Berlin-Bob
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Some links for web-sites about Transport / Planes, Ships, Trains, etc..
These LINKS-Topics have been been compiled from the links submitted by RootsChatters.
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed. 
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The Transport Archive
http://www.transportarchive.org.uk
Three Centuries of Transport, 7000 images of the transport covering Nottingham, South Gloucestershire to the Waterways of Lancashire. RootsChat really liked the map of Industrial Trafford Park that could be viewed over the years as the transport carved the land to the Industrial centre the place it became.
Planes
The Aviation Accident Database
http://www.planecrashinfo.com/database.htm
The aviation accident database includes:
* All civil and commercial aviation accidents of scheduled and non-scheduled passenger airliners worldwide, which resulted in a fatality (including all U.S. Part 121 and Part 135 fatal accidents)
* All cargo, positioning, ferry and test flight fatal accidents.
* All military transport accidents with 10 or more fatalities.
* All commercial and military helicopter accidents with greater than 10 fatalities.
* All civil and military airship accidents involving fatalities.
* Aviation accidents involving the death of famous people.
* Aviation accidents or incidents of noteworthy interest. Data from 1908 to present.
Peak District Air Accident Research web site
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/index.htm
This site cover anything to do with air craft crashes including the wars. Started off as "Peak District, now includes many other incidents all over Britain
Ships
The Ships List
http://www.theshipslist.com/index.html
The Ships List is an excellent source of information from Marriage's at Sea to Passenger listing.
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
http://immigrantships.net/
Came across this website which has massesof on line passenger records for FREE.Although I found none of my relatives I had fun looking and searching.
SHIPS IN UK PORTS 1881
http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/81Intro.html
The 1881 Census contains details of many ships in UK ports. These records are useful for tracing seamen and passengers coming into or going out of the country.
For those who do not have easy access to the 1881 census the following pages give the details of the people concerned.
A new section of the site is now in progress. This will cover mariners at various shore establishments eg Royal Navy Barracks, Training Schools & Colleges, Seamen's Homes, Prisons etc.
Would recommend looking at this if you have missing Ship masters, Stewards, Stewardess's Etc
Trains
London Midland and Scottish Railway
http://www.btinternet.com/~nttsue/LMSVariousMags.html (http://www.btinternet.com/~nttsue/LMSVariousMags.html)
Obituaries and retirements from the 1930's
A Great Site that is fully searchable.
http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/pindex.html
This is an interesting site. It contains more information about trains than people but may be helpful to people whose ancestors worked for the LMS. It mentions a few people -
Sir James Allport
Thomas Edmondson .. the inventor of the printed ticket
William Hudson, a York linen draper, known as the "Railway King"
S. W. Johnson
Matthew Kirtley
George Stephenson
http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r031.html
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