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Welcome to the Rail Archive and it’s collection of photographs and railway documents. The library aims to provide a resource which is free to use the low res copies of the images it contains, but we would appreciate an acknowledgement of source if used on any media.

High res copies can be made available for use, please let me know what you would like. I do not have access to historical railway photographs but do provide a free service to authors, researchers, other libraries and the media on request by email to: info@railarchive.org.uk

I hope you enjoy using this resource and any comments are always welcome to the above email.

For details of the Rail Documents list please click here.

To view samples from the collection of documents please click here.

For details on the history of some of the companies shown please click here.

To visit the photographic gallery please click here.

For FAQ’s and links please click here.

To sign our visitors page please click here.

For a pdf map of the railways in England and Wales please click here.
The map is Kindly provided by Richard Fairhurst of Systeme D

Please click here for more photographs

Please click here for more images of documents


                  

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