Tracking Railways Archives Project - TRAP
The On-Line rail Research Facility
About TRAP
TRAP is supported by The Heritage Lottery Fund, The National Archives, Access to Archives, National Railway Museum, Transport History Research Trust, Beckenham & West Wickham MRC, Broad Gauge Society, Caledonian Railway Association, Cumbrian Railways Association, Glasgow & South Western Railway Association, Great Eastern Railway Society, Great North of Scotland Railway Association, Great Western Study Group, Highland Railway Society, Historical Model Railway Society, LNER Sudy Group, L&NWR Society, Midland Railway Trust, National Tramway Museum, North Eastern Railway Association, Railway & Canal Historical Society, Railway Correspondence & Travel Society, Signalling Record Society, South Western Circle, Welsh Railways Research Circle, World War Two Railway Study Group.
Links
Broad Gauge Society www.broadgauge.org.uk
Founded in 1980 to promote the research into, and the modelling of, the 7' 0 1/4" broad gauge railways of Great Britain.
Cumbrian Railways Association www.cumbrianrailwaysassociation.org.uk
Encourages public interest and research into the history and development of the railways of Cumbria and adjacent areas.
Glasgow & South Western Railway Association www.gswra.org.uk
The Association promotes interest in the Glasgow and South Western Railway and study of all aspects of the company.
Great Eastern Railway Society www.gersociety.org.uk
Promotes a widespread interest in the Great Eastern Railway, encourages and co-ordinates research into its history, and provides a permanent record of the results.
Great North of Scotland Railway Association www.gnsra.org.uk
Aims to bring together all those interested in the railway and to study all aspects of the line's history.
Highland Railway Society www.hrsoc.org.uk
Study of all aspects of the Company's history up to present day plus development of modelling opportunities.
Historical Model Railway Society www.hmrs.org.uk
The society is an educational trust dedicated to recording Britain's railways for future generations.
National Tramway Museum www.tramway.co.uk
Maintains and develops an operating tramway museum and exhibit aspects of tramway heritage in a historic environment.
Railway & Canal Historical Society www.rchs.org.uk
To promote historical research on railways, canals and other modes of transport associated with them by collaboration or competition.
Railway Correspondence & Travel Society www.rcts.org.uk
For those interested in the operation of railways past & present. Publishes a monthly magazine & definitive locomotive histories.
Signalling Record Society www.s-r-s.org.uk
The Signalling Record Society was formed in 1969 to cater for those interested in railway signalling. The main aim of the Society is to promote the exchange of information between members. The
SRS has an extensive archive of signalling documentation.
South Western Circle www.lswr.org
Encourages research into all aspects of the LSWR and successors, and facilitates publication and discussion of the findings.
Welsh Railways Research Circle www.wrrc.org.uk
The Circle brings together modellers and researchers who specialise in the railways of Wales and bordering counties.
World War Two Railway Study Group www.saxoncourtbooks.co.uk/ww2rsg/
Collects, exchanges and publishes factual information on the operation of railways of the combatant nations during World War Two.