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The
West Somerset Railway runs between
Minehead and Bishops Lydeard, near Taunton. The seasonal service
is provided by restored steam and diesel trains. Hopefully one
day they will be able to run all the way into Taunton. |
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West Somerset Railway Association
is the principal support
group for the West Somerset Railway. |
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West Somerset
Railway on the Web - unofficial site is another site dedicated
to the West Somerset Railway, there is an associated mailing list
group as well, a good way to keep up to date with happenings on the
WSR. |
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West
Somerset Steam Railway Trust
is concerned with the historical
and educational aspects of railway preservation in West Somerset
including the Heritage Carriage Project. |
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Recycled
Aggregates from the West Somerset Railway - as a
"by-product" of the West Somerset Railway's developments at Norton
Fitzwarren they now have large quantities of recycled aggregates
available. |
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West
Somerset Restoration is the engineering arm of the West
Somerset Railway Association who can undertake a wide variety of
engineering work, not just railway related projects. |
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WSR | Volunteers |
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WestSomersetRailway
Yahoo! group for
discussion and chat about the WSR |
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West
Somerset Railway Gallery on Fotopic is where I've started to
put some higher quality, larger size version of my photos of the West
Somerset. |
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Railway
Videos - West Somerset Railway, Bulleid pacifics and other
heritage locos has my railway videos. |
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Diesel & Electric
Preservation Group Ltd (DEPG)
are based at Williton, on the West
Somerset Railway and have a variety of preserved diesels there. |
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G.W.R. Locomotive 5542
is about the recently restored small prairie on the West Somerset. |
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wizzer.me.uk
is a new
site about the West Somerset Railway by a fellow volunteer, Jon Tooke.
He often finds odd places to take photos from and even odder things to
take them of so check it as it grows! |
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West
Somerset Railway A Volunteers view
a selection of photos by volunteer
guard and DMU driver Alan Meade. |
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UK RAILWAYS
has sections on London
Underground, West Somerset Railway and others - includes some photos
of steam on the District Line! |
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DINMORE MANOR
LOCOMOTIVE LIMITED own
both 7820 and 3850. |
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Somerset &
Dorset Railway Trust are
based at Washford on the West Somerset Railway where they have a
museum and a number of larger items from the old S&D. |
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Aspects Of Exmoor
has a section on the West Somerset Railway as well as many views of
the moor itself. |
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BR steam & diesel locomotives, trams, trolleybuses, LT buses
is a sister site to the above with an variety of photos from 1959 to
the present day. |
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Lynton &
Barnstaple Railway is
being rebuilt some 70 years after it closed, the first short section
should be open in Spring 2004. |
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Taunton
Trains is a site for
info about railway workings around Taunton. |
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Yahoo!
Groups : SWRG is a "gen
list" with up to the minute postings of rail activity in the South
West. |
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UK
Steam Info covering the West Somerset Railway,
mainline steam tours and much more. |
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Seaton Tramways ....
Devon UK not quite a
railway ! The narrow gauge tramway runs beside the River Axe
from Seaton to Colyton, offering beautiful views over the estuary and
of the wide variety of birds feeding there. |
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UK Heritage Railways -
for Steam Railways and Museums
has details/links to all the UK's heritage railways and museums etc
and a loco database. |
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FACS-UNECTO: Union des Exploitants de Chemins de fer
Touristiques et de musées is is the French equivalent of the
above with details of French heritage railways and railway museums. |
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National Preservation
Rail Preservation on a National Scale
with Forums for many heritage railways as well as more general ones. |
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Swanage Railway
is the site of the Swanage Railway, which is in
the process of being reconnected to the national network via Wareham. |
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Mid-Hants
Railway (Watercress Line) Official Website
has, besides much on their line and the activities of
their mainline cleared locos, a very good page on the technicalities
of a locomotive boiler. |
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YEOVIL RAILWAY CENTRE
as the name
suggests is at Yeovil Junction station where apart from carrying out
restoration work their facilities include a turntable which enables
the depot to be used in connection with main line steam workings. |
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John
Griffiths British Railways is a site
with photos of trains from the days of steam through to the mid 80's,
produced by an ex railwayman. John has kindly allowed me to use
some of his photos on this site. |
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Brian
Tucker's web site has a variety of
railway photos, mainly in South Wales and around Bristol, Brian has
kindly allowed me to use some of his photos on this site. |
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The Bristol
Railway Archive has photos and info
about all the stations in the Bristol area. |
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L'AAATV Cosne
sur Loire, la 141R840 is the site of a
group in France who have preserved an American built ex SNCF steam
loco no. 141R840. There is a photo of this loco on
French Railways |
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AJECTA
is a steam loco preservation centre at an ex SNCF
depot at Longueville, to the east of Paris. |
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EspaceTrain.Com - Site
Contributaire d'Information Ferroviaire is a site with lots of info, photos and video of the French railway
scene. |
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Globe Video Films
produce videos of railways. There's a wide
variety of subjects covered mostly in Britain. The "Blast from
the Past" page is well worth a visit for views of BR in days gone by.
Steve Marshall has also allowed me to use some of his photos on this
site. |
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Preserved-Diesels.co.uk
has photos and
details on all Britain's preserved diesel locos, including where to
find them. |
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iRail
Railway Search Engine
The best place to find the
railway sites you want, so they say - give it a try! |
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British Rail
Locomotives has a large selection of photos of BR diesel and
electric locos. |
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RollingstockComponents.com for Rolling Stock Components,
Rollingstock Parts and railway memorabilia |
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BBC Online Homepage
news, programme details etc. etc.... |
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Travel and animals, South West England, Scotland, France, Normandy,
horses, dogs, wildlife are my pages about the places I've
visited and my animals. |
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Patently
Absurd! - Weird & wacky patents the
title says it all - amazing things on there. |
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YouGov
is an online UK opinion poll organisation,
so if you want your views to count, you can sign up here. |
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GIVEaHOOT -
On-line Opinion Poll & Market Research
is another online UK opinion poll site, where you can record your
views on a wide range of topical subjects. |
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The Internet Guide to Scotland - Travel & Scottish Interest |
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Friends
Reunited is a site for finding your old school friends in the
UK, I was amazed to find some of mine from 30+ years ago on there !!! |
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Get-a-map from Ordnance Survey will
provide you with detailed online maps of any location in the UK. |
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TV Cream
is a site about British TV, especially those old programmes and films
we'd rather forget !! |
