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| A tribute to all things Great Central - packed with photographs, diagrams and recollections of the Annesley Motive Power Depot. |
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| The ALRS hope to reopen a narrow gauge line through the Amber Valley which served local limestone quarries. |
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| A wonderful encyclopaedia of the Tyne's crossings including several disused railway structures. Visit 'Bridges on the Tees' as well. |
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| This site creates a snapshot of our network 50 years ago by reproducing the line diagrams featured in the 1960 Sectional Appendix. |
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| Historical records and archive material featuring the country station on the York-Scarborough line, associated with a magnificent stately home. |
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| A wonderfully evocative collection of archive photographs capturing the line that used to connect Uttoxeter with Stafford. |
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| Closed UK Railways.kzm (click on link and go to bottom of page) is a file that opens in GoogleEarth and provides an overlay of disused lines. |
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| A number of disused railway structures will soon be added to the National Cycle Network as part of Sustrans' £150million Connect2 project. |
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| Dedicated to the lost railways of Cumbria, many of which closed during the last century due to the decline of industries they served so well. |
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| Dumpman explores disused railways with his camcorder - mostly in Sussex - and offers you the results on DVD. |
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| Includes photographs of closed stations and details of each site. |
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| A fabulous photographic tour of Ireland's rail network including historical information and photos of disused tunnels, viaducts and stations. |
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| A campaign to rebuild a lost architectural masterpiece - the former gateway to one of London's principal stations. |
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| Feast on the glory and nostalgia of railways long-since departed through the delicious pictures of Geoff and his friends. |
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| Evocative galleries of the old Great Central through Leicester, showing its state (generally in 2001) and considerable remains. |
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| The website of the GNoSR Association which includes an extensive collection of photographs and history about the company. |
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| Uncovering the history of West Yorkshire's abandoned network, in words and pictures. |
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| Learn about the work of the charitable Northern Viaduct Trust, owners and custodians of Smardale Gill, Podgill and Merrygill viaducts. |
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| Follow the route of our forgotten railways with Andrew Robotham's ingenious site, overlaying Google maps onto OS maps from the 1930s. |
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| Several remarkable sets of pictures showing Yorkshire tunnels, both inside and out. |
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| Rest a while in Preston Station's 'Waiting Room', absorbed by the locomotion. Trains depart for Longridge, Bolton, Blackpool, Southport.... |
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| An extensive and fascinating website, charting the history of Scotland's railway network. |
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| The body which helps to safeguard Britain's railway heritage, working with other conservation-minded organisations and individuals. |
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| If you share our interest in disused railways, why not explore them on foot with the Railway Ramblers? Go on...sign up! |
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| Campaign group aiming to prevent the National Grid from installing electricity cables in Woodhead 'new' tunnel. |
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| This 102-year-old line will cease to operate on Boxing Day unless the local council sees sense. |
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| The UK's 10,000-mile National Cycle Network includes many disused railway trackbed together with tunnels and viaducts. |
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| This fabulous site guides visitors up the peaks of South Wales, looking at industries which thrived there and old tunnels which served them. |
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| The Crab and Winkle Line Trust was formed to bring the route of the Canterbury-Whitstable railway back into public use as a footpath. |
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| Examines the history and social impact of the Great Central Railway's 'London Extension'. |
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| A useful library featuring railway photos and documentation, collated by Ian Dinmore. |
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| An online archive of documents including acts of Parliament, accident reports and publicity material. |
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| A wonderful, privately-owned collection of 200,000 archive railway photographs, offering prints at very attractive prices. |
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| An extraordinary collection of pictures capturing South Wales' former network, taken by an honourary life member of the PWI. |
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| A site dedicated to cataloguing and exploring UK railway tunnels, with photo galleries of structures in the north-west and Midlands. |
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| The Two Tunnels project will create a fabulous 'shared path' into the heart of Bath, via Devonshire and Combe Down tunnels. |
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| For enthusiasts, historians and modellers, including wonderful archive photos of railway construction. |
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| A evocative photographic record of the staff who have kept Wigan's railways running over the years. Some old bridge pictures too! |
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| A campaign aiming to restore at least part of the former Malton-Driffield railway, to provide a much-needed boost to tourism in the area. |
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