Locomotives International

A visit to South America in 1983 was your author’s first visit to that continent. Six countries were visited over four weeks, but Argentina was well off-limits to tourists holding a UK passport following the Falkland Islands conflict of 1982. By 1988

In late August 1994 I was sitting having lunch with my son on the patio outside at a small hillside taverna at Milies near Volos on the Pelion peninsula of Greece when we noticed a small railway station below us amongst the trees. This was a surprise

The first railway line on the Korean peninsula was built to standard (1435mm.) gauge and opened in 1899. Japanese influence in Korea was already growing and would become almost total after Japan defeated Russia in 1905. Five years later, Japan formal

The Setesdals Railway was a 78km long, 3foot 6inch (1067mm) gauge line built between Kristiansand and Byglandsfjord. The first part opened in 1895 and the line was opened throughout in 1896, and has just celebrated its 125th Anniversary. At Byglandsj

Metre gauge, Henschel-built 4-8-2+2-8-4 No. 612 is preserved at the small railway museum at Recife Central station. It was delivered to the Great Western of Brazil Railway in 1952 and was later on taken over by the Rede Ferroviaria do Nordeste. It th

Reading about steam in East Africa has always been of interest to me having grown up in Kenya with the main line running past our garden in Nairobi. On my return to Kenya in the 1970s I produced, with the help of Kenya Railways, an illustrated histor

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,

In early September 2000 an International Locomotive exchange was reciprocated and concluded between the ‘twinned’ heritage railways of Stoomtram Hoorn-Medemblik (SHM) in Holland and the Bluebell Railway in Sussex. In June 1998 P class loco 323 visite

When the Danish railway timetable changes from the 2021 version to the 2022 version on 10th December, the dieselelectric locomotive of type ME will be withdrawn from service after 40 years on the rails, mainly on Sjælland. The ME locomotive has been

The Barcelona Railway Museum is located at Vilanova i la Geltrú, which is about 45 km south-west of Barcelona. The museum opened in August 1990 and is located in a former railway depot, which closed in 1967. The museum is managed by the Fundación de

One of the highlights of our weekly visits to Salisbury station as young train spotters in the mid-1960s was being allowed up into the generous cab of a Merchant Navy or West Country. These were precious moments, all the more so as we knew we would a

A visit to South America in 1983 was your author’s first visit to that continent. Six countries were visited over four weeks, but Argentina was well off-limits to tourists holding a UK passport following the Falkland Islands conflict of 1982. By 1988

In late August 1994 I was sitting having lunch with my son on the patio outside at a small hillside taverna at Milies near Volos on the Pelion peninsula of Greece when we noticed a small railway station below us amongst the trees. This was a surprise

The Setesdals Railway was a 78km long, 3foot 6inch (1067mm) gauge line built between Kristiansand and Byglandsfjord. The first part opened in 1895 and the line was opened throughout in 1896, and has just celebrated its 125th Anniversary. At Byglandsj

The first railway line on the Korean peninsula was built to standard (1435mm.) gauge and opened in 1899. Japanese influence in Korea was already growing and would become almost total after Japan defeated Russia in 1905. Five years later, Japan formal

Metre gauge, Henschel-built 4-8-2+2-8-4 No. 612 is preserved at the small railway museum at Recife Central station. It was delivered to the Great Western of Brazil Railway in 1952 and was later on taken over by the Rede Ferroviaria do Nordeste. It th

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,

When the Danish railway timetable changes from the 2021 version to the 2022 version on 10th December, the dieselelectric locomotive of type ME will be withdrawn from service after 40 years on the rails, mainly on Sjælland. The ME locomotive has been

Reading about steam in East Africa has always been of interest to me having grown up in Kenya with the main line running past our garden in Nairobi. On my return to Kenya in the 1970s I produced, with the help of Kenya Railways, an illustrated histor

In early September 2000 an International Locomotive exchange was reciprocated and concluded between the ‘twinned’ heritage railways of Stoomtram Hoorn-Medemblik (SHM) in Holland and the Bluebell Railway in Sussex. In June 1998 P class loco 323 visite

The Barcelona Railway Museum is located at Vilanova i la Geltrú, which is about 45 km south-west of Barcelona. The museum opened in August 1990 and is located in a former railway depot, which closed in 1967. The museum is managed by the Fundación de

One of the highlights of our weekly visits to Salisbury station as young train spotters in the mid-1960s was being allowed up into the generous cab of a Merchant Navy or West Country. These were precious moments, all the more so as we knew we would a