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If you like what you have found here, you may find the links below of interest:

The key reference point for afficionados of Chinese steam railways is now SY-Country (formerly ‘QJ-Country’) and publishing the latest news as supplied by a succession of visitors to China. For some superb images of Chinese steam and a few other places, try Duncan Cotterill’s ‘Railography’ site. As well as wonderful pictures, there is a huge amount of data on Chinese steam locomotives. Well worth a look are the websites of Brian Hawkins and Barry Buckfield, irresistibly billed as ‘Steam & The Dragon’ and ‘Steam Power Reflections’ respectively. You will find also find some lovely images on the websites of Dave Hill David Kitching and John Hooson.

Some of my pictures of Workington shed in the 1960s also appear on the website of the ‘Workington Transport Heritage Centre’.Workington’s redundant loco shed was acquired during 2004 by the Great Central Railway for relocation to and rebuilding at their H/Q in Loughborough. The ‘Loughborough Locomotive Works Project’ site is steadily developing and uses some of my pics.

The ‘Railway Touring Company’ offer a range of railway-oriented holidays world-wide (with local sight-seeing usually part of the package). A number of the galleries on my site originated on RTC trips.

‘The ‘Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway’ runs from Cheltenham Racecourse to Toddington. Timetables etc. are on the website - why not pay a visit?

For a wealth of information on bygone Cumbrian railways and interesting photographs, visit the ‘Cumbria Railways’ site. Also of interest to Cumbrian railfans will be ‘Brian Irwin’s Website’ and the photography of ‘Peter Robinson’. The ‘Phantasrail’ site contains a wealth of material, not least pictures of Workington steam in the early 60s.

A key site for steam train afficionados is ‘Steam Train Galleries’ featuring a vast collection of both archive and contemporary images.

Whilst I’m not a great fan of modern traction, there is an excellent website called ‘North West Scene Railways’ updated virtually daily and showing the lakes and fells country in all its seasonal glory with the odd train here and there.

Steve Armitage’s excellent pictures can now be seen at ‘rail pictures.net’.