Organisations
The UK Hornby Railway Collectors Association
The Australian Hornby Railway Collectors Association
The P2 Steam Locomotive Company are building a full size replica of “Cock O’ The North”, to be known as 2007 Prince of Wales
Other Interesting Sites
Pathe newsreel footage and Reuters newsreel footage of the original “Cock O’ The North” locomotive being tested in France
Tinplate Times, a great US site about vintage and modern tinplate, 3-rail, Hi Rail etc
Bassett-Lowke’s House in Northampton, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Smith Journal, an Australian Quarterly magazine about making beautiful things, including metal mithing
Milbro Model Railways, a really nice site about Milbro, one of the high-end “proper” English model train makers between the wars
The Leeds Stedman Trust, another great site about the Leeds Model Company, another of the “proper” English model train makers of that time
Lord K’s Blog at Dieselpunks about early-mid twentieth century art and design is always worth a browse