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Part 1 – Naples 1. Time Travel on the Naples Line The first of the articles, written by Sophia Seymour picks up on a new film about the region around Naples which “reveals rarely visited villas, seismic landscapes and a ‘civilisation buried mid-sentence’ – all accessible by train.” [1: p72]...

The Modern Tramway – December 1951 – The New German Standard Tramcar The featured image for this article shows the prototype Standard Tramcar on the streets of Hanover, © Streek en Stadsvervoer, Public Domain. [1: p280] During the 1950s, German trams transitioned from older, war-damaged wooden...

The Modern Tramway 1951 – Some Advertising This short article shows a number of intriguing advertisements from The Modern Tramway magazine in 1951. There were only a few different UK companies in the early 1950s who took out advertisements in The Modern Tramway. These advertisements are of...

The Modern Tramway – March 1951 – Tramways in Valencia Among other items of international news in the March 1951 issue of The Modern Tramway, was a short series of notes culled from the Spanish magazine, ‘Ferrocarriles y Tranvias’ The featured image for this article shows two different trams...

Modern Tramway – January 1951 – The ‘Felthams’ in Leeds I have a few older copies of Modern Tramway which I had not yet read. The first of these is the January 1951 issue, this is a second reflection from that copy of the Journal. As the London network began to close a significant number of...

Modern Tramway – January 1951 – Birmingham Bustigestion! I have a few older copies of Modern Tramway which I had not yet read. The first of these is the January 1951 issue. The featured image for this article shows a tram service on Slade Road, Erdington in 1951, the photograph was shared on...

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Wemyss Bay Railway Station We enjoyed a visit to Wemyss Bay Railway Station in early May, while we were waiting for the ferry to the Isle of Bute. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2026/05/10/wemyss-bay-railway-station/

Disabled access can be an issue. Space for luggage can too be difficult. The increase in capacity is not particularly high. Loading gauge across the UK is tight, less of a problem on HS1 and the Tunnel (I believe).

It was announced on 22nd October 2025 that the lines through the Channel Tunnel would see double-decker trains by 2031. An order was placed for their construction and delivery in October 2025. This article takes a look at the history of double-deck trains and carriages...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2026/04/23/the-carnlough-limestone-railway-and-harbour-carnlough-co-antrim/

The Railways of West Cumberland – Part 1 – An Introduction The November 1954 issue of The Railway Magazine included an article by C. A. Knight about the railways between Sellafield and Maryport and inland as far as Cockermouth and Kelton Fell...

Parliament and the Railways in 1858. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2026/05/02/parliament-and-the-railways-in-1858/

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Part 1 Introduction and the Route of the Railway from Gällivare to Arvidsjaur The featured image for this article is a picture of Swedish State Railways (Swedish: Statens Järnvägar) Locomotive No. 907 at Arvidsjaur Railway Station. The image is dated May 1935, (c) Public Domain. [60] Known...

Part 1 - A Short History The featured image for this article is a 4-4-0 Locomotive No. 694 – one of a class of 15 built by the North British Locomotive Company in Scotland for Egyptian State Railways in 1905-06, © Public Domain. [1] Egyptian National Railways (Al-Sikak al-Ḥadīdiyyah...

The November 1954 edition of The Railway Magazine contained an article by Robert Legget about the Mount Washington Cog Railway in New Hampshire. He was surprised to find that in 1954 it was claiming to be ‘the first mountain climbing railway in the world’. It is beyond doubt that it is among...

Part 6 – The British Mandate and the Trust – The Years of British Rule including the approach of World War II The civil administration after the first world war was set up in Wilhelmstal in the Usambara hills. Wilhlemstal was renamed Lushoto. The location was inconvenient to say the least...

Yes, Kevin, there was a 2ft gauge line , as I understand it. A short length remain after the standard gauge line was built. The remaining length ran from the camp into the woods beyond.

Following on from a couple of articles about the Tanat Valley Light Railway written some years back, I was reading some older rather tatty magazines and found an article entitled “Rails up the Tanat Valley” in an issue of the Ian Allan publication ‘Railway World‘ – the June 1990 edition. The...