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Beamish Transport Online edit / delete

I managed to waste most of Saturday morning reading back in this blog. I must actually visit Beamish again at some point...

to bus history industry rail retrotech tram transport ... on 04 June 2014

Restoring No.15 - the Last Aberdeen Tram - Home edit / delete

Restoring the only surviving Aberdeen electric tram. This isn't trivial, because it was converted into a house in 1950...

to aberdeen dundee restoration retrotech tram transport ... on 26 January 2014

Dundee Museum of Transport | Bringing our transport heritage home to Tayside edit / delete

Opening shortly.

to bus dundee museum retrotech tram transport ... on 26 January 2014

Simutrans - Transportation Simulator Game edit / delete

Another open-source Transport Tycoon-alike, apparently with better economics than OpenTTD.

to amusements games to-package transport ... on 27 May 2013

Hastings Diesels Limited - Home edit / delete

A very small train maintenance and hire company, running DEMUs designed for the Hastings-Tonbridge Wells line.

to mechanica rail retrotech train transport ... on 28 September 2012

Passenger Services over Unusual Lines edit / delete

I can't imagine why I would ever need this, but it's sort of interesting that it exists.

to rail trains transport ... on 22 January 2012

Rail Industry Data | data.atoc.org edit / delete

Handy index of public data from the UK rail industry.

to data rail trains transport ... on 22 January 2012

GENSHEET homepage British railway information and photographs edit / delete

Includes some more visualisations of the routing guide, although the original is actually pretty good to start with.

to rail trains transport ... on 22 January 2012

ATOC - Routeing Guide edit / delete

The book that tells you what "ANY PERMITTED" means on a National Rail ticket. It's remarkably complicated, and produces some interesting results (e.g. it claims I'd be able to travel from Dundee to London via Aberdeen, although I suspect I'd get some odd looks if I actually tried that).

to rail trains transport ... on 21 January 2012

Railways stuff edit / delete

Lots of London Underground stuff.

to rail trains transport underground ... on 21 January 2012