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Railway Photography
There's plenty of railway photography on the net. The folowing are just a small selection of what's available and well worth a look in my opinion.
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RAILSPOT.net features photographs of the railways of Sweden and France. Text is in French and English |
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On Spoorwegnostalgie Dave Habraken features steam in China and elsewhere as well as vintage diesels in his native Belgium. Text is in Dutch but easy enough to find your way round. |
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Treni e Cartoline Sicilia features railways in Sicily, one of the last haunts of Italy's veteran electric locomotives. Mostly in Italian but the introduction is in English, French and Spanish. |
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Japanese photographers tend to be more unorthodox than the rest of us when it comes to portraying the steam locomotive at work. The language barrier makes it more difficult to find your way around these sites but it's not impossible. Toshiyuki Agura's site features Chinese and Japanese railways from an interesting perspective. |
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John Hooson's photographs - mainly British diesels in the most scenic locations but some Chinese steam as well. |
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Bill Watson's site features pictures from the best locations in Scotland and the North of England. |
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Switching to digital? Digital Photography Review has the most comprehensive, in depth reviews of higher end cameras. This should be your first port of call if you're thinking of switching or just interested in the latest developments. |
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The reviews on these sites are not as detailed as those on Digital Photography Review but they do cover a much wider range of equipment. |
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| Chinese Railways |
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Robin Gibbons' Railways of China contains much information on China's railways and their motive power, whether steam, diesel or electric. |
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The most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of reports and news of steam operations in China. Dave Fielding has taken over the task from Florian Menius (see below).
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Florian Menius's QJ Country reported steam operations in China for many years. Although it hasn't been updated recently, the site is still accessible. See SY Country above for up-to-date information. |
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Hans Schaefer's site contains a wealth of information about the JiTong Railway. Hans also offers an alternative view of China's steam locomotives - from the footplate. Lots of practical information, statistics etc. as well. |
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The Steam in China Newsgroup has gone off the rails a bit recently but there are still useful posts occasionally. |
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The Hong Kong Railway Society website contains some interesting historical articles by Peter Crush in addition to a wealth of other material on the railways of Hong Kong and the rest of China. |
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Bernd Seiler appears to spend most of his time in China these days, leading his FarRail Tours and searching out new lines. Bernd's informative illustrated reports can also be found on his site. |
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The excellent SPZ site is a good place too look for railfan information. Much of it is in Czech but there are now news pages in English and German as well. Much of the other content, such as depot allocations and photos can be understood without a detailed knowledge of Czech. |
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News and photos from Slovakia and the Czech Republic plus other useful information including loco diagrams. Slovak language. |
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News and photos from the Czech Republic. Czech language. |
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Czech Railways timetable query service in English. |
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Of more use to the railfan are PDF copies of the printed timetable pages which are available on the CD site. |
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More interesting for me are the freight timetables available on the Bahnfuhrer website. |
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A useful news group for the exchange of information on Czech and Slovak railways, particularly the current scene. |
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A German language forum with photos, discussion, news, sightings and much more. |
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A German language site covering classes 215 - 218 and derivatives, i.e. the bulk of the current DB main line diesel fleet, with technical details, photos, diagrams etc. Registration is required to access some information. |
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Open access has really taken off in Germany and a myriad of private operators now run trains on the national system. This site helps identify who's who. German Language (Also see Railfaneurope under European Railways for similar info in English). |
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| Turkish Railways |
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Trains of Turkey covers all aspects of the Turkish rail scene including history, steam, current locos, rolling stock and operations, maps and much more. |
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The Turk-Rail group provides news and discussion about Turkish Railways and compliments Trains of Turkey. |
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| UK Railways |
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The National Rail Enquiries site contains timetable information and news of disruptions and service alterations on Britain's rail system. |
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I prefer to use the DB/Hafas (German Railways) site, even for UK timetable enquiries. |
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| European Railways |
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The European Railway Server has pictures, stock lists and livery details for Europe's railways. It's also good place to find information on and links other sites, railfan and official. |
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If you want information about travelling on European railways, particularly obscure workings and border crossings, try the Enthusiast's Guide to Travelling the Railways of Europe or EGTRE.
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For European timetable information , including the UK, the Deutsche Bahn / Hafas site does the business. |
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| International Railways |
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Rob Dickinson's International Working Steam is an excellent source of up to date information on the world's last working steam locomotives. |
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| China Travel Information |
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Online China Rail Timetable. Beware, some of the information here is out of date. |
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Online China Air Timetable. Beware, some of the information here is out of date. Not all flights are listed. |
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Weather forecasts and climate statistics for many locations in China |
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