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With the expected arrival of a fleet of new ADL electric buses for Stagecoach in Oxford in 2023/4, here are some photos of the fleet before the electric invasion begins!
All photos were taken in Oxford during 2023.
Berlin-Charlottenburg
Although I use already a number of the amazing (post-war) Zeiss Tessar lenses on my Rolleiflexes and Weltaxes, I have not experienced anything in comparable in quality than this approx 1928 Zeiss Tessar on the venerable Zeiss Donata. Pictures are taken on the cheapest rollfilm available, the Fomapan 100 developed in Rodinal - and I am stunned by the detail and vividness of the this uncoated (thus the lens flare) lens.... Have to get some sheet film holders to take advantage of the full 9x12 format....
Zeiss Ikon Donata, Fomapan 100 in Rodinal 1+50
King of the ghats!
WDG4 12010 and 12004.
(Notice the ABB styled headlamps of 12004)
6 WDG4 locomotives [12003, 12004, 12008, 12010, 12012, 12013] which were brought from Diesel Shed Hubli to Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi in 2019 for conversion into electric locomotives, are now lying useless as the project of Diesel to Electric conversion has now been scrapped due to its poor success results. Now these wonderful imported engines await their disastrous fate, lying in a pitiful state outside DLW, Varanasi. An official, precisely two of them whom I spoke to from the Railway Protection Force told me that most probably these would be scrapped now. The workshop was closed for visitors due to CoVID, so I could not gather more data on them, but the last time I visited here in July 2019, all of these were inside the workshop, awaiting to be chopped off for their bogies to be used for assembling new electric locos (WAG11). I had assumed them to be gone long ago after that incident but here I met them again. I wonder they better be dead instead of being cannibalized to the likes of a lifeless electric locomotive...
It feels sad to see such amazing engines, once the rulers of the ghats in Southern India, lying abandoned in a despicable manner.
Borders Buses 12004 YX20 ODP Approaching Golden Square On the 12:45 60 Berwick to Galashiels Service
Static but beautifully displayed, National Railway Company of Belgium's 12004 is back home to where she was assigned for most of her working life - Schaerbeek, near Brussels.
Designed for the fast Brussels - Ostend boat train service, six Type 12 4-4-2 steam locomotives were built between 1938-39. They were capable of 75–87 mph (120–140 km/h) though on June 12th 1939 a Type 12 locomotive completed the 65 miles (105 km) from Brussels to Ostend in 57 minutes at a maximum speed of 103mph (165 km/h). The current journey time on the route is around 1 hour 10 minutes!
Used on other services later in their life, they were finally withdrawn in 1962. One locomotive, 12004 shown above, was preserved by SNCB and actually brought back to running order for the 150th anniversary of railways in Belgium in 1985. Tragically it was then left exposed to the elements, with rescue finally arriving when the "Train World" railway museum at Schaerbeek opened in 2015. So this locomotive is back home!
Note the sheet of paper in the windscreen displaying route information, presumably due to a defective electronic screen.
(Lowther Street, Carlisle, Cumbria 16.3.20)
Ter gelegenheid van het 150 jaar bestaan was er groot feest bij de NMBS. Tal van werkplaatsen konden er bezocht worden maar ook speciale ritten werden er ingelegd met de 29013 en de toen rijvaardig gemaakte 12004 ( die nu staat te rotten in dat museum met zo een stomme pluim er bovenop, das kunst.)
Foto'tje 10X13 uit de oude doos ingescand aan 600dpi... Amai ik was toen 15. ne snotneus...
La Type 12 des chemins de fer belges (SNCB) était une locomotive à vapeur carénée rapide de type Atlantic mise en service en 1939 et prévue pour tracter des trains courts sur le trajet entre Bruxelles et Ostende à 120 km/h de vitesse commerciale.
Conçue par l'ingénieur M. Raoul Notesse à partir d'une 222 de la Canadian Pacific Railways, elle est une des locomotives les plus rapides de son temps. Elle est construite par la société belge Cockerill de Seraing.
Elle est faite pour tracter des trains courts (seulement trois voitures) sur le trajet de 124 km entre Bruxelles et Ostende à 120 km/h de vitesse commerciale, soit des pointes à 140 km/h.
Cette locomotive est quasi intégralement carénée, avec une ouverture pour accéder aux cylindres et à l'embiellage. Les cylindres n'étaient pas extérieurs, mais au contraire disposés entre les longerons du châssis. Cela supprimait des mouvements parasites à certaines vitesses au prix d'une accessibilité moindre.
En service depuis 1939, les dernières locomotives du type 12 (12.001, 12.002, 12.003 et 12.004) furent mises hors-service le 27 septembre 1962. Le 12 juin 1939 un train avec une locomotive de ce type obtient le ruban bleu des trains à vapeur régulier de voyageurs pour avoir parcouru les 92,4 km de Bruxelles à Bruges en 46 minutes, soit a une vitesse moyenne de 120,5 km/h, atteignant la vitesse maximale de 160 km/h lors des essais.
Sur les six locomotives produites, seule la 12.004 a été conservée. Elle fut restaurée et remise en ligne pour le 150e anniversaire de la SNCB en 1985 mais a subi une avarie et jugée irréparable. Elle a été préservée jusqu'en 2013 dans la remise-musée de Louvain, fut restaurée à Liège et est exposée depuis septembre 2015 à Train World, le musée des chemins de fer à Schaerbeek.
Type 12 Belgian Railways (SNCB) was a fast Atlantic type steam locomotive commissioned in 1939 and designed to tow short trains on the route between Brussels and Ostend at 120 km / h commercial speed.
Designed by engineer Mr. Raoul Notesse from a Canadian Pacific Railway 222, it is one of the fastest locomotives of its time. It is built by the Belgian company Cockerill de Seraing.
It is made to tow short trains (only three cars) on the 124 km route between Brussels and Ostend at 120 km / h commercial speed, ie peaks at 140 km / h.
This locomotive is almost completely streamlined, with an opening to access the cylinders and the crankshaft. The cylinders were not external, but rather placed between the side members of the chassis. This suppressed parasitic movements at certain speeds at the cost of less accessibility.
In service since 1939, the last type 12 locomotives (12.001, 12.002, 12.003 and 12.004) were decommissioned on 27 September 1962. On 12 June 1939 a train with a locomotive of this type obtained the blue ribbon of steam trains Passengers who traveled 92.4 km from Brussels to Bruges in 46 minutes, at an average speed of 120.5 km / h, reaching the maximum speed of 160 km / h during the tests.
Of the six locomotives produced, only 12.004 was retained. It was restored and put back online for the 150th anniversary of the SNCB in 1985 but suffered damage and deemed irreparable. It was preserved until 2013 in the Louvain museum-museum, was restored in Liège and has been exhibited since September 2015 at Train World, the railway museum in Schaerbeek.
Berlin. Friedrichstrasse Station
Zeiss Ikon Donata 227/7, Rollex Patent Rollfilm back 6x9cm, Fomapan 100 in Rodinal 1+50
Freshly painted GZB WAP-5 #30039 with "P5" Markings arriving ALJN. with 22 mins late running 12004 NDLS-LJN Lucknow Shatabdi.
Berlin-Charlottenburg
Although being used to the excellent medium format Tessars of the Rolleiflex and Weltax, using this large format 13,5cm Tessar is a revelation to me in terms of definition. Even the sharpness of this 90 year old uncoated lens is beyond all my expectations, it just requires a hood in sunshine...
This sample is taken on the most ordinary Fomapan 100 developed in Rodinal. There may be better films than Fomapan 100, still this combination shows what is potentially possible with it...
Zeiss Ikon Donata, Fomapan 100 in Rodinal 1+50
Blackpool 27 May 1989. A rebuild of a rebuild.....Originally English Electric Railcoach 282 in 1935 (renumbered to 619 in 1968) it was converted to "one man" car 7 in 1972/73. After withdrawal in 1987, the car was rebuilt as a replica of a Blackpool Vanguard tram. Stored in 2004, the car returned to service in 2008 and in 2010 it went to the Heaton Park Tramway, Manchester, where it remains (in 2021)
6 WDG4 locomotives [12003, 12004, 12008, 12010, 12012, 12013] which were brought from Diesel Shed Hubli to Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi in 2019 for conversion into electric locomotives, are now lying useless as the project of Diesel to Electric conversion has now been scrapped due to its poor success results. Now these wonderful imported engines await their disastrous fate, lying in a pitiful state outside DLW, Varanasi. An official, precisely two of them whom I spoke to from the Railway Protection Force told me that most probably these would be scrapped now. The workshop was closed for visitors due to CoVID, so I could not gather more data on them, but the last time I visited here in July 2019, all of these were inside the workshop, awaiting to be chopped off for their bogies to be used for assembling new electric locos (WAG11). I had assumed them to be gone long ago after that incident but here I met them again. I wonder they better be dead instead of being cannibalized to the likes of a lifeless electric locomotive...
It feels sad to see such amazing engines, once the rulers of the ghats in Southern India, lying abandoned in a despicable manner.
Note the sheet of paper in the windscreen displaying route information, presumably due to a defective electronic screen.
(English Street, Carlisle, Cumbria 16.3.20)
Country: BELGIUM
Operator: SNCB
Item: STEAM
Class or Maker: SNCB/12
Wheel Arrangement or Type: 4-4-2
Number: 12.004
Place details: BRUSSELS MIDI Loco Shed
Additional notes: Gauge std Loco out of use
Original source material: Agfa 35mm slide
Photographer: John M. Cramp
Copyright: Photographer
Library locator reference: JMCR0013
30937 Transport Photograph Database
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