A selection of drawings and photographs of boats and engines manufactured by Abdela and Mitchell has been added.
Isaac J. Abdela and Mitchell of Queensferry, Flintshire; of Brimscombe, Stroud, Gloucestershire; and of George Street, Manchester, were makers of steam engines and boilers for marine use and builders of boats, mainly for river use. The company was incorporated in 1901, (...)

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Two albums have been added, with more images to come later.

A set of images for this line, between Falsgrave and Kettleness, have been uploaded. They are from the Grahame Boyes Collection, mainly taken by him in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Dennis Hadley took 40 colour slides of the canal in the 1970s, as restoration was beginning, and these are now available to view. The canal was completed in 1794 and had a chequered commercial history. By the mid-20th century it was all but derelict, but the restoration resulted in reopening in 1991, except for its western end, where Greswell tunnel had partly collapsed, and bats had (...)

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Two pages of black and white photos of this Cornish early railway / tramroad, from Portreath Harbour to the mines at Poldice. that were taken by Bertram Baxter and J F Bruton in the early 1950s, have been added,

For all rolling stock fans, there are now a variety of NBR wagons to view, including a rail-mounted hand crane, and a couple of well-wagons

The ten photographs of this latest of early railways, taken by Bertram Baxter in 1934-5, are now available online: https://rchsimagearchive.org.uk/Railways-Tramroads/Early-Railways-Tramways/Early-Railways-Tramroads-in-the-East-Midlands/Coleorton-Railway/.

Chesterfield Loop Line Plan (2 chains to 1") added.

At present, you will need to use a device with a touchscreen, most usually a tablet, if you want to zoom in on an image, perhaps to view an aspect of detail. On most laptops, however, this isn't possible. We are working with the developer on a solution for this, and hope it will be included in his next version of the Zenphoto software. In the longer term, we hope to introduce a greater number of zoom steps, using "plus" and "minus" buttons.
Also note that when you click on the title (...)

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Recent additions to the surveys include the GCR London Extension from Annesley to Nottingham, and the GCR line from Chester (Northgate) to Hawarden Bridge (there are two plans showing the approaches to Hawarden Bridge, before and after the Dee Marsh triangle was constructed in the early 1900s). The are also plans of the GCR branches serving the Wrexham coalfield.