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Cumbrian Railways
Association
- Society for those interested in the Railways of Cumbria
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Lancashire
Record Office
- The LRO holds many items of interest to the Local Historian of the
old County Palatine of Lancashire
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Bill
Bedford's Page
- As well as listing his models, Bill's site is a good place to link
on to other line and modelling societies
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Cumbria
Heritage Services
- Cumbria Heritage Services page, with links to the libraries and
record offices in Cumbria. The Cumbria Record Offices hold many items of interest to both
the Local and Railway Historian
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Public Record Office
- Many railway and canal records are held in the vaults of the PRO.
Within their site there is now guidance to those intending to delve into their transport
records. Look under the Finding Aids button, and then Leaflets.
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The Signal
Box
- A site dedicated to British Railway signalling with an emphasis on
mechanical signalling. There are a couple of images relevant to Cumbrian Railways in here.
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Royal Commission on
Historic Monuments of England
- A potential source of information for bothe the Local and Railway
historian. As well as holding information on historic monuments (of all shapes and sizes)
the RCHME have a massive archive of aerial photographs, many taken in the 1940s.
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George's
Canal Boating in the U.K. and Europe
- A site dedicated to Canals with links to pages on hiring boats,
planning canal trips and the history of Britains Canals. There are also links to the sites
for various canals around the world.
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Ravenglass
& Eskdale Railway
- La'al Ratty is always worth a visit
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Lakeside
& Haverthwaite Railway
- This site has information on the railway and how to become a
member of it's support organisation
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Leeds-Settle-Carlisle Railway Page
- A page promoting the S&C line
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North Western Trains
- The company running many of the passenger trains in Cumbria
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