Roger Farnworth Railways

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RE: Genoa (Genova): Railways and Tramways again. ...
Genova (Genoa) - A Telfer

For a very short time Genoa had a Telfer.

'Telfer' or 'Telfere elettrico', was a monorail railway line built in Genoa in 1914, the first of its kind built in Italy. The name was derived from the English term 'telpher'.

This article highlights the short-lived experimental line. ....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/11/14/genoa-a-telfer/

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Re: Genoa (Genova): Railways and Tramways again
La Ferrovia delle Gavette - was an industrial railway in the valley of the Bisagno River (Torrent). The Binario Industriale della Val Bisagno, also known as La Ferrovia delle Gavette, was in use from 1926 until 1965. It was a standard-gauge line and was 4.7km in length. ....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/11/18/gen...e-gavette/

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Re: The Callander and Oban Railway
The Callander and Oban Railway is a historic railway, part of which is abandoned and part still in use.

In July 1923, The Railway Magazine carried an article about the Callander & Oban Railway (C&O) written by G.F. Gairns.

Gairns commented that the C&O constituted the third of the three great mountain lines: the Perth-Inverness line of the Highland Railway; the West Highland Line of the North British Railway; and the Callander & Oban Railway (including the Ballachulish Extension).

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/12/22/the...an-railway

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Re: Genoa (Genova): Railways and Tramways again. ....
Genoa – Casella Narrow Gauge Railway Part 1 – Genova to Sardorella

The Genova–Casella railway is a 24.3 km narrow gauge railway that connects Genoa to Casella, a village in the mountains inland from the city.

This is the first of two articles about the line. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/11/21/gen...ardorella/

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Re: Genoa (Genova): Railways and Tramways
Genoa – Casella Narrow Gauge Railway Part 2 – Sardorella to Casella

This article covers the northern half of the line and has a quick look at the motive power and rolling-stock used.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/11/25/gen...o-casella/

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RE: The North Island of New Zealand - Mountain Lines
Will Lawson wrote about the mountain railways of New Zealand in the August 1909 issue of The Railway Magazine. The two principal lines on the South Island were under construction at the time of his article. Those on the North Island were already in use. We look first at The Rimutaka Incline and then at The Raurimu Spiral.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/12/25/two...rth-island

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 Re: Genoa (Genova): Railways and Tramways
Genova's Metro

The Metropolitana di Genova is, in 2024, a single-line, double-track light rapid transit system that connects the centre of Genova, Italy with the suburb of Rivarolo Ligure, to the north-west of the city centre. It runs through to Brignole Railway Station in the East of the city. In 2024/5, the service is managed by Azienda Mobilità e Trasporti (AMT), which provides public transport for the city of Genova.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/11/26/genoas-metro/

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RE: Roger Farnworth Railways
Genoa’s Early Tram Network – Part 1 – General Introduction, Tunnels, The Years before World War One, and the Early Western Network.

Introduction and Early History

We begin this article with a look at maps of the Piazza Raffeale de Ferrari and its immediate environs over the years around the turn of the 20th century. The Piazza became one of two focal points for tramways in the city (the other was Caricamento).

I found the series of maps interesting and they provoked a desire to find out more about the network of horse-drawn and later electric trams and tramways of Genoa. ….

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/12/03/gen...n-network/

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RE: Roger Farnworth Railways
Genoa’s Early Tram Network – Part 2

In this article we look at the service provided on another large portion of the remainder of the network in the period up to the First World War.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/12/08/gen...n-network/

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Re: The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway
The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway: ‘The Second Public Railway Opened in England’?? – The Railway Magazine, October 1907

C.R. Henry of the South-Eastern & Chatham Railway wrote about this line being the second public railway opened in England in an article in the October 1907 edition of The Railway Magazine. Reading that article prompted this look at the line which was referred to locally as the ‘Crab and Winkle Line‘.

There are a number of claimants to the title ‘first railway in Britain’, including the Middleton Railway, the Swansea and Mumbles Railway and the Surrey Iron Railway amongst others. Samuel Lewis in his ‘A Topographical Dictionary of England’ in 1848, called the Canterbury & Whitstable Railway the first railway in the South of England.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/12/30/the...n-england/

The Crab and Winkle Line Trust says that in 1830, the “Canterbury and Whitstable Railway was at the cutting edge of technology. Known affectionately as the ‘Crab and Winkle Line’ from the seafood for which Whitstable was famous, it was the third railway line ever to be built. However, it was the first in the world to take passengers regularly and the first railway to issue season tickets. The first railway season tickets were issued at Canterbury in 1834 to take people to the beach at Whitstable over the summer season. This fact is now recorded on a plaque at Canterbury West railway station. Whitstable was also home to the world’s oldest passenger railway bridge.”