rogerfarnworth

Thank you Pacific231G.

This post is shorter than the last and focusses on the diesel traction on the Central Var line in the years before closure in 1950. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/03/02/locomotives-and-rolling-stock-on-the-central-var-line-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-52

I have also been studying the various metre-gauge tramways with proliferated in the area around Nice. This next post focusses on one of these tramways which ran from Menton, east of Monaco, to Sospel in the mountains. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/02/23/the-sospel-to-menton-tramway-revisited-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-51

Hi Simon I'd be really interested in having a look at the drawings. Best wishes Roger

Hello, what does GEMME stand for?

And now Diesel: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/03/02/locomotives-and-rolling-stock-on-the-central-var-line-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-52

Early in this thread we were looking at the Central Var Line. The next two posts focus on the locomotives on that line. First .... Steam https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/02/23/locomotives-and-rolling-stock-on-the-central-var-line-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-50

In an earlier series of posts on this thread I looked at the Central Var metre-gauge line. I have now completed a post about the Steam motive powder on that line. I hope you find it interesting: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/02/23/locomotives-and-rolling-stock-on-the-central-var-line-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-50 There will be at least one more post about the Central Var line, looking at more modern traction which worked on the line until its final closure in 1950 and also looking at the vasrierty of rolling stock on the line.

This post picks up an interest in the metre-gauge tramways which proliferated in and around Nice. This tramway runs from Menton to Sospel,and we start at the terminus in Sospel: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/02/23/the-sospel-to-menton-tramway-revisited-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-51

The modern tram has a length not under wire across the Place de Massena. That length requires the trams to use battery power. The batteries being kept charged by an alternator.

Line 2 of the Nice Tramways was under construction when we visited Nice in November 2017: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/2342

This is the first blog of mine about the trams of Nice. It reflects back to older tram networks on the Cote d'Azur providing links to posts about those early 20th Century trams and goes on to provide information about the new and growing network of trams in Nice: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/11/13/a-first-tramway-for-nice-since-1953-and-the-closure-of-the-cote-dazurs-vast-tram-network

And a second short post provides links to websites which focus on the line: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2014/07/25/the-sheffield-ashton-under-lyne-and-manchester-railway-2

I have lived in Ashton-under-Lyne for 15 years and have walked in Longdendale and travelled on trains on parts of the route of the old Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway. This is the first of a couple of posts about that railway company, particularly about the Woodhead Tunnel. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2014/07/24/the-sheffield-ashton-under-lyne-and-manchester-railway-1

This fourth post about the making of the Station building contains details of the design work on 'Paint' https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/hereford-the-construction-of-barrs-court-station-4 The story of the construction of Hereford station building in N-Gauge continues: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2014/01/30/hereford-the-construction-of-barrs-court-station-5

The third post about the making of Hereford Station Building: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/hereford-the-constriction-of-barrs-court-station-3

The main feature of any layout is usually the railway station. I was delighted when my father-in-law, who had his own O-Gauge layout decided to make the station building for me in N-Gauge. ..... This is the first of a series of posts about the construction of the station building: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2014/01/26/hereford-the-construction-of-barrs-court-station-1 The next post in the story of the construction of the N Gauge model of Hereford Barrscourt Station: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/hereford-the-construction-of-barrs-court-station-2

This next update is very short - it shows the signal box from the earlier post in position on the layout - just two pictures .... https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/n-gauge-loft-layout-hereford-7-2

I cannot claim the credit for the station building, my father-in-law made this for me as a Christmas present before his untimely death. I'll post his version of the construction story.

This final post on the Toulon to Saint-Raphael metre-gauge railway covers the locomotives and rolling stock on the line ...... https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/01/26/ligne-du-littoral-toulon-to-st-raphael-part-14-locomotives-and-rolling-stock-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-49

This final post on the Toulon to Saint-Raphael metre-gauge railway covers the locomotives and rolling stock on the line ...... https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/01/26/ligne-du-littoral-toulon-to-st-raphael-part-14-locomotives-and-rolling-stock-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-49

And now the last length of Le Macaron. The distance from Sainte-Maxime to Saint-Raphael. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/01/15/ligne-du-littoral-toulon-to-st-raphael-part-13-sainte-maxime-to-saint-raphael-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-48 There will be one further post in this particular series which will cover the locomotives and rolling stock on the line.

And now the last length of Le Macaron. The distance from Sainte-Maxime to Saint-Raphael. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/01/15/ligne-du-littoral-toulon-to-st-raphael-part-13-sainte-maxime-to-saint-raphael-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-48 There will be one further post in this particular series which will cover the locomotives and rolling stock on the line.

There is a company within the Forest that spends its time repairing and building locomotives. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/09/30/the-flour-mill-colliery

Update on my Hereford loft layout. Apologies that the picture quality is not as high as it could be. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/02/27/hereford-model-railway-vicarage-loft