• UK Heritage Railways  A guide to the entire UK Heritage Railway scene. Includes lots of information for beginners such as basics of how a steam locomotive works.
• UKsteam info  Regularly updated mainline tour information (now with RSS feeds).  Includes some information on UK Railway preservation.
• UK Train Timetables  This site is unaffiliated with the official National Rail site but provides a more accessible interface for timetables.
• National Rail  The official site for all your journey planning. 
• Merchant Navy Locomotive Preservation Society Society dedicated to preservation and maintenance of Merchant Navy Class 35028 Clan Line
• A Model Railway  Excellent site looking at modelling BR Southern Region in the South and West of England.
• Shillingstone Station Project  Restoration project for the former Somerset and Dorset Railway Station.
• Gemma's Gift  Help Ipswich Children's Hospice with this webpage dedicated to memory of Gemma Adams.

• Steamsounds  Mainly covering the North of England, this site has hours of top quality sound recordings to download or buy.
• Heritage Steam Archive  Preserved steam recordings on CD
• Steaming around Britain's Railways  A selection of high quailty sound recordings from around the UK an 'ongoing project' with photographs
• railwaysounds.co.uk  RailwaySounds is a home for recordings, mostly from the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

Know of any other UK sites with steam recordings?  Let me know

• The South Western Circle  A Society for anyone interested in the London & South Westren Railway.
• Southern E-Group  Extensive site covering everything Southern.