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1 Railway Software 6 BVE Add Ons - International 11 Photos - Information
2 News, Reviews & Discussion (Updated 02/02/04) 7 Miscellaneous - Rail Sim Related 12 Technical
3 BVE Support 8 History - Preservation - Railtours 13 Train Operating Companies (TOC's)
4 BVE Miscellaneous 9 Audio - Books - Video 14 Miscellaneous - Rail Related
5 BVE Add Ons - UK (Updated 08/02/04) 10 Link Databases - Web Rings - Mailing Lists

Railway Software

BVE Official Website Website of the Author of BVE - Mackoy (Japanese Site). Great program, with a huge international following. Also a link to an English speakers' site and support forum.
"Trainz" - Virtual Model Railroading Suite for the PC. Allows you to build anything from small layouts to full length prototypical routes.
Train driving simulation from MicroSoft.

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News, Reviews & Discussion
For all the latest news, including BVE. Crotrainz is also home to the largest collection of add-ons for BVE, including Routes, Trains and Objects. And check out the interesting articles Barney wrote for Croatian computer magazine, 'PC Chip'.
Trainsim UK, also for the latest news and excellent reviews of all the newest programs and add ons in the Rail Sim world.
Virtual Rail Train Sim Resources Virtual Rail Train Sim Resources, owned and maintained by Damon Cox. Excellent website with daily news reports on BVE and other sims.
Forum hosted on the Train-sim.com website, for discussing BVE.
Fast-E-Rail

This site is still under construction, but looks great so far. Designed and maintained by Keoni and should feature the latest news and reviews from the trainsim world.

*German Language Site* This site is owned and maintained by Rainer Hübner who is providing all the latest rail sim news from all over the world to German rail fans.
BVEForum

Forum maintained by Gareth Hale and Ben Martill for discussion of rail sims and trains in general.

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BVE Support
Alfred Barten's website proves to be an excellent resource for BVE, with sections on route building, creating objects, hints and tips and a regularly updated list of links to every site with something to offer for BVE. Excellent!
Brett William's website with illustrated instructions on downloading, installing and running BVE. Also, a short tutorial on route construction. Highly recommended!
Kris Van De Putte's Yahoo! Group for general enquiries and announcements about BVE
Anthony Chung's Yahoo! Group for discussion about route and object development. From beginners to experienced.
*Italian Language Site* This is Luigi Cartello's website. Aimed at assisting Italian-speaking rail fans to get the best out of BVE.

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BVE Miscellaneous
Web site of Oskari Saarekas from Finland. Here you can download his excellent BVE Route Randomiser (BRR) and superb Suomi route for BVE.
Railtech - website of the "Master of the bitmaps", aka Bryan Dudley. Currently WIP, Bryan aims to offer a large range of images and objects for BVE, completely free!

Rail By Rail

Rail by Rail is a website from Matt Starkie that hosts route plans, compiled by Matt, for BVE routes. These are correct to Railtrack standards and a fantastic addition to any route.
BVE Routes Uwe Post's, BVE-Routes website, contains details of a new route editor currently being developed, and a huge database with details about routes currently available for BVE.

BVE Routes

James' (Maglo) BVE Site, where you can dowload his excellent text-based BVE Route Editor. The site also contains a route database, and a technical section with frequently asked questions and answers.

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BVE Add Ons UK
Rail Sim Routes UK Anthony Bowden's "Railsim Routes UK", for the excellent Watford Junction to Milton Keynes and stunning Birmingham Cross City South routes. There's also sections on downloading and installing BVE, plus details of BVETSS, and BVE Developers Guidelines.
Train Sim Central Steve Green's "Train Sim Central". For a huge collection of UK trains and routes, including the fantastic US Desert Freight, Rocky Mountains, Southern Electric, and the superb LU Northern Line routes. There's also an extremely helpful section on downloading and installing BVE.
BVE UK Train Collection The BVE UK Train Collection, brought to you by Rail Sim Routes, Scotrailsim and Train Sim Central, is where you'll find a large collection of British diesel and electric locomotives and multiple units for BVE.
Train Driver Home Page Paul Robins website, for another great collection of accurately modelled British locomotives for BVE. With realistic panels built by Anthony Bowden. Excellent! (BVE2 compatible locos mirrored on the Joint UK BVE Train Collection).
Glasgow Underground Extension Home to Colin's fictional 24Km, Glasgow Underground Line extension - Glasgow Queen Street to Linwood. The current screen shots look promising and I recommend checking the site regularly to follow progress.
SRPS C&W Dept Don Clarke's website. And home to his wonderful Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee route for BVE!
Nottingham Victoria Station Nick Willis' Nottingham Victoria Station website. Here you can also download a nicely detailed section of the Great Central Railway, created by Nick for BVE.
BVE in Glasgow David White's 'BVE in Glasgow', where you'll find a selection of excellent driveable trains modelled on EMU's found in Scotland. Also, you can download a selection of sounds, recorded by David, from the rail network around Glasgow.
BR Sound and Movie Network John Owen's BR Sound & Movie Network. Three sites each with different content. One contains John's excellent passenger views for BVE, and the others contain his superb movies and audio recordings from the UK railway network.
BVE In Scotland Mark Milmine's new website set to bring Scottish routes and trains to BVE. Mark is currently building the line from Milngavie to Springburn near Glasgow, with a class 320 EMU to drive it.
Inverness TMD Matthew Callaghan's Inverness TMD site, where you can follow progress of his BVE project - Motherwell to Anderston, via Hamilton and Glasgow Central Low Level.
Central Line John Owen's second website, dedicated to his London Underground Central Line, White City to Holland Park. Certainly one to look out for! Download a superb demo now!
Jubilee Line Excellent site owned by London Underground Driver Alan Lee. Features photos and sounds from the line and a detailed piece on how to become a Jubilee Line Driver. Alan is building the section from Stanmore to Charing Cross for BVE.
Wulf's Saxon Locomotive Works Wulf's Saxon Locomotive Works, where you can download Wulf's excellent characterised versions of the popular class 37, 55 & 87 locomotives. There's also an excellent guide to the 'train.dat', created by Shaun Myers.
The Class 104 DMU Website Carl Turner's excellent site dedicated to the British 'First Generation' Class 104 DMU. Some units have been preserved for use on private railways and at this site you will find details, photographs and news. There's also a superb driveable version of this train for use in BVE created by Carl in conjunction with Paul White.
BVE Galore! William Perry's 'BVE Galore!' website, where you can find details and follow the progress of 'Hawfield to Caysborough', a promising 10 mile fictional route based in the Southern Region of the UK.
BVE in the North West 'BVE in the North West' is Derek Kaye's website, where you can follow progress of the fantastic route that Derek is building - Barrow-in-Furness to Carlisle.
ZB Rail ZazzyBob's 'ZB Rail Network' website. Home to Bob's excellent looking fictional 'ZB Rail' route!
BVE in the North Phil Brooke's website where you can download an excellent fictional route, Brookfield Interchange. You can also follow progress of Phil's planned Hull to Sheffield route for BVE here. One to look out for!

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BVE Add Ons - International
BVE Fan Paul Woozley's BVE Fan Site. Download an Australian Steam Loco and two excellent routes for BVE. Look out for Richmond to Kurrajong, with thunder & lightning plus rain. Superb!
OzRail Stephen Cross' OzRail, where you can download Stephen's conversion of the Australian ESR Route for BVE along with excellent City Rail trains to enjoy on the route!
Jon's Train Sim Page Well known for his Mechanik add on's, Jon Gulbis has turned his attention to BVE and here you can download his excellent Bombadier T1 subway train. Also home the BVE subway route database, with reviews.
Czech BVE Site *Czech Language Site* Czechoslovakian website, maintained by GYZMA and featuring stunning screen shots of his highly realistic BVE route and objects. GYZMA's site also hosts resources for Czechoslovakian users new to BVE!
*German & English Language Site* An excellent resource for German and English speaking users alike, this site, hosted by Martin Finken and Peter Schötz, is where you can download a superb selection of German trains, routes and utilities. The site also contains a translated version of the BVE Developer Guidelines and tutorials (all in the German language).

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Miscellaneous - Rail Sim Related
Keith Hazelton's "Trainsim Gallery". Here you'll find out a bit about the folks in the trainsim community. Contributions are welcomed and details can be found on Keith's site. You can also Download Alex Farlie's LU signs for BVE from here.
Bruce Kennewell's "Austrail". Once home to the superb Heavy Coal Route, Bruce is now building the route for Trainz (he's a beta tester). You can follow the progress and view screen shots here.
Railserve Banner Over 7,000 rail-related links, search engine, free classified ads, BBS, Train Simulator Add-Ons, ICQ List, and more!

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Audio - Books - Video
BR Diesel Web Andy Slater's "BR Diesel Web" site, containing excellent recordings of most diesel locos that ran within the UK. There is also a large collection of photographs to match.
Ian Allan Hundreds of rail related books for sale!
Kingfisher Productions "Britains Biggest Railway Video Producer." Go here to see list of Railscene titles.

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History - Preservation - Railtours
Glasgow & South Western Railway Society
"The Glasgow and South Western Railway Association."

Mike's Railway History
"Here you will find facts and stories about railways, trains, locomotives and the railway engineers, who built and ran them."

Pathfinder Railtours
"This company runs some 40 - 50 tours and excursions by rail every year, with several distinct styles of itinerary."

RailScot
"This website presents a history of Scotland's railways 1800s to the present."

Scottish Railway Preservation Society
"Take a trip on the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway along the south shore of the Firth of Forth, or board a day excursion organised by SRPS Railtours over Britain's most scenic railways."

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Link Databases - Web Rings - Mailing Lists
Link Rail
Comprehensive database of links to thousands of Rail sites.

Railserve
Another comprehensive database of links to thousands of Rail sites.

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Photos - Information
Northern Railways Craig Allan's excellent 'Northern Railways' website, with photos, audio recordings and videos from around the UK!
Steve Jones Photo's "Steve Jones' Railway Photo Pages"
Platform One Great site with many photographs of UK trains.
Highland Rail "The Unofficial Highland Rail Site"
Photographer's
Guide
"A Railway Photographers' Guide to UK Photographic Locations"
Metro Planet Excellent site with tons of information about Metro, Subway and other types of rail systems from all over the World. Incl. the Glasgow Subway.
UK Rail Photo Site Hundreds of pictures of British Railway stock and more...
UK Railways Another excellent site with plenty of photos, sounds and more from Britain's Railways.
The Class 47 Gallery A site aiming to feature pictorally, every Class 47 locomotive built. Currently, there appear to be over 4500 photos of more than 700 locos.

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Technical
Railway Technical Web Pages
"For those interested in the technology, planning, maintenance and operation of railways"

The Signal Box
Excellent site about Railway Signalling.

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Train Operating Companies (TOC's)
First Scotrail
Operating trains in Scotland

Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive (SPTE or SPT)
Strathclyde Pasenger Transport - Run the Glasgow Underground.

Virgin Trains
Train operator providing services all over the UK, including the West Coast Main Line and Cross Country services.

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Miscellaneous - Rail Related
Chris Tolley's Journey Planner
Interesting site also contains railway diagrams. Worth visiting.

Glasgow Web Site
"Official-like" website about Glasgow. Good for information about the city, esp. tourists.

British Railways Board Official Website
Like it says on the tin...

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