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It has hovered between about 3,500 to the pound and 5,000 to the pound since I first travelled in Uganda in the 1990s. I suspect that it dropped rapidly in value during Idi Amin's time.

Sure does! Just under 5,000 to the pound!

February 2026 – Kenya and Uganda Railways – Latest News I spent 3 weeks in Uganda in February 2026. This short article picks up on local news reports about developments relating to railways in East Africa early in 2026. …. This article follows on from one published early in December 2025. The...

Shoeburyness History, Standard-Gauge Military Tramway, and other Narrow-Gauge Tramways Shoeburyness was once a fortified place guarding the Northern flank of the Thames Estuary. It appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of 894 CE, and it was assumed for many years to have been built as a ‘Danish...

I'm afraid that I have a few more - a variety of magazines that I don't want to let go!

You must have quite a few shelves with the magazines on. Is it just 'The Railway Magazine' or do you collect others?

1960 was mine!

Yes, Taunton. I find these old Railway Magazines quite compelling, in a way that their modern offerings just seem not to grab my attention. Best wishes Roger

Barrow was featured in The Railway Magazine in March 1959. The rebuilding of the old Central Station at Barrow-in-Furness which was virtually destroyed in the air-raids of 1941 was completed in the late 1950s. The replacement buildings marked another link broken with Barrow’s past...

Thank you, Taunton.

The featured image for the linked article is a photograph of Saint Felicien Railway Station in 1959. [9] In the North of Québec, some 300 miles from Montreal, there is an area of extensive mining – deposits of copper, zinc, gold and cobalt wee being mined in the mid-20th century. In the first...

Developments in Freight Transport – The Railway Magazine – January 1959 A, then, recent exhibition at Battersea Wharf Goods Depot of British Railways and British Road Services freight vehicles and handling equipment prompted a review in The Railway Magazine of January 1959, of developments in...

Part 9 – The Short Golden Age I am writing this article having just returned to Menton where we were staying in November 2025. We travelled to and from Tende which is the terminus of Zest Bus Ligne 25. There was little action to observe at the railway station. Zest Bus Ligne 25 at the Gare...

The Edaville Railroad, South Carver, Massachusetts The featured image shows a passenger train on the Edaville Railroad, made up of coaches from other narrow gauge lines, running on a shallow embankment over a cranberry bog, © Public Domain. [1: p555] Originally known as ‘The Cranberry and Small...

The Railway Magazine March 1959 Just a snap shot of the things appearing in the March 1959 issue of The Railway Magazine. [1] 1. There were adverts on the inside of the front cover – 5 of them. …. [1: pii] Page ii of the March 1959 Railway Magazine. The 34th Model Railway Club Model Railway...

The featured image for this article shows a Bagnall saddle-tank engine and train of two 100-seat workmen’s cars in L.N.W.R. livery on the Wolverton and Stony Stratford Tramway. This article tells the story of the Wolverton Works, the McCorquodale’s Printing Works and the Wolverton and Stony...

I do like the older smaller RMs from the early to mid-20th century!

This article gives a quick review of the January 1959 issue of the Railway Magazine. … http://rogerfarnworth.com/2025/12/31/the-railway-magazine-january-1959-volume-105-no-693/

Part 3 – Ballindalloch Railway Station to Boat of Garten This is the third article following the Strathspey Line. The featured image is a Manson O class 4-4-0 locomotive. When the GNSR Directors requested larger engines to handle increasing passenger traffic loads, and Manson designed his...

Another snapshot of advertising from the 1950s Railway Magazine. The featured image is the front cover photograph from the December 1952 issue. The adverts in this issue are an eclectic mix of modelling tools, books, railway equipment, chemical elements, British Railways jobs and miscellaneous...