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  On This Day in History - 1829: The Rainhill Trials are held over a distance of 2.5 miles; 'Rocket', built by George and Robert Stephenson wins |
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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.

Jack's Railway Photos - Jack's fotopic site is crammed with great railway images.

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 Major J. W. Pringle, R.E., on the Fatal Collision that occurred on the 2nd September, 1913, between two Passenger Trains near Ais Gill, on the Midland Railway
 

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Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Instow on 4th January 1859
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Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Lisadian Bridge on 25th January 1859
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Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Ormskirk on 10th March 1859
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added 08:45 on 06 Oct:
Holiday home blaze blocks trains
An investigation is under way into a fire at a holiday home which disrupted trains between Exeter an...>>>

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Belgium strike to halt Eurostar
Unions in Belgium prepare for a 24-hour general strike expected to paralyse the country's national a...>>>

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Network Rail boss stepping down
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