Information and Links of Interest

Firefly at Didcot.

Sites with Broad Gauge content.

  • Dukedog - This site of British Steam Railway Miscellanea contains items of interest to railway enthusiasts and modellers alike. Includes photos of the Broad Gauge display arear at Didcot and the Steam museum at Swindon.
  • MuiderRail - The site of BGS member Cor de Yong in the Netherlands. Includes information on Cor's Broad Gauge layout "Kingswear" and locomotives and rolling stock he is building for it.
  • Photo of "Lord of the Isles" in Chicago - A photo of 4-2-2 "Lord of the Isles" at the Chicago Exposition of 1893.
  • Somerset Central Railway Timetable - A page from the Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust site containing timetables of the Broad Gauge Somerset Central Railway.
  • The Broad Gauge Railway of the Azores - Information and photos of surviving broad gauge locos and wagon on the Azores.
  • The Broad Gauge Story - Based on an article by Lionel Smith first published in the Journal of the Monmouthshire Railway Society, Summer 1985.
  • The Great Western Archive - Various items of Great Western interest, including a brief history of the GWR covering the Broad Gauge era.
  • - The Life and Works of John Cooke Bourne - J C Bourne (1814-96) is best known for his lithographic railway work produced as bookplates for the London & Birmingham Railway in 1838 and the Great Western Railway in 1843. This Exhiblet explores the work and influence of the artist and engraver.
  • Railways of Pembrokeshire - A partly developed site covering the history of lines in Pembrokeshire.

Non railway links relevent to the broad gauge era, or of general interest.

  • GWR MODELLING - These pages are intended as a modest help to modellers of the Great Western Railway, by providing links and information related to modelling the GWR. The pages are revised and expanded on a regular basis, so please visit occasionally for Updates.
  • Historical Model Railway Society - The HMRS is an educational charity whose objectives are the study and recording of information relating to all the railways of the British Isles; public education on matters concerning railways of the British Isles and construction, operation, preservation and public exhibition of models depicting those railways.
  • West Country Railway Archives - Historical information about the railways of the UK West Country, including their signalling

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