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A short retrospective look back at London tramways at the end of the 1940s. ....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/07/07/the...in-london/

In the 1950s, a tram Glasgow purchased some years before, a 'one-off', unidirectional double decker car which it numbered 1005 and which was sometimes known as the 'Blue Devil' for its unconventional three tone blue colour scheme, was put forward by the LIght Railway Transport League as an option for trails that the League hoped might happen in London.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/07/08/gla...r-no-1005/

I have recently finished reading an excellent book published by the Lightmoor Press: "The Tralee and Dingle Railway," written by Michael Whitehouse. This is my review of the book:

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/07/09/the...e-railway/

This next linked article covers the remaining length of the Burtonport Extension Railway from Barnes Gap to Letterkenny. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/07/13/the...tterkenny/

A return visit to Govilon included a visit to private land around the location of the Ironworks to the West of the village, the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway, and Bailey's Tramroad. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/07/15/a-s...ine-part-2

This is again only a short length of Bailey's Tramroad. There is more to come in due course.

The final three years of the historic tram network in London ... and Operation Tramaway. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/07/17/lon...-and-1952/

The 'Modern Tramway' reported in January & February 1963 on a relatively short-lived experiment on Blackpool's trams. The Marton route was an inland route through Blackpool which complemented the promenade route.

The two articles were written by F.K. Pearson who suggested that his articles could perhaps have been entitled, 'The Experiment That Didn't Quite ...'

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/07/29/mod...xperiment/

This next article is about The Humber Arm of the Newport Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal and the Lilleshall Company's tramways, and later mineral railway, which connected the Arm to Old Lodge Furnaces and to a number of coalmines and ironworking sites around Donnington in present day Telford and Wrekin.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/08/01/the...hropshire/

In June 1962, the ‘Modern Tramway’ carried a report by J. W. Higgins and Ralph Forty entitled ‘A New Electric Interurban in Japan’.

The Izu Express was at that time Japan’s newest railway. It had opened on 10th December 1961.

In the 21st century, the line is known as ‘The Izu Kyūkō Line’. It is a privately owned railway line of the Izukyū Corporation in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

The line approximately parallels the eastern coast of the Izu Peninsula, a tourist district noted for its numerous hot spring resorts, and golf courses, between Itō Station in Itō and Izukyū Shimoda Station in Shimoda.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/08/08/jap...june-1962/

The July 1962 issue of ‘Modern Tramway’ included a short article about the Carstairs House Tramway, written by Christopher T. Harvie. It appears that it was the first permanent installation of its type in Scotland. ...

Quote:Wikipedia says that the Carstairs House Tramway operated between Carstairs railway station and Carstairs House between 1888 and 1895. Railscot has slightly different information. It indicates that the tramway opened in 1889 as an electric tramway but reverted to being horse-powered by 1896. It continued operating in this way until 1925.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/08/08/the...e-tramway/