Daniel McIntyre�s Internet Guide to Railways
Links to railway and transport museum internet pages in the U.K.

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��� Daniel has been asking other railways and individuals to provide a link from their pages to the South Tynedale Railway pages, he thought it was now the time to publicise other some of the many other railway pages available on the internet on his own separate pages.
��� On the following list, preference will be given to pages relating to railway and transport museums in the United Kingdom. Separate pages for narrow gauge lines and standard gauge lines in the UK and overseas are available.
��� Please contact Daniel at the following E-mail address - [email protected], if you have seen any other interesting pages about railway and transport museums in the UK that are of interest to other people, that deserve a link to them on this page, and the details could soon be included on this page.

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Details of many railway and transport museums in the U.K. can be obtained from the� web site pages, or you can return to Daniel McIntyre's Index of Railways Page for more railway links.

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Scotland

• The Glasgow Museum of Transport
  This museum is located at Kelvin Hall, in Glasgow.
• Glenfinnan Station Museum
  This museum is located near Glenfinnan Viaduct on the Fort William to Mallaig railway line.
• The Scottish Industrial Railway Centre (Ayrshire Railway Preservation Group)
  This is located on the site of old Minnivey Colliery at Dalmellington, Ayrshire.

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North East England

• Beamish Open Air Museum.
  Located near Stanley, County Durham, it has a collection of trams and railway locomotives.
• Darlington Railway Museum and Centre
  This museum is located at North Road Station in Darlington, County Durham.
• Leeds Industrial Museum
  This museum is located at Armley Mills, in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
• Monkwearmouth Station Museum
  This museum is housed in the old Monkwearmouth Station building, in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.
• The National Railway Museum
  Located at York, find out about the contents of this famous railway museum.
• Stephenson Railway Museum
  This museum is located at Middle Engine Lane, on part of the North Tyneside Steam Railway, near North Shields, Tyne and Wear.
• The Timothy Hackworth Victorian Railway Museum
  Find out more about this museum located at Shildon, in County Durham.

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North West England

• The Museum of Science & Industry
  Located in Manchester it is housed in the world's oldest passenger railway station.
• The Railway Age
  A railway museum located at Crewe, in Cheshire.

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Central England

• Barrow Hill Engine Shed
  This site has occasional open days with locos on display, located near Staveley, Chesterfield.
• Ironbridge Gorge Museum
  Located near Telford in Shropshire, it has a replica of a steam loco designed by Richard Trevithick.
• The National Tramway Museum
  This famous tramway museum is located at Crich in Derbyshire.
• Rushden Historical Transport Society Museum
  Details of this railway museum located at Rushden in Northamptonshire.

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Eastern England (excluding North East England)

• Bressingham Steam Museum & Gardens
  Details of this steam railway museum located at Diss, in Norfolk.
• East Anglia Transport Museum
  Details of this transport museum located at Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, in Suffolk.

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South East England

• Amberley Chalk Pits Museum
  Located near Arundel in West Sussex it has a collection of narrow gauge railway equipment.
• Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
  Details of this railway centre at Quainton Road Station, near Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire.
• The Colonel Stephens Museum
  Details about the contents of this museum based at the Kent and East Sussex Railway.
• East Anglian Railway Museum
  Details of this museum at Wakes Colne, in Essex.
• Kew Bridge Steam Museum
  Details about this museum and the Waterworks Railway.
• London Transport Museum
  Situated at Covent Garden in London, has a collection of railway and tramway equipment.
• The Mangapps Farm Railway Museum
  Details about this museum at Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex.
• North Ings Farm Museum
  A working collection of vintage tractors and industrial equipment, including a 2 foot narrow gauge railway with locomotives and rolling stock.

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South West England

• Bideford Railway Museum
  This museum is located at Bideford, in Devon.
• Devon Railway Centre
  Details of exhibits to be found at this location.
• Didcot Railway Centre
  The Great Western Railway centre at Didcot, in Oxfordshire.
• Dingles Steam Village
  This is a museum of road, steam and industrial heritage at Milford, Lifton, in Devon.
• The Seaton Tramway
  This tramway operates miniature scale model trams on a three mile line between Seaton and Colyton in Devon.
• The Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust Museum
  Details of the exhibits at this museum at Washford Station on the West Somerset Railway.
• Steam - The Museum of the Great Western Railway
  Details of the exhibits at this museum, together with a history of Swindon locomotive works.

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Wales

• Conwy Valley Railway Museum
  This museum also includes a miniature railway and tramway, it is located near to Betws-y-Coed Railway Station.
• Griffithstown Railway Museum
  This museum is located in Pontypool, in South Wales.
• Penrhyn Castle Industrial Railway Museum
  This museum is located near Bangor, in North Wales.
• Welsh Slate Museum
  A slate museum located near the Llanberis Lake Railway, in Llanberis, Gwynedd, North Wales.

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Ireland

• Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
  A transport museum at Cultra, Holywood, County Down in Northern Ireland, which has several steam and diesel locomotives on display.

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This page has been created by Daniel McIntyre, who is a member of various railway societies.
For information about him, please see Daniel McIntyre�s Home Page.
This page was last updated on 10th April 2006 by Daniel McIntyre.

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