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The Tramways of Marseilles – The Modern Tramway, Vol. 13, No. 150, June 1950 The June 1950 issue of The Modern Tramway carried a report by A. A. Jackson on the tramways in the French port of Marseilles. Marseilles sits in a natural basin facing West into the Mediterranean and surrounded by hills on...

Part 5 The Network during World War 2 During the war period, new work was suspended and maintenance was reduced to a minimum; tunnels were used as air raid shelters, and the service schedules were redistributed to avoid the tunnels. Suburban lines acquired considerable importance for the transport ...

A Lickey Light Railway – Modern Tramway Vol. 13 No. 146 The mention of ‘Lickey’ in the railway press usually conjures up thoughts of the Lickey Incline and the bankers needed to enable steam-powered trains to make the climb. In an article written in 1949 (Modern Tramway’s Prize Article of 1949) and...

Shaker Heights Rapid Transit Lines – Modern Tramway Vol. 12 No. 137, May 1949 Modern Tramway talks, in 1949, of the Shaker Heights Rapid Transit (SHRT) Lines as “A high speed electric light railway entirely on reserved track, connecting a beautiful high class residential district with the centre of...

Genoa’s Early Tram Network – Part 4 – World War 1 to World War 2 The first three articles in this series about Genova's Early Tram Network covered the network as it was established by the beginning of the First World War. We have already noted that there were changes to the network which occurred b...

1825-1925: The Railway Centenary Celebrations at Darlington, 1st to 3rd July 1925 – The Railway Magazine, August 1925 In the year that we mark the bicentenary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. I have found a copy of the August 1925 edition of the Railway Magazine which marked...

If you are interested in reading more about the New South Wales Railmotors, an online acquaintance has shared the informative site below, with me.

https://trms.org.au/class-index/

Two Experimental New South Wales Railmotors in the Early 20th Century In April 1920, a couple of paragraphs in The Railway Magazine focussed on a new experimental Railmotor constructed by New South Wales Railways. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/12/27/two-experimental-new-south-wales-railmotors-in-t...

Genoa's Early Tram Network - Part 3 The Rest of the Eastern Network The line running from Piazza Corvetto to Prato will be covered in this article, along with those which ran out of Piazza Raffeale de Ferrari along Via XX Settembre. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/12/14/genoas-early-tram-network-par...

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 ...