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    The Co. Donegal Railways

    This next post about the railways of Co. Donegal. It focusses on one viaduct on the Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway (L&LSR) - the Owencarrow...
    Post by: Roger Farnworth, May 30, 2021 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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    A Steam Tramway in Heywood, Greater Manchester.

    Until I read the February 1963 edition of 'The Railway Magazine', I had no idea that steam trams served boroughs in the Manchester conurbation....
    Thread by: Roger Farnworth, May 29, 2021, 0 replies, in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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    The Railways of Jamaica

    Another visit to the railways of Jamaica, courtesy, this time, of H.G. Forsythe in the September 1963 edition of the Railway Magazine. ........
    Post by: Roger Farnworth, May 28, 2021 in forum: International Heritage Railways/Tramways
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    The Micklehurst Loop

    This last post on the Micklehurst Loop completes the journey to Diggle and takes us to the mouths of the Standedge tunnels and Diggle Station. We...
    Post by: Roger Farnworth, Apr 17, 2021 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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    The Kampala to Bombo Narrow Gauge Line - A Stronach-Dutton Roadrail System

    The Kampala to Bombo Narrow Gauge Railway - A Stronach-Dutton Roadrail Railway in Uganda in the 1920s. At the insistence of the Governor of...
    Thread by: Roger Farnworth, Apr 3, 2021, 0 replies, in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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    Uganda Railways

    This is the last post based around the book by M.F. Hill which was published in 1949 just as the Tanganyika and Kenya/Uganda networks became one...
    Post by: Roger Farnworth, Mar 29, 2021 in forum: International Heritage Railways/Tramways
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    Uganda Railways

    The Sugar Factory Branches off the Kisumu Line An on-line acquaintance has recently pointed out that the tenth article in this series about the...
    Post by: Roger Farnworth, Mar 24, 2021 in forum: International Heritage Railways/Tramways
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    The Micklehurst Loop

    An addendum to the post about the third length of the Micklehurst Loop which covers a 1963 image contributed by Keith Norgrove and some further...
    Post by: Roger Farnworth, Mar 10, 2021 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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    The Micklehurst Loop

    Since publishing the first three articles about the Micklehurst Loop. I have had a trickle feed of comments, particularly about the Staley and...
    Post by: Roger Farnworth, Mar 10, 2021 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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    The Micklehurst Loop

    The third length of the Micklehurst Loop takes us from Micklehurst Passenger Station House to Chew Valley Road Bridge in Greenfield. .........
    Post by: Roger Farnworth, Mar 2, 2021 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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    Uganda Railways

    Thank you Phil.
    Post by: Roger Farnworth, Feb 27, 2021 in forum: International Heritage Railways/Tramways
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    Uganda Railways

    The Great Depression and the Coming War ......
    Post by: Roger Farnworth, Feb 25, 2021 in forum: International Heritage Railways/Tramways
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    The Micklehurst Loop

    This is the second length of the Micklehurst Loop. It covers the length between Staley and Millbrook Goods Yard and Micklehurst Passenger Station...
    Post by: Roger Farnworth, Feb 21, 2021 in forum: Everything Else Heritage