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	Rail transport in Great Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Great Britain is an island roughly triangular with an acute apex.
		UK railways are run at arm's length from the government, through two government organisations, both of which have statutory powers under various Acts of Parliament (such as the Railways Act 1993, the Competition Act 1998 and the Transport Act 2000), and both of which receive Directions and Guidance from the Secretaries of State for Transport.
		Under the Railways Act 1921 the majority of the railway companies in Great Britain (and few in Northern Ireland) were grouped into four main companies, often termed the Big Four: the grouping took effect from 1 January 1923.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_railway_system (2621 words)

	Picturesque Atlas 1886 - Descriptive Sketch of NSW Southern District - Part 19
		At Picton the railway begins the ascent to the tableland, the gradient on leaving the station being one in thirty-three; within a distance of six miles there is a rise of over five hundred feet, at which point the engines stay their course to replenish their tanks.
		Just beyond Mittagong the railway passes under the Gibraltar ridge by a tunnel and comes out on Bowral, which, in the hot weather, is a popular resort for the tired and jaded workers from the city, the plateau on the southern line being the rival of the Blue Mountains as a summer retreat.
		Hitherto the course of the railway has been roughly parallel with the coast, but from the ninety-mile post a turn is taken to the westward, a direction which is henceforward followed for a distance of nearly two hundred miles.
	www.geocities.com /toby_meares2/023.htm (4197 words)

	British Railway History
		The idea of the railway probably traces it origins to Roman times, when many of their stone paved roads were set with strips of long, smooth stones which would accomodate the wheels of their chariots.
		The Second World War took another great toll on the railways and on the state of the national economy in general, with the result that in 1948 the railways were nationalized as British Railways.
		In the mid-1950s plans were put in hand for extensive modernization of the railways, but by the early 1960s it was clear that many rural railways had outlived their usefulness and would have to go.
	www.sinfin.net /railways/railhist.html (1491 words)

	Great Western Railway -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This was the beginning of the "gauge war", and resulted in the appointment by (A legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Great Britain)) Parliament of a Gauge Commission, which duly recommended in favour of the standard gauge.
		The South Wales Railway, terminating at (additional info and facts about Neyland) Neyland, opened in 1850 and was connected to the GWR via Brunel's ungainly Wye bridge in 1852.
		Though this appeared to be a great coup for the GWR, the coal traffic declined significantly as the use of coal as a naval fuel declined, and within a decade the GWR was itself the largest single user of Welsh coal.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/great_western_railway.htm (1425 words)

	Topicals: railway stamps and post offices
		Railway letter stamps were issued by some railway companies for use on letters carried by the train, especially when the rail company charged an extra fee for this service.
		Railway stamps issued by government-owned railways are the equivalent of postage stamps issued by the national postal authority.
		This railway was begun in colonial Queensland in 1867.
	www.linns.com /howto/refresher/topicals_20041018/refreshercourse.asp (1530 words)

	Southern locomotive types
		The outstanding feature of the Southern 'Pacifics' was the enclosure of the mechanism associated with the inside cylinder and all the valve gear in what was intended to be an oil-tight casing.
		Allen, C.J. and Townroe, S.C. The Bulleid Pacifics of the Southern Region.
		The material is not repeated in such great detail in the later "British Pacific locomotives", nor are the many plates which clearly illustrate the problems of smoke deflection.
	www.steamindex.com /locotype/soutloco.htm (2579 words)

	The Callington Branch
		In 1872 the 3' 6" narrow-gauge East Cornwall Mineral Railway was opened to connect Callington and the mines to the quay on the River Tamar at Calstock.
		In 1891 the ECMR was purchased by the nearby Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway (PDandSWJR).
		When the railways were nationalised in 1948 the branch came under the control of the Southern Region of British Railways, although subsequently it was transferred to the Western Region.
	www.trainweb.org /railwest/railco/sr/cal-intro.html (835 words)

	British Railways - UK Railways (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		These were the Great Western Railway (GWR), the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) and the Southern Railway (SR).
		The British Railways Board (BRB) was created in 1962, taking over from the former British Transport Commission (BTC) which, in addition to the railway, was also responsible for the waterways (canals) and road freight transport.
		The early sixties also saw the "Great Locomotive Cull", with mass withdrawals of steam types, and their replacement with diesels, fewer of which were now needed on the now shrinking system.
	ukrailways.wikicities.com /wiki/British_Railways (1593 words)

	Cross-Country Routes
		The M. and S.W.J.R. became fused with the Great Western Railway in the grouping of 1923, and the Liverpool-Southampton coach is accordingly Great Western stock, providing a variation of colour in the otherwise uniformly red livery of this L.M.S. train.
		In pre-amalgamation days, four railways were concerned—the North Eastern, which monopolized the coast-line from Newcastle to Hull, and, in connexion with the westward, the London and North Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Great Central Railways.
		This last is the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, opened in 1830; to-day as the expresses descend from the "Rainhill Level," on which Stephenson's "Rocket" won the contest of 1829, speeds well in excess of eighty miles an hour are frequently attained by these cross-country trains, and by numerous other fast trains which use this route.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r087.html (5088 words)

	The Great Southern Railway of Western Australia
		Proposals were therefore put forward in 1880 to build a railway under the land grant principle to connect the port of Albany to the rest of the colony.
		He had in mind many great schemes including the erection of a large College of Agriculture and an extensive experimental farm, such was his faith in the future of the area.
		Unfortunately-the immigrants brought out by the Company were mainly from manufacturing areas of Great Britain and they did not take well to clearing land and establishing holdings.Failure of the Company to sell or lease the land also made matters worse and at one stage land could be purchased for about 10s.
	members.westnet.com.au /rapalmer/wagr/gsrhist.htm (1345 words)

	TRAINS on Railway Parcel Stamps and Railway Letter Stamps of the World
		Railroads in Great Britain were the first in the world to issue parcel stamps, with the first ones being released in 1846 (according to
		Great Britain's railways also issued letter stamps (below), about which a lot more is known, but their designs are generic, and do not include any rail images.
		Railway Letter Stamps of GB I have written more about GB's railway stamps HERE, including an interesting e-mail conversation I had with an expert on the topic.
	alphabetilately.com /TOC/parcels-5.html (1278 words)

	The Great Western Railway
		History: The creation of the Canada Air Line Railway Company (CAL) in July 1869 was a direct result of the threat posed by the construction of the Canada Southern Railway across the southern reaches of the Province, itself incorporated in February 1869.
		It was proposed that the railway would form a loop, extending southeast from Glencoe on the GWR mainline in a straight line to the Fort Erie area where connections would be made with an existing north-south railway that would lead back to the mainline.
		This was followed by the Hamilton and Toronto Railway in 1852, opened in 1855, and the London and Port Sarnia Railway in 1853, constructed and opened in 1858.
	home.primus.ca /~robkath/railgwr.htm (2943 words)

	Railroads
		It was built by George Stephenson, a principal inventor of the railroad locomotive; world's first intercity passenger railway operated solely by steam locomotives (carried 600 passengers).
		The Skyline Limited: The Kaslo and Slocan Railway: An Illustrated History of Narrow Gauge Railroading and Sternwheelers in the Kootenays.
		Henry Villard and the Railways of the Northwest.
	www.kipnotes.com /Railroads.htm (5938 words)

	Ancestry.co.uk - Search England, Southern Railway Magazine: Jan 1840 - Feb 1942
		The Southern Railway Magazine is based on a book published about the History of the Southern Railway Company and staff records taken from staff register books.
		The Railway Gazette was a weekly railway intelligence newspaper.
		The Highland Railway Company is database of officers of the Highland Railway Company and its constituent companies from 1854 - 1900.
	www.ancestry.co.uk /search/db.aspx?dbid=4955 (426 words)

	Railway Operators in Great Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The franchise that is run by Arriva Trains Wales consists of the former "Valley Lines" part of the Wales and Borders franchise (originally the Cardiff Railway Company Ltd., running local trains around Cardiff), and the Welsh part of the original Wales and West, Central Trains and North West Regional Railways franchises.
		Great Western provide InterCity Services between London, South Wales, the Cotswold and the West of England.
		The West Anglia Great Northern franchise had been let to Prism Rail PLC (sold out to National Express Group PLC in summer 2000) until April 2004, after which the West Anglia part was integrated in the Greater Anglia franchise (see "one").
	europa.iet.unipi.it /list/uk.html (2441 words)

	Railroad Postcards, Railway Post Cards & Train Photos
		The railroad itself, begun in 1852 was the first railway on the African continent.
		LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY, 1829/The 'Rocket' built by Robert Stephenson/and winner of the Rainhill trials." printed in Great Britain, unused, fresh appearance.
		NORTH LONDON RAILWAY, 1868/An Adams 4-4-0 tank, as modernised and running in the 20th Century." printed in Great Britain, unused, fresh appearance.
	www.judnick.com /Railroads.htm (8898 words)

	Links to other useful sites
		The Bluebell Railway in Sussex which is home to the largest collection of Southern steam locomotives.
		The West Somerset Railway is one of longest preserved steam and diesel railways in the United Kingdom.
		The Severn Valley Railway is situated in the West Midlands and runs from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth over 16 miles in length.
	www.danbury.org /drm/links.htm (936 words)

	China Travel
		Sanya is located in the southern section of the Hainan islands, the southern most province of China, which was called the end of the earth' in ancient times when political dissidents and delegated officials were exiled there.
		Of the 628 bones found within the southern Xiaotun Village area of the Yin Ruins, capital of the Shang Dynasty (16th Century B.C. -11th Century B.C.) in central Henan Province's Anyang City, 228 bear inscriptions and the remaining 400 do not.
		Known as the "highest" railway of its kind worldwide, the 1100-km line is being built on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau at an altitude of over 4000 meters, linking Golmud, a major city in Qinghai Province and Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
	www.chinainfotravel.com /china_travel.htm (15456 words)

	Nick Tozer Railway Books/Patrick Stephens Ltd (PSL)
		Jowett, A. JOWETT'S RAILWAY ATLAS of Great Britain & Ireland
		NOT IN Nock, O.S. GREAT LOCOMOTIVES of the SOUTHERN RAILWAY
		Histories of the 7 railways crossing the border.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/Nick_Tozer/bookPSL.htm (488 words)

	The Old Buffers Web Ring
		The Senior Society in Britain for the collection and exchange of information for historians and modellers of the railways of the British Isles.
		Dedicated to the memory of my father and all the members of the 3d Military Railway Service, who answered up when called upon by their country to construct, and operate, a railroad in one of the world's most in-hospitable countries during World War II.
		Photographs of steam engines taken in Great Britain during the past 10 years.
	d.webring.com /hub?ring=theoldbuffersweb (987 words)

	Manuscript Guide "M", Special Collections, Virginia Tech
		Non-profit women's architectural cooperative in London, Great Britain, designed to help women's groups and groups that benefit women by finding and assessing potential building sites, aiding in obtaining funding for construction, and making models and giving workshops to help women's groups understand and take part in the design process.
		Leased by the East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railroad (1877-92); sold to the Southern Railway Company and reorganized as the Memphis and Charleston Railway Company (1898).
		Incorporated in Tennessee (1880) for the purpose of constructing a railroad from Morristown to Cumberland Gap, Tennessee.
	spec.lib.vt.edu /specgen/msguide/mgm.htm (3754 words)

	NationalDirectory : Recreation Trains and Railroads History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Canadian Railway Hall of Fame - A virtual hall of fame honouring Canadian achievement in the railway industry.
		Cape Western Railway Society - Activities of the society in the area of railway preservation in the Western Cape of South Africa.
		Souith Australian Railways - History of the South Australian Railways and TransAdelaide, Great Southern Railway and Australia Southern Railroad.
	www.nationaldirectory.com /Recreation/Trains_and_Railroads/History (996 words)

	Railway
		The Hejaz Railway and the Muslim pilgrimage; a case of Ottoman political propaganda
		The Highland Railway : The History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands
		Railway stamps of South Africa : the railway parcels, newspaper, and official stamps of the South African railways and of the various administrations which preceded it
	www.erha.org /bookrailway.htm (1316 words)

	Rail_transport_in_Great_Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Examples from the Victorian era are the building of the Forth Bridge, or the replacement of 177 miles (285 km) of broad gauge rail with standard gauge in a single weekend from May 21, 1892.
		Great North Eastern Railway — GNER — Website (http://www.gner.co.uk/)
		There are also a number of heritage and private railways — see List of British heritage and private railways.
	www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=Rail_transport_in_Great_Britain (2683 words)

	Trains and Railroads: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Activities of the society in the area of railway preservation in the Western Cape of South Africa.
		History of the South Australian Railways and TransAdelaide, Great Southern Railway and Australia Southern Railroad.
		Narrow gauge light railways were the primary method of transporting supplies to the front lines.
	www.recreation-guide.com /Trains_and_Railroads/History/index.html (877 words)

	Ancestry.com - Search England, Southern Railway Magazine: Jan 1840 - Feb 1942
		Ancestry.com - Search England, Southern Railway Magazine: Jan 1840 - Feb 1942
		England, Southern Railway Magazine: Jan 1840 - Feb 1942
		Great Britain, Railway Gazette, Railway Employees, 1890 - 1927.
	www.ancestry.netscape.com /search/db.aspx?dbid=4955 (419 words)

	Goofs for Chaplin (1992) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Factual errors: His 1921 trip to Great Britain, he is seen traveling on a "Southern Railway" train.
		But the "Southern Railway" wasn't created until 1923.
		The train then arrives in "St Pancras Station" which is North London, it was owned by the "Midland Railway" in 1921 which became the "London, Midland an Scottish Railway" in 1923.
	indie.imdb.com /Goofs?0103939 (238 words)

	Great Britain's Express Steam Locomotives - Travel Videos - Do The Research Complete Travel
		Great Britain's Express Steam Locomotives: Great Western Railway VHS, 1999
		Great Britain's Express Steam Locomotives: London and North Eastern Railway VHS, 1999
		Great Britain's Express Steam Locomotives: London Midland and Scottish Railway VHS, 1999
	www.dotheresearch.com /travel/travelvideos/gbsteamlocomotives.html (120 words)

	RailWest Bibliography
		This page provides details of books which cover topics relevant to railways in the West Country.
		It is NOT intended to try to list all known titles, but further entries will be included as the opportunity arises.
		"Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain - Volume 1: The West Country" - D StJ Thomas, pub David and Charles 1973
	www.trainweb.org /railwest/gen/misc/books.html (470 words)

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