SELECTED LINKS

Some recommended Websites which may be of interest, with a special emphasis on railways and the  South

RAILWAY PRESERVATION

• Swanage Railway -  An authentic recreation of a famous Southern Region branch line, running through beautiful Dorset countryside and past the ancient spendour of Corfe Castle.

• Mid Hants Railway - Better known as The Watercress Line, which operates  Southern steam trains 'over the Alps' between Alton and Alresford in Hampshire

• Isle of Wight Steam Railway- Maintaining the spirit of the Island railways with authentic historic rolling stock in this beautiful part of southern England

• Lynton & Barnstaple-  Recreating the incomparable North Devon 2' gauge line dating from 1898, closed by the Southern Railway in 1935, and now running again ...and extending!

• Southern Locomotives is a company that owns, restores, maintains and operates steam locomotives. It has already restored a Merchant Navy Class locomotive, No 35027 Port Line,  followed by restoring an unrebuilt Battle of Britain Class locomotive, 34072 257 Squadron. Two standard tank locomotives followed, 80104, was completed in 1997 and 80078 was finished in 1999. More recently, two Bulleid pacifics, No 34028 Eddystone, a rebuilt West Country class and No 34070 Manston have joined the fleet.

• The Bulleid Society-  A preservation society of distinction based at the Bluebell Railway and custodian of two Bulleid designed express locomotives

• Wadebridge (34007) Locomotive Ltd is the owner and restorer of the superb ex-Southern Railway/British Railways Bulleid pacific locomotive No. 34007 Wadebridge which was restored to service in 2007 and is now based at the Mid-Hants railway.
  
   

  MEDIA

• BRILL  British Railways Illustrated and its sister publication Railway Bylines are monthly journals which specialise in superb photographic coverage of those black and white days of the 1950s and 1960s on Britain's railways. Photographic quality is outstanding and there is a mixture of well-researched articles about railway history and first-hand recollections of railwaymen and enthusiasts. They are both published by Irwell Press, 'the home of Transport Publishing
  

• Six Bells Junction - The ultimate website for information about enthusiasts' rail tours and special traffic, with information stretching back into the 19th century and covering all the specials which operated over the Southern Region in the 1950s and 1960s

• STEAM TRAIN GALLERIES-  A wonderful online gallery of railway preservation scenes- always topical.  

• Railway Pictures - This site is dedicated  to Antony James Northwood, who sadly died on 11^th November 1997. It is a very interesting railway photograph gallery covering all areas of railway traction, buildings, and trackwork. which is being added to weekly. Upload and share your own images to the site using its inbuilt upload features.

• Railway Pictures by Alan Chambers - A really nostalgic collection of black and white photos of railways and steam trains from the 1950s and 1960s

• Roy's Rail Page

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• Southern Email Group - The Southern Email Group (SEmG) is a group of railway fans who discuss anything to do with the Southern Railway (England!)

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