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This engine is one and a half feet long and may well be a running model but it wasn't running when I took this picture.
The Gas-up show is put on by people that devote their interest in antique engines and display their equipment at the show. Much of it is operational and as you see some of it is very photogenic.
Antique Engine Equipment Show - I have a lot of pictures of the same event in 2015. I didn't retake the same items this year so check out the album GAS-UP
New York Central Railroad Lima-Hamilton A-3174 6210, built September 1950 ( c/n 9433 ), at Englewood in Chicago, Illinois on March 14, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Lima-Hamilton did not have diesel locomotive model numbers, using instead a specification number, in this case A-3174. The specifications for this model were: a Hamilton Model T-89-SA four cycle 1200 horsepower turbocharged eight cylinder diesel prime mover, coupled to a Westinghouse 499A main generator powering four 362D traction motors. The electrical equipment was supplied by Westinghouse. The trucks were General Steel Castings Type B Swing Bolster with 40 inch wheels geared for 60 mph. It carried 800 gallons of fuel, 40 cubic feet of sand, 145 gallons of lube oil, 225 gallons of engine cooling water, and 800 gallons of water for the steam generator, which produced 1600 pounds of steam per hour. They weighed 247,500 pounds as built. According to the book, "Diesel Locomotive Rosters", The Railroad Magazine Series, 16 of this model were built for the NYC as # 5800-5815, renumbered 6200-6215, classed as DRSP-5a on the NYC. However, #'s 6200-6204, 6206-6209, 6212-6215 had the steam generators removed, were re-classed as DRS-5a, and thus weighed 240,800 pounds, and produced 60,200 pounds of tractive effort. As far as I can tell, these were the only examples of the A-3174 built by L-H.
woops, what happened here? There's a new engine :)
I revised my E2 model a bit, added some details and changed the livery to this more realistic one.
Aaand as I worked on the A1 Terrier what better excuse chance to make a shot with all my LBSCR engines :P
The terrier has 444 parts, is 100% buildable (not counting the cuved 2x2 tiles in black behind the smokebox door). Might be an easy build as I still have much Medium Nougat leftover from Gladstone :)
I did borrow some of the Terrier's design from Carl Greatrix's design. Of course I had to make use of the magnifying glasses for the porthole windows.
Pleasley Coal Mining Museum, near Mansfield, UK. The South Engine, built 1922 by Markham of Chesterfield.
Just another frame of this scene looking the opposite direction (compass south and railroad west) at this non revenue Keolis/MBTA extra 'double draft' of the 2003/1716 set towing the dead 1122/1809 set in from Rockport due to the 1122 having a bad starter. They are at MP 17.7 on Main 1 of the Eastern Route mainline and have just left Beverly and entered the city of Salem while crossing the Danvers River on the 905 ft long Beverly Draw in this view looking down from the parallel Essex Street bridge. They are slowing for a stop at the Northey Point interlocking to meet a pair of revenue trains before proceeding on to Boston Engine Terminal in Somerville.
The railroad can trace its roots here back to 1836 when the Eastern Railroad opened between Boston and Portsmouth, NH. By 1884 it was under the control of the Boston and Maine and remained an integral part of the powerful New England class 1 until it was sold in 1976 along with all the other commuter district lines to the commonwealth by the trustees of the then bankrupt road. In 1984 a major fire damaged the bridge and the approach trestles were replaced with concrete but the 105 ft long swing span dating from 1886 wouldn't be replaced until 2017. Since 1984 this bridge has been passenger only, as what was by then Guilford didn't resume freight operations after the bridge was repaired.
Salem, Massachusetts
Wednesday March 18, 2026
Deze dag stond in het teken van goederenvervoer bij de RTM. Diverse stoom en diesellocs reden goederentrams of personentrams met goederenwagens. Het weer was uitstekend en de trams weer schitterend.
This day was all about freight transport at the RTM. Various steam and diesel locomotives drove freight trams or passenger trams with freight wagons. The weather was excellent and the trams were again magnificent.
Dieser Tag stand im RTM ganz im Zeichen des Gütertransports. Verschiedene Dampf- und Diesellokomotiven trieben Güterstraßenbahnen bzw. Personenstraßenbahnen mit Güterwagen an. Das Wetter war ausgezeichnet und die Straßenbahnen waren wieder wunderschön.
Two vintage Mack fire engines from Rockville, Maryland -- seen at the 19th Annual Gas & Steam Engine Show at the Agricultural History Farm Park in Derwood, Maryland
Philadelphia Fire Department
Engine 211
2007 American LaFrance 1500/500 (EX-Engine 20)
PP#: 075025
Running as Engine 69
Lego Technic model of ornate steam traction engine with living van. Now steaming on Lego Ideas:
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Sally B is the name of an airworthy 1945-built Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, the only one remaining airworthy in Europe. Based at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, England, Sally B flies at airshows in the UK and across Europe as well as serving as an airborne memorial to the United States Army Air Forces airmen who lost their lives in the European theatre during World War II. The aircraft was delivered to the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) on 19 June 1945 as 44-85784, too late to see active service in the war. After being converted to both a TB-17G training variant and then an EB-17G it was struck off charge in 1954. In 1954 the Institut Géographique National in France bought the plane for use as a survey aircraft. In 1975 it moved to England and was registered with the CAA as G-BEDF to be restored to wartime condition. The Sally B was first fitted with accurate gun turrets and other much needed additions for her role as Ginger Rogers, a B-17 bomber of the fictitious bomber unit featured in the 1981 LWT series We'll Meet Again. During the winter of 1983–84, Sally B was painted in an olive drab and neutral grey colour scheme, in place of the bare metal scheme she had worn since construction, in order to protect the airframe from the damp UK weather. At the same time, she received the markings of the 447th Bomb Group. The Sally B was used in the 1990 film Memphis Belle as one of 5 flying B-17s needed for various film scenes, and it was used to replicate the real Memphis Belle in one scene. Half of the aircraft is still in the Memphis Belle livery, following restoration of the Sally B nose art and the black and yellow checkerboard pattern on the cowling of the starboard inner (no 3) engine, carried as a tribute to Elly Sallingboe's companion Ted White, whose Harvard aircraft had the same pattern on its cowling. Sally B was reworked to B-17F configuration for filming. Since 1985, Sally B has been operated by Elly Sallingboe's 'B-17 Preservation Ltd and maintained by Chief Engineer Peter Brown and a team of volunteers. The aircraft is flown by volunteer experienced professional pilots. The B17 Charitable Trust exists to raise funds to keep the plane flying. In 2008, Elly Sallingboe was awarded the Transport Trust 'Lifetime Achievement Award' in recognition of over thirty years of dedication to the preservation and operation of Britain's only airworthy Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress as a flying memorial to the tens of thousands of American aircrew who lost their lives in her sister aircraft during the Second World War. One of the key events in the flying calendar for Sally B is an annual tribute flypast following the Memorial Day service at the American Military Cemetery at Madingley, Cambridge. This takes place over the May Bank Holiday weekend. Flypasts over former Eighth Air Force bases are also carried out whenever possible during the summer months.
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Sneaking inside a long-abandoned factory in Northern Italy.
Ex Garzificio Sanitaria Ceschina (vedi tutte le foto)
The factory was built in 1907 and had great success during the two world wars, when it mainly produced medical goods for the Italian Army. The infamous "guncotton" (aka nitrocellulose), a highly flammable material used for assembling bombs and explosives, was also produced here. As of now, the badly decayed buildings have been abandoned for many decades.
Ex Garzificio Sanitaria Ceschina (check out all the photos)
La fabbrica è stata costruita nel 1907 ed ebbe grande successo durante le due guerre mondiali, quando la produzione consisteva principalmente in materiale medico per l'esercito italiano. Anche il famigerato "fulmicotone" (alias nitrocellulosa), materiale altamente infiammabile utilizzato per bombe ed esplosivi, era prodotto in questo luogo. Ad oggi gli edifici pericolanti risultano abbandonati da svariati decenni.
Ironmaking blast furnaces require large amounts of air to be blown into the bottom of the furnace to intensify the combustion, the same way a blacksmiths forge needs air blown into it to make it hotter. That air blast, probably 40,000 CFM at around 25 psi, was provided originally by blowing engines. These were injected with natural gas and the large flywheels supplied kinetic energy. These were also used to generate electricity. These engines were in constant operation for almost 100 years except for when they were shut down for routine maintenance. If anyone has more information on these engines, I would be happy to hear from you. For a sense of the size of these engines, check out the stairs along the right side.
Today, I am told, steel mills use turbo blowers that are much smaller and operate much like jet engines. These are piston engines that operate like the compressor in your garage, on a much larger scale of course.