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Below are some links to other railway sites who have assisted in various ways with the archives. For links to genealogical and railway history research resources please see our research tools page.

APT-P Preservation Update - The history behind the British Rail Advanced Passenger Train project, including up to date details of the work currently being carried out by volunteers in Crewe to preserve the remaining APT-P vehicles.

Bluebell Railway - The Bluebell Line was the UK's first preserved standard gauge passenger railway, and runs on part of the Lewes to East Grinstead line of the old London Brighton & South Coast Railway.

Central Railway - Home of the campaign to build a European standard railway between the North of England and Northern France.

Keeping Track - Keeping Track is the UK’s only quarterly directory about railways, buses, airports and seaports. The site also includes information about today’s UK railway as well as a brief history of railway legislation.

Railway Codes - Phil Deaves' website of railway data, acronyms and codes.

Save The Train - Campaigning to improve the service from Southampton to Swindon through Melksham. If you are local to Wiltshire, please take five minutes to support the campaign.

Talyllyn Railway - The Talyllyn Railway is a historic narrow-gauge steam railway, set in the Mid-Wales countryside.

The Middleton Railway - Having been established by an Act of Parliament in 1758, the Middleton Railway, Leeds, can claim to be the oldest Railway in the world. It also played host to the first commercially successful, revenue earning, steam locomotives which entered service there in 1812. The railway currently operates passenger services over approximately 1 mile of track between its headquarters at Moor Road, Hunslet, Leeds and Park Halt, which is on the outskirts of Middleton Park.

Ufton Nervet Train Crash Network - UNTC is a support network for those affected by the Ufton Nervet accident and other railway accidents.

 
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Report by Lieutenant Colonel Yorke, R.E., C.B., on the Fatal Collision that occurred on the 5th December, 1910, at Willesden Station on the London and North Western Railway
Report by Lieutenant Colonel Yorke, R.E., C.B., on the Fatal Collision that occurred on the 5th December, 1910, at Willesden Station on the London and North Western Railway
 
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Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Ambergate on 12th January 1854
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Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Bellfield Cutting on 4th January 1854
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Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Churchover on 2nd January 1854
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added 16:45 on 15 May:
Father dies trying to recover toy
A father was killed by a train as he slipped between two carriages as he tried to retrieve gifts he ...>>>

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Train line reopens after 40 years
Direct rail services between Stirling, Alloa are set to recommence after a break of 40 years....>>>

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Train death man faced charge
A man killed when his car was hit by a train at a level crossing was due in court on firearms charge...>>>

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