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Groups 101 692
located at the Midland Railway Butterley
Barry Railcar Project
have a Class 108, 115 & 117
Cheddleton 104 Group on
the Churnet Valley Railway
Class 107 Ltd Owners of the set on the
Embsay Railway
DMU Group (West
Midlands) have five Class 108 cars on the Severn Valley Railway
DUPA
Diesel Unit Preservation Associates, owners of 101s
and 108s at the East
Anglian Railway Museum
EM2 Locomotive Society look under
stocklist for details and a restoration diary of Drewry Car DB998901
'Olive' at the Middleton Railway
Helston Diesel Group
have a Class 103 at Gwinear Road Station
Llangollen Railcar Group
An excellent site with a great collection of restoration and at work
pictures
North Yorkshire Moors DMU
Group who have 101 680
Midland Railway Trust
Railcar Group details of their 114 and 127, and other DMUs on site
Nottingham Transport Heritage
Centre Ruddington's "Ramrail" DMU Group, with details
also on the GCR 101
Swindon Diesel Preservation
Society look
after the Class 126 Inter-City DMU
Williton Traction Groups has the Class 103 on the West
Somerset Railway
Wickham Railbus - the
former Elliot Track Recording Coach on the Middleton Railway
EMU Groups
Hampshire and Sussex Units
Preservation Society Limited (H&SUPS)
The Southern
Electric Group exists to promote interest in the
electric railway system of the Southern Region and its
successors. A companion group, the Southern Electric
Heritage Limited own the 5 4Cor vehicles
Suburban Electric Railway
Association
Interested in Southern units
Yahoo MU Groups
101DMU -
"This group is for anyone interested in Class 101s (Metro-Cammell
built diesel railcars). Anything relevant to these trains is
welcome. Other types of first generation DMU are also
acceptable. Report all your sightings, and share news,
information, photos and opinions."
1st-gen -
"1st-gen is a forum for owners and operators of
1st-generation DMUs (and anyone else interested). Particular
topics are requests for information / technical help and parts
for sale / wanted."
mueg - "MUEG
is an E-mail group for people interested in Multiple units of
all types, ie EMU DMU DEMU. We cover both old and modern, and
also heritage railways which these are used on."
Blue
Pullmans - "A group for anyone interested in the
erstwhile British Rail Blue Pullman sets which operated between
London and Manchester / Birmingham / South Wales."
Thumpergroup
- "A group set up in April 2004 to follow the last days of the
thumpers. There are listings of all extant thumpers, including preserved
and still in capital stock. Regular updates of daily working of 205's
and 201 are reported. For all things thumper!
Miscellaneous MU Sites
Blue
Pullman The 1960 BTF title, "Blue Pullman" has its own
page and features screen grabs of this hugely popular title, the rest
of the site deals with the other British Transport Films.
www.class101.co.uk
Self explanatory?
The Central Highlands Tourist Railway
operate and manage a 10km
section of the former Daylesford branchline, located in
Victoria, Australia with one of their main objectives being the
preservation of ex Victorian Railways (VR) railmotors.
Multiple
Units Ian Jessop is the new webmaster of a site originally started
by Dave Root.
Derby
Lightweight
Keith Norgrove's early 1950s DMU promotional material
European Railway Picture
Gallery
Extensive archive of 1st Generation DMU pics (plus much
more!)
The German
Railbus - Our
continental friends have this site about a historic
German Railbus - and it's in English!
Lincolnshire & East Yorkshire Transport Review
has an article on 105, 114s, DMUs to visit Skegness, and much much more
on transport in the area!
Preserved Carriage Database
which lists and has comprehensive details on the condition of all DMU
vehicles
The Rail Motor Society
a group dedicated to preserving rail cars of the NSW Government
Railways in Australia
www.rrhistorical-2.com/frm/roster/selfrostr.htm and
http://members.aol.com/lsenker/prsl.html - look at the Budd RDC (Rail
Diesel Car) which became the standard DMU in Canada and
the USA
www.stormshadow.co.uk/101-index.htm
These pages look at the 101s and have a good selection of interior
shots.
Train Sims www.trainsim.org.uk
- the place to go for MSTS downloads and advice
Stoke Division 1969 - Simon Barnes superb reconstruction of an era
and area fondly remembered.
www.auran.com/TRS2006 and www.auran.com/TRS2004/DLS.php
contain details of Trainz downloads.
For Sale / Wanted
and Suppliers - Spare parts
Bluebell
Railway technical pages
The
Carriage Exchange
Robert Forsythe In addition to a strong
interest in model railway history, Robert is passionate
about railway publicity and in particular that involving
DMUs. He is interested in obtaining gaps to fill his
Paytrain collection and earlier material. There is always
spare material available for other railcar publicity
collectors.
Traction Ads
Photographs
IT'S A
TRAIN THING! is a large and continually growing collection of
photographs taken over the last 22 years. It features Diesel,
Steam and Electric subjects with a good selection of first generation
DMU's.
ttp://www.heritage-now.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=62
has Railcar50 pics
Modelling
Anbrico A historical look
at the firm that made hand finished DMU models
British 1:87 Scale Society Details of an HO gauge Class
101 that they sell
DC
Kits make and sell a variety of plastic DMU kits, amongst others
The Historical Model Railway
Society
http://www.cvmrd.freeserve.co.uk The Unofficial Churnet Valley
Model Railway Department!
Westford Modellers Group
Preserved Lines
UK Heritage
Railways - All
the UK's preserved railway sites can be found here, plus
much more.
Chinnor and Princes Risborough
Railway - operate bubble car 55023.
Chasewater Railway
- operate a class 117.
www.ckp-railways.co.uk
- the Keswick- Penrith re-instatement project
www.eorailway.co.uk - Epping Ongar Railway Volunteers
Society
www.swanseavalerailway.co.uk
Swansea Vale Railway
Railway
- General
www.bufferbooks.com - an
out of print/secondhand railway book enterprise which from time
to time has DMU related items in stock.
crewenorthjunction -
Crewe North Junction Supporters group
www.graf.tv GRAF Association
(Railways Enthusiast Roman Group) web site
Irish
Traction Group
Link-Rail
Links to almost every other Railway site
Parry People Movers Ltd
The Rail Enthusiast Web Site
contains:
Photolog;
Depot Directory - (claimed to be the most comprehensive on the internet);
Rail Mailing Lists - details of most UK mailing lists;
Locomotive Diagrams - class 37, 47, 86, 87 and 90 passenger diagrams
with
Virgin Trains and North Western Trains;
Downloads - of the diagrams; and Links.
railUK A site dedicated to links to other UK
railway sites
RailServe: The
Internet Railroad Directory - Over 2,000 rail-related links, search
engine, forums, railfan chat rooms, and more.
www.uicstock.org.uk A
continental railway site
www.transportdiversions.com
- selling specialist transport publications
www.graf.tv - GRAF Association
(Railways Enthusiast Roman Group)
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