THE BRITISH OVERSEAS
RAILWAYS HISTORICAL TRUST
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HISTORICAL MODEL RAILWAY SOCIETY | The leading UK historical society. Well selected links to start you on your way around the world.
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General |
GLASGOW UNIVERSITY - BUSINESS RECORDS ARCHIVE | Several
railway related collections including North British Locomotive Company and constituents,
plus William Beardmore, Andrew Barclay, R Y Pickering, Tharsis Copper and Sulphur Co Ltd.
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ICE IMAGE LIBRARY | Historic engineering photos, illustrations and drawings available for download. | |
MANCHESTER MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | Holders of the Beyer, Peacock Archive. A very badly designed and uninformative entertainment site.
We suggest contacting the archivist directly at archive@mussci.u-net.com An essential finding aid is our book "Beyer, Peacock Locomotive Order List" as you will need the locomotive order number to access information on specific locomotives.
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NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES ON MERSYSIDE | The Maritime Museum holds the Vulcan Foundry business archive
Site gives no relevant information, except contact details.
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WIKIPEDIA PECKETT AND SONS PAGE | Well researched Peckett works list, including disposition, when known.
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LEEDS ENGINE SITE | Site dedicated to the locomotive builders of Leeds
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RAILWAY TECHNICAL WEBSITE | An information resource with articles about railways around the world, covering technical, operational, maintenance and financial issues. The site is maintained by Dr. Piers Connor of PRC Rail Consulting Ltd.
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DERBY SULZERS | Website dedicated to locomotives powered by Sulzer engines. Includes a list of known locomotives and railcars exported with the engine.
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RAILWAY SIGNALING CONCEPTS | Indian-based website to explain modern signaling concepts.
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RCTS | Major British enthusiasts society dedicated to sharing information about railways, both in Britain and around the world. Their archives and library have a large amount of material on overseas railways.
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Maps |
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MAP COLLECTION | Collection of military intellegence maps including such things as the Tactical Pilotage series which are so useful for topographical information on railway routes. Free download.
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UK and Europe |
WAR DEPT. LIGHT RAILWAYS and WAR OFFICE LOCO. SOC.
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Two links to sites about World War One British trench railways, mainly preservation.
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America - North |
CANADIAN RAILROAD HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
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Museum and archives. English/French.
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WEST COAST RAILWAY ASSOCIATION
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Preservation of the heritage of the railways of British Columbia.
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America - South |
ANTOFAGASTA (CHILLI) AND BOLIVIA RAILWAY PLC | The FCAB is the last of the old British overseas railways to maintain its London
registration. Site is for current business, but usually has some history pages.
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CEFU - CÍRCULO DE ESTUDIOS FERROVIARIOS DEL URUGUAY
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Uruguayan railway study group with museum and library in the main station building in Montevideo.
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MEMORIA DO TREM | Society dedicated to Brazilian Railways and Locomotives Historical Research.
Very useful directories and links to Brazilian information - also worldwide links. Dual English/Portuguese.
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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON | UCL Library holds extensive archives related to Latin American railways, of which the most important is the Peruvian Corporation Archive.
From main page go > Departments or A-Z > Alphabetical List > Library Services > A-Z Contents > Latin American Collections >>
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LOBOS MUSEUM | The museum of Lobos, Prov. de B.A., holds an extensive collection of BAGS archtectural drawings which are being put on-line.
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Asia |
HONG KONG RAILWAY MUSEUM | Hong Kong Railway Museum |
DARJEELING HIMALAYAN RAILWAY SOCIETY
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U.K. based supporters' society for the Darjeeling hill railway in India, news, history, events, publications etc.
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Australasia |
AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY |
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NEW ZEALAND RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE SOCIETY | Largest collection of NZR archives.
Links to other NZ sites, including a database of publications on NZ railways.
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Africa |
SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAY HISTORY | A Collection of Historical SA Railway Material |
NIGERIAN RAIL HERITAGE | A collaborative visual project carried out by the Oxford Martin School and Legacy 1995. |
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aims to BORHT or holding archives relevant to our research. Email details to the Trust at webmaster@borht.org.ukBORHT reserves the right to refuse to install links, which, after review by the Trustees,
we deem not to be suitable for our purposes.