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The East Indian Railway - Part 1

At the end of 1905, G. Huddleston, CLE., was Deputy Traffic Manager (Goods) East Indian Railway. This article is based round the one written by him in the December 1905 Railway Magazine.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/1...e-december-1905-and-a-journey-along-the-line/

This first article about the East Indian Railway follows the length from Kolkata

 

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Part 1

An article by Seymour Glendenning in the July 1906 issue of The Railway Magazine focused on the newly opened Burton & Ashby Light Railway.

The light railway was a 3ft 6in gauge electric tram line supplied with electricity from a diesel generator plant near Swadlincote. The power plant sat alongside the tram depot there.

This is the first of two articles about the line: ......

https://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/19/the-burton-and-ashby-light-railway-part-1

 

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The Border Counties Railway - Part 2

This is the second article in a series about the Border Counties Railway. ...

https://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/...way-part-2-chollerton-to-redesmouth-junction/

 

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News from 2024 of Railways in East Africa

An update on newspaper reports about both standard-gauge and metre-gauge railways in East Africa in 2024. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/24/october-2024-news-about-railways-in-east-africa/

 

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The Manchester and Leeds Railway again. ...

This second article in a short series looks at that eastern end of the line. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/0...ay-the-railway-magazine-december-1905-part-2/

 

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LNWR 'Reversible' Steam Trains

In the Railway Magazine, August 1922, an unattributed article about these LNWR units was carried. From 6th February 1922 a 'reversible' or 'push-and-pull' train was in use for working locally between Manchester (Victoria) and Atherton.

Courtesy of Mr. Ashton Davies, MBE, General Superintendent (Northern Division) of the LNWR, The Railway Magazine was able to illustrate and describe the equipment of the train employment:

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/25/lnwr-reversible-steam-train/