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This article follows on from five other articles which covered the Wellington to Severn Junction Railway in the Telford area and this line from Buildwas to Presthope. We begin this next article at Presthope Railway Station and travel towards Craven Arms, as far as the village of Longville in the Dale. ……. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/06/27/the-wenlock-branch-from-presthope-to-craven-arms/

The new companies which came into existence with the grouping in 1923 addressed once again the best way to serve lightly populated rural communities. The options available to them centred on various forms of light railcars. Two forms of propulsion were available, the internal combustion engine and the steam engine. Electricity, in many cases required too large an investment for the likely traffic on the intermediate routes in rural areas. Steam railcars/railmotors surprisingly given early experiences, had a second opportunity to serve in the era of the big four! http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/06/26/steam-railmotors-part-6-after-the-grouping/

This fifth article about Steam Railcars/Railmotors focusses on articulated steam railmotors in the first two decades of the 20th century. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/06/20/steam-railmotors-part-5-articulated-steam-railmotors/ We will look at steam railmotors which served during the era of the big four companies after grouping in the next article.

The link in the last post does not work. This is the corrected link. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/06/18/steam-railcars-part-4-rigid-bodied-railmotors-owned-by-other-railway-companies/

This fourth article covers other railway companies which had steam railmotors in the early 20th century. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/06/1...-railmotors-owned-by-other-railway-companies/

A third article about UK Steam Railcars/Railmotors. This article focusses on the Great Western Railway. .... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/06/17/steam-railcars-part-3-the-great-western-railway-gwr/

This second article about Steam Railcars focusses on two early proponents of the units ...Dugald Drummond and Harry Wainwright. ..... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/06/15/steam-railcars-part-2-dugald-drummond-lswr-and-harry-wainwright-secr/

Sitting in a display case in our lounge is a model made by my late father-in-law in O-Gauge of a Midland railway Railmotor from the early 20th century. David painted the model in LMS livery. Its presence in our lounge has been an encouragement to find out more about steam powered railcars. The linked article is the first of at least 6 articles about steam railcars. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/06/11/steam-railcars-part-1-an-early-example/

A further article in an ongoing series about the L&LSR in Co. Donegal. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/05/27/the-lough-swilly-railway-continued-letterkenny-to-derry-part-2/

Yes SLYD, but the railway company had the name I have quoted - often abbreviated to L&LSR or 'The Swilly'. Other than limited references to the name of the railway company, I have used the abbreviated form or 'The Swilly' and referred to the city as Derry. Kind regards Roger

In April/May 2024 we spent time in Co. Donegal again. Our intention was to walk as much as possible of the Londonderry & Lough Swilly trackbed as we could between Letterkenny and Derry and the branch to Cardonagh. We were frustrated by contacting COVID at the very beginning of our holiday and recovery was slow! Walking any distance at all was impossible for both of us. I was, however, able to start work on the first of these articles about these lines. This is the first article: ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/05/16/the-lough-swilly-railway-continued-letterkenny-to-derry-part-1/

This fourth article takes the journey as far as Letterkenny. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/07/13/the-burtonport-extension-of-the-llsr-londonderry-and-lough-swilly-railway-part-4-barnes-gap-to-letterkenny/

This next article continues the journey along the Burtonport extension towards Letterkenny. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/04/30/the-burtonport-extension-of-the-londonderry-amp-lough-swilly-railway-part-3/

This next article covers a second length of the line. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/05/05/the-burtonport-extension-of-the-londonderry-lough-swilly-railway-part-2/

In April/May 2023 my wife and I stayed in Co. Donegal for a couple of weeks, planning to walk as much as possible of the L&LSR as far as Letterkenny. The linked article covers the first length of the line heading East from Burtonport http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/04/28/the-burtonport-extension-of-the-londonderry-lough-swilly-railway-part-1/