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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 Uganda Railway is incomplete in that it omits to cover two branch-lines which serve Sugar Cane Mills/Factories. I have returned to the trip along the Uganda Railway to complete the omitted part of the story - that of the Chemelil and Miwani Sugar Factory Branches. ........ On the final approaches to Kisumu the line passed through a significant sugar cane growing region. Sugar processing factories were set up in two locations along the line - Chemelil and Miwani. Both these locations were provided with short branch-line connections to the main Nakuru to Kisumu line. https://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/03/24/uganda-railways-part-10a-west-of-nakuru-sugar-factory-branches-on-the-approach-to-kisumu

Hi Keith, Nigel Simon, an online acquaintance saw your picture and spent a bit of time removing the red tinge. The result seems quite good. ......

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 information about Mossley Gas Works and its sidings. ..... https://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/03/09/the-micklehurst-loop-part-3a

Since publishing the first three articles about the Micklehurst Loop. I have had a trickle feed of comments, particularly about the Staley and Millbrook Goods Yard. This short addendum to the first article seeks to bring those items together in one place. It is the fourth addendum to that first post. https://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/03/07/the-micklehurst-loop-part-1d-some-miscellaneous-items-relating-to-the-area-around-the-staley-and-millbrook-goods-yard

The third length of the Micklehurst Loop takes us from Micklehurst Passenger Station House to Chew Valley Road Bridge in Greenfield. ...... https://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/02/22/the-micklehurst-loop-part-3

The Great Depression and the Coming War ... https://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/02/18/the-kenya-and-uganda-railways-and-harbours-the-great-depression-and-years-of-argument

This is the second length of the Micklehurst Loop. It covers the length between Staley and Millbrook Goods Yard and Micklehurst Passenger Station building. .... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/02/21/the-micklehurst-loop-part-2

Another addendum to my post on the first length of the Micklehurst Loop which includes, among other things, the two CEGB locomotives which served the coal facilities at the Staley and Millbrook Goods Yard http://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/02/18/the-micklehurst-loop-part-1c-including-hartshead-power-station

Love the picture, no I had not seen it before.

A second addendum to my first post about the Micklehurst Loop. Just a few days after I completed addendum 1A about the first length of The Micklehurst Loop and particularly about Staley and Millbrook Station and Goods Yard, I heard from James Ward who recollected some photographs taken by his father of the demolition of the Spring Grove Viaduct. He also pointed out a series of photographs on the 'Timepix' website. These are predominantly photographs of the Greater Manchester Revision Point Collection undertaken by/on-behalf-of the Ordnance Survey in the early 1950s and are held by Manchester Libraries. The introduction to the 'Timepix' website makes it clear that all of their watermarked images are free to download and share. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/02/15/the-micklehurst-loop-part-1b

Two excellent pictures, Grovenor. Thank you! The Staley and Millbrook Goods Shed is just visible in the first photograph at the right hand end of the coal conveyor.

The Uganda Railway and it's Gilded Years - 1924-1929 The railway saw significant increases in turnover and working profit in the years prior to the Great Depression http://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/02/06/the-uganda-railway-the-gilded-years-1924-1928

This is a short addendum to my first article about the Micklehurst Loop, promoted by a few emails from an online acquaintance, Tony Jervis. .... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/02/05/the-micklehurst-loop-part-1a

In the last two weeks of January 2021 my wife and I followed the length of the Micklehurst Loop from Stalybridge to Diggle. We had been looking for new local walks to undertake in the spirit of lockdown. The route proved to be a gem. Each day that we walked we travelled along part of the Loop line and then crossed to the neighbouring Huddersfield Narrow Canal for the return journey. Everything was enhanced by the presence of a number of cafes providing take-away drinks, cakes and some more substantial food. Each day we walked around 5 miles, there and back. This is the first of a number of posts covering the Loop line. ................ http://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/01/31/the-micklehurst-loop-part-1

Sorry, not seen anything of this as yet.!

This short railway ran along Moss Lane in Altrincham, my home town. I came across it on an IRS email group and wanted to find out more. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/01/15/altrincham-gas-works-tramway

The Uganda Railway after WW1. ..... In the years immediately after WW1, further European settlement was encouraged and 'European' electoral areas were set up. By 1921, the Census revealed the European population of the EAP to be 9,651 and the Indian population to be 22,822. .......... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/01/08/the-uganda-railway-in-the-first-5-years-after-world-war-1

The Uganda Railway during the Great War. ... "The Uganda Railway" was essential to the sustenance of the East Africa Protectorate and the Uganda Protectorate during WW1. It suffered greatly from lack of maintenance during those critical years: http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/12/28/the-uganda-railway-during-the-first-world-war

The Uganda Railway at the beginning of 20th century. Further reflections on the Uganda Railway and the book, "Permanent Way" written by M.F. Hill. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/12/26/the-uganda-railway-at-the-beginning-of-20th-century

Yes Ian. It pushed me into reading my copy of 'Permanent Way'!

A while back I started this thread to cover the Uganda Railway, its construction and history, as well as surveying the length of the line through Kenya and Uganda. At the end of 2020 I acquired copies of the 2 volume series compiled by M.F. Hill entitled 'Permanent Way'. These two books were produced for the East African Railways and Harbours, Nairobi, Kenya and, while being focussed on the Uganda Railway were as much a social and economic history of East Africa. This link will take you to some preliminary reflections which come from reading Hill's book and which I hope are not seen as being too far off topic: http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/12/18/uganda-at-the-end-of-19th-century-and-the-events-leading-up-to-the-construction-of-the-uganda-railway In order to provide the context for the construction of the Uganda Railway, M.F. Hill saw it as imperative in his book to provide a social and economic history of the East African region. It is impossible for me to judge the veracity of what he writes, but it clearly is written from a British Colonial perspective. In addition to covering the strife between the European powers who sought to increase their influence in the Great Lakes region of the continent of Africa, Hill provides extensive quotes from leading British figures in the region about the Uganda that they knew before the coming of the railway.

It is a while since I completed this thread about The Uganda Railway. Or at least thought I had completed it. In the autumn of 2020, someone kindly pointed out that I had not referenced the official history of the line which was published in 1949. At the end of 2020 I acquired copies of the 2 volume series compiled by M.F.Hill entitled 'Permanent Way'. These two books were produced for the East African Railways and Harbours, Nairobi, Kenya and, while being focussed on the Uganda Railway were as much a social and economic history of East Africa. This link will take you to some preliminary reflections which come from reading Hill's book and which I hope are not seen as being too far off topic: http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/12/18/uganda-at-the-end-of-19th-century-and-the-events-leading-up-to-the-construction-of-the-uganda-railway

I have just finished reading the first of two volumes by Richard Inwood and Mike Smith. It is a Silver Link publication. This is just a short review of the book. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/12/10/moved-by-steam-by-richard-inwood-and-mike-smith/

Since first posting about APOC/AIOC on 19th November, a number of people have pointed me to considerably more information about the 2ft 6in gauge and the 3ft gauge railways that served different part of the Company's network in Iran. If the original post of the 19th November was of interest it has now been significantly extended. The link remains the same so the original more limited text cannot easily be accessed. It has been subsumed in the newer version on the same link. Just for convenience I have repeated the link here: http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/11/19/railways-in-iran-part-11-anglo-persian-oil-company-ltd

This post focuses on a narrow gauge system, some 40 miles in total length, which served the Abadan Oil Depot and refinery in Iran. Available information is sparse. .... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/11/19/railways-in-iran-part-11-anglo-persian-oil-company-ltd