Preserved Railways and Historical Societies

All About The Street Car, Trolley and Subways

This fascinating website was suggested by Michelle. There are many links to other websites. Well worth exploring.

Bluebell Railway

Runs between East Grinstead and Sheffield Park stations

Bluebell Railway Official – Heritage steam trains and days out in Sussex (bluebell-railway.com)

Bure Valley Railway

http://www.bvrw.co.uk/

The Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway

A delightful 2 foot gauge line tucked away in the heart of the Kent countryside, England, near the village of Bredgar in a richly wooded area of the North Kent Downs.

https://bwlr.co.uk/

Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway

http://www.chinnorrailway.co.uk/

East Kent Railway

Is an exciting up and coming heritage railway deep in the Kent countryside. It was originally built to serve the Kent collieries and today is run entirely by volunteers.

http://eastkentrailway.co.uk/

Fawley Hill

The late Sir William McAlpine’s private railway not often open to the public – see website for details

http://fawleyhill.co.uk/

Gravesend Historical Association

http://www.ghs.org.uk/

Gravesend Model Marine & Engineering Society

http://www.gmmes.co.uk/

Gravesend West branch

link to Wikipedia site

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravesend_West_Line

Great Western Railway Railway Museum

https://www.steam-museum.org.uk/

Hundred of Hoo railway

Link to Wikipedia site

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_of_Hoo_Railway

Kent & East Sussex Railway

The Kent & East Sussex Railway is the country’s finest example of a rural light railway. The line gently wends its way from Tenterden – “The Jewel of The Weald” for ten and a half miles, through the unspoilt countryside of the Rother Valley, to terminate in the shadow of the magnificent National Trust castle at Bodiam

https://www.kesr.org.uk/

Kent Rail

This website aims to look at the railways of Kent and the general South Eastern Division from a historical perspective, mainly concentrating on the development of infrastructure (stations and actual routes), locomotives and rolling stock in the region.

https://www.kentrail.org.uk/

Mid-Hants Railway

https://www.watercressline.co.uk/

Mid-Norfolk Railway

http://www.mnr.org.uk/

National Railway Museum

The National Archives.

http://www.nrm.org.uk/

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway

Known as “Kent’s Mainline in Miniature”, our world famous one-third full size steam & diesel locomotives have powered their way along the 13½ miles of track from the Cinque Port town of Hythe, terminating in Dungeness.

RH&DR – Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway

Severn Valley Railway

http://www.svr.co.uk/

Sittingbourne & Kemsley Railway

This unique line was built in 1905 for the transportation of the raw materials required for the manufacture of paper.

http://www.sklr.net/

Southern Electric Group

Recognized as the leading organization for devotees of the UK “Southern Electric” system and is an authoritative source of information on the “Southern Electric” dc network

http://www.southernelectric.org.uk/

Steam Sounds

One of the largest resources on the web for seam recordings

http://steamsoundssupreme.com/

Swanley New Barn Railway

The SNBR is set in the picturesque Swanley park, which contains apart from the railway, a large family boating lake, sand pit, paddling pool, café, bouncy castle, kiddie electric bikes and an excellent play ground, all inside the 60 acre park. The railway however is not a pure pleasure line, with most of its custom coming from its primary function as a transportation service of visitors and their bulky luggage.

http://steamdriver.wixsite.com/snbr