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Websites whose information I have used to build the database
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www.45132.com Website of the '45132 Supporters Group' - the workings history of this loco has been sourced from this site
www.britishsteam.com/ Roy Vandersteen's superb Topshed site - a wealth of information
www.c58lg.co.uk Class 58 Locomotive Group
www.class47.co.uk Astonishingly complete information on class 47 diesels
www.class50.com/c50_intro.php Class50.com, for the naming details of the EE Class 50 diesel electric
www.derbysulzers.com/ Site dedicated to Classes 24 and 25 - excellent read that covers the subject in interesting detail
www.napier-chronicles.co.uk/ Fantastic repository of Deltic information
www.railblue.com Rail Blue - general information regarding namings, timelines and paint jobs!
www.railuk.co.uk Lots of useful information
www.steamsheds.co.uk/pmwiki/index.php Detailed information on shed histories
www.thedps.co.uk/ The Deltic Preservation Society
www.wnxx.com Ian Furness' excellent upto date site

Other websites that contain useful or interesting information
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www.llantiliocastle.co.uk/ Paul Tomlinson's detailed history of GWR Castle Class No 5028 'Llantilio Castle'
www.southern-locomotives.co.uk/ Company that maintains and restores a number of locomotives associated with the Southern Railway

Photographic Websites
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www.flickr.com/people/64215236@N03/ Railway Photos - Gerald Robinson
www.flickr.com/people/train-pix/ Railway Photos - Ron Fisher
www.flickr.com/photos/blue-diesels/ Railway Photos - John Turner
www.flickr.com/photos/curly42/ Railway Photos - Curly42
www.flickr.com/photos/d9006/ Railway Photos - Paul Bettany
www.flickr.com/photos/johngreyturner/ Railway Photos - 'Grey' John Turner

Books, magazines and other references
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Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway - Bradley
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the Southern Railway: 1 - Maunsell
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the Southern Railway: 2 - Bulleid
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway: 3 - Later R.J. Billinton, Marsh and Lawson Billinton Locomotives
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the GWR: 4 - Six-wheeled Tender Engines
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the GWR: 8 - Modern Passenger Classes
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the LNER: 2A - Tender Engines - Classes A1 to A10
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the LNER: 2B - Tender Engines - Classes B1 to B19
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the LNER: 3A - Tender Engines - Classes C1 to C11
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the LNER: 3B - Tender Engines - Classes D1 to D12
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the LNER: 3C - Tender Engines - Classes D13 to D24
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the LNER: 4 - Tender Engines Classes D25 to E7
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the LNER: 5 - Tender Engines - Classes J1 to J37
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the LNER: 6A - Tender Engines Classes J3 to K5
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the LNER: 6B - Tender Engines Classes O1 to P2
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the LNER: 6C - Tender Engines Classes Q1 to Y10
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the LNER: 7 - Tank Engines - Classes A5 to H2
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the LNER: 8A - Tank Engines - Classes J50 to J70
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the LNER: 8B - Tank Engines - Classes J71 to J94
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the LNER: 9A - Tank Engines - Classes L1 to N19
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the LNER: 9B - Tank Engines - Classes Q1 to Z5
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) Locomotives of the LNER: 10A - Departmental stock, Locomotive sheds, Boiler and Tender numbering

Software
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www.paperfile.net/ Free OCR - Optical Character Recognition software - highly recommended, excellent program

Hardware
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Heritage Railways
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www.chinnorrailway.co.uk/ Chinnor and Princess Risborough Railway
www.svr.co.uk/ Severn Valley Railway

Forums
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intheworks.co.uk/forum/index.php The Works forum
lmsforum.forumup.co.uk/index.php?mforum=lmsforum The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Forum
www.lner.info/forums/index.php For all things LNER
www.railforums.co.uk/ RailUK Forums
www.railukforum.co.uk/forums/index.php Rail - UK Forum - friendly forum for modern image railways.
www.railwayforum.net/index.php RailwayForum website
www.wnxxforum.com/interactive/ WNXX Forum - very active

Facebook Groups
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www.facebook.com/www.j39locomotivegroup.co.uk?sk=wall J39 Locomotive Group - these guys plan to build a J39 by 2029 - good luck guys