Britain's trains and railways: A beginner's guide
Heritage railways
Between the 1960s and mid-1970s, the rail network was reduced from around 20,000 miles to 12,000 miles by the cost-cutting review of British Rail chairman Dr Richard Beeching. Some of these redundant lines have reopened as volunteer-led heritage railways.
The Bluebell Line
www.rhbnc.ac.uk/~zhaa009/bb/bluebell.html
The Bluebell Line was the UK's first preserved standard-gauge
passenger railway, reopening in 1960 part of the Lewes-to-East Grinstead
line of the old London, Brighton & South Coast Railway.
UK Heritage Railways
ukhrail.uel.ac.uk/
A good gateway to all the preserved railways.
The Barry Scrapyard Story
www.greatwestern.org.uk/barry1.htm
Many restored locomotives came from this famous scrapyard in South Wales.
East Lancashire Railway
east-lancs-rly.co.uk/index2.php
Many of Pete Waterman's diesels live here.
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
www.gwsr.com/index.html
Pete Waterman’s chunky black tank engine 5224 lives here.
Preserved Diesels
www.preserved-diesels.co.uk/
Even old diesels are fondly remembered …
The AC Locomotive Group
www.aclocogroup.org.uk/
… As are old electrics.
