Locomotives International

Utsunomiya, population around 518 000, and the capital of Tochigi Prefecture, is the first Japanese city since the mid-1940s to undertake the construction of a completely new tramway network, as opposed to extending or modernising an existing one. In

On 28.12.72 I arrived in South Africa, after a two week journey from Southampton to Cape Town on the Transvaal Castle a Union Castle Liner. My travels started with a circular tour of South Africa and then I hitched from Cape Town, arriving at Beitbri

In February 1949, the New South Wales Government Railway (NSWGR) placed an order subject to contract and final pricing for 25 of a planned total order of 60, 4-8-4 + 4-8-4 Beyer Garratt steam locomotives numbered 6001 to 6025 (Order number 11155) fro

Fragments of the history of the 0-6-6-0 compound Mallets built for the Yaroslavl-Vologda-Arkhangelsk Railway of Northern Russia are scattered among fifteen or twenty books, atlases, and magazines. It is the intention of this article to draw such mate

One of the high lights of a coach tour holiday over Christmas 2004 was a one way trip on the ‘Giselabahn’ heritage train on Christmas Day. Our journey started at Kitzbuhel at 12.30 and continued to Fieberbrun where a pathing stop was made. After the

EFE’s distant relative. Chilean State Railways (EFE) operates passenger trains through a series of wholly-owned subsidiaries, one of which is the Ferrocarril de Arica a La Paz S.A. (FCALPSA), whilst freight trains are run by privately-owned concessio

The railway preservation movement has saved a vast number of railway locomotives, coaches, wagons and other artefacts for future generations to enjoy. This includes the machines that have been saved by the national railway companies themselves. Howev

Contributions for this section should be sent to the Editorial Office, with the following exceptions: • Southern Africa - John Middleton, c/o Editorial Office. Email: johnmiddleton3401@gmail.com• South America - Lionel Price, 9, Liverpool Road West,

On March 27 1970 SNCF closed the railway which ascends from Oloron Ste. Marie to Canfranc, following the derailment of a runaway freight train near the Pont d’Estanguet, to the south of Bedous. Thus ended the first `life’ of the central Pyrenean rail

In his book The Railways of Jamaica, published by Locomotives International (copies still available - Ed), Jim Horsford says that this locomotive, built by Nasmyth Wilson 1931, was plinthed in the Trench Town district of Kingston in 1966, “but its su

This article combines a tram ride from the centre of Hanoi to the Tramways Factory (Usine des Tramways) illustrated by old postcards, a visit to the factory itself and a brief history of the Hanoi tramways. The visit to the factory took place in late

In August 1983 I spent a week working at my employer’s HQ at Ann Arbor, Michigan, not far from Detroit. My wife had travelled with me for some sightseeing and our return flight to London was on Sunday evening so that we could fit in a short visit to

The Cravens Railway Carriage and Wagon Company was established in 1866 in the Darnall district of Sheffield, as a family business. Following a period of slow growth, in 1883 the Great Northern Railway ordered 400 sets of Cravens wheels and axles. In

The Uppsala - Lenna Jernväg (ULJ) is a preserved railway near Uppsala in Sweden. The 891mm gauge railway is a preserved section of the once extensive Roslagen network, which originally opened in 1876, but was reduced in size during the 1960/1970s. An

Robert Day writes: I visited the Gniezno and Smigiel lines in February 2011 as part of an organised tour facilitated by Howard Jones of the Wolsztyn Experience. The UK organiser has billed this as “Steam and Snow in Poland”, but snow was in short sup

On 28.12.72 I arrived in South Africa, after a two week journey from Southampton to Cape Town on the Transvaal Castle a Union Castle Liner. My travels started with a circular tour of South Africa and then I hitched from Cape Town, arriving at Beitbri

Utsunomiya, population around 518 000, and the capital of Tochigi Prefecture, is the first Japanese city since the mid-1940s to undertake the construction of a completely new tramway network, as opposed to extending or modernising an existing one. In

One of the high lights of a coach tour holiday over Christmas 2004 was a one way trip on the ‘Giselabahn’ heritage train on Christmas Day. Our journey started at Kitzbuhel at 12.30 and continued to Fieberbrun where a pathing stop was made. After the

In February 1949, the New South Wales Government Railway (NSWGR) placed an order subject to contract and final pricing for 25 of a planned total order of 60, 4-8-4 + 4-8-4 Beyer Garratt steam locomotives numbered 6001 to 6025 (Order number 11155) fro

Fragments of the history of the 0-6-6-0 compound Mallets built for the Yaroslavl-Vologda-Arkhangelsk Railway of Northern Russia are scattered among fifteen or twenty books, atlases, and magazines. It is the intention of this article to draw such mate

EFE’s distant relative. Chilean State Railways (EFE) operates passenger trains through a series of wholly-owned subsidiaries, one of which is the Ferrocarril de Arica a La Paz S.A. (FCALPSA), whilst freight trains are run by privately-owned concessio

The railway preservation movement has saved a vast number of railway locomotives, coaches, wagons and other artefacts for future generations to enjoy. This includes the machines that have been saved by the national railway companies themselves. Howev

Contributions for this section should be sent to the Editorial Office, with the following exceptions: • Southern Africa - John Middleton, c/o Editorial Office. Email: johnmiddleton3401@gmail.com• South America - Lionel Price, 9, Liverpool Road West,

On March 27 1970 SNCF closed the railway which ascends from Oloron Ste. Marie to Canfranc, following the derailment of a runaway freight train near the Pont d’Estanguet, to the south of Bedous. Thus ended the first `life’ of the central Pyrenean rail

This article combines a tram ride from the centre of Hanoi to the Tramways Factory (Usine des Tramways) illustrated by old postcards, a visit to the factory itself and a brief history of the Hanoi tramways. The visit to the factory took place in late

In his book The Railways of Jamaica, published by Locomotives International (copies still available - Ed), Jim Horsford says that this locomotive, built by Nasmyth Wilson 1931, was plinthed in the Trench Town district of Kingston in 1966, “but its su

The Cravens Railway Carriage and Wagon Company was established in 1866 in the Darnall district of Sheffield, as a family business. Following a period of slow growth, in 1883 the Great Northern Railway ordered 400 sets of Cravens wheels and axles. In

In August 1983 I spent a week working at my employer’s HQ at Ann Arbor, Michigan, not far from Detroit. My wife had travelled with me for some sightseeing and our return flight to London was on Sunday evening so that we could fit in a short visit to

The Uppsala - Lenna Jernväg (ULJ) is a preserved railway near Uppsala in Sweden. The 891mm gauge railway is a preserved section of the once extensive Roslagen network, which originally opened in 1876, but was reduced in size during the 1960/1970s. An

Robert Day writes: I visited the Gniezno and Smigiel lines in February 2011 as part of an organised tour facilitated by Howard Jones of the Wolsztyn Experience. The UK organiser has billed this as “Steam and Snow in Poland”, but snow was in short sup