Tramway & Model Trams

These web sites have been helpful when researching, designing and building our model tramways.

Beamish Museum Tramway

Andew Burchell describes the Beamish Museum Tramway and its fleet of trams and other electric vehicles. The tramway, around the open-air museum site, is one and a half miles long and consists of a single track circular route with passing loops.

Beamish Transport Blog

Transport News at Beamish. A Blog by Paul Jarman, Curator of Transport.

Blackpool in the Box

This will be the world's first and only full size model tramway layout featuring fully working scale models of Blackpool's famous trams and illuminations.

British Trams Online

Regularly updated site on the UK's tramway system and museums including News, Features, Photos, Fleet Lists and more.

British Tramway Company Uniforms Badges and Buttons

A useful reference site by Ashley Birch for Tramway Button and Badge collectors.

East Lancs Model Tramway Supplies

Stocks a wide range of essentials for the tramway modeller in N, HO, OO, O and G Scales. Send 4 first class stamps for their extensive lists.

Friends of Beamish

The Friends of Beamish is an Independant Registered Charity protecting and re-creating the regions past for future generations to enjoy. We also assist the official staff of the Museum, where required, with voluntary workers from our membership.

Grime Street Industries & Mark's Blog

Mark Casson's blog describing the building of his 00 scale Grime Street, Leeds tramway and his Trams.

Hasselhof(f)

Steve Smith describes his 3.5mm scale model tramway layout Hasselhof(f), loosely based on the various European cities he has visited.

Heaton Park Tramway

Heaton Park Tramway has developed from a restored section of the former siding off the Manchester Corporation Tramways system on Middleton Road. A tram service operates every Sunday during the year.

London Model Tramways

John Howe describes 'Kingsway Subway' and 'Dog Kennel Hill', his models of London Tramways and gives some of the tramways history.

Malcolm Frasers Photostream

Malcolm Fraser has a large number of Tram and Bus photographs on flikr, many are of his hometown system of Sunderland.

Manx Electric Railway

Prices, History, Events, News and Publications about the Manx Electric Railway, now the only traditional tramway left in the United Kingdom.

Mark Hughes Models

Mark Hughes makes 4mm resin tram bodies, etched brass overhead fittings and many other useful items for model tram and bus builders.

Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society

The Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society is based at Taylor Street Tram Depot on the Birkenhead Heritage Tramway. The society provide volunteer drivers and a team of conductors to help run the tram service.

North East Diecast Collectors Club

The club was formed to bring together collectors of all types of diecast models. Club Meetings are, from 2010, held on the last Thursday of the month at the Barley Mow Working Mens Club, Vigo Lane, Birtley, Chester-le-Street, DH3 2AW at 7.30pm .

Seaton Tramway

Famous for their open-top trams and tram driving days, Seaton Tramway operates narrow gauge heritage trams between small picturesque towns in Devon. This site contains galleries, booking information and an online shop.

Small Layout Scrapbook

Carl Arendt has a website dedicated to micro or small layouts. There are some tram layouts featured. Our Sunderland layouts are featured here.

Snaefell Mountain Railway

Prices, History, Events, News and Publications about the Snaefell Mountain Railway, the only electric mountain railway in the United Kingdom.

The Model Bus Website

Our intention is to provide information for the collector of British and overseas model buses, book reviews to assist the modeller, and an increasing amount of information relating to die-cast models and their redecoration, resin and white-metal model bus kits, kit building, and more.

Tramway & Light Railway Society

Founded in 1938, the TLRS is a national registered charity which caters for those interested in all aspects of Tramways, but is perhaps best known as the organization for the tramway modeller.

Tramways Monthly

Tramways Monthly is a monthly e-newsletter on trams and light rail worldwide.

Transport Models

A world-wide image library dedicated to all transport related scale models. So all from fire engines and military vehicles to trains and buses!

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