The Barbados Railway was a 38.6-kilometre (24.0 mi)-long narrow-gauge railway on Barbados with a gauge of initially 1,067 mm (3 feet 6 inch) and later 762 mm (2 feet 6 inch).[2] It had 98 bridges, very tight radii and a steep incline.[2] It was used from 1883 to 1937, after it had gone several times through financial difficulties.
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The BarbadosRailway was a 38.6-kilometre (24.0 mi)-long narrow-gauge railway on Barbados with a gauge of initially 1,067 mm (3 feet 6 inch) and later...
of a railway system, and one airport; the Sir Grantley Adams International Airport, located in Christ Church. As a former British colony, Barbados was...
In 1882 a horse-drawn tramway, the Barbados Tramway Company, was constructed in Bridgetown by the Scottish railway engineer Robert Fairlie. Robert Fairlie...
meant the family lived in India, Costa Rica, and Barbados (where he was Manager of the BarbadosRailway) before settling at Chiswick. Philip's sister, Dorothea...
2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauge of 2 ft 6 in (762 mm). This type of rail was promoted especially in the colonies...
redistributed to cover peaks as required. The BarbadosRailway, the only railroad operated on Barbados, was regauged once in its working life from 3 ft 6 in...
Railways with a track gauge of 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) were first constructed as horse-drawn wagonways. The first intercity passenger railway to use 3 ft...
Charing Cross railway station forecourt. Since 2020, the statue has been relocated to the Barbados Museum. View of the west wing of the Barbados Parliament...
Bull and Mordell established a McGill University research station on Barbados (then still a British colony and part of the West Indies Federation) as...
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"BDS$", the currency of Barbados (officially ISO 4217 code: "BBD") BDS, the International vehicle registration code for Barbados BDS-1, a polypeptide BDS...
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which led to frequent ill-treatment. In 1643, the European population of Barbados was 37,200 (86% of the population). During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms...
Kingsland may refer to: Barbados Kingsland, Barbados (in Christ Church, Barbados Parish) Canada Kingsland, Calgary, Alberta, a neighborhood Australia proposed...
expressways as of 2017[update]. Since privatization in 1987, dozens of Japanese railway companies compete in regional and local passenger transportation markets;...
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