Below
are a selection of links which are relevant to the railways of Wales. The
list is by no means comprehensive, but we have aimed to provide links to
to those societies whose railway of interest provided services within the
Principality.
If you know
of any further Welsh railway related sites that you think are worthy
of inclusion, please let us know!
| Access
to Archives |
|
a major project to give greater access to the
UK's extensive archives |
| Cambrian
Railways Society |
|
Wales's "own" pre-Grouping railway, although its
headquarters were located in Oswestry in England |
| Coflein |
|
The new on-line database of the Royal Commission
on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW) |
| English,
Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) |
|
the modern provider of freight services
within the UK, including Wales |
| Great
Western Society |
|
the GWR had extensive holdings in Wales prior
to the 1923 railway grouping, and absorbed most of the independent Welsh
railway companies after this date |
| Historical
Model Railway Society (HMRS) |
|
an organisation which may be able to
help with many modelling needs |
| Kidderminster
Railway Museum |
|
a Museum with ownership of an extensive photographic
archive which is now available to researchers |
| LNWR
Society |
|
the LNWR had extensive holdings in North and South
Wales, as well as jointly owning the line through the Welsh Marches |
| Midland
Railway Centre |
|
the Midland Railway gained access to Wales via
the Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway, and had its own terminus at Swansea |
| Midland
Railway Society |
|
the Society which brings together those interested
in the Midland Railway; including its predecessors, successors, joint lines
and working arrangements |
| The
National Archives, Kew |
|
formerly the Public Record Office and the Historical
Manuscripts commission, these extensive archives contain much information
on the railways of Wales |
| Railways
of Llanelli |
|
a website dedicated to the mainline, branch, and
industrial railways of the Llanelli area in Carmarthenshire |
| Stanley
Fish & Co |
|
Stanley Fish Books - the place to find that elusive
railway book. Providing a friendly and efficient search service as well
as web-based opportunities to buy from thousands of second-hand and
in-print book stocks |
| The
Great Little Trains of Wales |
|
the organisation dedicated to promoting
the many popular narrow gauge railways in Wales |
| The
RailCar Association |
|
For all things related to Heritage DMUs |
| UK
Heritage Railways |
|
a complete listing of all
heritage railways in the UK, including the many standard and narrow gauge
railways in Wales |
| Arriva Trains Wales |
|
the Train Operating Company (TOC) which runs local
services throughout Wales and the Marches |
| Wales
on the Web |
|
a subject gateway to high quality websites about
all aspects of Wales |