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   CJB to All   
   Barbados Railway   
   02 Apr 14 06:51:56   
   
   From: chrisjbrady@gmail.com   
      
   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_Graphic   
   -_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.   
      
   CJB.   
      
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