Sunday, 5 July 2015

Rangoon Tramways

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This very short introduction to trams in Rangoon is based on information from Dr. Tilman Frasch's article 'Trams in Rangoon: They f...
Monday, 29 June 2015

New Railway from Katha to Bhamo

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Overall description Myanma Railways are committed to a number of projects to build new railways to improve communications in Myanmar. One...

Railways in India

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India is a huge country with an important and extensive railway system largely inherited from the British. On my three visits to India to d...
Sunday, 28 June 2015

Permanent Way in Myanmar

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In March 2008, I made my first visit to Myanmar (formerly Burma) and made my first trip on Yangon's Circle Line, described here . The c...
Thursday, 25 June 2015

The Madaya Light Railway

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In Part 3 of Hugh Hughes excellent guide to railway locomotives in India (introduced here ), there is the following brief information about...

Thaton – Duyinzaik Railway

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In Part 3 of Hugh Hughes excellent guide to railway locomotives in India (introduced here ), there is the following brief information about...
Monday, 22 June 2015

Indian Locomotives

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Hugh Hughes produced an excellent guide to railway locomotives in India called simply 'Indian Locomotives'. This was published as a...
Wednesday, 3 June 2015

Railway Group Meeting at Brewood

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After a long interval, another in the series of 'occasional sessions' was held at Brewood on Thursday, 21st May 2015. For the first...
Saturday, 23 May 2015

Insein Locomotive Works

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My first trip on the Circle Line in Yangon, back in 2008 (described in the post The Circle Line, Yangon ) allowed me to identify the main l...

Mahlwagon Marshalling Yard and Diesel Locomotive Shed, Yangon

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My first trip on the Circle Line in Yangon, back in 2008 (described in the post The Circle Line, Yangon ) gave me a tantalising glimpse of ...