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Articles Published in the British Overseas Railways Journal

It has become apparent that we need to list each article published in the British Overseas Railways Journal (BORJ) and provide a short summary of each one. The very brief summary on the back of the BORJ is no longer enough. We will list articles and obituaries; we will not list book reviews unless they are particularly extensive and add to our knowledge. We have published book reviews in most BORJ and certainly in the early numbers there was much correspondence about what had been published. All issues have photographs and maps illustrating the subject especially where construction is discussed.

We are now into Volume 5. Each of the previous Volumes has 12 Journals in it.


Journal No. Author Article Summary Remarks
1, Autumn 1986 Mostyn Lewis Outing to see Overseas Locos in Wales Report on trip to Phillips Engineering in Tredegar.   
John Scott-Morgan Col. K Cantlie Obituary
Sheridan Mazurek Polish Liberation Found and B50-12 Appeal Appeal for money to repatriate locos.
Paul E Waters Mystery Manning, Wardle’s in South America Report on what was known
Paul E Waters Brazilian Steam News Report on current situation
2, Summer 1987 John Scott-Morgan The Benguela Railway A short history of the line  
Tim Edmunds The Futwah-Islampur Light Railway, An Epitaph. A short review of the situation in 1985.
Richard L Hills Thomas Walsh and the La Guaira and Caracs Railway. A short summary of Walsh building the line
  Mystery Manning, Wardle in South America. Readers letter with information.
Ralph Wilson Oldbury Carriages for the Nesttun-Os Railway. Drawings of carriages, to be continued.
Sheridan Mazurek Spanish survivors A listing of surviving steam locos in 1987
3, Autumn 1987 Paul E Waters Kerr Stuart Diesel Locomotives for Export. A short summary of diesel export locomotives.  
Ralph Wilson. Oldbury Carriages for the Nesttun-Os Railway. Continued from BORJ 2, a short history of Oldbury.
Richard Hills Thomas Walsh and the La Guaira and Caracs Railway. Continued from BORJ 2
H R Stones William Wheelright, 19th Century Railway Entrepreneur in Latin America. Biography of Wheelwright
4, Spring 1988 Brush Engineering Electric Bo-Bo-Bo Locomotives for New Zealand. Reproduction of Company publicity material.  
H R Stones William Wheelright, 19th Century Railway Entrepreneur in Latin America. Continued from BORJ 3
Paul E Waters Central of Venezuela Railway. Short history of the line.
Readers Letters More on Manning, Wardle’s in South America and Central of Uruguay Railway. Includes loco list
Paul E Waters British Overseas Railways Companies 1888 A listing of British owned railway companies n 1888
5 & 6, 1988-9 John Davies Introduction.   Australian Centennial Review 32 pages
Victorian Railways 1888
New South Wales 1888
South Australia 1888, 5’ 3” & 3’ 6” Gauges
Queensland 3’ 6” Gauge
Tasmania and The West 1888 3’ 6” (mostly)
7, Autumn 1989 John Beaumont The B50 Class 2-4-0’s of PJKA. A summary class history  
Richard Yudin The Costa Rice Railway. A history of the line.
A S Bentley Extending the Life of Overseas Locomotives. The trials and tribulations of restoring locomotives abroad.
Julian Rainbow Military Railway Survey, 1898 - 1940 A short summary of military railway survey.
8 & 9, 1992 John Scott-Morgan, John Bellwood and Paul Waters Locomotives of the Benguela Railway Includes steam and diesel up to 1991 CFB Special Number, 32 pages.
10, 1993? Richard Yudin Santa Marta Railway  A short history  
Paul E Waters Santa Marta Railway Loco list.  
Geoffry Moore and Bill Boot Costa Rice Railway Loco List.  
Paul E Waters Andrew Henderson Obituary.
Paul E Waters HR Stones Obituary
Paul E Waters Geoff Hodgkinson. Obituary
Julian Rainbow Government of India Rules for the preparation of Railway Projects 1893 Part 1 of the Indian Government standards
11, 1994? Paul E Waters Paraguay Central Railway. Part 1 A short history, Part 1  
Richard Yudin Samana and Santiago Railway. A short history
Paul E Waters Mike Satow. Obituary
Julian Rainbow Government of India Rules for the preparation of Railway Projects 1893. Part 2
Paul E Waters Samana and Santiago Railway Loco list.  
12, Summer 1995 Paul E Waters Paraguay Central   Part 2 Includes Index to Vol 1.
Julian Rainbow Government of India Rules for the preparation of Railway Projects 1893 Part 3
13, Autumn 1996 Peter Kay A British Railway Family in Argentina 3 generations of a family working in Argentine railways. First issue of Vol. 2
Paul E Waters Paraguay Central Railway Part 3.
Paul E Waters Sheridan Mazurek Obituary
Julian Rainbow India Rules for the preparation of Railway Projects 1893. Part 4
P.J. Bosomworth A Railway Engineer in India, 1964 A description of his time seconded to Indian Railways
14, Spring 1997 W.J. Peal The Kampala-Bombo Railway. Description of the trial of the Dutton Road-Railer in Uganda. Part 1  
Paul E Waters The Paraguay Central Railway. Part 4
Yiannis Zartaloodes British-built locomotives in Greece A listing of locomotives supplied to Greece
15, Autumn 1997 W.J. Peal The Kampala-Bombo Railway. Part 2  
Anon The FCAB re-expands into Bolivia Reproduction of a press release.
Julian Rainbow Departmental or Contractors? Summary of discussions in Sierra Leone as to which system was preferable.
Paul E Waters Paraguay Central Railway. Part 5
Paul E Waters The Paraguay Central Railway Locomotive List.  
16, Spring 1998 W.J. Peal and J. Compton. The Luzira and Kampala Monorail. A short history of the project. First journal with colour cover.
Julian Rainbow Ex Africa semper aliguid novi A proposed monorail in Freetown, Sierra Leone during WW2.
Vladmir Bourakov and Vitalry Vlasenko 1869 Gloucester Carriage in Russia. Report on surviving carriage in Rostov
John Davies Mauritius Government Railway Locomotive List  
  Mauritius Government Railways Photo Spread.  
Julian Rainbow An East African Railwayman. Biographical details of Sir James Farquharson and his career in East Africa.
Paul E Waters Paraguay Central Railway Part 6
17, Autumn 1998 Julian Rainbow An East African Railwayman. Continued from BORJ 16  
David Peters British Locomotives in Japan. A listing of locomotives supplied to Japan.
Paul E Waters The Paraguay Central Railway Part 7
18, Spring 1999 Anon. Northern Nigeria by the Lagos Express Route July 1912. A reproduction of a publicity brochure.  
Artemis Klonos and Yiannis Zartaloodes The British WD “Austerities” in Greece. A summary of their service and extant members.
J E Daboo The first major railway electrification project in India The GIPR electrification in Bombay.
Paul E Waters The Bolivar Railway (Venezuela) A summary history
19, Autumn 1999 J E Daboo The first major railway electrification project in India Continued from BORJ 18  
Paul E Waters The Bolivar Railway (Venezuela). Continued from BORJ 18.
R.D. Grant Kitson Tram Engines in New Zealand A summary of their use in New Zealand.
Julian Rainbow Some thoughts on attempting to establish the future profitability of new railways Precis of papers found in the National Archives, Kew under CO323/1081/4
  Dusty Durrant Obituary
  Don Boreham Obituary
20, Spring 2000 Daid Rhind The Bezuidenhout Light Railway History of the light railway near Johannesburg.  
Julian Rainbow Burma Mines Railways photos. Photos from a trip there in 2000.
Paul E Waters. The first export locomotive. A report on the first locomotive to have been exported.
Joydeep Dutta and Harsh Vardhan Trains of Fame The history of naming trains in India
21, Autumn 2000 Joydeep Dutta and Harsh Vardhan. Locos with a name Named locomotives in India.  
  J.E. Daboo Obituary.
Philip French Burma Mines Railways Track Diagrams  
Julian Rainbow Myanmar Railways photos.  
Julian Rainbow Comparison between the Congo Railway and the Sierra Leone Railway from Official sources. A summary of the official statistics on building the two lines.
Julian Rainbow The Assam Rail Link Project Precis of the official publicity document.
  Geoff Launder. Obituary.
Paul E Waters Gold Coast Locomotive List Now Ghana
22, Spring 2001 Julian Rainbow Garratt Locomotives in the Sudan. R.L.D. Maunsell on the use of Garratts in the Sudan.  
Phillip French Burma Mines Railways Track Diagrams  
D Parsons Rail Tales at the Argentine-British Centre. Railway progress in Argentina.
Anon Kalka-Simla Railway photo spread.  
Julian Rainbow The Assam Rail Link Project. Continued from BORJ 21
Paul E Waters Gold Coast Locomotive List Continued from BORJ 21
23, Autumn 2001 Anon Daylight Colour Signalling on SAR Reproduction of an article in Modern Transport 1928/29.  
Julian Rainbow Garratt Locomotives for use in the Sudan. Continued from BORJ 22
Phillip French Burma Mines Railways Diagrams  
Julian Rainbow The Gold Coast Railway in 1917. Reproduction of the Handbook of Naval Intelligence.
Paul E Waters Gold Coast Railway Loco List Continued from BORJ 22
24, 2002-3 Paul E Waters 150 Years of Indian Railways: First Railway in  Asia. First part of a brief history End of Vol.2 Includes Index to Vol. 
Anon IR 150 Glorious Years, 10 April 2003 Reproduction of a press Report.
Keith Barnes A British Survivor in Japan. B6 Class 2109 0-6-2T.
Anon 134 Year Old Sharp, Stewart Returns to steam in São Paulo Restoration of SS 1846/1867
Anon Rhodesia Railways photo-spread Part of the BORHT Freeman, Fox Collection.
Anon Daylight Colour Signalling on SAR. Continued from BORJ23.
Paul E Waters Early 1.1m Gauge Locomotives in Brazil A summary listing from various railways
25, 2004 Paul E Waters 150 years of Indian Railways Continued from BORJ. 24.  
Tathagata  Chatterji. The Kalka-Simla Hits a Century. A summary history and current condition includes photo spread.
Mrinal Kumar Basu Ramgotty Mookherjee, The first Indian Manager of Railway Concern Biography of first Indian railway contractor
  David Rhind Obituary
  Peter Thomason Obituary
26, 2005 Paul E Waters The Assuncion and Vila Rica Railway in 1869 Under military control. The first military railway special issue
Julian Rainbow The Sûdan Military Railway. During the 1884 Campaign to relieve Gordon.
Hugh Ballantyne The Khyber Pass Railway Photospread.  
Paul E Waters The Royal Corps of Transport and the Berliner A short history of the Berliner Military Train
27, 2006 (pub. 2008) Anon. Marcus Smith (1814-1904) Cape Railway Pioneer)  Also worked in Canada and America.  
William Rögind, translated by PEW Economical Decauville Lines of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway. A short summary of the lines.
John Samson Ode to B.A.G.S. Reproduction of a song.
Paul E Waters The Cochin Forest State Tramway. A short summary.
Paul E Waters A Model Mystery, includes biographical details of Charles C Wood Taylor ( 1792-1865). A compilation of correspondence
Paul E Waters Photo-spread of British Army of the Rhine military railway models.  
  John Farrington Obituary
  Wilf Simms Obituary
28, Summer 2007 H R Stones The First Railway in Argentina. A short history 150th Anniversary of Argentine Railways, double issue
Paul E Waters William Bragge (1822-1882) Biography of an early pioneer.
Angel Ferrer An English Pioneer on the Argentine Railways Biography of Henry Bassett.
Mario Justo Lopez The Argentine Government and the Railways 1857-1947 Government Policy towards railways
29, Summer 2008 Colin M Lewis “Anglo-Crillo” rather than British: Early investments in Argentine Railways and Utilities. An in-depth discussion of the financial side, takes up most of the issue. Reproduction of talk given by Dr. Lewis at the Anglo-Argentine Centre, 2007
Anon Three Stages in Argentine Railway Development A short summary
30, Winter 2008-9 Julian Rainbow The Land Survey Monitoring of Undertrack Crossings. How to monitor railway track for movement during undertrack crossings. The Electrification Special.  Three of the articles were based on manufacturers publicity.
  Reg Carter Obituary
  John van Riemsdijk Obituary
  David Brewer. Obituary.
Anon The Electrification of the Madras Suburban Line.  
Julian Rainbow Port of Montreal, Electrification of the Harbour Line.  
Julian Rainbow. The Electrification of the E.F. Campos do Jordão  
Paul E Waters New Zealand: Christchurch-Lyttelton Line  
31, Summer 2009   The Garratt Locomotive.   Garratt Centenary, most of the articles were written by Paul Waters with one by Julian Rainbow
  The SAR Class GL 4-8-2+2-8-4
  The EAR Class 59
Julian Rainbow Introduction of Garratt Locomotives to Sierra Leone.
  4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratts for the Bengal=Nagpur Railway
  4-8-4+4-8-4 Garratts for New South Wales (Class AD60).
Paddy Farrell Visit to Chile and Argentina
32, Winter 2009 John Scott-Morgan. The Early History of BORHT. Why BORHT was set up. 25 Years of BORHT 1984-2009
Michael R Bailey Early Proposals for an Overseas Railway Centre  
Paul E Waters Post Mode Wheel The Mode Wheel Project.
  Kirpal Singh Sadhu Obituary
33, 2010? Joe Lloyd Japan’s Railways Late Start The reason why Japan started late on railways.  
Anon A Trip on a Light Railway. Article reproduced from The Engineer of 1898 (India)
Anon 150th Anniversary of South African Railways Gautrain  
Julian Rainbow Some Considerations for New Rolling Stock for Overseas Railways. Review of new ideas tried out.
Julian Rainbow Sri Lanka Rolling Stock Codes Those observed during a trip there
Sue Lawrence Rhodesia Railway Rolling Stock Research  
Paul E Waters David Ibbotson Obituary
34, Spring 2011 Paul E Waters The First Railway in Pakistan, The Scinde Railway. A brief history 150 Years of Railways in Pakistan.
Anon North-Western State Railway. Reproduction of Railway Gazette 1913 article.
Julian Rainbow The reconstruction of the Attock Bridge. Based on a 1930 paper by Everall. 
Paul E Waters SPS 3157 Centenary A brief history of the loco.
35, Autumn 2011 Rory Wilson. W.D. 2-8-0’s in Sweden The purchase of the 2-8-0’s by SJ. 2nd Military Special Issue
Julian Rainbow Railway Sappers and Miners of India. History of Indian Railway Troops.
Williams In Action on an Armoured Train. Egyptian Campaign 1882
Anon Special Train for the Commander-in-Chief. Railway Gazette Report on Sir Douglas Haig’s Command Train.
Paul E Waters The Command Train of the Commander-in-Chief BAOR History of the last British Army Command Train.
Julian Rainbow Royal Engineer Officers Serving on Indian Railways Cra’ster, Shafto Longfield
36, Winter 2011-2 Neil T Sinclair Military Transport in the Second Afghan War. Summary of events. 150 Years of Railways in Pakistan. End of Vol.3 Includes index to Vol. 3
Julian Rainbow Captain Scott Moncrieff and Building the frontier Railways of India. A lengthy paper based on Scott-Moncrieff’s papers.
Julian Rainbow Royal Engineer Officers Serving on Indian Railways Waghorn, W.D., Woodhouse, H.L. Hearn, G.R., Everall, W.T.
37, Winter 2012-3   The East Bengal State Railway-1913 The first three articles were reproduced from Railway Gazette 150 Years of railways in Bangladesh.  Start of Vol. 4
  Eastern Bengal Railway-1923  
  Pakistan Eastern Railway-1962  
John Knowles. Bangladesh Railway in 1973 Summary of situation in 1973
Julian Rainbow Dimensions to be Followed in Indian Narrow Gauge Ry. Based on India Office papers.
  Leopold de Rothschild. Obituary
  Jim Jarvis Obituary
  Bernard Holden. Obituary
  Richard Paten Obituary
38, Winter 2013-4 Richard Temaine 150th Anniversary of the “Choshu Five” in the UK A shortened version of the history of Japanese railwaymen in the UK.  
John Scott-Morgan Rails under the Palm Trees Early Years of the Benguela Railway.
Eric Maxwell Snow Clearing on Prince Edward Island. The Prince Edward Island Railway.
Julian Rainbow Royal Engineer Officers Serving on Indian Railways Biographical details of Frederick Dawson Hammond
Michael F Wrottesley Tony Hall-Patch. Obituary
Julian Rainbow Guildford Molesworth in India. Covers his appointment as Consulting Engineer to the Government of India and some of his ideas. 
Julian Rainbow Basic Land Survey Principles and Practice A brief introduction to land survey. 
39, Summer 2014 Julian Rainbow XVII Corps 60-cm Light Railway System. The first three articles are all based on official reports. World War One Special No. 1  BORHT carried out a great deal of research into British military railways in WW1.  The Special issues were designed to give more details than could be conveyed in the book.  
Julian Rainbow Light Railway Gas Attack  
Julian Rainbow 2nd Australian LROC Royal Train.  
Paul E Waters The Strange Case of R.O.D. 2717 The story of the only British home railway locomotive to be captured by the Germans.
Julian Rainbow Conscription and Demobilisation The story of the Australian NSWGR 2-8-0’s and their subsequent  use by the Nord(Belge) and SNCB.
Julian Rainbow. Notes on British Military Railways in Salonika Additional information on that campaign.
40, Summer 2016 Paul E Waters. Brassey in Denmark.  A summary of his work.  
Nick Lera Science, Technology and the First World War. Report on a conference in Jerusalem.
Julian Rainbow 100th Anniversary of Swedish Railway Museum Photo spread
Julian Rainbow “Ambulance Trains for an Absent-Minded Beggar”. British Army Ambulance Trains in the Boer War.
Paul E Waters Bob Symes Obituary
Paul E Waters Andrew Dow Obituary
Julian Rainbow Phillip Girdlestone Obituary
Julian Rainbow Modern Theodolites and Levels The second part of the land survey series on instruments.  
41, Winter 2017 Tim Edmonds The Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section) in 1948 Covers the development to 1948, several pages of photos and the subsequent development.    
42, Autumn 2018 Julian Rainbow The R.O.D. use of Metre Gauge lines in France and Flanders. A study on the neglected metre gauge system. World War One Special No. 2
Western Front Photographs Photo-spread
L-Col Sir Victor Micael Barrington Ward Biographical details
Henry Gunston Obituary
Railway Operating Department Distinguished Conduct Medals Awards to Australian, British, Canadian and New Zealand railwaymen
43, Spring 2019 Dick Waller and Stephen Spark Researching the Mauritius Railway The background to their research interests.  
Paddy Farrell Visit to Argentina-October and November 2017. Report on his visit
Colin Garratt Obituary
Kenneth McQueen Obituary
Alan Clothier Obituary
44, Summer 2020 Julian Rainbow Some Experiences of Work with the R.O.D. Research into Sherrington in the IWM brought up some interesting papers which are reproduced here along with his biography.  Sherrington produced a list of Western Front Rolling Stock numbers.  World War One Special No. 3
Sir Charles Ely Rose Sherrington
The Evacuation of the Sick and Wounded on the Palestine Lines of Communication
Up the Line. The Military Railway
45, Summer 2021 Carlos Fernandez Priotti, translated by Paddy Farrell 150th Anniversary of the First Great Argentine Railway Building the Central Argentine Railway  
Tren Rodante, translated by Paddy Farrell Wickham  Railcars of the FCS A summary of their service.
Paul E Waters John Dolwing. CME of English Electric Traction
Michael R Bailey British Built Steam Locomotives Down-Under Surviving locos in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland with photos
Paul E Waters Derek Shepherd Obituary
Julian Rainbow John Poyntz Obituary
Translated by Paddy Farrell Angel Ferrer Obituary
46, Spring 2023 Paul E Waters George Carpenter. Obituary The first issue to use colour whenever possible through out.
Anon Wickham Railcars of the FCS Diagram
Michael R Bailey British Built Steam Locomotives Down-Under. Surviving locos in South Australia, Northern Territory, Western Australia and Tasmania with photos
Paddy Farrell The Bolivar Railway and Aroa Copper Company. A four-page book review that extends our knowledge. 
Dr. Olly Owen Nigerian Railway Heritage Update. An update on progress since the grant of the Endangered Archives grant.
Sylvester Damus The Amalgamation of the East Argentine and the Argentine North Eastern railways in 1906 The why and wherefore of the amalgamation.   
47, Autumn 2023 Sylvester Damus The Myths about “La Porteňa” Setting the matter right about various myths.  
Paul E Waters and Julian Rainbow Railway Troops in the British Army A summary of their history.  
Julian Rainbow South African Railwaymen Part 1 Biographical details of Beaton, Collins, Greathead and Hoy.
Julian Rainbow Egyptian Railway Postcards  Short notes to accompany them.
48, Spring 2024 Julian Rainbow An Englishman Abroad Biographical details of William Barber Buddicom Last of Vol. 4 includes index to Vol. 4, consists of 40 pages.  
Julian Rainbow and Mike Hudson Buddicom Works List  
Sylvester Damus “La Porteňa” again, a correction.   
Julian Rainbow South African Railwaymen, Part 2 McKenzie, Prettejohn, Tippett, Whitehouse
Sylvester Damus Railway Rolling Stock Made in Argentina A seven-page book review that adds to our knowledge.  
49, Autumn 2024 Julian Rainbow Paul E Waters Obituary Consists of 36 pages.  This issue was  to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of BORHT.
Luis Gutiérrez The 4-6-0 Class A and the Jones Goods, Central Argentine Railway 4-6-0 Locomotives Its development in Argentina and similaraities with other 4-6-0’s.
John Scott Morgan and Mostyn Lewis BORHT, How and Why it was Formed. Summary overview
Sylvester Damus. The North West Argentine Railway. A history of the line.
Glyn Thomas Experimental railbus for Argentina A Birmingham Railway Carraige and Wagon Works product.
Julian Rainbow British Export Locomotives Photo-spread
Mostyn Lewis Alan Wild Obituary
“Uncle BORJ” 40 years of the BORJ A summary of what we have published and an appeal for more.
50, Spring 2025 Stephen Spark and Dick Waller Maurituis Government Railway. The background to the building of the line.  
Luis Gutiérrez EMU Preserved by the Museum of Pergamino  Preservation of a British built EMU in Argentina.
Sylvester Damus Experimental railbus for Argentina An expansion of material published in BORJ 49. 
Glyn Thomas with Sylvester Damus Early railcars of the BAPR History of their introduction.
Tim Edmonds In response to an article in BORJ 49. Information on the PJKA B50
Sylvester Damus History of the Railways in Argentina An extended book review with new knowledge.  


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