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[b]Some East Indian Railway branches and the Kalka to Simla Narrow Gauge Line.[/b] A further article about the East Indian Railway appeared in the July 1906 edition of The Railway Magazine - written again by G. Huddleston, C.I.E. Huddleston looks at a number of different sections of the network and after looking at what he has to say about each we will endeavour to follow those railway routes as they appear in the 21st century. We will go into quite a bit of detail on the journey along the Kalka to Shimla narrow-gauge line. The featured image at the head of this post was taken at Taradevi Railway Station on the Kalka to Shimla line, (c) GNU Free Documentation Licence Version 1.2. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/11/01/some-east-indian-railway-branches-and-the-kalka-to-simla-narrow-gauge-line/

[b]Part 2[/b] This second article about the line completes the journey, covering the length from Sawdlincote to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/31/the-burton-and-ashby-light-railway-part-2/

The June 1922 issue of The Railway Magazine celebrated its Silver Jubilee with a number of articles making comparisons between the railway scene in 1897 and that of 1922 or thereabouts. In celebrating its Silver Jubilee, The Railway Magazine was also offering, in its June 1922 edition, its 300th number. Reading through the various celebratory articles, a common theme encountered was comparisons made between 1897 and 1922. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/29/the-railway-magazine-silver-jubilee-july-1897-to-june-1922/

The featured image for this short article is the petrol motor-car used by the Croydon District Engineer of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, in connection with his duties. The car was block-signalled in the same way as a train and carried head code discs. It was included in The Railway Magazine of July 1906. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/27/early-small-petrol-powered-rail-inspection-cars/ Examples come from a variety of jurisdictions ...

A contemporary account of the completion of the additional rail bridge over the River Tyne. This is the Bridge that became known as the King Edward VII Bridge. It is a Grade II listed structure and has been described as “Britain’s last great railway bridge”. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/26/the-new-high-level-bridge-at-newcastle-on-tyne-the-railway-magazine-july-1906

In the Railway Magazine, August 1922, an unattributed article about these LNWR units was carried. From 6th February 1922 a 'reversible' or 'push-and-pull' train was in use for working locally between Manchester (Victoria) and Atherton. Courtesy of Mr. Ashton Davies, M.B.E., General Superintendent (Northern Division) of the LNWR, The Railway Magazine was able to illustrate and describe the equipment of the train employed: http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/25/lnwr-reversible-steam-train/

This second article in a short series looks at that eastern end of the line. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/09/the-manchester-and-leeds-railway-the-railway-magazine-december-1905-part-2/

An update on newspaper reports about both standard-gauge and metre-gauge railways in East Africa in 2024. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/24/october-2024-news-about-railways-in-east-africa/

Part 2 This is the second article in a series about the Border Counties Railway. ... https://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/23/the-border-counties-railway-part-2-chollerton-to-redesmouth-junction/

[b]Part 1[/b] An article by Seymour Glendenning in the July 1906 issue of The Railway Magazine focussed on the newly opened Burton & Ashby Light Railway. The light railway was a 3ft 6in gauge electric tram line supplied with electricity from a diesel generator plant near Swadlincote. The power plant sat alongside the tram depot there. This is the first of two articles about the line: ...... https://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/19/the-burton-and-ashby-light-railway-part-1

At the end of 1905, G. Huddleston, CLE., was Deputy Traffic Manager (Goods) East Indian Railway. This article is based round the one written by him in the December 1905 Railway Magazine. https://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/16/the-east-indian-railway-the-railway-magazine-december-1905-and-a-journey-along-the-line/ This first article about the East Indian Railway follows the length from Kolkata.

The Railway Magazine of December 1905 included a photograph of a road vehicle powered by steam. The picture in The Railway Magazine is the featured image for this short article. https://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/10/gwr-steam-motor-road-vehicles/

An article in the Railway Magazine in December 1905 prompted a look at the Manchester and Leeds Railway. For a number of years my parents lived in sheltered housing in Mirfield which is on the line. Looking at the line as it appeared in 1905 and again in the 21st century seemed a worthwhile exercise! Part 1 of this short series provides a short history of the line and takes us from Manchester to Sowerby Bridge. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/06/the-manchester-and-leeds-railway-the-railway-magazine-december-1905-part-1/

The last length of the Whitland & Cardigan Railway is covered in the linked article below. Before completing the journey to Whitland, the article also looks at Locomotives and Rolling Stock used on the line. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/08/30/railways-in-west-wales-part-2c-the-whitland-cardigan-railway-rolling-stock-locomotives-and-llanglydwen-to-whitland/

The December 1905 Railway Magazine focused on Shrewsbury Railway Station as the 34th location in its Notable Railway Stations series. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/09/22/shrewsbury-railway-station-in-1905/ [Quote]The Railway Magazine carried an article about the relatively newly refurbished Shrewsbury Railway Station which started by remarking on the debt Shrewsbury Station owed to the construction of the Severn Tunnel: “it is to the Severn Tunnel that Shrewsbury owes the position it claims as one of the most important distributing centers in the country if not the most. In telephonic language, it is a “switch board,” and those on the spot claim that more traffic is interchanged and redistributed at Shrewsbury than even at York.”[/Quote]