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rogerfarnworth

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The Railway Magazine, November 1899
« on: September 07, 2024, 08:30:55 AM »
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This is the earliest Railway Magazine that I have so far been able to view and it takes us back into the 19th century. ... A rather tatty copy with both front two and at least the back two pages missing.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/09/07/the-railway-magazine-november-1899-adverts/

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Re: The Railway Magazine, November 1899
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2024, 12:38:22 AM »
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I'm curious why Furniture Removal and Warehousing was such a big thing?..  (I assume that equates to 'Movers' in the US)

And I noticed Railroad Magazine was also looking for clean copies of it's earliest magazines.

I wonder what Aerial Medicine is?  Snake Oil?
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Re: The Railway Magazine, November 1899
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2024, 04:10:30 AM »
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All interesting questions. Yes, particularly surprised by the number of 'movers' advertising in a railway magazine!

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Re: The Railway Magazine, November 1899
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2024, 07:33:32 AM »
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All interesting questions. Yes, particularly surprised by the number of 'movers' advertising in a railway magazine!

I reckon they would be hiring out to “move” stuff to and from the places it was loaded onto the train or unloaded off of the train.

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Re: The Railway Magazine, November 1899
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2024, 03:28:20 PM »
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Uniformity of Gauge in Australia. .....

The Railway Magazine of November 1899 started a three part series looking at the need for a uniform gauge across the Commonwealth of Australia once federation had occurred .....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/09/10/uniformity-of-gauge-in-australia-a-case-for-3ft-6in-gauge-queensland-the-railway-magazine-november-1899/

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Victoria’s and South Australia’s railways were 5ft 3in broad gauge. New South Wales’ railways were standard-gauge, Queensland’s were 3ft 6in gauge. And, as of 1899, the authorities were in no sense inclined to yield up their gauge to progress.

Perhaps we need a review of the historical context. Wikipedia provides a narrative which aids in understanding why Australia ended up with three different railway gauges.

“In 1845, a Royal Commission on Railway Gauges in the United Kingdom was formed to report on the desirability for a uniform gauge. As a result, the Regulating the Gauge of Railways Act 1846 was passed which prescribed the use of 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) in England, Scotland and Wales (with the exception of the Great Western Railway) and 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) in Ireland. … In 1846, Australian newspapers discussed the break of gauge problem in the United Kingdom, especially for defence [and] in 1847, South Australia adopted the 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in gauge as law.”

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Re: The Railway Magazine, November 1899
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2024, 12:42:03 PM »
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There are more posts based on articles in this issue of The Railway Magazine which can be found on these threads:

Through Norway by Rail

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=58490.0

The Severn and Wye Joint Railway

A post on the thread below in September 2024:

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=49790.0