Spoorwegnostalgie

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.

http://www.spoorwegnostalgie.be

Treni e Cartoline Sicilia

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.

http://www.treniecartolinesicilia.it/

White Mask Snaps

John Hooson's photographs - mainly British diesels in the most scenic locations but some Chinese steam as well.

http://whitemasksnaps.fotopic.net/

Monkey Snaps

Bill Watson's site features pictures from the best locations in Scotland and the North of England.

http://monkeysnaps3.fotopic.net/

Stránky přátel železnic (SPŽ)

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.

http://spz.logout.cz/

Vlaky.net

News and photos from Slovakia and the Czech Republic plus other useful information including loco diagrams. Slovak language.

http://www.vlaky.net/

Zelpage.cz

News and photos from the Czech Republic. Czech language.

http://www.zelpage.cz/

Czech Slovak Gen

A useful news group for the exchange of information on Czech and Slovak railways, particularly the current scene.

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/CzechSlovakGen/

Drehscheibe

A German language forum with photos, discussion, news, sightings and much more.

http://www.drehscheibe-online.de/

V160.de

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.

http://www.v160.de/

Privat Bahn

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).

http://www.privat-bahn.de/

Trains of Turkey

Trains of Turkey covers all aspects of the Turkish rail scene including history, steam, current locos, rolling stock and operations, maps and much more.

http://www.trainsofturkey.com/

Turk Rail

The Turk-Rail group provides news and discussion about Turkish Railways and compliments Trains of Turkey.

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Turk-Rail/

National Rail Enquiries

The National Rail Enquiries site contains timetable information and news of disruptions and service alterations on Britain's rail system.

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

European Railway Server

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.

http://www.railfaneurope.net/

Enthusiast's Guide to Travelling the Railways of Europe

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.

http://www.steane.com/egtre/egtre.php

DB Hafas

For European timetable information , including the UK, the Deutsche Bahn / Hafas site does the business.

http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/e
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