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Friday 24 August 2012

Glenanore A well preserved plantation railway siding in Sri Lanka


Glenanore
A well preserved plantation railway siding in Sri Lanka
Glenanore, a well preserved plantation railway siding in Sri Lanka
By
Gyan C A Fernando

Plantations railway sidings or estate platforms on the Sri Lankan Railway are little used nowadays, some have become stations and some have completely disappeared.
In the supplements to his book “Railways of Sri Lanka”, David Hyatt gives a comprehensive list of these halts.

Tuesday 21 August 2012

Peruvian Railway Pictures

Great Railway Journeys
Peruvian Railway Pictures
Pictures of Peruvian Trains from my travels in Peru
The PICTURES ARE HERE
Peru 2003 

Peru 2010

and 
the story may be found here LINK

Wednesday 15 August 2012

Estación Central General Artigas, Montevideo, Uruguay


Estación Central General Artigas,
George Stephenson at General Artigas Railway Station, Montevideo, UruguayGeorge Stephenson at General Artigas Railway Station, Montevideo, UruguayMontevideo, Uruguay

 George Stephenson is alive and well in Montevideo!

I visited Estación Central General Artigas on the 4th of October 2008.
My pictures of the station and the statue of George Stephenson are here PICTURES

Estación Central General Artigas 
is the former central railway station of Montevideo, Uruguay, situated in Aguada.
Designed by the Italian engineer and architect Luigi Andreoni, it was opened to the public on the 15th of July 1897 and was closed on 1 March 2003.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Sunday 12 August 2012

Why Boys Love Trains and Girls Love Dolls


 
Why Boys love Trains and Girls love Dolls

Why Boys love Trains and Girls love Dolls
Gyan Fernando takes a humorous pseudo-scientific look at this age old Gender divide!