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Traction Magazine:

Traction Magazine is a well known and highly rated monthly publication that focuses on yesterdays traction today. Here you can read some of the latest stories and see the latest pictures.

Links to railway sites

some interesting sites to visit...

Chris Perkins:

Railway Photography by Chris Perkins features a large collection of quality images taken from around the country. Chris has had many shots published and this site is well worth a visit.

Mark Thomas:

Another site covering the South Wales area is Railway Photography by Mark Thomas. In his introduction Mark states "the majority of photos will come from the South Wales area as this is where I am based. Favorite locations are Cardiff and Newport so whenever I get a chance to I take a few shots from around there they will appear here".

UK Railpics:

Welcome to UK Railpics. This site is a collection of over 10,000 photos of both modern and heritage railways. This site is updated regularly to show the photos taken and events that occur over the course of each week or month.

Jason Cross:

Railway Photographs by Jason Cross Jason devotes his time to taking railway photographs and more than a little of his time to the East Midlands Railway Photographic Society, of which he is the founder member. As part of his EMRPS duties, he organizes photo charters to help raise money for the preservation movement.

LocoPix:

LocoPix is the online photographic resource for train pictures of British locomotives and other railway subjects, packed with images from all the major movers in the industry

Midland Diesel Group

The Midland Diesel Group is the modern traction section of the Midland Railway Centre at Ripley in Derbyshire. The group collectively owns what is probably the finest collection of mainline diesel locomotives in the whole of the U.K.

Gloucester Warwickshire

The Gloucester Warwickshire Railway is another favourite for ex British Rail favourites. The various groups have examples of classes 24, 31, 37 and 47 all restored to a very high standard and in use regularly. Many of the locomotives can be seen in varying states of restoration and driver courses are also available.

End of the Line. There has always been a number of locomotives in storage at various locations around the UK but following privatisation of the British Railway's network from the mid 1990s onwards the number of locomotives in storage has increased dramatically. Whilst there are currently several hundred locomotives that fall into the withdrawn or stored categories the situation does change on a daily basis. The aim of this excellent site is to keep track of this ever changing situation.

UK Heritage Railways combines information about all the preserved railways in the UK and links to all the sites. These pages are intended to provided a guide to all heritage railways, preserved locomotives, preservation societies and railway museums in the UK.

Traction Magazine is a well known and highly rated monthly publication that focuses on yesterdays traction today. Did you know that it also has a website devoted to the same cause. Here you can read some of the latest stories and see the latest pictures, there is also a popular discussion forum for members.

Rail UK is a an excellent site with sections ranging from the last days of the Westerns to the Cornish China Clay services and Cross Country workings throughout the 1970's through to the year 2000. Currently all the work is presented in Black & White and the quality is excellent. This site makes me wish I had not put away my camera in the mid 1980's.

The Swansea Valley Railway is situated in the Lower Swansea Valley and is a relic of the industrial revolution. Passengers can enjoy train rides from the recently constructed Six Pit Station to Cwm Crossing, a distance of two thirds of a mile, which is the halfway point within the Forest Park. Haulage is provided by the Society's 1914 built Peckett steam loco 'Mond Nickel No1' along with the DMU center.

Welcome to The Halt. A frequently changing view of modern railways. All recent images were taken with a Nikon D100 Digital Camera. Roger lives near Newport, but travels to more interesting places as often as possible, see the results here.