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The most recent updates from my various webpages.

Railways of the Raj December 9, 2009
A website which might be in interest to readers of this site is Railways of the Raj WELCOME TO THE RAILWAYS OF IMPERIAL INDIA This website sets out to capture the flavour of the Railways of the Raj …
Maps of railways to the borders December 6, 2009
Amongst a collection of Historical Maps of India is Plate 24 Sect. III: Afghan Frontier, SE Afghanistan and west Punjab from the 1893 edition of Constable’s Hand Atlas of India, showing the …
Herat railway construction November 29, 2009
I’ve put together a page on the project now underway to build a railway from Iran to Herat. It’s amazing how much more information is available now compared to when I prepared the …
Copper mine project underway November 22, 2009
Jiangxi Copper Group involved in the development of Afghanistan, Aina Ke Copper Project started 2009-7-15 Source: Dajiang Wang – Jiangxi Daily July 10 Congjiang Copper Group was informed by the …
Not finished yet November 13, 2009
An eyewitness report from a logistics company in Herat tells me the railway is “not finished yet”.

Hidden Teesside November 8, 2009
The Hidden Teesside website has pictures of the Boulby and Redcar sound mirrors. Plus lots of interesting pictures of assorted industrial, military and other remains in the area.
Sonic Marshmallow interview October 7, 2009
Graphics.com has an interview with Troika Design Studios which discusses the “Sonic Marshmallows” sound mirror-inspired installation at Wat Tyler country park in Essex. We see Sonic …
Designing for Human Behavior September 27, 2009
Garrett G Jones on sound mirrors at the Designing for Human Behavior blog at the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture: …. Microphones placed at foci the of the reflectors …
Hythe and Denge photos September 6, 2009
Some photos of the Hythe and Denge sound mirrors by Keith Allen.
Talking parabolicality August 30, 2009
Douglas Butler illustrates how to create an Autograph file to test the parabolicality of a sound mirror, at the Association of Teachers of Mathematics website.

Thomas Cook on Iraqi rail services July 8, 2009
World’s worst services: The night train to Basra Whenever you feel depressed about the state of the railways in Britain, just turn to the latest ‘Thomas Cook Overseas Timetable’. …
Steel tender June 21, 2009
Ministry of Transport Iraqi Republic Railways Co Dept / Central purchasing Ref / RBG / Steel Wire Date 17 / 6 / 2009 Tender Announcement The Iraqi railways company “IRR” Baghdad Iraq announces …
Streamliner modelled in O-gauge June 7, 2009
David Argent has built an O-scale model of one of the three PC class streamlined pacific locomotives supplied to Iraq by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns in 1941. There was a fourth, 504 Kirkuk …
Locomotives in action in Basra May 10, 2009
Two photographs by Matt Fallon showing Iraqi Republic Railways locomotives in action at Al Malqal, the port at Basra. DEM2817 is one of 30 locomotives supplied by Ukraine’s Lugansk Locomotive …
Iraqi passenger services in The Times April 19, 2009
The Times had a couple of articles about passenger services in Iraq last week. One is Iraq’s struggle to get railway back on track after neglect and war (14 April 2009). It seems the Baghdad …