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Here are some of the organisations that have helped bring back the Brighton Belle. Click on the logo to enter each organisation's website.
Barrow Hill houses Britain's last surviving operational roundhouse engine shed and hosts the Harry Needle Railroad Company, which dismantles and returns to use redundant locomotives and rolling stock.
The Brighton Toy Museum sits under the arches of Brighton Station and houses one of the finest displays of model trains, tinplate toys and other related exhibits on public view anywhere in the world. This independent, non-profit making, organisation acts as the 5BEL Trust's representative in Brighton.
East Midland Trains serves some of the most exciting destinations in the East Midlands, including Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Nottingham and Derby. Part of Stagecoach Group plc, it also operates South West Trains, Sheffield Supertram and Manchester Metrolink.
The Electric Railway Museum is a UK based charity, promoting the heritage of the electric train in the UK through traction and rolling stock restoration, display and operation. They also gather historically relevant technical and photographic archives. The ERM is entirely managed and manned by volunteers and is funded by donations from the public.
The Our Transport Heritage website is the definitive reference source for transport heritage locations around Britain. Some 800 sites are listed with detailed histories, bibliographical lists and links to significant reference sources. Powerful search facilities for the student or researcher.
Rampart of Derby are specialist rolling stock engineers experienced in the restoration and preparation of Pullman vehicles. They are located in the former British Railway Technical Centre.
The Southern Electric Group is recognised as the leading organisation for devotees of Britain's 'Southern Electric' system and is an authoritative source of information on the Southern Electric dc network. The Group preserves electric rolling stock and publishes books and other material.
The Transport Trust is the hub of the transport preservation movement, uniquely established to promote and encourage the preservation and restoration of Britain's peerless transport heritage in all its forms - by air, land (road and rail) and water (sea and inland).
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