Links to other interesting sites.

As of 5th January '06 all links on this page work! If you find any that don't, please e-mail us: info at leylandsme dot co dot uk

A lot of links have gone because they didn't work. I have found new urls for some but not all. Sadly one was Chris Heappy's excellent site which has vanished without trace. New links will appear for a time on the index page before being put into an appropriate category on this page.

Private ME Advert Site

• John Stevenson's Ad site

Books and Magazines

• Tee Publishing (Engineering in Miniature Magazine & New Books)
• Tee Publishing Rare and out of print books.

Model Engineering

• Model Engineering, Live Steam, Modelling, Lost Models Directory, Bookstore, Discussion Groups
• Duncans Metal Pages
• Lathes. Lots of interesting info.
• Myford
• Make a Quick Change Toolpost
• Rings A detailed article on making Piston Rings
• Model Hunslet home page.
• Doug Hewsons Site
• Johnson Matthey Metal Joining, the home of successful brazing
• Copper Development Association UK Home Page
• Copper: Innovations in Copper Published By the Copper Development Association
• Alan Stepney's Model Engineering, Steam Engines, & Railway Technical Pages
• METALWORKING.COM - Home page American site full of usefull info.
• Alan's RC Links
• Metal Web News US site with loads of useful info, hints and tips.
• Bert Ashton's site.Interesting ME site. (Bert is a member of Rochdale SME)
• MAXITRAK
• The Gizmologist's Lair
• Guy Lautard.Com Machinists Books & Supplies: Lathes, Milling, Drills, Gunsmithing and Clock making

Loco Building Sites

• The Simplex web site
• THE ROMULANT a narrow gauge locomotive. Interesting "diary" type article about building a modified Romulus.
• Sweet Pea Site

Local Societies and Miniature railways

• Urmston & District Model Engineers New Site
• Rochdale Society of Model Engineers
• The West Lancashire Light Railway 2ft gauge line at Tarleton.
• Welcome to Lakeside Miniature Railway, Southport, England. - 2005
• Southport Model Engineering Club
• Burnley & Pendle Miniature Railway Society Updated url
• Dragon Miniature Railway
• Sian project Group

Other Model Engineering Clubs

• Leeds SME
• Ryedale Society of Model Engineers The Famous "Gilling" track!
• Society of Model and Experimental Engineers 1898 London
• The Seven-and-a-Quarter-Inch Gauge Society New Site
• Kinver & West Midlands Society of Model Engineers - Official Site New Site
• Isle of Wight SME
• Wortley Top Forge Model Engineers
• BasingstokeDMES
• Ground Level 5 Assoc.
• Thorne Memorial Park Miniature Railway (Doncaster & District MES)

Model Engineering Supplies

• Polly Model Engineering Limited incorporating Bruce Engineering, Long Eaton, Nottingham, UK
• Tracy Tools Ltd.
• Blackgates Engineering
• EKP Supplies (Nuts & Bolts & Bits & Bobs!)
• Mailorder Metals
• Proops Brothers - serving the craft and model engineering hobbyist for over 40 years
• Welcome to PJ Tooling.......
• RDG Tools Online
• Suppliers of non-ferrous metals including Aluminium, Brass, Stainless Steel and Copper throughout the UK
• Excel Machine Tools - Superior quality machines at the most competitive price
• Morris Lubricants. Special oils for steam engines.
• 4QD: speed controllers for battery operated electric motors (Excellent site lots of useful info.)
• Johnson Matthey Metal Joining, the home of successful brazing
• CupAlloys (Silver Solder and Fluxes etc.)
• Greenwood Tools Carbide tipped lathe tools.
• Fyne Fort Fittings The Steam Fitting Specialists.
• Axminster Tools. Power tools, machinery and adhesives for home or workplace.
• Lee Spring Springs,springs,springs!
• Newton Tesla - Model Engineering Variable speed drives for your lathe or milling machine.
• Camden Miniature Steam Services
• G and M Tools
• Fincken Miniature Railways
• Phoenix Locos (BIG electrics etc) Used to be Express Locos. New site
• Home Page - The Engineers Emporium
• Ride On Railways Uk
• The Miniature Railway Supply Co Ltd - UK
• mallardmetals.co.uk
• Reduction gearboxes and linear motion products
• Benson Verniers Ltd Very special prices on verniers and height gauges.
• DROs from BW Electronics -- welcome! Digital Read Outs for your machine tools.
• Drives Direct Variable speed drives for your 3 phase motors.
• A J Reeves
• Welcome To John Keatley Metals
• Non-ferrous metals, Stainless steel and Engineering plastics
• Acient and Modern Hand and Machine Tools Bought and Sold at Pennyfarthing Tools of Salisbury
• Engineering supplies - cutting tools, metal working, consumable tooling
• Craigmill Engineering
• Station Road Steam - live steam models Interesting quick loading site.

Clocks

• British Horological Institute. Interesting site with lots of general info and tips.

Health and Safety Information

• Safe operation of miniature railways

Miniature & Narrow Gauge Railways

• Swiss Vapeur Parc, Le Bouveret Swiss seven and a quarter/five inch track near Geneva.
• The Narrow Gauge Railway Society
• Narrow Gauge Directory
• Bala Lake Railway - The Unofficial Website
• The Miniature Railway Links page
• Sharpo's World: Steam forever. (Lots of pictures)
• Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway - Home Page
• Stapleford Park Railway (10¼) Official Site
• Stapleford Miniature RailwayRobin Sharman's photo site.
• Maid Marian (Hunslet) Site
• Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
• Rudyard Lake Steam Railway near Leek, Staffordshire
• Salfords Light Railway Interesting Garden Railway with lots of links.
• Kirklees Light Railway
• The Great Cockcrow Railway
• Dobwalls Miniature Railway Lots of nice pictures from Robin Sharman.
• Sanday Light Railway CompanyBritains Most Northerly Railway!
• Salfords Light Railway Interesting Garden Railway with lots of links.
• Isle of Man Guide - TRANSPORTATION Info about the IOM railways.
• IPRR Island Pond Railroad - Interesting American "seven and a bit" site
• BMAS (A Swedish seven and a quarter club)
• Welcome to the Strand Park Miniature Railway
• Miniature Railroad in Garden Japanese site.

Transatlantic Trains

• British Columbia Society of Model Engineers The Web Site.
• The 7+ Railroader American magazine site for 7+ inches gauge.
• Live Steaming - Home Page (USA, but lots of interesting stuff.)
• Train Mountain Blow your mind with this USA site.(Have a look at their track plan!)
• Grand Scales Quarterly Magazine
• Niles Monorail Tour Check this out for a garden railway!

"Model Engineer" Magazine Indexes

• ME Index page (Download "Model Engineer" indexes)

Railway Videos

• PM Video

General Interest Railway Pages

• March Web - UK Railway Preservation Excellent regularly updated site with times for steam specials.
• The East Lancashire Railway
• Ribble Steam Railway - Official Home Page Our 12" to the foot friends at Preston Docks.
• UK Heritage Railways - for Steam Railways and Museums
• Welcome to The Millennium Duke of Gloucester Website
• Another Duke of Gloucester Website
• Official Duke of Gloucester Website
• A1 Steam Locomotive Trust
• The Ultimate Steam Page Interesting stuff about more efficient locos.
• 5AT Advanced Steam Locomotive Project
• The Lartigue Monorailway
• Industrial Railway Society

Search and Link Sites

• The Google search engine. (Easy to use general search site.)
• International List of Scale Model Related Web Sites
• The Railway Register Is this the Ultimate railway links site?
• iRail : Railway and Model Railway Web Directory, Search Engine and Links

Other Sites of general Interest

• Internal Fire (Internal Combustion Museum)
• South Ribble's Community Web Site Leyland SME now listed!

There is a newsgroup: uk.rec.models.engineering which is worth reading. It's low traffic (4/6 postings per day) and sensible (i.e keeps pretty much on topic), unlike some newsgroups!

There is also a mailing list "Miniature Railways" which is devoted to 7¼ to 15 inch guage lines. This also is a low traffic group.

To subscribe click here: Subscribe to UK Min Rail and send a blank e-mail.

I have just discovered another mailing list devoted to 7¼gauge lines:
To subscribe click here: Subscribe to7¼ Group and send a blank e-mail.

A 5 inch mailing list has just started:
To subscribe click here: Subscribe 5 inch gauge Group and send a blank e-mail.

Page last updated:23/03/2009