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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 21st October 2024, 15:13
Replies: 2
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Posted By RogerFarnworth
The last length of the Whitland & Cardigan...

The last length of the Whitland & Cardigan Railway is covered in the linked article below. Before completing the journey to Whitland, the article also looks at Locomotives and Rolling Stock used on...
Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 21st September 2024, 16:00
Replies: 4
Views: 7,720
Posted By RogerFarnworth
Much Wenlock Civic Society I completed the...

Much Wenlock Civic Society

I completed the series about this line, which ran from Wellington to Craven Arms via Much Wenlock, just a couple of weeks ago. This was just in time to allow me to pull...
Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 21st September 2024, 09:38
Replies: 4
Views: 7,720
Posted By RogerFarnworth
This article follows on from seven other articles...

This article follows on from seven other articles which covered the Wellington to Severn Junction Railway and this line from Buildwas to Harton Road Station. It is the final article in this series....
Forum: Narrow Gauge 20th September 2024, 19:14
Replies: 7
Views: 9,357
Posted By RogerFarnworth
I was reading (in August 2024) the July 1903...

I was reading (in August 2024) the July 1903 Railway Magazine and came across an article about the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway. The article marked the opening of the line at the beginning of...
Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 19th September 2024, 18:53
Replies: 0
Views: 1,134
Posted By RogerFarnworth
The Border Counties Railway

Part 1

At the end of August 2024, we visited Kielder Water Reservoir, passing through Bellingham on the way. We noticed a disused railway for which a good number of structures and...
Forum: Light Rail and Metros 19th September 2024, 14:24
Replies: 0
Views: 2,460
Posted By RogerFarnworth
The Oxford & Aylesbury Tram Road in The Railway Magazine, November 1899

One of the delightful things about reading early copies of The Railway Magazine is the perspective from which articles are written. In this particular case the existence of the Great Central Railway...
Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 19th September 2024, 09:13
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Views: 910
Posted By RogerFarnworth
New Zealand Railways 1899

New Zealand Railways – The Railway Magazine, November 1899.

The November 1899 issue of The Railway Magazine carried the first of a short series of articles about the railways of New Zealand. As...
Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 18th September 2024, 20:39
Replies: 2
Views: 5,483
Posted By RogerFarnworth
The L&LSR once again - a perspective from the...

The L&LSR once again - a perspective from the 19th century! - The Railway Magazine, November 1899.
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 17th September 2024, 18:23
Replies: 0
Views: 848
Posted By RogerFarnworth
Through Norway by Rail - The Railway Magazine, Nov. 1899

E.E. Speight tells of his own experiences travelling by rail in Norway at the end of the 19th century.
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Forum: Narrow Gauge 16th September 2024, 18:57
Replies: 25
Views: 32,478
Posted By RogerFarnworth
The Severn & Wye Joint Railway and it’s...

The Severn & Wye Joint Railway and it’s Locomotives – The Railway Magazine, November 1899.

Reading the November 1899 edition of The Railway Magazine, I came across an article about railways and...
Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 4th August 2024, 18:12
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Views: 2,259
Posted By RogerFarnworth
Railway Companies Staffing in 1929 - The Railway Magazine, November 1929

The Railway Magazine in November 1929 reported the detailed breakdown of staffing across Britain’s railways in the week ending 9th March 1929.
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 3rd August 2024, 18:20
Replies: 4
Views: 7,720
Posted By RogerFarnworth
The Wenlock Branch from Longville Station to...

The Wenlock Branch from Longville Station to Harton Road Station via Rushbury Station.
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 31st July 2024, 18:12
Replies: 6
Views: 3,825
Posted By RogerFarnworth
This is an Addendum to this series of articles...

This is an Addendum to this series of articles resulting from being able to purchase Kidner's monograph about railcars, tramcars and auto-coaches/trains published in 1947. ...
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 30th July 2024, 20:55
Replies: 2
Views: 2,751
Posted By RogerFarnworth
This is the second in a short series of articles...

This is the second in a short series of articles about the line.

My interest in this branch line stems from reading an article by M.R. Connop Price; Before the Railways: The Early Steamers of...
Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 21st July 2024, 21:08
Replies: 0
Views: 2,028
Posted By RogerFarnworth
A Caledonian Railway Motor Car Service...

In July 1909, the Railway Magazine noted that the Caledonian Railway had inaugurated a motor car service on its rails. Just a short journey was involved crossing the Connel Ferry Bridge and running...
Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 20th July 2024, 16:14
Replies: 2
Views: 2,751
Posted By RogerFarnworth
The Whitland & Cardigan Railway. ......

The Whitland & Cardigan Railway was a 27.5 miles (44.3 km) long branch line, "built in two stages, at first as the Whitland and Taf Vale Railway from the South Wales Main Line at Whitland to the...
Forum: Freight Operations and Observations 20th July 2024, 13:25
Replies: 1
Views: 9,719
Posted By RogerFarnworth
Railway World magazine in early 1965 carried a...

Railway World magazine in early 1965 carried a two part article about Horwich Locomotive Works.

I always take note of articles about the Works when I find them, as my paternal grandfather worked...
Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 29th June 2024, 21:58
Replies: 4
Views: 7,720
Posted By RogerFarnworth
This article follows on from five other articles...

This article follows on from five other articles which covered the Wellington to Severn Junction Railway in the Telford area and this line from Buildwas to Presthope.

We begin this next article at...
Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 28th June 2024, 14:59
Replies: 6
Views: 3,825
Posted By RogerFarnworth
The new companies which came into existence with...

The new companies which came into existence with the grouping in 1923 addressed once again the best way to serve lightly populated rural communities. The options available to them centred on various...
Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 26th June 2024, 22:21
Replies: 6
Views: 3,825
Posted By RogerFarnworth
This fifth article about Steam...

This fifth article about Steam Railcars/Railmotors focusses on articulated steam railmotors in the first two decades of the 20th century. ...
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 25th June 2024, 22:13
Replies: 6
Views: 3,825
Posted By RogerFarnworth
This fourth article covers other railway...

This fourth article covers other railway companies which had steam railmotors in the early 20th century. ...
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 24th June 2024, 07:59
Replies: 6
Views: 3,825
Posted By RogerFarnworth
A third article about UK Steam...

A third article about UK Steam Railcars/Railmotors. This article focusses on the Great Western Railway. ....
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 23rd June 2024, 09:23
Replies: 6
Views: 3,825
Posted By RogerFarnworth
This second article about Steam Railcars focusses...

This second article about Steam Railcars focusses on two early proponents of the units ...Dugald Drummond and Harry Wainwright. .....
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 21st June 2024, 22:08
Replies: 6
Views: 3,825
Posted By RogerFarnworth
Steam Railcars/Railmotors of the UK

Sitting in a display case in our lounge is a model made by my late father-in-law in O-Gauge of a Midland railway Railmotor from the early 20th century. David painted the model in LMS livery. Its...
Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 3rd June 2024, 19:51
Replies: 2
Views: 5,483
Posted By RogerFarnworth
A further article in an ongoing series about the...

A further article in an ongoing series about the L&LSR in Co. Donegal. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/05/27/the-lough-swilly-railway-continued-letterkenny-to-derry-part-2/
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