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Tuesday, 4 February 2014
The Gateman at Getambe
The
Gateman at Getambe
By
Gyan
C A Fernando
Every
morning, from where I live in Kandy, I take a brisk walk for my health. That is
what I always tell myself! Funnily, I always seem to end up at the railway level
crossing at Getambe and this is where I first met an interesting character by
the name of Jayantha, or Jayantha Aiya as he is known to all and sundry.
Jayantha the gateman with his signal lamp |
Saturday, 14 September 2013
Old Ceylon Railway Pictures
This site contains pictures of old Ceylon, including pictures of the Ceylon Government Railway (CGR) during the early days.
There are several pictures of the Kadugannawa Incline during construction and also a picture of a narrow gauge Beyer Garratt locomotive from the Udu Pussellawa Railway (UPR).
Monday, 15 July 2013
Estación Central General Artigas, Montevideo, Uruguay
Estación Central General Artigas,
George Stephenson está vivo y bien en Montevideo!
Visité Estación Central General Artigas , el 4 de octubre de 2008.
Mis fotos de la estación y de la estatua de George Stephenson están aquí IMÁGENES
Estación Central General Artigas
es la antigua estación central de trenes de Montevideo, Uruguay, situado en Aguada.
Diseñado
por el ingeniero y arquitecto italiano Luigi Andreoni, que se abrió al
público el 15 de julio 1897 y se cerró el 1 de marzo de 2003.
(De Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre)
Friday, 5 July 2013
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
St Clair: Lost in the Wilderness
St Clair
Lost in the Wilderness
by
Gyan C A Fernando
In
the very first issue of LRD (Lanka Railway Digest) we ran an article entitled: “Glenanore: A well preserved plantationrailway siding in Sri Lanka”
The article opened with the statement “Plantation
railway sidings or estate platforms on the Sri Lankan Railway are little used
nowadays, some have become stations and some have completely disappeared.” More......
The Train Halt with No Name
The
Train Halt with No Name
A Most Curiously Named Railway Halt in Sri Lanka or
Train Halt No 1
by
Gyan C A Fernando
Cartoon by N. Senthilkumaran
Many crowded trains pass through this station daily on
the busy Coast Line of Sri Lanka to and from the capital, Colombo. Of the
thousands of passengers who pass this rail halt not many know how it got its
curious name.
More....just clck link at bottom!
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