Railway History websites

[Dave R]

A few rail history sites well worth taking a look at

http://www.joyce.whitchurch.btinternet.co.uk/maps.htm

shows maps of BR in 1961 & 1969, good for seeing the extent of the beeching cuts.

http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/index.php

cracking site for almost all disused (and used) lines and stations in the Birmingham and WM area

http://www.photobydjnorton.com/

has some fantastic photos of interesting railways including the longbridge-halesowen-old hill railway, liverpool overhead railway. also shows pictures of Birmingham's narrow guage tram network (as it was).

http://www.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/index.htm

interesting maps of the Leeds area, well worth taking a look.

If anyone else knows of a decent website on disused lines/railway history I'd been keen to know.

 

[me123]

This site has a lot of information for railways in the Glasgow area (and a huge feature on railways in the Monklands area in particular). It hasn't been updated for many years now, but it is really interesting and very well written.

 

[John Webb]

For a history of signalling see http://www.signalbox.org.

 

[ungreat]

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/index.shtml

the best

 

[Wyvern]

Over a thousand photos of old railway stations all over the country and of trains as they were in the sixties by Ben Brooksbank on geograph.org.uk