Links
Here are some links for you to enjoy.
OTP related sites
- On-Track Plant Preservation Group - Ben & Vince's group formed with the aim of buying and restoring items of OTP
- OTPgen Yahoogroup - mailing list with up to date sightings and occasional news. Runs in tandem with this site
- Australian Section Cars - site about Wickham-style trolleys down under
- departmentals Yahoogroup - group for sightings and news of Departmentals and Internal Users. Runs in tandem with departmentals.com
- departmentals.com - sister website dedicated to departmental stock and internal user vehicles
- Grandad Sez - excellent site about old-fashioned railway engineering!
- North American MOW - the US equivelent of OTPgen
- TrackMachinesAustralia - Australian equivalent of OTPgen
- Universal Railway Equipment - Used plant sales
- Wickham of Ware Yahoogroup - Yahoogroup for Wickham trolley fans!
- Worldwide Plant Sales - Various items of plant for sale
- Yellow Things - a large photo gallery of OTP!
- York Area Group - NYMR - Support to the NYMR and in particular, but not exclusively, the P-way department
OTP and RR manufacturers
- Chieftain Trailers - RR conversion company
- Colmar spa - Italian RR manufacturer
- GOS Engineering - Plant conversion
- Harsco Rail - Plant manufacturer & conversion specialist
- Kirow AG - German plant manufacturer
- LH Group Services - Plant refurbishment & conversion
- Liebherr Rail - Manufacturers of RRV machines
- Loram - Rail grinder manufacturer
- Matisa - Swiss plant manufacturer
- Mercedes-Benz Unimog - including section with road railer details
- Plasser & Theurer - well known plant manufacturer
- Rail-Ability Ltd. - Plant hire and conversion
- Rexquote - RR conversion company
- Schweerbau - Rail grinder manufacturer
- Windhoff AG - German plant manufacturer
OTP & RR Hire and Infrastructure Contractors
- AB2000 - Plant hire
- Amey - Infrastructure contractor and plant operator
- AP Webb - Plant hire
- Aquarius Railroad Technologies - Plant hire - Land Rover specialists
- Aspin Group / Hadspen Plant - Hire and sales of road railers and specialist piling plant
- Babcock Rail - Infrastructure contractor and plant operator
- Balfour Beatty Rail - Infrastructure contractor
- Border Rail - Plant hire
- BRP Rugby - Plant hire
- Colas Rail - Plant hire
- Fastline UK - Plant operator
- Gamble - RR operator
- Hiremee - Plant hire
- Hydrex Group - RR operator
- Jarvis On Track Plant - Plant operator and hirer
- Jones Plant Services - RR and construction plant hire
- Morgan Est ETI - Plant hire
- Network Rail - Owns and operates Britain’s rail infrastructure, as well as an increasing large fleet of plant
- QTS Group - Plant hire
- Quattro Plant - RRV Hire
- Readypower Engineering - Plant hire
- RSS - Railway Support Services - Rail support based at G&WR
- Sinbad Plant - Plant hire
- SRS Rail System - Plant hire and conversion
- Stobart Rail - Plant hire
- Torrent Trackside - Plant hire
- Trac International - Plant hire and conversion
- Trackwork - Plant hire
- Volker Rail - Infrastructure contractor and plant operator
- W&D McCulloch - Plant hire
Other railway sites
- End of the Line - site detailing loco storage locations and movements etc.
- Northumbria Rail Group - group promoting railways in the Northumbria area, both mainine and preserved.
- Rail-net.co.uk - a variety of railway photos, and some info about the ECML upgrade.
- trainspots - excellent resource for railway photographic locations
- UK Heritage Railways - the definitve site for preservation in the UK
- Wagons on the Web - excellent wagon enthusiast site