Update Archive

May, 2010

This archive is maintained purely for historical record purposes.
The information is taken from previous issues of Site Updates.
31st May, 2010
Well Dressings: added photos of events at weekend.
Archived May's updates.
30th May, 2010
Well Dressings: deleted Calendar entry for Ripley.
28th May, 2010
Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, Yorkshire & the Humber: added entry for Newby Hall.
27th May, 2010
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, Ohio and Pennsylvania: added link for Youngstown & Southeastern.
26th May, 2010
Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, North East: updated entry for Weardale Railway.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, Idaho: updated entry for St Maries River Railroad.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, Massachusetts: updated entry for Grafton & Upton.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, Tennessee: National Coal Corporation line to become part of R J Corman.
Railways, World, USA, Tourist, New Mexico: updated entry for Santa Fe Southern.
Well Dressings: added venue entry for Holywell, Cambs; added various pictures.
25th May, 2010
Well Dressings: added Calendar entry for Holywell, Cambs.
24th May, 2010
Well Dressings: added photos of event at Kedleston Hall.
23rd May, 2010
Railways, World, Pakistan: added entry for Ghora Tram; added link for Karachi metro.
Railways, World, Poland: added entry for Olsztyn trams.
22nd May, 2010
Railways, Great Britain, Light Rail and Metros: updated various links.
Railways, Great Britain, Passenger TOCs: added entry for Go! Co-operative.
Railways, Great Britain, People Movers: new page.
Railways, Great Britain, Private Freight Lines: deleted page.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, Pennsylvania: updated entry for Kiski Junction Railroad.
20th May, 2010
Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, South East: updated entry for East Kent Railway.
Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, South West: added entry for Strawberry Line; added link for Tarka Valley Railway.
Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, West Midlands: added entry for Moorland & City Railways.
Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, Wales: added link for Garw Valley Railway.
Railways, Station Names, Churches: St Cross is a bridge, not a tunnel.
Railways, World, Denmark: added entry for Odense trams.
Railways, World, France: added entry for Aubagne trams.
Railways, World, France, Tourist, DOM/TOM, Réunion: deleted entry for new light rail line, project abandoned.
Railways, World, Iran: added entry for Mashhad metro; deleted entry for Kish Control monorails.
Railways, World, Ireland: updated entries for Fintown Railway and Waterford & Suir Valley Railway.
Railways, World, Italy: Firenze trams now operational.
Railways, World, Malaysia: added entry for Melaka trams.
Railways, World, Panama: added entry for Panama City Metro.
Railways, World, Turkey: added link for Gaziantep trams.
Railways, World, United Kingdom, Northern Ireland: Downpatrick Railway Museum now operates as Downpatrick & County Down Railway.
Railways, World, USA, Metros: added entry for Washington DC trams; updated link for Minneapolis - St Paul Metro Transit.
20th May, 2010
Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, East Midlands: updated entry for Markeaton Park Railway; new picture for head of page.
Railways, Station Names, Ireland, Gaelic: added entry for Dunkettle.
19th May, 2010
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, North Carolina and South Carolina: added link for Carolina Southern; Waccamaw Coast Line now effectively part of Carolina Southern.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, North Carolina: added entry for Piedmont & Northern; added link for Wilminton Terminal; High Point, Thomasville & Denton is part of Winston-Salem Southbound; deleted entry for Craggy Mountain Line (but see next item).
Railways, World, USA, Tourist, North Carolina: added entry for Craggy Mountain Line; other updates and amendments.
18th May, 2010
Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, East Midlands: Markeaton Park Railway not currently operating; updated link for Derbyshire Dales Narrow Gauge Railway.
17th May, 2010
Railways, Station Names, Ireland, Gaelic: various updates and amenmdments.
15th May, 2010
Well Dressings: added photos of events at Etwall and Swanwick.
14th May, 2010
Railways, World, Canada, Quebec, French language: minor correction.
Well Dressings: added photos of event at Tissington.
13th May, 2010
Railways, Great Britain, Tourist, Wales: added entry for Cambrian Heritage Railways.
Railways, World, Canada, Maritime Provinces: Sydney Coal Railway is now owned by Logistec.
Railways, World, Canada, Quebec, both language versions: CFQC website no longer functional. Gaspé Railway now part of CN.
12th May, 2010
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, Maine and Railways, World, Canada, Maritime Provinces: Eastern Maine Railway is now marketed under the name of its parent company, New Brunswick Southern Railway; former Pan Am line from Milltown to Woodland is now New Brunswick Southern.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, Maine: deleted entry for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, now operated by Pan Am.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, New Hampshire: New Hampshire & Vermont is now part of New Hampshire Central; Whitefield to Lunenburg not in service; Milford Bennington not in service beyond Wilton.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, New Hampshire and Vermont: Green Mountain Railroad, North Walpole NH to Cold River NH closed.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, Vermont: deleted entry for New Hampshire Central, VT section not in service.
Railways, World, USA, Tourist, Maine: updated entries for Belfast & Moosehead Lake and Downeast Scenic.
11th May, 2010
Railways, World, USA, Massachussetts Islands: added paragraph relating to Martha's Vineyard trams.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, Massachusetts: added entries for Bay Colony Railroad and Fletcher Granite; updated entries for Grafton & Upton, Mass Coastal and New England Central.
10th May, 2010
Railways, World, USA, Metros: updated entry for San Diego Trolley.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, California: updated entry for San Diego & Imperial Valley Railroad.
Well Dressings: added photos of events at weekend.
7th May, 2010
Railways, Station Names, Churches: amended postal address for Ramsey St Marys.
Railways, World, United Kingdom, Jersey and Guernsey: revised railway history for both islands.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, Indiana: Indiana Rail Road, Crane to Bedford proposed for abandonment; branch from Dugger to Bear Run Mine now open.
Railways, World, USA, Short Lines, Oklahoma: Hollis & Eastern now operated by Stillwater Central; added entry for Montoff Transportation.
5th May, 2010
Well Dressings: added Calendar entry for Sheffield Manor Lodge; added photos of events at weekend.

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