Useful Websites for Train & Railway info

Cookie_Monster

Want a complete list of Locomotives and Trainsets from across Europe with plenty of pics and basic details of all classes:
http://www.railfaneurope.net/frameset.html

Top right hand corner gives link to Pics, Stock lists, liveries etc for most countries in and around Europe.

Or want to go extra anal and have a complete list of all train formations that run in Switzerland, only 480 different ones:
http://reisezuege.ch/reisezuege/index.php?action=12

Eiretrains: The definite list of Irish stations and railway locations:
http://eiretrains.com/

Anyone else discovered any useful or interesting sites over the years

EDIT: any chance of a sticky MODS?

Hungerford

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Or want to go extra anal and have a complete list of all train formations that run in Switzerland, only 480 different ones:http://reisezuege.ch/reisezuege/index.php?action=12

Without wishing to sound truly anal, it's interesting that the Swiss equivalent of the 141 class, the Re 420, is still going strong on passenger services.

Cookie_Monster

Hungerford wrote: »

Without wishing to sound truly anal, it's interesting that the Swiss equivalent of the 141 class, the Re 420, is still going strong on passenger services.

even their older stock got up to 70 years use
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBB-CFF-FFS_Ae_4/7

topnotch

Railforums.co.uk if you like people giving the rpsi a shoeing this is the one for you.:P

http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=81045

steamengine

For European and worldwide railway news :-

http://www.railwaygazette.com/

flyingsnail

Network Rail virtual archive

http://www.networkrail.co.uk/VirtualArchive/

xtradel

U.K. disused stations (and the odd irish one) Lots of pics and info:

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/sites.shtml

Rocky Bay

For North American railways:www.railroad.net