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    The Modern Tramway Journal in the mid-20th century. ....

    in Trams & Tramway Modelling

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    ‘The Modern Tramway’ – April 1957 – “Down the ‘Goldmine'”

     

    The Modern Tramway Journal of April 1957 included a nostalgic look at one of the Glasgow tram network’s successes. An ‘out-boundary’ route, No. 28, which at one time was part of the longest tram route in the UK, almost 23 miles in length. End to end it was a 2 hour tram journey. At that time, the early 1930s, the route from Renfrew Ferry to Milngavie was numbered 14. “In 1934 it was cut at Spiersbridge and renumbered 28, and on 3rd April 1949, the Glenfield – Cross Stobs section was closed.” The truncated line (No. 28) ran from Renfrew Ferry to Glenfield – a distance of 5.24 miles.

     

    http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/06/29/the-modern-tramway-april-1957-down-the-goldmine/

    The Co. Donegal Railways again. ...

    in Irish Railways Group

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    The Donegal Railway Heritage Trail.

     

    On 28th February 2022 the Donegal Railway Heritage Centre announced that, with funding provided through the “Creative Ireland” programme administered by Donegal County Council, they completed the production of a map of County Donegal showing some of the main Donegal railway heritage still to be seen across the County and into Northern Ireland.

     

    http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/06/26/the-donegal-railway-heritage-trail/

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    The Modern Tramway Journal in the mid-20th century. ....

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    'The Modern Tramway’ – Leeds City Tramways, 1956. …

     

    The Modern Tramway Journal in February 1957 carried an article about the tramways of Leeds. The data for the article was collated by A.K. Terry and the article was written by J.H. Price. 

     

    The Suez crisis brought a temporary halt to a number of things within the UK economy. One of these was the planned scrapping of the tram routes and tramcars in Leeds. That pause provided the opportunity for the Light Railway Transport League to compile a map, fleet list and list of services for the city. ...

     

    http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/06/22/the-modern-tramway-part-8-leeds-city-tramways-1956/

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    The Modern Tramway Journal in the mid-20th century. ....

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    The Modern Tramway again. .....

     

    Articulated trams are relatively normal in today's world. There was a time when this was not the case. Much of Europe, save for the Italians, preferred to create tram trains from individual units and trailers. This was seen as being a more flexible policy.

    Stuttgart decided to to try out articulated vehicles in the 1950s.

     

    http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/06/15/the-modern-tramway-part-6-modern-articulated-cars-for-stuttgart/

    The Modern Tramway Journal in the mid-20th century. ....

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    A fifth look at the Journal of the Light Railway Transport League in the mid-1950s. ....

     

    The Modern Tramway Journal of April

    1954 took issue with the interpretation of a Road Research Laboratory Report by the London Transport Executive. The press release from the LTE was slanted in favour of decisions made about the closure of the tramway services in the capital ....

     

    http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/06/15/the-modern-tramway-part-5-trams-and-road-accidents/

     

    The Modern Tramway Journal in the mid-20th century. ....

    in Trams & Tramway Modelling

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    ‘The Modern Tramway‘ was the title of the journal of the Light Railway Transport League.

     

    I picked up a small batch of copies of The Modern Tramway Journal which included volumes from the 1950s, 1960s and 1980s and have begun reading through them. The first Journal that I have is dated 15th July 1953. At the time of writing it is almost 70 years old.

     

    Volume 16 No. 187 of July 1953 starts with an item entitled, “Tramways and the Press.” Starting with a specific instance of dubious reporting by the national dailies about tram parts being sent to Egypt, the article bemoans the way that tramways were increasingly being seen by the public, led by the press, as an outmoded form of transport.

     

    http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/06/07/the-modern-tramway-part-1/

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    The Hill of Howth Tramway

    in Irish Railways Group

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    At the end of a fortnight's holiday in Co. Donegal my wife and I had 3 nights staying close to Dublin. We chose to stay in Howth as it was at the Northern end of the DART, but perhaps also because of its history and particularly for the Hill of Howth Tramway, or to give it it's formal title, "The Sutton and Howth Electric Tramway." The tramway should not be confused with the Clontaff and Hill of Howth Tramroad.

     

    http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/05/14/the-hill-of-howth-tramway/

     

    The Tramway served Howth Head, near Dublin. The termini were at Sutton railway station, by the entrance to the peninsula, and Howth railway station by the village and harbour of Howth.



     

    The tramway operated from 17th June 1901 to 31st May 1959 and was run by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) (GNR(I)), which viewed it as a way to bring more customers to its railway stations at Sutton and Howth. The tramway replaced a horse bus service, which had run since 1867.

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    The Hill of Howth Tramway

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    At the end of a fortnight's holiday in Co. Donegal my wife and I had 3 nights staying close to Dublin. We chose to stay in Howth as it was at the Northern end of the DART, but perhaps also because of its history and particularly for the Hill of Howth Tramway, or to give it it's formal title, "The Sutton and Howth Electric Tramway." The tramway should not be confused with the Clontaff and Hill of Howth Tramroad.

     

    http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/05/14/the-hill-of-howth-tramway/

     

    The Tramway served Howth Head, near Dublin. The termini were at Sutton railway station, by the entrance to the peninsula, and Howth railway station by the village and harbour of Howth.



     

    The tramway operated from 17th June 1901 to 31st May 1959 and was run by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) (GNR(I)), which viewed it as a way to bring more customers to its railway stations at Sutton and Howth. The tramway replaced a horse bus service, which had run since 1867.

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    The Co. Donegal Railways again. ...

    in Irish Railways Group

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    The Donegal Railway Heritage Centre.

     

    This post follows on from earlier threads about the Railways of County Donegal and parallels the new thread about the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Burtonport Extension.

     

    The linked article hopefully gives a flavour of the Heritage Centre which is based in the old railway station in Donegal Town. It is worth a visit if you are in County Donegal. .....

     

    http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/04/30/the-donegal-railway-heritage-centre/

     

    The earlier and parallel threads on this forum can be found by following these links:

     

    https://www.rmweb.co.uk/topic/179394-the-burtonport-extension-of-the-londonderry-and-lough-swilly-railway/

     

    https://www.rmweb.co.uk/topic/155062-the-co-donegal-railways/

     

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    The Burtonport Extension of the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway

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    In April 2023 we stayed close to Burtonport, adjacent to Loch Meela, in Co. Donegal. On the first full day of our stay, we walked the Burtonport Old Railway Walk. A 6km length of the Burtonport extension of the Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway has been made into an accessible path. The weather was great and the walk very enjoyable. We were impressed by the investment in the walk made by the local community and Donegal County Council.

     

    The original line ran from Derry to Letterkenny and was later extended to Burtonport. ...

     

    http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/04/28/the-burtonport-extension-of-the-londonderry-lough-swilly-railway-part-1/

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    The Cavan and Leitrim Railway again. ..

    in Irish Railways Group

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    In April 2023 we were able to drop in at Belturbet Railway Station on our way to Co. Donegal. The Station Museum was open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 12noon to 5pm throughout the Summer season. A small group of enthusiast's have turned a derelict site into a good museum and rescued the majority of rail related buildings on the site.

     

    http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/04/28/the-cavan-and-leitrim-cl-railway-again-belturbet-railway-station/

     

    This is a follow-on from an earlier thread .....

     

    https://www.rmweb.co.uk/topic/144131-the-cavan-leitrim-railway/?do=findComment&comment=3537016

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    The Railways of Uganda again. ...

    in Overseas Prototype

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    John R. Day wrote two volumes in the early 1960s about the railways of Africa. The first was about the southern area of the continent and entitled, unsurprisingly, ‘Railways of Southern Africa’. The second volume was entitled ‘Railways of Northern Africa’ and dealt with the remainder of the continent.

    An on-line acquaintance very kindly sent me a copy of the chapter from that second volume which covers British East Africa. Today, the chapter title would give cause for concern for some people, but colonial attitudes still held sway in the 1960s.

    Reading that chapter piqued my interest and I managed to pick up a secondhand copy of the book at a reasonable cost. ...

     

    http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/04/15/british-east-africa/

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    The Tramways of Dartmoor

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    Part 2 - Zeal Tor Tramway

     

    A much earlier tramway existed close to the Red Lake Tramway. ...

     

    http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/04/11/dartmoor-tramways-part-2-the-zeal-tor-tramway/

     

    The Zeal Tor Tramway was also known as Redlake Peat Tramway. Built for Messrs. Davy and Wilkin of Totnes, 1847-1850, for carrying peat from Redlake Mire to Shipley Bridge. The tramway was constructed from wooden rails bolted to granite blocks, along which the peat was transported in horse-drawn trucks. The business only continued for a few years and ended in 1850.

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