LINKS TO OTHER RAILWAY SITES:

The Historical Model Railway Society
Vast collection of photos & Drawings available to members.
Quarterly "Journal" plus area groups
NOTE: the above link will take you to the HMRS site. If you type the address in manually for the HMRS site, you MUST include the .uk - i.e. www.hmrs.org.uk. Just using ….org will take you to a site that is not the genuine hmrs site, and should be avoided.
Alan Gibson Wheels
POWsides website
Cambridge Custom Transfers - sheet S2 for our kits
Parkside 4mm Scale Wagon Kits
THE UK Model Shop Directory
Online magazine: Model Railway Express
News and comment
iRail Railway Search Engine
Andy Kirkham's Photos. Interesting freight photos especially Taff Bargoed Joint Line - the photo of Caeharris Post Office; and Devon and Cornwall - the Roskear Branch at Camborne.
Modern image modelling - Wells Green TMD
Caution: this site contains images of Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Barrie Swann (no, not in the same photo!)
Disused stations in Britain
Wagons on the Web
Paul Bartlett's Wagon Photos
Mike Cubberley's Photos
53A Models Photo Pages
Search for preserved wagons: Railway Heritage/VCT
Flawed by spelling mistakes and duplicate, but slightly different, descriptions of the same type of wagon.
Martyn Read's photos
The Railroad Webring
Europe - all gauges - trains & trams - choose by country, then topic:
The European Railway Server
Going somewhere by train?
BRITAIN:
Choose your route and time/date of travel.
Gives journey times, places to change
(and how long you will have to wait - not always true!):
National Rail Travel Information
EUROPE:
Information on train travel, routes, times and fares.
The best site for planning a rail journey in Europe and elsewhere:
THE MAN IN SEAT 61
European train timetables including internal journeys in Britain (and to Europe):
German/Europe Railway Timetables - English version,
If you travel at the weekend get a Schönes-Wochenende-Ticket. Not valid on Intercity trains, only Regional - see DB website.