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This fifth article about Steam Railcars/Railmotors focusses on articulated steam railmotors in the first two decades of the 20th century. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/06/20/steam-railmotors-part-5-articulated-steam-railmotors/ We will look at steam railmotors which served during the era of the big four companies after grouping in the next article.

The link in the last post does not work. This is the corrected link. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/06/18/steam-railcars-part-4-rigid-bodied-railmotors-owned-by-other-railway-companies/

This fourth article covers other railway companies which had steam railmotors in the early 20th century. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/06/1...-railmotors-owned-by-other-railway-companies/

A third article about UK Steam Railcars/Railmotors. This article focusses on the Great Western Railway. .... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/06/17/steam-railcars-part-3-the-great-western-railway-gwr/

This second article about Steam Railcars focusses on two early proponents of the units ...Dugald Drummond and Harry Wainwright. ..... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/06/15/steam-railcars-part-2-dugald-drummond-lswr-and-harry-wainwright-secr/

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 presence in our lounge has been an encouragement to find out more about steam powered railcars. The linked article is the first of at least 6 articles about steam railcars. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/06/11/steam-railcars-part-1-an-early-example/

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/

Yes SLYD, but the railway company had the name I have quoted - often abbreviated to L&LSR or 'The Swilly'. Other than limited references to the name of the railway company, I have used the abbreviated form or 'The Swilly' and referred to the city as Derry. Kind regards Roger

In April/May 2024 we spent time in Co. Donegal again. Our intention was to walk as much as possible of the Londonderry & Lough Swilly trackbed as we could between Letterkenny and Derry and the branch to Cardonagh. We were frustrated by contacting COVID at the very beginning of our holiday and recovery was slow! Walking any distance at all was impossible for both of us. I was, however, able to start work on the first of these articles about these lines. This is the first article: ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/05/16/the-lough-swilly-railway-continued-letterkenny-to-derry-part-1/

This fourth article takes the journey as far as Letterkenny. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/07/13/the-burtonport-extension-of-the-llsr-londonderry-and-lough-swilly-railway-part-4-barnes-gap-to-letterkenny/

This next article continues the journey along the Burtonport extension towards Letterkenny. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/04/30/the-burtonport-extension-of-the-londonderry-amp-lough-swilly-railway-part-3/

This next article covers a second length of the line. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/05/05/the-burtonport-extension-of-the-londonderry-lough-swilly-railway-part-2/

In April/May 2023 my wife and I stayed in Co. Donegal for a couple of weeks, planning to walk as much as possible of the L&LSR as far as Letterkenny. The linked article covers the first length of the line heading East from Burtonport http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/04/28/the-burtonport-extension-of-the-londonderry-lough-swilly-railway-part-1/

Looking through a number of 1964 Model Railway News magazines, I came across drawings of Sharp, Stewart & Co. 2-4-0, built in 1870 for the Furness Railway Co. and numbered 58 on their roster. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/03/29/furness-railway-locomotive-no-58/ Originally conceived as a mineral railway, the Furness Railway later played a major role in the development of the town of Barrow-in -Furness, and in the development of the Lake District Tourist industry. It was formed in 1846 and survived as an independent, viab le concern until the Grouping of 1923.

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-locomotive-company-j-class-locomotives-on-new-zealands-3ft-6in-gauge-network/ 40 No. 4-8-2 locomotives which were built in 1939 by the North British Locomotive Company and became the New Zealand Railways (NZR) J class.

Before World War 1, Mallet locomotives were seen as being the best motive power on the meter-gauge/950mm-gauge lines in East Africa. ...... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/03/24/mallet-locomotives-in-east-africa/

Railway news from East Africa in 2023 and early 2024. .... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/02/10/february-2024-recent-relatively-recent-news-about-the-railways-of-kenya-and-uganda-metre-gauge-and-standard-gauge/

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 Wenlock to Presthope is covered in the next linked article. .... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/01/13/the-wenlock-branch-from-much-wenlock-to-presthope/

Thank you for sorting out the broken link.

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 and Bendejun was to have had another Branch to l'Escarene. Major work was undertaken on that line but it was never brought into use. A fourth line ran inland from Menton to Sospel. Two lines are covered in the linked article - that to Levens and that to Sospel. ..... [url]http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/12/1...ins-de-fer-de-provence-alpes-maritimes-no-94/[/url] Another article will cover the remaining lines.

Il s'agit d'un troisième article sur le chemin de fer et il comprend des informations sur la force motrice et le matériel roulant utilisé sur la ligne. ... rogerfarnworth.com/2023/12/13/the-garstang-to-knott-end-railway-again/

Ce prochain article sur les tramways de Nice nous amène au 21ème siècle et aux tramways modernes qui circulent aujourd'hui avec tant de succès dans la ville. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/11/26/the-modern-tram-network-in-nice-2023/

Monte-Carlo à Menton Notre visite à Nice en novembre 2023 a donné l’impulsion à la réflexion sur le réseau de tramways à voie métrique des Tramways de Nice et du Littoral (TNL). Ce prochain article concerne la partie la plus à l'est du réseau, la ligne entre Monte Carlo et Menton. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/11/21/monte-carlo-to-menton-la-ligne-du-littoral-et-ses-antennes-first-Generation-Electric-tramways-chemins-de-fer- de-provence-alpes-maritimes-no-93 / Alors que les tramways empruntaient cet itinéraire, ils croisaient deux chemins de fer/tramways locaux importants. ... 1. Le train à crémaillère de Monte-Carlo à La Turbie sur la Grande Corniche qui fut tout au long de son existence une ligne touristique importante. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2017/11/23/monaco-to-la-turbie-rack-railway-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-15/ 2. L'embranchement du tramway Menton-Sospel qui présentait un caractère très différent du reste du réseau TNL. Étant donné qu'une grande partie de la ligne était sur sa propre formation, elle s'apparentait davantage à un chemin de fer de montagne que le reste du réseau. Elle ressemblait à bien des égards aux lignes des Tramways des Alpes Maritimes (TAM) qui desservaient l’arrière-pays derrière la Côte d’Azur. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/06/08/the-menton-to-sospel-tramway-revisited-again-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-61/ Cette ligne figurera dans un prochain article qui examinera deux des lignes du TNL situées dans les collines derrière la côte méditerranéenne. ...

Entre Nice et Monte Carlo, le TNL disposait de deux embranchements. Le premier allait du Pont Saint-Jean à Saint-Jean Cap Ferrat, le second montait sur le rocher de Monaco depuis la gare. Cet article examine ces deux lignes : http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/11/13/nice-to-monte-carlo-branch-lines-la-ligne-du-littoral-et-ses-antennes-first-Generation-Electric-tramways-chemins- de-fer-de-provence-alpes-maritimes-no-92/

La Ligne du Littoral et ses Antennes, Tramways Électriques Première Génération – Nice-Monte Carlo (Chemins de Fer de Provence/Alpes-Maritimes n°91)… La ligne entre Nice et Monte Carlo s'ouvre en plusieurs étapes. D’abord de Monaco à la Place d’Armes de Monte-Carlo le 14 mai 1898 ; puis de la place Masséna de Nice à Villefranche, le 1er février 1900 ; Villefranche à Beaulieu le 3 novembre 1900 ; Les tramways du TNL sont autorisés à circuler sur les tramways de Monaco à partir du 28 mai 1903 ; et la longueur restante, de Beaulieu à Monaco Place d'Armes, a ouvert ses portes le 7 novembre 1903. Au cours des années suivantes, certaines longueurs de voies simples ont été doublées. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/10/28/nice-monte-carlo Les prochains articles porteront sur deux embranchements partant de la ligne Nice-Monte-Carlo et sur le prolongement au-delà de Monte-Carlo jusqu'à Menton.