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The Thinking About Light Railways before 1896 (and the 1896 Act of Parliament in the UK). The featured image for this article shows a brand new standard-gauge locomotive – 0-6-4T Mersey Railway No. 1 ‘The Major’. It had not yet received its nameplates when it posed in ‘works grey’ at the Beyer...

The featured image for this article shows ‘Argyll’ (a Barclay built 0-6-2T) taking its train Southeast out of Campbeltown before turning Southwest to run round the South side of the town. This image was shared on the Machrihanish Online Facebook Page on 26th July 2023. (c) Public Domain. [22]...

Friends of The West Highland Lines Journal – ‘West Highland News Plus’ The featured image for this article shows the Jacobite arriving at Mallaig Railway Station, © Mary & Angus Hogg and licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-SA 2.0). [18] In the bookshop at Wemyss Bay...

Corrour Railway Station The featured image for this article is from a video of steam at work on Rannoch Moor not far from Corrour. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2026/06/26/corrour-railway-station/

The Edaville Railroad, South Carver, Massachusetts, again. … The featured image for this article is Monson Railroad No. 4 on an Edaville Railroad works train in 1950, © Public Domain. [2: p93] In January 2026, I was reading an early copy of The Railway Magazine and wrote an article about the...

Ronachan Point, Kintyre – Limestone Tramway http://rogerfarnworth.com/2026/05/17/ronachan-point-kintyre-limestone-tramway/

Lilleshall Abbey and Woodland Railway I saw the featured image in a photo book compiled by Alton Douglas for Beacon Radio in 1987, ‘Memories of the Wrekin and Beyond’. It shows Lilleshall Estate’s 2ft-gauge railway in action in 1933. [1: p47]...

Locomotives of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) – 1920. I have just been given a small pamphlet style paperback book compiled and published in June 1920 by W.G. Tilling. The featured image for this article comes from the frontispiece of Tilling’s book. It is a picture of the...

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]...

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...

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/

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...

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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/

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...

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...