My interest in full scale railways centres round the railways of Hereford and the county of Herefordshire. The picture above is taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereford_railway_station and shows a 2-6-0 on pilot duty at Barrs Court Station in Hereford in 1959.

Here are a few links that provide an insight into the railways of Herefordshire from the 1850s to the present day:

http://www.bosci.net/LOWV/LOWV%20history%20railways.htm

http://www.archive-images.co.uk/index.gallery.php?gid=39

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/herefordandworcester/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8683000/8683231.stm

http://www.kingslandlife.com/Pages/Village%20History/Railwayhistory.html

https://www.facebook.com/OldHerefordRailwayPhotographs

http://oldherefordpics.blogspot.co.uk/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railways_in_Hereford

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereford_railway_station

https://www.flickr.com/photos/midlandexplorerboy/sets/72157624307645770/

http://htt.herefordshire.gov.uk/605.aspx

http://herefordcityheritage.info/html/railway.html

I have been building an N Gauge model of Hereford Station and MPD in the loft of the vicarage. I hope to share more about this in due course.