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   Charles Ellson to All   
   Re: Barbados Railway   
   02 Apr 14 18:24:54   
   
   From: ce11son@yahoo.ca   
      
   On Wed, 2 Apr 2014 06:51:56 -0700 (PDT), CJB    
   wrote:   
      
   >A new graphic from 1882 has come to light at Wiki:   
   >   
   >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Barbados   
   >   
   >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Barbados_Railway_-_The_Graphi   
   _-_8th_February_1882_-_displayed_in_Sunbury_Plantation_House,_Barbados.jpg   
   >   
   >or rather:   
   >   
   >http://tinyurl.com/barbadosrailwaywiki   
   >   
   >This coloured engraving / print was actually on display in Sunbury Plantation   
   House. It was photographed skewed to avoid light reflections. Then the image   
   was straightened using IfanView and the free Adobe 8BF plugin 'perspective'.   
   >   
   >There is the briefest glimpse of a train in the 1930s film 'Windmill in   
   Barbados.'   
   >   
   >http://www.colonialfilm.org.uk/node/6734   
   >   
   >Does anyone know what the engine is and where it was built? It would have   
   been to the original 3'6" gauge.   
   >   
   The smokebox number plate looks like Baldwin's style.   
      
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