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This is the second book written by Heather Hurley which focuses on railway history. The first concentrated or the early tramways/tramroads of the Wye valley. A short review of that earlier book can be found here: http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/01/02/horse-drawn-tramways-of-the-wye-valley/ In...

I have enjoyed being a member of the Narrow Gauge Railway Society for a number of years. One of the benefits of membership is the regular mailing. The Narrow Gauge Railway Society sends out a bimonthly mailing in which ‘Narrow Gauge News’ (a full colour A4 update for readers covering what has...

The Central Line - Part 2 - From Mikese to Dodoma The featured image for this article is from the Tanganyika Guide of 1953. It shows the Railway Station at Dodoma with the New Dodoma Hotel behind. Note too, the station turntable close to the camera – perhaps a bit of overprovision as the...

Yes, you are right. I was asked to give a talk in 2020 to a clergy discussion group on the subject 'Clergy and Trains'. This group had decided to have its annual outing on The East Lancs Railway and I was to be the after dinner 'entertainment'! It did not work out, for obvious reasons in 2020...

The linked article explores some of the interactions between railways and religions. The featured image for the article is a stained glass window in Emneth Parish Church which is a memorial to Revd. Wilbert Vere Awdry who served as the incumbent of the parish from 1953 to 1965. [9] In his book...

After Easter 2026, we spent a few days at Borth on Cardigan Bay, North of Aberystwyth. We took the opportunity to visit Aberystwyth and to travel on the Cliff Railway. Aberystwyth Cliff Railway is the longest electrically operated cliff railway in the UK. It sits at the North end of...

Egyptian National Railways (Al-Sikak al-Hadidiyyah al-Misriyyah) is the national railway network of Egypt. Founded in 1854, it is the oldest railway system in Africa and the Middle East. [1] The featured image for this article is an Egyptian National Railways (ENR) GE ES30ACi locomotive in the...

Latest Railway News/Reports from East Africa The featured image for this article shows a Tata Chemicals locomotive at work on the metre-gauge line near Magadi A. Railways Africa recently reported: East African Governments Ramp Up Rail Investment in 2026/27 Budgets B. On Sunday 28th June...

This article focuses on relatively recent news about the railways of Egypt. … http://rogerfarnworth.com/2026/07/28/egyptian-rail-news-summer-2026/

The featured image for this article shows a train of oil-tanks on the Baku-Batoum Railway, part of the original Trans-Caspian network. This is the first of a short series of articles about the route. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2026/07/10/the-trans-caspian-railway/

Thank you jamesontheroad for your reply and the photographs. I was last in Kibera in 1994. A long time back now!

Hi Merle, that was what I had picked up. I guess the legislation in Australia was different to the UK?

Ex-Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) 0-8-0 Locomotive in LMS Days at Liverpool, Bank Hall Locomotive Shed – 1937 The featured image for this short article is a relatively poor/grainy photograph taken on Sunday 25th July 1937 at Liverpool Bank Hall Engine Shed. Prominent in the photograph...

I think that the Southern Heights Light Railway (SHLR) was authorised in 1928 (unless I have the date wrong) under the Light Railways Act 1896, but ultimately not constructed. If so, the Act had been in place for 32 years by the time that the SHLR was authorised. No doubt its existence was a...

It does. Which seems surprising given the significant use of road vehicles later in WW1 and the number of vehicle available second hand after that war.