 

West Country Railway Archives will cover Dorset railways amongst other
things Railwest

West Somerset Railway WSR Official website  | Independent website covering WSR

Wessex Association of Model Railway Clubs - Members list Wessex Clubs List

Wessex Association of Model Railway Clubs - General information Wessex information (Link updated to ne site URL 28 Mar 08)

Wimborne R S Wimborne RS site   email Wimborne RS

Wizard Models Wizard Models

Witley MRC Witley MRC Site email Witley MRC

Waggonway Research Circle/ Wollaton Waggonway: WRC - Contents page

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York Model Railway Show (Easter) York Easter Exhibition

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Internet newsgroups and web rings

Relevant newsgroup - RECOMMENDED - full size railways (UK) uk.railway

Relevant newsgroup - European railways (Euro) misc.transport.rail.europe

Relevant newsgroup - RECOMMENDED - model railways (UK) uk.rec.models.rail

Relevant newsgroup - full size steam railways - mostly USA but some UK - alt.railroad.steam

Relevant newsgroup - full size railway photographs (Binaries) - Worldwide interest newsgroup with lots of USA/Canadian but some UK & Europe also - alt.binaries.pictures.rail

Web site listing many other rail related newsgroups - Newsgroup listings - rail

RINGS - Model Railway Ring - Model Railway Ring

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Update policy, recent changes to this page etc.
 
 
Update cycle:-

All links are automatically scanned at two-monthly intervals by link checking software.  Any links identified in that check as faulty are then checked manually and either repaired or moved into the "where have they gone" section pending deletion. However before you shout at me/us please remember that a dead link is entirely the fault of the site that has gone without leaving a forwarding message on their old site! If you maintain a website please remember that we don't know if you move home and cannot mind read! 

Where information is left on outdated links giving the replacement URL the link is corrected.  A big thank you to those sensible webmasters.  Unfortunately I do find messages like this "This website has been removed. If you have a bookmark or a link to this page, please remove these as this page will disappear shortly."

Recent activity on page -

5 May - two new links added.

3 Apr 08 - two additional links added, one moved back from where have they gone? into the main list and one existing link revised to a notified new/replacement URL..

27 & 28 Mar 08 - (1) New links added including the RCTS and several new rail franchisees. (2) Automated links checker run.  Two duff links identified and repaired, one to be manually re-checked/corrected and one deleted. Where've they gone section? updated. (3) Page header revised to include society logos.

2 Mar 08.  Check of existing links.  Three new links added and one typo' in an existing link corrected (3mm Society). Page layout of this page/section updated.  Where've they gone section? All the items previously moved into WTGS block were still not responding therefore deleted and other items moved down,. 

2 Dec 07 - Several additonal links added relating to modelling narrow gauge and miniature prototypes plus a section on model making with card under C.  All the dead Where've they gone section? entries from mid-October were still dead on retesting today.  They are not therefore suffering from short term "technicals" and will therefore be deleted, if still dead/untraceable, when I make the next update and full links test to this page.  They can now be considered gone for good..

21st Oct '07- New links added covering locomotive oddities, miniature lines, Sir Arthur Heywood and additional preserved steam railways.  All the links moved to the Where've they gone section? following the testing for the 16th October update retested and two of those sites now reinstated. (A changed URL traced and a previously faulty link found to be active indicating that site had only experienced a temporary fault)


Where have they gone to?!

This section contains the names of organisations where the links that I had were inactive when last tested. If you know of a current live URL for one, or all, of these organisations please let me know.

Updated to 28 March 2008 - entries below were deleted or moved into this section pending future deletion for the reasons stated.

  • BMRG Web site (Two addresses found for BMRG only one working.  (28 Mar update - Although this appears to be the official URL it has been showing temporarily unavailable since 15 October 2007)
  • Weymouth Model Railway Association WMRA web site (Removed as no longer WAMRC Members)
  • To get to York by Great North Eastern..(2 Mar 08 update - Link deleted as franchise lost - see new entry for National Express)
  • All entries previously moved into this section were removed as the uncorrected site URL had been unavailable/dead for several months.

 
 
 
 
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