Preserved Lines on Twitter

Anyone know of anymore lines who keep everyone updated via this new social networking craze? I've only discovered www.twitter.com/svrailway so far…!

Just curious!

 

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway are on Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/gwsr

This is run by the official website so we don't tweet endlessly just when we have some announcements.

Steve
(GWSR webmaster)

 

https://twitter.com/wizzertweet
West Somerset Railway (unofficial)

Steve
(WSW)

 

The only other one I know of is the Weardale Railway:

http://twitter.com/WeardaleRailway

 

The Tanfield Railway are also on Twitter

http://www.twitter.com/tanfieldrailway

 

The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway has a Twitter presence at http://twitter.com/woody_bay and also a group on Facebook, at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=28406680127&ref=mf

Both of these are intended to encourage an interest in the railway among younger people,and to highlight news items posted on the main website.

 

Talyllyn Railway is on there as well

http://twitter.com/talyllynrailway

 

The Cholsey & Wallingford Railway is on twitter:

www.twitter.com/thebunkline

 

Thanks all

 

For the technophobes among us, can someone explain what twitter is ? Whats its advantage over a board like this ?

 

Twitter is a social networking "micro-blogging" site - it lets anybody post messages to their own page, and receive messages on their page from others they are "following". It restricts messages to the same size as an SMS (phone text) message. There is a fair explanation on Wikipedia, or follow the link in my signature for an example - the L&B Twitter page...

It isn't a direct equivalent to Nat Pres etc, not necessarily advantageous, just a different way of sharing information

Hope that helps

 

I managed to volunteer myself (doh!) the other night to start one, now seems like a good time.

http://twitter.com/great_central

 

There is also http://twitter.com/ ... Snowdonrailway festrail MountsorrelRail

 

The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway has operated a Twitter for a while at http://twitter.com/wyvernrail and also a Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=189242240093

 

Thanks Martyn - it doesn't help much though, if your webmaster sets something up, but doesn't tell you about it...

Wait till I speak to him...

 

The Bluebell have two Twitter accounts:
http://twitter.com/bluebellnews
http://twitter.com/bluebellrailway

 

Llangollen supposedly has one according to our website, though instead of providing a link to it, there a note just telling you to search for Llangollen Railway...

 

For miniature and model fans we have one at http://twitter.com/bekonscot
And a Facebook fan page at http://www.facebook.com/bekonscot

 

East Lancashire Railway Twitter

Here is the ELR Twitter
http://twitter.com/eastlancsrly

 

http://twitter.com/Natpres

We are there also.