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NBL 4-8-2 Locomotives for New Zealand (1939)

 by rogerfarnworth ¦  Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:34 am ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: NBL 4-8-2 Locomotives for New Zealand (1939) ¦  Replies: 0 ¦  Views: 67

Towards the end of March 2024, I stumbled across a number of journals of the New Zealand Model Railway Guild. One of these, the March 2021 edition, included a pictorial article about J1211 North British 4-8-2 Locomotive No. 24534 of 1939. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/03/26/the-north-british-locomo...

Mallet Locomotives in East Africa. ...

 by rogerfarnworth ¦  Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:04 am ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: Mallet Locomotives in East Africa. ... ¦  Replies: 0 ¦  Views: 83

Before World War 1, Mallet locomotives were seen as being the best motive power on the metre-gauge/950mm-gauge lines in East Africa. ......

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/03/24/ma ... st-africa/

The Railways of Oakengates, Shropshire

 by rogerfarnworth ¦  Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:01 am ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: The Railways of Oakengates, Shropshire ¦  Replies: 0 ¦  Views: 93

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 Shropshire industrial area, and is roughly midway between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, which has now be...

Railway News from Uganda and Kenya. ... February 2024. ...

 by rogerfarnworth ¦  Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:28 pm ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: Railway News from Uganda and Kenya. ... February 2024. ... ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 188

Railway news from East Africa in 2023 and early 2024. ....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/02/10/fe ... ard-gauge/

The Wenlock Branch, Shropshire, UK ...

 by rogerfarnworth ¦  Sat Jan 27, 2024 2:28 pm ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: The Wenlock Branch, Shropshire, UK ... ¦  Replies: 0 ¦  Views: 112

This is a first article about the Wenlock Branch and covers the length from Buildwas to Much Wenlock. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/10/19/the-railways-of-east-shropshire-and-telford-the-much-wenlock-and-severn-junction-railway-buildwas-to-much-wenlock/ The length of the Wenlock Branch from Much...

Re: The Railways of Telford

 by rogerfarnworth ¦  Sun Jan 14, 2024 10:41 am ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: The Railways of Telford ¦  Replies: 10 ¦  Views: 1023

The Lilleshall Company's Tramways and Railways - The Humber Arm to Old Lodge Furnaces. ... This next article is about The Humber Arm of the Newport Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal and the Lilleshall Company's tramways, and later mineral railway, which connected the Arm to Old Lodge Furnaces an...

Re: Tramways in and around Nice, France, again. ....

 by rogerfarnworth ¦  Mon Jan 01, 2024 11:39 am ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: Tramways in and around Nice, France, again. .... ¦  Replies: 10 ¦  Views: 670

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 valleys of the Paillon and its tributaries. As well as the line to La-Grave-de-Peille, the line to Contes a...

Re: The Garstang to Knott End Railway in the UK

 by rogerfarnworth ¦  Sun Dec 17, 2023 3:04 pm ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: The Garstang to Knott End Railway in the UK ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 960

This is a third article about the branch and it includes information about motive power and the rolling stock used on the line. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/12/13/th ... way-again/

Re: Tramways in and around Nice, France, again. ....

 by rogerfarnworth ¦  Sun Dec 10, 2023 12:22 pm ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: Tramways in and around Nice, France, again. .... ¦  Replies: 10 ¦  Views: 670

This next article about Nice's trams jumps forward to the 21st century and the modern trams that are now running so successfully in the city. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/11/26/th ... nice-2023/

Re: Tramways in and around Nice, France, again. ....

 by rogerfarnworth ¦  Wed Nov 29, 2023 10:21 am ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: Tramways in and around Nice, France, again. .... ¦  Replies: 10 ¦  Views: 670

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 about the most easterly part of the network, the line between Monte Carlo and Menton. ... http://rogerfarnwort...

Re: Tramways in and around Nice, France, again. ....

 by rogerfarnworth ¦  Sun Nov 26, 2023 3:18 pm ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: Tramways in and around Nice, France, again. .... ¦  Replies: 10 ¦  Views: 670

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 looks at those two lines: http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/11/13/nice-to-monte-carlo-branch-lines-la-lign...

Re: Tramways in and around Nice, France, again. ....

 by rogerfarnworth ¦  Tue Nov 07, 2023 7:23 am ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: Tramways in and around Nice, France, again. .... ¦  Replies: 10 ¦  Views: 670

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 series of stages. First from Monaco to Place d’Armes in Monte Carlo on 14th May 1898; then from Place M...

Re: The Railways of Telford

 by rogerfarnworth ¦  Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:41 am ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: The Railways of Telford ¦  Replies: 10 ¦  Views: 1023

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. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/10/19/the-railways-of-east-shropshire-and-telford-the-much-wenlock-and-severn-...

Re: Tramways in and around Nice, France, again. ....

 by rogerfarnworth ¦  Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:13 am ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: Tramways in and around Nice, France, again. .... ¦  Replies: 10 ¦  Views: 670

Yes, eolesen, you are right.

Re: Tramways in and around Nice, France, again. ....

 by rogerfarnworth ¦  Mon Oct 16, 2023 10:53 am ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: Tramways in and around Nice, France, again. .... ¦  Replies: 10 ¦  Views: 670

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 Cagnes, Nice, Villefranche, Beaulieu , Monaco, Cap-Martin and Menton. These juxtaposed sections fo...

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