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This is the next installment covering the Railways of Iran. ...... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/03/24/railways-in-iran-part-2-the-1910-to-1945

This article focusses on the first railway line built in Iran. It was an 800mm gauge line between Tehran and Rey and operating from 1888 to around 1960-61. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/03/23/railways-in-iran-part-1-tehran-to-rey-1888 Although there is reference int he article to further artciles about Iranian railways, the lines which were built after this one were to a gauge of 5ft, so do not qualify as narrow gauge!

This is the first of what I hope will be a few articles about the Railways of Iran. It focusses on the first line built between Tehran and Rey and operating from 1888 to around 1960-61. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/03/23/railways-in-iran-part-1-tehran-to-rey-1888

A final article from me which covers the remaining length of the line - the length from Westward Ho! to Appledore. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/03/21/bideford-westward-ho-and-appledore-railway-part-3

A final article from me which covers the remaining length of the line - the length from Westward Ho! to Appledore. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/03/21/bideford-westward-ho-and-appledore-railway-part-3

I am really sorry. I don't know anything more about this signal box. It is an interesting find!

This second post about the Tanat Valley Light Railway covers the length of the whole line and the Nantmawr Branch. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/03/17/the-tanat-valley-light-railway-and-the-nantmawr-branch-part-2

This second post about the Tanat Valley Light Railway covers the length of the whole line and the Nantmawr Branch. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/03/17/the-tanat-valley-light-railway-and-the-nantmawr-branch-part-2/

The Nice to Digne-les-Bains Line has been in the news in France over the past few months. In February 2019 there was a collapse of the tunnel at Moriez while strengthening work was taking place. In November 2019 the already closed line suffered some further damage as a result of bad weather. The linked post covers the latest news about repairs on the line. ..... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/03/09/les-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-an-update-on-maintenance-work

The Nice to Digne-les-Bains Line has been in the news in France over the past few months. In February 2019 there was a collapse of the tunnel at Moriez while strengthening work was taking place. In November 2019 the already closed line suffered some further damage as a result of bad weather. The linked post covers the latest news about repairs on the line. ..... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/03/09/les-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-an-update-on-maintenance-work

I am planning a week in the area in the Autumn and hope that further railway routes and walks will get planned over coming months.

Hi Keith I am glad you found the articles useful. I have still to return to Nice after the completion of the latest modern tramway. Roger

There is an excellent thread on RMWeb about modelling this station in O Gauge. The linked article below looks at Lancaster's three railway stations before focussing on the Midland Station at Green Ayre. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/02/28/lancaster-green-ayre-railway-station

This is my second article about the line between Knott End and Garstang. It completes the full length of the line. I am very grateful to a number of people for permission given to publish their photographs as part of the article. You will see their pictures referenced throughout. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/02/08/the-garstang-and-knott-end-railway-part-2/ I hope that I will get round to publishing one further article about the motive power and rolling stock on the line.

Yes, it is a fantastic book, I refer to it a few times in the text of each of the articles about the Garstang and Knott End Railway and it is only £15 too! Thank you Roger

I have just found this thread. Some excellent older pictures of Garstang and Catteral Station and Garstang Town Station. Thank you, Apollo.

In January 2020, my wife and I stayed, once again, to the Southeast of the City of Lancaster and explored the area between the Line estuary and the Wyre estuary. It is a superb area for watching overwintering birds! It gave me another opportunity to look at railways in the area. After a visit in November 2019 when I explored the Glasson Dock branch, this time I took the chance to explore the railway which linked Knott End at the mouth of the River Wyre with the West Coast mainline near Garstang. The first of two articles can be read by following the link below. .... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/01/28/the-garstang-and-knott-end-railway-part-1

When was nationalisation of the railways first promoted as a significant idea? perhaps you'd like to fix a year in your mind before reading the linked post. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/01/23/british-railways-1948-part-2

Three further unusual locomotives/railcars. ... The first was the first Michelin Pneumatic-Tyred Railcar (Type No.9) in the UK. The second are locomtives designed to serve the narrow gauge lines in The Guinness Factory in Dublin and a clever conversion vehicle which allowed the same locos to proviide traction on the Irish Standard Gauge as well. The third are railcars that were used by Colonel Stephens on a number of his Light Railways. .... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/01/03/unusual-locomotives-and-railcars-part-2

All around our world different engineers designed vehicles which seemingly suited the circumstances with which they were dealing. Across the British railway network, and particularly on some of the light railways which sprang to life after the Light Railways Act 1896, there were a number of unusual locomotives and railcars. This article focusses on two locomotives - Gazelle and Old Chainey. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/01/02/unusual-small-locomotives-and-railcars-part-1

For a number of years in the 1920s and possibly also the 1930s my grandfather worked as a blacksmith in Horwich Loco Works. The works have always, as a result, had a specific interest for me. It has been somewhat saddening over the years to see their gradual deterioration and eventual closure. In November 2019 I finished reading Issue No. 27 of the Railway Archive Journal published by Black Dwarf Lightmoor Press of Lydney, Gloucestershire. I enjoyed reading Jeff Wells article in the journal about the Manchester Exhibition of 1887. [1] The article highlights a number of railway exhibits on display at the exhibition. Among these exhibits was 'Dot' a Beyer Peacock 1ft 6 inch gauge 0-4-0T engine. 'According to the official catalogue, Dot was 'specifically built for working on tramways in yards and workshops, and also adopted for tail-rope shunting of ordinary wagons'. After the exhibition, Dot found work at the L&YR's Horwich Works, joining two other Beyer, Peacock 18 in engines, Wren and Robin, which had arrived in April 1887. Such engines were considered necessary to convey materials around the seven miles of internal works' railway.' http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/11/30/horwich-loco-works-18-gauge-railway-part-1

For a number of years in the 1920s and possibly also the 1930s my grandfather worked as a blacksmith in Horwich Loco Works. The works have always, as a result, had a specific interest for me. It has been somewhat saddening over the years to see their gradual deterioration and eventual closure. In November 2019 I finished reading Issue No. 27 of the Railway Archive Journal published by Black Dwarf Lightmoor Press of Lydney, Gloucestershire. I enjoyed reading Jeff Wells article in the journal about the Manchester Exhibition of 1887. [1] The article highlights a number of railway exhibits on display at the exhibition. Among these exhibits was 'Dot' a Beyer Peacock 1ft 6 inch gauge 0-4-0T engine. 'According to the official catalogue, Dot was 'specifically built for working on tramways in yards and workshops, and also adopted for tail-rope shunting of ordinary wagons'. After the exhibition, Dot found work at the L&YR's Horwich Works, joining two other Beyer, Peacock 18 in engines, Wren and Robin, which had arrived in April 1887. Such engines were considered necessary to convey materials around the seven miles of internal works' railway.' http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/11/30/horwich-loco-works-18-gauge-railway-part-1

For a number of years in the 1920s and possibly also the 1930s my grandfather worked as a blacksmith in Horwich Loco Works. The works have always, as a result, had a specific interest for me. It has been somewhat saddening over the years to see their gradual deterioration and eventual closure. In November 2019 I finished reading Issue No. 27 of the Railway Archive Journal published by Black Dwarf Lightmoor Press of Lydney, Gloucestershire. I enjoyed reading Jeff Wells article in the journal about the Manchester Exhibition of 1887. [1] The article highlights a number of railway exhibits on display at the exhibition. Among these exhibits was 'Dot' a Beyer Peacock 1ft 6 inch gauge 0-4-0T engine. 'According to the official catalogue, Dot was 'specifically built for working on tramways in yards and workshops, and also adopted for tail-rope shunting of ordinary wagons'. After the exhibition, Dot found work at the L&YR's Horwich Works, joining two other Beyer, Peacock 18 in engines, Wren and Robin, which had arrived in April 1887. Such engines were considered necessary to convey materials around the seven miles of internal works' railway.' http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/11/30/horwich-loco-works-18-gauge-railway-part-1

I have recently purchased the six copies of The Railway Magazine which were issued in 1948. The first of these coincides with the formation of British Railways, and the January/February 1948 issue of the magazine highlights for the readers a little of the history of railways in Britain which led up to that momentous occasion. The linked article below builds on the article in The Railway Magazine. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/12/09/british-railways-1948

I have been intending to follow up my first article about this line (http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/06/04/bideford-westward-ho-and-appledore-railway-part-1-railfile) with a second one. It has taken me sometime to complete it. This next article covers the line from Bideford to Westward Ho! http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/11/30/bideford-westward-ho-and-appledore-railway-part-2