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Rrogerfarnworth posted the thread A 'Short-lived', Horse-powered 'railway' in Hungary in Railway History & Nostalgia.The first Hungarian ‘railway line’ was completed nearly 20 years before the first steam-powered railway in Hungary (which was opened in...
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Rrogerfarnworth replied to the thread The Micklehurst Loop again. .....Yes, and given the amount of housing in the valley now, the railway might well have paid in 21st century. Unfortunately, it is no longer...
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RThe Micklehurst Loop – an update at the beginning of 2025 I am indebted to ‘David’ for an update on the Plevin owned railway land in...
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Rrogerfarnworth posted the thread The Giants Causeway and Portrush Tramway. ... in Railway History & Nostalgia.The Giants’ Causeway and Portrush Tramway – The Modern Tramway, Vol. 13 No. 153 In the Summer of 2024, my wife and I visited Giants’...
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Rrogerfarnworth replied to the thread Khartoum Trams.Hi Calthrop, Mmm! My original post about Khartoum and Sudan can be found here...
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RKhartoum, Sudan Again – The Modern Tramway, Vol. 13 No. 156 – December 1950. The Modern Tramway reported in December 1950 on the...
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Rrogerfarnworth replied to the thread Stockport's Tramways.That used to be quite a regular occurrence around Greater Manchester. .... One tale I heard a few times (may be apocryphal) was of tram...
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RStockport Corporation Tramways – Modern Tramway Vol. 12 No. 138, June 1949 – Part 1 P.W. Gentry wrote about Stockport’s trams in the...
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RThe Tramways of Marseilles – The Modern Tramway, Vol. 13, No. 150, June 1950 The June 1950 issue of The Modern Tramway carried a report...
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Rrogerfarnworth replied to the thread Genoa (Genova): Local Railways and Tramways.Part 5 The Network during World War 2 During the war period, new work was suspended and maintenance was reduced to a minimum; tunnels...
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Rrogerfarnworth replied to the thread A Lickey Light Railway. .......Yes. Certainly the tight radii in city centres would have needed to be at least adjusted but systems which used the central area of wide...
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RLickey Light Railway – Modern Tramway Vol. 13 No. 146 The mention of ‘Lickey’ in the railway press usually conjures up thoughts of the...
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RShaker Heights Rapid Transit Lines – Modern Tramway Vol. 12 No. 137, May 1949 Modern Tramway talks, in 1949, of the Shaker Heights...
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Rrogerfarnworth replied to the thread The Railway Centenary in 1925 .......:)Thank you for your reply, Bevan.
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Rrogerfarnworth posted the thread The Railway Centenary in 1925 ...... in Railway History & Nostalgia.1825-1925: The Railway Centenary Celebrations at Darlington, 1st to 3rd July 1925 – The Railway Magazine, August 1925 In the year that...