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A list of other Empirenet Web-sites
having relevance to or interest for the discerning L M S traveller.

The L M S Society.
Founded by a small group of dedicated modelmakers, The L M S Society's main aim is to find out as much accurate and original information as possible about the subject of their interest, the London Midland and Scottish Railway.
http://www.lmssociety.org.uk/

The L M S Carriage Association.
Our aims are not simply to own, repair and operate carriages of LMSR design but to provide a travelling experience and foster an appreciation of ordinary travel by L M S R train enabling the public to view restoration in progress and to contribute towards this. It is intended to foster these aims amongst other groups and enthusiasts having similar objectives. Surf over our ex L M S pictorial, restored L M S pictorial, Books, Videos and Links pages for further information.
http://www.lmsca.org.uk/

L&NWR Society.
The aim of the Society is to collect and disseminate information about the London and North Western Railway, its constituents and its successors. We are interested in the infrastructure of the railway, the men and women who made it work, as well as the engines and rolling stock which it built and used. We aim to help modellers, preservationists, historians and those with just a passing interest in the LNWR.
http://www.lnwrs.org.uk/

Midland Railway Society.
The aims of the Society are to bring together those interested in the Midland Railway; including its predecessors, successors, joint lines and working arrangements and to disseminate information via a selection of publications.
http://webp1.mimas.ac.uk/~zzaascs/mrsoc/mrsoc.html

The Midland Railway Study Centre.
A collaborative project comprising:-

 Roy F Burrows Midland Collection Trust.
 The Silk Mill - Derbys Museum of Industry and History.
 Midland Railway Society.
Each of these bodies will be housing their collections of Midland Railway ephemera and artefacts with the Study Centre which is to be located within Derby's Silk Mill on Full Street. The result will be the largest collection of publicly accessible Midland Railway material in the world.
http://www.midlandrailwaystudycentre.org.uk/

The Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust.
The Trust exists to promote interest in the Stanier Pacific steam locomotives of the London Midland and Scottish Railway and the Standard Class 4 Tank locomotives of British Railways. This is being achieved by collecting, recording, conserving, restoring to working order and curating evidence of these locomotives, and promoting interest in their heritage by making collections and associated information available to the public.
http://www.prclt.co.uk/

Carnforth Station.
In 1937 the London Midland and Scottish Railway Co. announced a £53,000 government funded, improvement scheme for Carnforth station. These improvements were completed in 1938, and involved a major rebuild of the station, and a new 890 foot long additional platform for the Furness trains. When built, this was the longest unsupported single piece concrete roof, in Britain, and possibly the world.
http://www.carnforth-station.co.uk/

Locos In Profile.
Highly Detailed Technical Illustrations of Steam Locomotives in Full Colour by Richard Green
You can buy locomotive prints that are a lot cheaper elsewhere, but if you want the most detailed and accurate full colour illustrations they're here!
http://locos-in-profile.co.uk/

The Signal Box.
In the Signal Box you will find descriptions and illustrations of signals, explanations of the rules and regulations, photographs, historic articles and reminiscences.
Whether or not you have a deep interest in signalling or just a passing interest, there is a lot to look through, but be careful not to infringe Rule 72 (a)!
http://www.signalbox.org/

Tri-ang Model Railways.
An absolutely splendid site covering all sorts of "stuff" (technical term) to do with Tri-ang; when train sets proudly proclaimed that they were Built in Britain, not Made in China
http://www.tri-ang.co.uk/

The London Midland and Scottish Railway Forum
An Empirenet forum for the discussion of all things L M S from Preservation News to Locomotive Designs.
http://www.freewebs.com/lmsforum/

The Jubilee Locomotives of the L M S.
The L M S Jubilee website contains details and photographs of all 191 Jubilees, and information about the four locos in preservation.
http://www.jubilees.co.uk/

black5photos.co.uk
A web site devoted to the L M S Class 5 mixed traffic 4-6-0 locomotives as designed by Sir William A. Stanier, otherwise generally known as the L M S Black 5
http://black5photos.co.uk/

Hatton's Model Railways
Well established and respected model shop in Liverpool, ideal for buying those L M S related models...
http://www.ehattons.com

Playing with toy trains
Well, sort of...
An occasional series delving into my own little corner of the L M S (and other railway modelling shenanigans)
http://www.lmsr.co.uk/mytrainset