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Some cool old steamers, in action!
September 6, 2019
Missouri River Valley Steam Engine Association
Boonville, Missouri
The North London tank had its LMS identity restored for an earlier event in 2023 and now sits on display on Platform 1 at Horsted Keynes
A Steam Heritage Special Train on Commercial run was successfully operated for the benefit of passengers and steam heritage enthusiasts on 14th dec 2019 from Chennai Egmore to Kodambakkam
The express which is similar to Fairy Queen in appearance, is 164 years old. The locomotive was originally shipped to India from England in 1855. After withdrawal from service in 1909, this loco was kept as an exhibit at Jamalpur Workshops and Howrah Station for over 101 years.
However, being in the open, many parts of Express EIR-21 were corroded, missing and broken thus not fit for use. However, the Loco Works, Perambur, revived the loco in 2010 and since then the heritage runs have been made to showcase the heritage value of Indian Railways.
The phone rang far earlier than I had expected to notify me about our "stealth" departure with the ATSF 3751 from Williams Junction for a photo shoot on the Grand Canyon Railroad, a former ATSF branch. But that o-dark-thirty departure provided a bunch of us with this desert sunrise silhouette. Worth it, and once again thanks to the late Dave Goodheart for making it possible.
The famous Adler Steam engine from BlueBrixx is a real great set. Motorized with 9V, running smoothly. But the weight is high, so the axles have been replaced by original Lego ones.
After shooting from the bridge on Saturday, I opted for an angle I had never tried before. Here NKP #765 storms upgrade on the DL's Pocono Main past the nicely restored Lackawanna station at Cresco, PA
The Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company was a 16-mile (26 km), 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad that ran from a connection with the Central Pacific Railway at Truckee, California to the waterfront at Lake Tahoe. The railroad was converted to 4 ft 8 1/2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge in 1926. The railroad operated its own property from 1899 until October 16, 1925, at which time it was leased to the Southern Pacific Company, which bought the property outright in May 1933. SP abandoned the line in 1943. (Wikipedia)
Photo from Ken Shattock.
Valve motion, that is. This is BR 'Standard 5' no. 73156 standing on road 2 at Loughborough, and her warming fire in readiness for the next day has just been lit.
Ahead of her is 'Standard 4' tank loco no. 80080, visiting for the three-day winter gala; she will have her warming fire lit very soon. The class 08 'jocko' on road 1 has been bustling around shunting locomotives most of the day.
Great Central Railway.
The last full day of operations during the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad's 2010 "Railfest" event featured a special passenger extra, with a string of coaches painted to resemble D&RGW passenger equipment from the 1930s, and K-28 Locomotive #473, complete with green boiler jacket. Most of the passengers on this day were railfan photographers, who paid a premium fare not only for the special train, but for some photo run-bys at various locations on their trip to Silverton. As a special bonus, this train traveled the 45-mile route in tandem with a short freight train, pulled by D&RGW Consolidation #315, which would also perform some run-bys.
In this frame, the passenger extra is pulling onto the siding at Rockwood, CO (MP 469.1), to await the passage of one of the line's regular northbound tourist trains.
RD19708. B.R. Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 92212 waits to depart from Medstead & Four Marks during the Mid-Hants Railway's 2019 Spring Steam Gala.
Sunday, 10th March, 2019. Copyright © Ron Fisher.
Some cool old steamers, in action!
September 6, 2019
Missouri River Valley Steam Engine Association
Boonville, Missouri
My next take on a practical, peumatic-driven Lego steam locomotive. The design is the "American" class 4-4-0 of the 1870ies.
The tender hides a capable pneumatic compressor that powers the 2 cylinder, long stroke 'steam' engine.
The "bopper" type caboose offers ample room for a battery box and rc receiver of choice. A Buwizz unit may be installed directly in the engine's cab, alternatively.
On of the pressing problems in rail vehicle design in the 19th century, next to the brake problem, was the coupling problem. I designed a new, brick-built coupler suitalbe for automatic coupling and decoupling, to circumvent the drawbacks and dangers of the contemporary link-and-pin coupling.
UP steam engines on the way to Ogden Ut for the 150th anniversary of the Joining of the rails in 1869. UP4014 is the main attraction.
Raymond Loewy was the designer of several industrial icons that have now become the accepted familiar shape of objects.
When we visited St Neot's in Cornwall recently, this impressive steam locomotive called "Janet" was parked opposite. It was recovered from Scotland and looks as good as the day it was built in 1922 . It weighs 14 tons and was used at a stone crushing plant . It now belongs to the Daniel family steam ploughing in Cornwall . In the background you can see the oak apple tree on the church tower which is an annual celebration of Charles II to the throne of England. Any excuse to party !
Working most weekends means that I have limited access to operational steam these days, so when the rare opportunity arises with a steam engine operating locally on a day when I'm actually off, Something would be amiss for me not to go and see
Good Friday , 15 April 2022 finds 5917 on the second Canberra to Bungendore Shuttle of the weekend
Having been detained at Quorn for ten minutes or more, class A1 no. 60163 'Tornado' gets away (with the occasional slip). David the fireman looks back along the platform to ensure the train leaves safely.
The day was what Scots would call 'dreich'.
Great Central Railway.
This is 0-4-0 crane tank no. 34, an Andrew Barclay product built in 1937. Standing in front of it is one of the 16-ton mineral wagons that were once ubiquitous on Britain's railways.
A brief history of the ironworks, south of Ilkeston, in Derbyshire, can be found here: www.ilkestonhistory.org.uk/history/industry/stantonironwo...
Photo by Neil Smedley, taken sometime in the period 1965-8. More of Neil's photos can be found here: www.flickr.com/groups/14774027@N21/
St Albans Steam & Country show, so many classic vehicles there, was a great day out, hope to go again.
Taken from a hidey hole (that beforehand I didn't know about) at Quorn and Woodhouse station. Class 'A1' Pacific no. 60163 'Tornado' whistles as she approaches with a train for Leicester North.
This view neatly shows some of the signalling that makes the Great Central Railway special. On the left is the Quorn Down starter and beyond that the Down section signal (both at danger). In the distance the Loughborough auto-distant signal looks like it's showing two yellows. 'Tornado' has just passed Quorn's Up home signal, the post of which also carries the distant arm for the Quorn Up starter. In the 'six foot' between the Up and Down lines are three ground signals (or 'dollies') that control reverse movements from the Down line into, from L to R, the Down platform, the Up platform and Quorn yard.
In front of the Down starting signal, the low grey box with the striped cover contains a 'signal post telephone' that goes direct to Quorn signal box. The line in rear of the signal is not track-circuited (shown by no 'diamond' or 'lozenge' on the signal post) which means that in theory the signalman could forget about a train standing there. Hence the need to remind the 'bobby' by phone immediately if one's train is detained there by the signal at red.
Using an "ancient" railroad locomotive as a back-drop, our nation's 26th President launches into an animated campaign speech during a brief whistle stop in tiny Corinth, NY.
It has been many years since our nation had a President who could be described as "larger than life". Theodore Roosevelt (or "TR") was such a person. Although he lived only 60 years, "TR" grabbed life by the short hairs and lived it to its fullest. He was a scholar, an athlete, rancher, war hero, big game hunter, Governor of New York, Vice President and ultimately, President of the United States. He was a tough guy, too. His motto was "speak softly and carry a big stick" and he lived it. During the Spanish American War, he joined the service and helped form a military unit that became known as the "Rough Riders". He distinguished himself for bravery in the Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba. When he later became President, his strong foreign policies kept other governments from questioning our national will. On one occasion, a would-be assassin actually shot him just before a campaign speech. TR dusted himself off, determined that he was not seriously hurt....and went on with the speech! TR even won a Noble Peace Prize in 1908. Long after his death, in 2001, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery on San Juan Hill....the only US President ever to be so honored. Yeah, there's a reason why his likeness is carved into the side of Mt. Rushmore.
The gentleman portraying TR in my photo is Mr. Joe Wiegand, who has become rather famous as a TR "repriser". Mr. Wiegand spent a weekend at the Saratoga & North Creek Railroad helping to commemorate TR's connection with the line. Back in 1901, it was at North Creek Station that TR learned of the death of then-President William McKinley, and his own ascension to the office of the Presidency.
The famous Adler Steam engine from BlueBrixx is a real great set. Motorized with 9V, running smoothly. But the weight is high, so the axles have been replaced by original Lego ones.
This is Acton Yard, in west London, and, early in the morning, no. 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' is trundling along the Up Relief line with the empty stock for a rail tour before swinging left to join the Up Poplar* and then the North London Line. The train is on a circuitous journey from Southall to Victoria via some sidings at Willesden.
I thought this was one of my pics... until I saw that it had been taken with a Canon. I'm guessing it was sent to me by one of the other support crew. If he recognises his pic I'll gladly credit it to him!
Come to think of it... I might have been on the loco at the time.
*Back in the 19th century and even a bit into the latter half of the 20th, if you'd carried on round the North London Railway's line you'd have ended up at Poplar, in the East End of London. Nowadays Poplar station is on the Docklands Light Railway but isn't the NLR's Poplar, which is now called All Saints and is also on the DLR. However, line names that were created in the 1850s/60s linger on today for the national network, over 150 years on, which I think is rather nice.