The Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Light Railway and the Nescliffe MoD Camp again. ...
This is probably my last post on the S&MLR. It covers the line and the military depots that it served from 1941 until it closure in the very early 1960s.
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/08/12/the...pot-part-2
British Railway Standard Steam Locomotives
1951 was the year of the Standard Steam Locomotive. The Railway Magazine of the time focussed on the development of these locos. Rather than just looking backwards to those days, it is good to listen to and read things from the perspective of the time!
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/07/08/bri...ocomotives
Skelton Junction
What makes a good post? I am not exactly sure. Many of mine are somewhat self-indulgent. I see something I want to investigate and I write about it. ...
There are older threads about Skelton Junction and surrounding lines on
http://www.railforums.co.uk which I reference towards the end of this post.
The reason I wanted to look at this was utterly self-indulgent.
Long ago, ... long, long ago ... I lived in Broadheath. My home was less than a mile from Skelton Junction. Doing some investigation was as much about my roots as it was about railways. ....
This short piece is the result:
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/08/15/skelton-junction
The really significant piece of work was what prompted my interest in the first place - an article by Eddie Johnson in the November 2003 issue of Steam Days.
Slovenia
I have just picked up a copy of Global Railway Review. The July 2019 issue. The feature article focusses on infrastructure in Slovenia. Jo, my wife, and I travelled to Slovenia in 2006 and stayed in Bled. Reading the article in Global Railway Review brought back memories of that holiday.
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/08/12/slo...ays-museum
Don't miss out on the photographs from the museum in the appendix at the end of the linked post.
The Uganda Railway again. ......
We are gradually getting closer to the eastern border of Uganda! This is the next post in the series and covers the strech of the line from Nairobi to Lake Naivasha .....
https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/201...o-naivasha
Another leg of the journey on the Uganda Railway.
https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/201..._to_nakuru
The next two posts cover the length of the old Uganda Railway to Kisumu and Butere. Originally, this line was of significant strategic importance. Trains along the line provided access to Lake Victoria and the inland steamers that then provided access to the Great Lakes region and to Kampala via Port Bell.
The construction of the line from Nakuru to Kampala and beyond changed thing significantly and the old main line became a branch-line and has seen little traffic over recent years.
https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/201...-to-kisumu
Before we return to Nakuru to follow the main line towards Kampala, one further post about the Kisumu line. There was a short branch which left the Kisumu to Nakuru line within the confines of Kisumu city. This post focusses on that line.
https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/201...-to-butere
Abandoned Railways and Cyclepaths
The Guardian carried an article on 31st August 2019 about old rail routes being used as cycleways. It suggested the 10 best routes where old railway formations are in use as cycleways. Theirs is not the only list of routes which seeks to provide a "Top Ten."
I have pulled together a few examples in the linked post below. I'd like to add at least one which does not feature in the top ten lists, and that is the Forest of Dean.
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/09/13/rai...-a-top-ten
Which route is best?
The Tanat Valley Light Railway
In August 2019 my wife and I belated celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary by having a few days away. We chose to stay West of Llanymynech in the Welsh Borders.
While we were there we travelled the length of the Tanat Valley, following as closely as we could the route of the old Light Railway.
Much of the time on the journey we were looking across a couple of fields and noting a slight rise in the land along the line of the old railway!
We started the journey down the valley from Pennant Melangell and it's picturesque church. Intriguingly, there was a small museum in the church tower which included a number of things relating to the old Light Railway.
Sadly, we timed this excursion badly and were unable to visit the visitor centre at Nantmwr. It was closed in the days that we were in the area.
This post gives a great deal of background information about the line and the Tanat Valley. I hope, in the next post to follow the route of the line as best as possible.
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/09/18/the...nch-part-1
You will note that one of the reference documents used is a GCE project report about Llangynog and the railway which I came across in St. Melangell's Church