The Diesel engine for one of the air pumps that power the old foghorns on East Brother Island.

In spite of the devastatingly rapid urban sprawl motivated by Utah Valley's 21st century tech boom, there is about a half mile of track between Provo and Springville where if you face the right direction and squint hard enough it still looks rural, a microcosmic remnant of the open land filled in with ugly mcmansions and precast warehouses in the last decade. The Roper to Helper manifest inches down the mainline keeping a wary eye out for switching moves made on the Ironton industrial lead. 13 September 2023.

With the snow-capped Cader Idris overlooking the scene, 97303 and 97304 “John Tiley” cross Bont-y-Bermo (Barmouth bridge) on the 6C70 07:58 Crewe Basford Hall to Harlech ballast train for track renewal work near Tŷ Gwyn.

Running 127 minutes late at this point, 97303 TnT with 97304 “John Tiley” pass Glandyfi on the 08:04 1Q05 Derby RTC to Machynlleth via Aberystwyth. It ran so late because of yet another central ERTMS failure. Naturally enough, it was nice and sunny at this location until roughly half an hour before it passed. This photo also clearly shows the view now that the road here has been improved and widened.

Mercedes-Benz van from 2010 VU10 LKX

Talus MB lifeboat launch tractor powered by a CAT diesel engine K920 DUJ

A recent acquisition by Hemsby Lifeboat

Here are a few of Ian's photos that he captured, while we were at Tarana railway station yesterday (Sunday)

In the rock cutting just beyond the Oban station throat, no 27 040 backs down to couple up to its train.

10 January 1978.

Photo by and courtesy of Peter James.

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EMD F7 diesel electric locomotive three unit Demonstrator set, 1950. These locomotive utilized the early model stainless steel side air grills. Notice the futuristic "GM" logo located on the nose door. This photo is from my collection, photographer and location unknown.

The name of the photographer that took this photo is unknown.

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English Electric Class 37/5 no. 37674 at Kirkby Stephen East Railway.

Here are a few of Ian's photos that he captured, while we were at Tarana railway station yesterday (Sunday)

97302 (with 97303 at the other end) sits at Harlech having arrived with the 20:09 Machynlleth Carriage Sidings structure gauging train. It then reversed direction and headed back south, and onwards to Derby.

Rail vehicles parked in the machine shop. Seen during a visit to Railtown 1897 in Jamestown California on 11-20-2015.

De diesellocomotieven 6472 + 6442 vertrekken met een goederentrein vanaf de helling van de Werkspoorbrug.

The dieselengines 6472 + 6442 are departing with a ballasttrain.

New Haven Railroad DER-2a class ALCO FA-1 locomotive # 0400 & DER-2b class FB-1 locomotive # 0457, is seen wearing the warn orange and green pin stripe paint scheme while in a yard area, ca late 1940's. ALCO FA-1 locomotive # 0400 was the class leader of the series built in 1947.

The name of the photographer is unknown and it came from a photo that was on the Internet. This photo has been cropped and modified from the original to improve its appearance.

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Seen during a visit to Railtown 1897 in Jamestown California on 11-20-2015.

The afternoon Service Towards Lucknow Aishbagh Arrives With IZN YDM4 6528 from Tikunia ( Train Name - Tikunia - Aishbagh Passenger )

I was to board the same train towards Lucknow and somehow captured it since I knew it had a stop of 5 minutes at the station so , Hence I got enough time for the click.

YDM4 Class is one of the threatened species of Indian Railways since only a few Meter-Gauge Railway Lines remain in India , A country which Once used to have one of the world's largest Meter Gauge Networks under British Empire and the meter gauge network that used to exist from North to South and East To West Of India is now depleted and left to a few places which will soon close down and the process of Gauge Conversion to Broad Gauge will take over.

Some Info On The YDM4 Locomotive :-

Co-Co diesel electrics originally from Alco (1961-1964), later manufactured by DLW (1968-1993). The initial batch of 55 from Alco were used for evaluation and comparison with a similar batch of General Motors locos. The Alcos were chosen as the preferred MG main-line diesel locos. Alco model is DL535A. Originally manufactured with only vacuum brakes and dynamic braking, no air brakes. Rated at 1350/1200hp. Max. speed 100km/h. YDM-4A are identical to YDM-4, except that they were supplied by MLW (1964) -- the Canadian batch consisting of about 99 locos. Some of the MLW locos do not have the 'A' suffix in the class designation.

Ahmedabad was the main centre for these locos. A few were hauling local trains in the Secunderabad-Bodhan section in 1997, and are reported [8/00] to be working around Mysore, Villupuram, etc. Some from the Guntakal shed are still [7/02] hauling trains on the Pakala-Guntakal-Bellary route. Some are thought to be at Gandhidham after gauge conversion left Gandhidham - Palanpur an isolated MG line.

DLW has exported some (15 each) of these to Tanzania and Vietnam (1976-1985), and to Bangladesh (2000?). The ones for Bangladesh were classed YDM-4BR and had dual cabs, a change achieved without modifying the length of the loco. This variant turned out later to have major cooling problems.

Malaysian railways (KTM) acquired 39 used YDM-4's from IR in 1996. It is not clear if they were leased or sold. Of these, 14 were returned to India by 1999. In Malaysia they retained their IR road numbers (between 6352 and 6725).

Builders: Alco, MLW, DLW

Engine: Alco 251B-6 (Alco/MLW), Alco 251D-6 (DLW); 6 cyl., 4-stroke, inline

Transmission: Electric (DC-DC, in contrast to most other locos that were AC-DC).

Axle load: 12t. Bogies: Co-Co trimount.

Fuel capacity: 3000l

Info Source - www.irfca.org/faq/faq-loco-diesel-mg.html

Twee onbekende dieselkarren in ruste.

Two unknown dieselengines at rest.

Union Pacific Sunnyside local crossing the desert between Mounds and East Carbon, Utah. 30 April 2023.

Caravane La Royale Modèle Casa Grande 6,80m

MÁV -Hungarian State Railways

M62 is a Soviet built diesel locomotive for heavy trains.

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Met aan kop locomotief 21 staat een trio locomotieven van Rotterdam Rail Feeding te wachten op het vervolg van hun reis.

With dieselengine no 21 at the head a trio off Rotterdam Rail Feeding loco's is waiting to proceed their yourny.

Here are a few of Ian's photos that he captured, while we were at Tarana railway station yesterday (Sunday)

Friday, 08 April 2011

086 approaches Portarlington railway station with the 1005 Ballina - Dublin North Wall IWT liner.

© Finbarr O'Neill

Dit jaar ben ik met mijn oudste zoon voor de tweede keer naar de Havendagen in Rotterdam geweest; meestal waren we bij de Veluwse Stoomtrein Maatschappij voor 'Terug naar Toen' stoomtreinen kijken, òf naar de vliegshow Sanicole in België. Een fantastische ervaring deze havendagen. Veel demonstraties van het loodswezen, de Koninklijke Reddingsmaatschappij en het Corps Mariniers. We keken onze ogen uit. De Havendagen staan voor de komende jaren zeker weer op de planning.

This year I went with my eldest son to the Port Days in Rotterdam for the second time; Usually we were at the Veluwse Stoomtrein Maatschappij to watch steam trains 'Back to Then', or at the Sanicole air show in Belgium. A fantastic experience these port days. Many demonstrations by the pilotage service, the Royal Rescue Society and the Marine Corps. We were amazed. The Port Days are certainly planned again for the coming years.

Dit jaar met mijn oudste zoon naar het jaarlijks evenement 'Sporen naar het verleden' geweest. Naast de eigen locs, waren dit jaar de MBS 7853 'Navicence', de Stoomcentrum Maldegem WD 75196 en de SSN 65 018 te gast. Ook de Stichting Hondekop kwam met de 766 naar Goes. Dit jaar werden ook meerdere goederentreinen gereden, waar voor mij de nadruk op lag. Daarnaast waren de omC 909 en de USATC 7989, NS serie 600-2000 opgesteld. Het was weer schitterend weer en weer een erg geslaagd evenement.

In diesem Jahr bin ich mit mein ältester Sohn zum jährlichen Veranstaltung der SGB "Sporen naar het verleden" gefahren. Neben den eigenen Locs waren in diesem Jahr die MBS 7853 'Navicence', die Stoomcentrum Maldegem WD 75196 und die SSN 65 018 zum Gast. Auch die "Stiftung Hundenkopf" kamm nach Goes. In diesem Jahr wurden auch mehrere Güterzüge gefahren, die besonderes meine Interesse hatten. Zusätzlich wurden der omC 909 und der USATC 7989 der NS-Serie 600-2000 aufgestelt. Es war wieder schönes Wetter und eine sehr erfolgreiche Veranstaltung

This year, I went with my youngest son and his friend to the annual event "Sporen naar het verleden". In addition to its own locs, the guests of this year were the MBS 7853 'Navicence', the Stoomcentrum Maldegem WD 75196 and the SSN 65 018. Also the "stichting Hondekop" came to Goes. Several freight trains were also running, which had my mayor interest. In addition, the omC 909 and the USATC 7989, NS series 600-2000 were also shown. It was beautiful day again and a very successful event.

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97304 “John Tiley” and 57313 power up the Twymyn valley on the 5Z95 12:18 Aberystwyth to Carnforth ECS following the previous day's Statesman railtour to Scarborough. 47854 is DOR. Two minutes later - at its booked time - the sun came out.

Elk jaar organiseert de Stoomtrein Goes Borsele (SGB) het evenement Sporen naar het Verleden. Dan komen er diverse stoom- en diesellocomotieven of treinen in actie. Dit jaar waren dat de SHM 5 ' Enkhuizen', de SHD 2205, de CREW 2454 Plan U stel 151, de SSN 23 023 en de eigen locs SGB 22 'Otter' en 264 'Sik'. Daarnaast stonden op het depot in Goes de SGB omC 910 en omC 909, CREW 2454 C9002 'Jaap', SHD 302282 'Anneke' en SHD Plan D 60 84 978 1 005-1 Meetrijtuig CTO ter bezichtiging. Genoeg te zien dus. Het was schitterend weer en we hebben ons dus weer prima vermaakt.

Every year the Stoomtrein Goes Borsele (SGB) organizes the event Tracks to the Past. Then various steam and diesel locomotives or trains come into action. This year these were the SHM 5 'Enkhuizen', the SHD 2205, the CREW 2454 Plan U set 151, the SSN 23 023 and their own locomotives SGB 22 'Otter' and 264 'Sik'. In addition, at the depot in Goes were the SGB omC 910 and omC 909, CREW 2454 C9002 'Jaap', SHD 302282 'Anneke' and SHD Plan D 60 84 978 1 005-1 Measuring carriage CTO on display. So plenty to see. The weather was beautiful and we had a great time again.

Jedes Jahr organisiert der Stoomtrein Goes Borsele (SGB) die Veranstaltung Spuren in die Vergangenheit. Dann kommen verschiedene Dampf- und Diesellokomotiven bzw. Züge zum Einsatz. In diesem Jahr waren dies die SHM 5 „Enkhuizen“, die SHD 2205, die CREW 2454 Plan U Set 151, die SSN 23 023 und unsere eigenen Lokomotiven SGB 22 „Otter“ und 264 „Sik“. Darüber hinaus standen die SGB omC 910 und omC 909, CREW 2454 C9002 „Jaap“, SHD 302282 „Anneke“ und SHD Plan D 60 84 978 1 005-1 Messwagen CTO im Depot in Goes zur Besichtigung bereit. Es gibt also viel zu sehen. Das Wetter war wunderschön und wir hatten wieder eine tolle Zeit.

Long train de travaux. Ce train participe au ''RVB'' renouvellement des voies entre Blois et Tours. Il est accompagné de 4 autres trains qui passent chaque jour.

Long train of work.

This train participates in the '' RGB '' renewal of the tracks between Blois and Tours. It is accompanied by 4 other trains that pass each day.

Ce train est tirée par la Euro 4000 4022 VFLI et la BB-75044 Akiem est en pousse. Ce train est indissociable, et le matin cette loco devient la loco en pousse.