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If you have got this far into the site, by now it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise that here, at the Friends of Darlington Railway Centre and Museum, we are interested in all things to do with railways. By the same token we consider it fairly safe to assume that you are interested in railways too and perhaps you are surfing the Web looking for sites that meet that interest. This page was created with just that in mind. Most of the sites are those of heritage railways and museums in the County Durham and North Yorkshire area but others are included for example Manchester Museum of Science and Industry has an obvious connection to the Stephensons.
If you know of, or even run, a site that you think merits inclusion on this page please do get in touch with the Friends Web-master to nominate it. These are not paid-for adverts and no reciprocal conditions have to be met by sites or organizations before they can be listed here. This site does exist to promote the Friends and the Museum but that aim is driven by a general interest in railways and we take the long view that anything that furthers that interest can only be good.
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Disclaimer: For legal reasons it should be pointed out that (with obvious exceptions) none of the sites listed, or the organizations they represent, is associated with the Friends or Darlington Railway Centre and Museum itself and their listing here does not imply any approval or endorsement of this site, the Friends or the Museum on their part. Similarly, although these links are listed in good faith, the Friends of Darlington Railway Museum does not exert any influence over other websites. Neither the Friends nor Darlington Railway Centre and Museum is responsible for another site's content or any shortcomings in such matters as presentation or security.
| Darlington Railway Centre and Museum (Head of Steam) | Well we have to include this really. |
| Beamish Museum | The open-air industrial Museum. |
| Locomotion | This is the section of the National Railway Museum's site devoted to their Locomotion annex in Shildon- the very cradle of railways. |
| Manchester Museum of Science and Industry | Located on the historic site of the world's oldest surviving passenger railway station, housed in five listed buildings, MOSI's amazing galleries and outstanding collections tell the story of Manchester's scientific and industrial past. |
| The National Railway Museum | The National Railway Museum is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year to sites in York and Shildon. The museum covers over 400 years of railway history and its collections include over 100 locomotives, some 250 items of rolling stock and thousands of other objects - from tickets to silverware. Admission is free. |
| The Bowes Railway | A preserved industrial railway including the world's only operational standard-gauge rope-worked incline. |
| The North Yorkshire Moors Railway | Britain's most popular heritage railway. The NYMR runs for 18 miles between Pickering and Grosmont through the North York Moors National Park and operates some services on the national network's Esk Valley line between Whitby and Battersby all through lovely scenery. Check out the site to find out about its connections to Heartbeat and Harry Potter. |
| The South Tynedale Railway | A narrow gauge railway (2ft or 610mm) running steam and diesel trains from Alston in Cumbria on a trackbed built by the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. |
| The Tanfield Railway | The Tanfield Railway is a former industrial railway some of which runs on the oldest track-bed still in use- a colliery wagon-way dating from 1725. |
| The Weardale Railway | The Weardale Railway joins the national network at Bishop Auckland and runs 18 miles west to Eastgate in Weardale. Heritage passenger services, both steam and diesel hauled, operate regularly between Wolsingham and Stanhope. |
| The Wensleydale Railway | Travel on a heritage train through beautiful Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales. |
| The A1 Steam Trust | The A1 Steam Trust, a registered charity, was established to build from scratch a Peppercorn designed A1 Pacific express passenger steam locomotive none of which was preserved. This they did over some 18 years, at Darlington Locomotive Works just opposite Darlington Railway Museum in fact, and Tornado hauled her first main line rail-tours in 2009. |
| Darlington Model Railway Club | The other obvious exception. The Railway Museum is home to Darlington Model Railway Club who meet on Mondays from 7pm. The two dozen members have varied interests in both model and full size forms. The website has information about the members, their layouts and the annual exhibition held over the first full weekend in December at Darlington College. |
| The North Eastern Railway Association | NERA was formed in 1961 for enthusiast of North Eastern railways. |
| Railtour Info | This site collates information about rail-tours hauled by modern traction only. |
| The Stephenson Locomotive Society | Founded over 100 years ago and still going strong the Stephenson Locomotive Society has a regular journal and meetings all over the country. |
| UK Steam Info' | Really useful. This site lists main line steam tours and light movements, has direct connections to some preservation societies and other railway related organizations and links to the sites of many more. |
| Tees Cottage Pumping Station | The pumping station that used to supply water to Darlington still houses steam and gas engines from the start of the last century. See them running as well as a miniature railway and other visiting attractions at open days which are usually on bank holidays. |
