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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 10th March 2024, 15:30
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Posted By RogerFarnworth
The Railways of Oakengates

East Shropshire is well known as the ‘cradle of the Industrial Revolution’ with iron works, coal mines and furnaces all well established by 1760. Oakengates is a small town situated in the former...
Forum: Railway News from around the World 11th February 2024, 13:56
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Views: 370
Posted By RogerFarnworth
Railway News from Uganda and Kenya. ... February 2024. ...

Railway news from East Africa in 2023 and early 2024. ....
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 26th January 2024, 15:53
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Views: 969
Posted By RogerFarnworth
The Wenlock Branch, Shropshire. ...

This is a first article about the Wenlock Branch and covers the length from Buildwas to Much Wenlock. ...
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 13th January 2024, 19:35
Replies: 15
Views: 19,754
Posted By RogerFarnworth
​​​​​​​The Lilleshall Company's Railways again....

​​​​​​​The Lilleshall Company's Railways again. ...

This next article covers the length of the Lilleshall Company railway network from their Grange Colliery to the Hollingswood Sidings which...
Forum: Light Rail and Metros 1st January 2024, 18:43
Replies: 12
Views: 25,416
Posted By RogerFarnworth
The TNL (Tramways de Nice et du Littoral) had...

The TNL (Tramways de Nice et du Littoral) had four lines which ran some distance inland from the coast. Three ran out from Nice, serving: Levens, Bendejun, and La-Grave-de-Peille. All followed...
Forum: Freight Operations and Observations 17th December 2023, 19:35
Replies: 2
Views: 11,700
Posted By RogerFarnworth
This is a third article about the branch and it...

This is a third article about the branch and it includes information about motive power and the rolling stock used on the line. ...
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros 29th November 2023, 17:21
Replies: 12
Views: 25,416
Posted By RogerFarnworth
Monte Carlo to Menton Our visit to Nice in...

Monte Carlo to Menton

Our visit to Nice in November 2023 provided the impetus for looking at the Tramways de Nice et du Littoral (TNL) network of metre-gauge tramways.

This next article is...
Forum: Light Rail and Metros 26th November 2023, 22:09
Replies: 12
Views: 25,416
Posted By RogerFarnworth
Between Nice and Monte Carlo the TNL had two...

Between Nice and Monte Carlo the TNL had two branch lines. The first ran from Pont St. Jean to St. Jean Cap Ferrat, the second ran up onto the rock in Monaco from the railway station. This article...
Forum: Light Rail and Metros 6th November 2023, 21:24
Replies: 12
Views: 25,416
Posted By RogerFarnworth
La Ligne du Littoral et ses Antennes, First...

La Ligne du Littoral et ses Antennes, First Generation Electric Tramways – Nice-Monte Carlo (Chemins de Fer de Provence/Alpes-Maritimes No. 91) …

The line between Nice and Monte Carlo opened in a...
Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 28th October 2023, 14:05
Replies: 15
Views: 19,754
Posted By RogerFarnworth
Buildwas to Much Wenlock. .... This article...

Buildwas to Much Wenlock. ....

This article follows on from three other articles which covered the Wellington to Severn Junction Railway and which reached as far along the line as Buildwas.
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros 16th October 2023, 16:33
Replies: 12
Views: 25,416
Posted By RogerFarnworth
Jose Banaudo writes, "As an extension of the...

Jose Banaudo writes, "As an extension of the Cannes Tramway route which linked Mandelieu, Cannes and Antibes, the TNL coastal line extended from Cap-d’Antibes to the Menton district of Garavan via...
Forum: Light Rail and Metros 16th October 2023, 14:12
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Views: 2,321
Posted By RogerFarnworth
Greater Manchester - 'Modern Tramway' 1983

A Rail Strategy for Greater Manchester (1983). …

Reading the ‘Modern Tramway’ Journal of May 1983 in Autumn 2023, took me back to the time when I was working for Greater Manchester Council. The...
Forum: Light Rail and Metros 14th October 2023, 20:00
Replies: 12
Views: 25,416
Posted By RogerFarnworth
The next article in a series following through...

The next article in a series following through the second volume of Jose Banaudo's two volume set of books about the historic trams of Nice, "Nice au fil du Tram."
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations 24th September 2023, 17:06
Replies: 0
Views: 1,844
Posted By RogerFarnworth
Early Railways in Plymouth

Early in the history of Railways, Plymouth used technologies which elsewhere were in use in the mining industries of the British Isles. Wooden and then iron tramroads were used in Plymouth in a more...
Forum: Narrow Gauge 20th September 2023, 09:27
Replies: 0
Views: 2,219
Posted By RogerFarnworth
The First Railways - Derek Hayes

The First Railways: Atlas of Early Railways

Derek Hayes: The Times, HarperCollins, 2017

I picked up a copy of this book in September 2023. It is large format Hardback book of 272 pages. The...
Forum: Freight Operations and Observations 18th September 2023, 19:33
Replies: 0
Views: 1,264
Posted By RogerFarnworth
Derry Port and Harbour Commissioners' Railways. ...

The 'Modern Tramway' Journal of September 1963 had a short article about the Harbour Tramways in Derry, written by J.H. Price. ...
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Forum: Narrow Gauge 13th September 2023, 16:17
Replies: 24
Views: 21,363
Posted By RogerFarnworth
The Purton Viaduct and the Purton Steam Carriage...

The Purton Viaduct and the Purton Steam Carriage Road. ....

On the road between Purton and Etloe on the Northwest side of the Severn Estuary there is a railway viaduct. Seemingly it sits remote...
Forum: Light Rail and Metros 7th September 2023, 19:39
Replies: 2
Views: 1,763
Posted By RogerFarnworth
The Secret of Laxey Siding. .... ‘Modern...

The Secret of Laxey Siding. ....

‘Modern Tramway’ in January 1964 carried an article by J.H. Price about the process involved in getting Snaefell rolling-stock to Derby Castle for maintenance.
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros 1st September 2023, 19:22
Replies: 0
Views: 1,200
Posted By RogerFarnworth
The Kingsway Tramway Subway in London, 'Modern Tramway' again. ...

The Modern Tramway and Light Railway Review of November 1963 carried an article by C.S. Dunbar about the Kingsway Tramway Subway. It seemed an opportune moment to focus on the Subway as the...
Forum: Light Rail and Metros 31st August 2023, 21:18
Replies: 12
Views: 25,416
Posted By RogerFarnworth
A return to Nice is in the offing and I have...

A return to Nice is in the offing and I have turned back to books by Jose Banaudo.

Jose Banaudo published a two volume set of books about the historic trams of Nice, “Nice au fil du Tram.”

This...
Forum: Light Rail and Metros 30th August 2023, 12:41
Replies: 2
Views: 1,763
Posted By RogerFarnworth
This is a third article about railways in the...

This is a third article about railways in the Isle of Man. Each is a retrospective, looking back at events in the history of the railways.

Modern Tramway Journal included a short article in...
Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 20th August 2023, 10:38
Replies: 15
Views: 19,754
Posted By RogerFarnworth
The Lilleshall Company's Railways and Tramways...

The Lilleshall Company's Railways and Tramways served Old Lodge Furnaces and Granville Colliery. This next article looks at that part of their private rail network. ....
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Forum: Narrow Gauge 10th August 2023, 12:12
Replies: 3
Views: 1,685
Posted By RogerFarnworth
Teelin Bay, Teelin Pier and Co. Donegal Railways ...

Teelin Bay, Teelin Pier and Co. Donegal Railways

What happened to the proposed extension to the Killybegs branch of the Co. Donegal Railways to Teelin Pier?

The short answer is that it did not...
Forum: Light Rail and Metros 9th August 2023, 20:30
Replies: 0
Views: 1,374
Posted By RogerFarnworth
The Carstairs House Tramway

The July 1962 issue of ‘Modern Tramway’ included a short article about the Carstairs House Tramway, written by Christopher T. Harvie. It appears that it was the first permanent installation of its...
Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 9th August 2023, 18:44
Replies: 0
Views: 2,269
Posted By RogerFarnworth
The Izu Express, Japan

In June 1962, the ‘Modern Tramway’ carried a report by J. W. Higgins and Ralph Forty entitled ‘A New Electric Interurban in Japan’.

The Izu Express was at that time Japan’s newest railway. It had...
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