Bermuda Railway
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The Bermuda Railway was a 21.7-mile common carrier line that operated in Bermuda for a brief period. In its 17 years of existence, the railway provided frequent passenger and freight service over its
Bermuda Railway (in red) between St. George's, Hamilton, and Somerset in Sandys Parish
A westbound Bermuda Railway train on one of the line's many coastal bridges, c. 1940s, illustrating the line's construction and maintenance difficulties
Remaining piers of one of the railway's bridges
British Guiana
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British Guiana was a British colony located on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana.
Bermuda Railway
…should be abandoned in favour of bus service. After 17 years of operation, the last train ran on 1 May 1948. The rolling stock was later shipped to British Guiana (now Guyana), where they continued to run for several more years in the 1950s. In 1984, 18 miles (29 km) of the defunct rail line's right-of-way were…
Charles Edmonstone plantation in Demerara, 1834.
Illustration of the Demerara rebellion of 1823
British Guiana and its boundary lines, 1896
Stamp with a portrait of King George VI, 1938