This archive is maintained purely for historical record purposes.
The information is taken from previous issues of Site Updates.
- 30th April, 2020
- Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, London: added
entry for Ickenham.
Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, North West:
added entries for Lancashire Mining Museum, Walton Park
and Wirral MES.
Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, South East:
added entries for Crowborough, Frimley Lodge,
Prospect Park and Thames Ditton.
Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, West Midlands:
added entries for Bridge View and Hereford SME.
Railways, World, Czech Republic: added entry for
Carbo Rail.
Railways, World, Slovakia: minor correction.
Well Dressings: added picture for event in 1997
at Clay Cross.
- 29th April, 2020
- Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, Yorkshire &
the Humber: updated entry for Crowle Peatlands.
Railways, World, Honduras: minor updates; added
picture.
Railways, World, Liechtenstein: added picture.
Well Dressings, Calendar: events at Ashwell,
Monyash and Taddington cancelled, owing to Covid-19
precautions.
- 28th April, 2020
- Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, East Midlands:
added link for Manor Park.
Railways, Station Names, Pubs: Mitre Hotel
now demolished.
Railways, World, Australia, Tourist: added entries for
Castledare, Cohunu Park, Morphett Vale and Myrtle May.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, Mississippi:
Mississippi Delta is operated as Chicago Rock Island
& Pacific.
- 27th April, 2020
- Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, West Midlands:
added entry for Copsewood Miniature Railway.
Railways, World; Guyana and Haïti: added pictures.
Railways, World, Italy: added entry for FuoriMuro.
Well Dressings, Calendar: event at Ulley
postponed, event at Wessington cancelled, owing to
Covid-19 precautions.
- 26th April, 2020
- Railways, World, Australia, Tourist: added entries for
Canberra Miniature, Hornsby, Illawarra, Melbourne Steam
Traction Engine, Portarlington Bayside, SASMEE, Sydney
Live Steam and Wagga Wagga.
- 25th April, 2020
- Railways, World, Greece: added link for Thessaly
Museum Railway; added picture.
Railways, World, Guatemala: added link for
Metro Riel; added picture.
Railways, World, Guinea Bissau: added details
of former railways; added picture.
- 24th April, 2020
- Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, Yorkshire &
the Humber: added entry for West Riding Small Locomotive
Society.
Railways, World, Georgia: added entry for Tbilisi
Funicular; deleted entry for BTK, may have ceased
operation; added picture.
Railways, World, Ghana: added picture.
- 23rd April, 2020
- Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, Scotland: added
entry for Invergarry & Fort Augustus.
Railways, World, Gabon: added link for SETRAG;
added picture.
Railways, World, Gambia: added details of former
railways; added picture.
Railways, World, Germany, Metros: added entry for
Frankfurt Airport; added link for München Airport.
Well Dressings, Calendar: event at Pleasley
cancelled owing to Covid-19 precautions.
- 22nd April, 2020
- Railways, World, Index: amended some links.
Railways, World, France: deleted entry for
Trans Europe TGV, link dead; deleted entry for Évian,
duplicates that for Thonon; deleted link for TPCF,
no reference found; added link for Pau; updated links
for Aubagne, Lille, le Mans, Orléans, Rouen, Thonon
and le Tréport.
- 21st April, 2020
- Railways, World, France and related pages:
created new individual pages for territories in
Overseas France; various other updates and amendments.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, Minnesota:
updated entry for Minnesota Commercial.
- 20th April, 2020
- Railways, World, Kiribati: added details of railway
on Banaba; added picture.
Well Dressings, Calendar: event at Tideswell
cancelled owing to Covid-19 precautions.
- 19th April, 2020
- Railways, World, Czech Republic: deleted entry for
Elinka, historic electric railcars will cease operation
with conversion of line to 25kV 50Hz.
Railways, World, Germany, Tourist, Sachsen: added
entry for Straßenbahnmuseum Leipzig.
Railways, World, Peru: added entry for Parque de la
Amistad.
Railways, World, Qatar: added entry for Msheireb
Tram.
Railways, World, Zimbabwe: added entries for
Bushtracks Express and Zambesi Tram.
- 17th April, 2020
- Railways, World, Austria: Meridian to become BRB.
Railways, World, Germany, Regional: deleted entries
for BOB and Meridian, brands to become part of BRB;
updated entry for BRB.
- 16th April, 2020
- Railways, World, Australia, Tourist: added entry
for Altona Miniature.
- 15th April, 2020
- Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, Yorkshire & the
Humber: added entry for Pugneys.
Railways, World, USA, Tourist, Ohio: added entry for
J & L.
Railways, World, USA, Tourist, Pennsylvania: added
entry for East Broad Top.
- 14th April, 2020
- Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, London: added entry
for Harlington Locomotive Society; updated link for
Roxbourne.
Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, West Midlands: deleted
entry for Leasowes, no longer operating.
Railways, World, France, Tourist, PACA: deleted entry
for Vélorail de Haute Provence, no longer operating; updated
link for Méjanes and Vélorail de la Sainte Baume; new picture.
Railways, World, UK, Isle of Man: added entry for
Crogga Valley.
Well Dressings, Calendar: event at Sutton Lane Ends
cancelled owing to Covid-19 precautions.
- 13th April, 2020
- Railways, World, France, Tourist, Occitanie: updated entry
for Vélorail de l’Armagnac; updated links for CF de Lacs de
Montclar, Larzac and le Train Jaune; amended flag; new picture.
Railways, World, France, Tourist, Pays de la Loire: updated
links for le Tortillard and Transpapéa; new picture.
Railways, World, UK, Isle of Man: added entry for
Crogga Valley.
- 12th April, 2020
- Railways, World, Australia, Tourist: added entry for
Cobden Miniature.
Railways, World, France, Tourist, Grand Est: added
entry for Minièresbunn.
Railways, World, France, Tourist, Normandy: updated
entry for Vélorail des Andaines; deleted entry for
LocoLézarde, no longer operating; new picture.
Railways, World, France, Tourist, Nouvelle-Aquitaine:
updated entry for Écomusée de Marquèze; updated links for
Cap Ferret, PGVS and Saintonge; amended flag; new
picture.
Railways, World, Luxembourg: added entry for Minett
Park, replacing entries for Train 1900 and Minièresbunn;
added entry for Chemins de Fer Lankelz; deleted entry
for Haut-Martelange, no longer has an operating railway;
updated link for SÜWEX; added picture.
- 11th April, 2020
- Railways, World, France, Tourist, Hauts-de-France:
updated link for Haut Somme; added Hauts-de-France logo;
new picture.
Railways, World, France, Tourist, Grand Est: updated
entry for Vélorails Val de Mortagne; updated links for Val
de Passey and Vélo-rail de la Meuse; added Grand Est logo;
new picture.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, North Carolina:
updated entry for Carolina Coastal; Atlantic Railways website
now functioning.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, South Carolina:
deleted entry for Carolina Coastal, no longer operating in
SC.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, Washington:
added entry for Spokane Spangle & Palouse.
- 10th April, 2020
- Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, North West: added entry
for Lakeside Miniature.
Railways, World, Australia, Tourist: added entry for
Box Hill.
Railways, World, France, Tourist, Bretagne: new picture.
Railways, World, France, Tourist, Centre-Val de Loire:
Bas-Berry now operates to Valençay; new picture.
Railways, World; Nepal and Tibet: updates regarding
construction of new railways.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, Michigan: deleted
entry for Delray Connecting, reported out of use.
- 9th April, 2020
- Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, North West: added entry
for Sandiway.
Well Dressings: added pictures for events in 1998
at Dale Abbey, Etwall and Newborough.
- 8th April, 2020
- Railways, World, France, Tourist, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes:
added entry for Vélorail d’Ambert; updated link for les Arcs,
CF du Haut Rhône, Funiculaire du Capucin, Funiculaire de Saint
Hilaire du Touvet, Train de l’Ardèche, Velay-Express,
Vélorail du Cézallier, Cyclo-draisines du Haut Rhône
and Vélorail de Pradelles.
Railways, World, France, Tourist, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté:
updated links for Ligne des Hirondelles and Ligne des
Horlogers; updated regional flag; new picture.
- 7th April, 2020
- Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, East Midlands:
added entry for Evergreens.
Railways, World, France, Tourist, Île de France:
updated links for Ferra Botanica, Jardin d’Acclimatation
and Port aux Cerises; new picture.
Railways, World, UAE: updated details of new
construction.
Well Dressings: added pictures for event in 1998
at Tissington.
Well Dressings, Calendar: event at Pilsley
cancelled owing to Covid-19 precautions.
- 6th April, 2020
- Railways, World, France, Tourist, DOM/TOM,
Martinique: added link for Rails de la Canne à Sucre;
added flags for Society Islands and Tuamotu.
Well Dressings: added pictures for events in 1998
at Endon, Middleton and Monyash.
Well Dressings: added picture for event in 2014
at Newholme Hospital.
- 5th April, 2020
- Railways, World, Fiji: added entry for Ecotrax;
deleted entry for Coral Coast Railway; added picture.
Well Dressings: added pictures for events in 1998
at Brackenfield (additional), Chester Green and
Wirksworth.
- 4th April, 2020
- Railways, World, Eswatini: aded picture.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, Ohio: minor
amendment.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, West Virginia:
added entry for Belpre Industrial Parkersburg.
Well Dressings: added pictures for events in 1998
at Ashford and Brackenfield.
- 3rd April, 2020
- Railways, World, Estonia: added entries for Mining
Museum and Naissaar Railway; other amendments;
added picture.
Railways, World, Finland: added entries for
Nykarleby Jernväg, Outokummun Kaivosrautatie an
Tankavaara Gold Village; added link for Turku trams;
added picture.
Railways, World, Russia: added entry for Evraz
KGOK.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, Montana:
Mission Mountain line to Kalispell to be returned to
BNSF.
Well Dressings: added pictures for events in 1998
at Chelmorton, Cressbrook, Marston Mongomery and
Middle Mayfield.
Well Dressings, Calendar: event at Ashford
postponed, events at Bamford and Dore cancelled owing
to Covid-19 precautions.
- 2nd April, 2020
- Well Dressings: added pictures for events in 1998
at Penistone and Youlgrave.
- 1st April, 2020
- Well Dressings: added pictures for events in 1998
at Litton, Ripley and Tideswell.
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