Roger Farnworth Railways

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Re: The Railways of Iran
While undertaking the research for these articles on the railways in Iran. I was delighted to find some material in a number of European language posted on a thread about the Railways of Iran on the SJK Postvagen forum. This next post is numbered out of sequence as I have already begun work of the period from the 1980s onwards, but the material is really interesting (in my view). I have had to use Google Translate to get the first draft of the different papers referred to in the link article and then I have had to clarify or paraphrase a number of things to make the text work in English. ....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/04/03/rai...llection-a

[rogerfarnworth]

RE: The Railways of Iran
I seem to have quite a number of unfinished articles on the Railways of Iran. Some are taking longer than others to complete. This is Part 9!

I still have parts 5, 7 and 8 to complete and I hope that there will be at least 3 others to follow.

This post includes two articles from journals in other countries translated for an English audience.

htttp://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/04/10/railways-in-iran-part-9-foreign-articles-collection-c

[rogerfarnworth]

RE: The Railways of Iran
To finish the collection of translated articles from other sources, this post focuses on chapters from a book written in Danish in the 1930s about the filming of a documentary about the building of the Tran-Iranian Railway. ......

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/04/13/rai...llection-b

[rogerfarnworth]

RE: The Railways of Iran
One of the joys of doing research is discovering little gems in surprising places. This happened to me just recently as I was searching for information and particularly for images associated with the railways of Iran up to the end of the Second World War. The result is this next article which I have agreed with Lanmcaster City Museum and the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. ......

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/04/13/rai...-world-war

[rogerfarnworth]

RE: The Railways of Iran
After the Revolution. ......

This next post brings the story of the Railways of Iran up to the Millenium. ....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/04/13/rai...80-to-1999

[rogerfarnworth]

Neil Parkhouse: British Railway History in Colour
I have just finished reading the fourth book of five so far published in this series by Neil Parkhouse. I have quite a library of Railway Books and the books in this series are among the best I have, alongside a number from the same publisher, Lightmoor Press. .....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/04/17/boo...-in-colour

[rogerfarnworth]

The Cheltenham and Gloucester Tramroad - Part 1
After spending a bit of time reading Neil Parkhouse's recent series on the railways of Gloucester - entitled "British Railway History in Colour" and published by The Lightmoor Press, I have stared looking at the ancient tramroad which served Gloucester Docks and Cheltenham and Leckhampton Hill. There is an excellent little book about this by David Bick. The first post in this short series focusses on the remote end of the branch-line which served Leckhampton Quarries. A small part of the tramroad outside the quarry boundaries remained in use up until the turn of the 20th Century.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/04/23/the...oad-part-1

[rogerfarnworth]

RE: The Railways of Iran again. ...
This next post gives some insight into what is being achieved in Iran at the moment. I must acknowledge that it is not a comprehensive report on Iran's Railways in the 21st Century, merely a snapshot of what has been happening.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/04/25/rai...st-century

[rogerfarnworth]

RE: The Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramroad - Part 2
I have just completed the second part of a journey along the Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramroad. This length runs from the bottom of Leckhampton Hill to the junction with the Tramroad's main line to the Northeast of what is now Cheltenham Railway Station.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/05/02/the...oad-part-2

[rogerfarnworth]

Re: The Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramroad
Part 3. ....

This length of the tramroad takes us from central Cheltenham to the suburbs of Gloucester. ....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/05/06/the...oad-part-3