Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations
3rd June 2024, 19:51
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations
17th May 2024, 16:49
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations
10th March 2024, 14:30
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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...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
11th February 2024, 12:56
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations
26th January 2024, 14:53
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations
13th January 2024, 18:35
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Replies: 15
Views: 21,715
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
1st January 2024, 17:43
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Replies: 12
Views: 30,446
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...
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
17th December 2023, 18:35
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Replies: 2
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
29th November 2023, 16:21
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Replies: 12
Views: 30,446
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...
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
26th November 2023, 21:09
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Replies: 12
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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...
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
6th November 2023, 20:24
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Replies: 12
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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...
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations
28th October 2023, 14:05
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Replies: 15
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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
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Replies: 12
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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...
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
16th October 2023, 14:12
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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...
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
14th October 2023, 20:00
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Replies: 12
Views: 30,446
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
24th September 2023, 17:06
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Replies: 0
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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...
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Forum: Narrow Gauge
20th September 2023, 09:27
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Replies: 0
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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...
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
18th September 2023, 19:33
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Forum: Narrow Gauge
13th September 2023, 16:17
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Replies: 24
Views: 24,560
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
7th September 2023, 19:39
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Replies: 2
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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
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
31st August 2023, 21:18
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Replies: 12
Views: 30,446
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...
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
30th August 2023, 12:41
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,672
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...
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations
20th August 2023, 10:38
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Replies: 15
Views: 21,715
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Forum: Narrow Gauge
10th August 2023, 12:12
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,710
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