Roger Farnworth Railways

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Re: The Llanfyllin Branch again. ...
The Llanfyllin Branch - Part 2

In the first article in this short series, we finished the first part of our journey from Oswestry along the Llanfyllin Branch just after passing through Carreghofa Halt with its adjacent combined canal aqueduct and road bridge. Just beyond the bridge we noted the Nantmawr Branch heading away to the North while trains for Llanfyllin ran round a short chord to meet what was the original alignment of the Llanfyllin Branch.

After leaving the 26-chain chord trains headed due West for Llansantffraid across “a tract of pleasant agricultural countryside.” [3: p635] Within a short distance the Grove Viaduct was reached. It was a 90-yard long viaduct which sat about 7.7 miles from Oswestry.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2025/03/12/the...nch-part-2

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Re: The Caledonian Railway
Wikipedia tells us that “The Caledonian Railway (CR) was one of the two biggest of the five major Scottish railway companies prior to the 1923 Grouping. It was formed in 1845 with the objective of forming a link between English railways and Glasgow. It progressively extended its network and reached Edinburgh and Aberdeen, with a dense network of branch lines in the area surrounding Glasgow. It was absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. Many of its principal routes are still used, and the original main line between Carlisle and Glasgow is in use as part of the West Coast Main Line railway (with a modified entry into Glasgow itself).”

The linked article looks at the development of the Caledonian Railway. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2025/03/20/the...n-railway/

Other articles which focus on different parts of the Caledonian Railway include:

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

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/07/16/the...motor-car/

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/01/01/the...ne-part-1/

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/01/02/the...ne-part-2/

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/01/05/the...ne-part-3/

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 Re: Rt. Revd. Eric Treacy MBE LLD
Flicking through a number of old magazines passed to me by a friend here in Telford, I came across a supplement published by The Railway Magazine in December 1990, “Eric Treacy: The Classic Years.”

Treacy’s photographs are now in the National Archive collection at Kew They are ©Crown Copyright and covered by an Open Government Licence which permits copying of images in the collection for non-commercial use. This covers the photographs from the collection which were reproduced in the 1990 supplement.

The Rt. Revd. Eric Treacy MBE, LLD, Lord Bishop of Wakefield from 1968 until 1976, died on Appleby Station on 13th May 1978. He left behind a large collection of railway photographs, taken over more than four decades.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2025/03/22/rt-...y-mbe-lld/

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Re: San Sebastian, Spain and Niagara Falls!
San Sebastian’s Urban Tramway, Funicular and Aerocar, and the ‘Spanish Aerocar’ at Niagara Falls.

A variety of different forms of transportation in and around San Sebastian in Spain and an interesting link with Niagara Falls!

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2025/03/22/san...ara-falls/