A couple of weeks ago I posted some pictures of the various steam locomotives batting around the Statfold Barn Railway at the recent open day. Of course the running locomotives are the really fun part of the open day, but they are only the tip of the Statfold iceberg. The roundhouse contains far more traction […]
What Goes Up Must Come Down Part 3
Originally published in The Railway Magazine for March 2010 under the title “Cliffhangers” Cliff railways, part of Britain’s transport infrastructure since 1875, are often overlooked by the enthusiast fraternity. ROBERT HUMM reviews their history and development : continued from Part 2. The partnership in the 1890s between Newnes as financier and Marks as engineer resulted […]
Statfold Barn, June 2017
There is nothing like Statfold, this year there were sixteen engines in steam – so wherever you stood, wherever you waited there was always something going one – a great sense of highly-organised activity and a terrific atmosphere. This post is simply a catalogue of those sixteen engines (or would be – unfortunately I only […]
What Goes Up Must Come Down Part 2
Originally published in The Railway Magazine for March 2010 under the title “Cliffhangers” Cliff railways, part of Britain’s transport infrastructure since 1875, are often overlooked by the enthusiast fraternity. ROBERT HUMM reviews their history and development : continued from Part 1. With a total of four cliff railways the Kentish town of Folkestone was once […]
What Goes Up Must Come Down Part 1
Originally published in The Railway Magazine for March 2010 under the title “Cliffhangers” Cliff railways, part of Britain’s transport infrastructure since 1875, are often overlooked by the enthusiast fraternity. ROBERT HUMM reviews their history and development. In North America they are called Incline Railways. In Europe, which invented them, they are usually known as Funiculars. […]