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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.
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
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 But the weight is high, so the axles have been replaced by original Lego ones.
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.
An afternoon edition of the Black Hills Central's "1880 Train" makes its way west across the meadow at Palmer Gulch (Mile Marker 3.8) en route to Hill City, SD. Completing a downhill drift from Oblivion, the grade begins to reverse near the little bridge and for the nearly the next three miles, the train will be working uphill toward Tin Mill Hill. Although images of steam locomotives running in reverse aren't often the most pleasing to the eye, the big, 2-6-6-2T Mallets on this line, with their short fuel bunkers behind the cab, almost have the look of a Southern Pacific "cab-forward" as they run in reverse from Keystone to Hill City.
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.
2-10-0 No 50 3648-8 and 2-6-2 No 35 1097-1 l.
If it weren't for the colour-light signals and the catenary, this scene could have been way back when. Oh, and for the concrete sleepers too...
OK, it's nothing like how things were... but it's still good to see steam on a national network in 2023.
I was set up fairly close to the tracks while the train was a ways away. Then it began to move and I realized I was going to be "steamed" quite thoroughly. I covered my lens and ducked.....and survived. (But got laughed at by the others in my group.) View this full screen to get the effect of the powerful engine.
Vintage road making demonstration at Horsted Keynes during the Bluebell Railway Road meets Rail event, including watching kids! There are 9 diferent engines in this view!
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.
It's only late November but the Santa season is upon us. We are being dragged to Leicester by a class 31 and Jon is building his fire ready to haul six coaches and about 110 tons of idling diesel (so about 320 tons tare) back up the gradient out of Leicester and up out of Rothley. Bill leans out of the window to get a better view of what is happening as we traverse a speed restriction south of Rothley.
'Standard' Class 5 no 73156, Great Central Railway.
Austerity Tank 3809 leaves Weybourne with the 10:15 Sheringham to Holt service. 20/3/2000. This Austerity was based at the North Norfolk Railway for a prolonged period, but it's now at the Great Central awaiting restoration.
Some cool old steamers, in action!
September 6, 2019
Missouri River Valley Steam Engine Association
Boonville, Missouri
Eureka & Palisade #4 leaves the dusty mining town of Silverton, Colorado behind her as she crosses the Animas River to begin her southbound journey to Durango. The remnants of Silverton's mining history can be seen in the hills around the periphery of town, where mine shafts, tailing piles and some structures dot the landscape. The remains of one such structure, the North Star Mill, are readily apparent on the left side of the photo at the bottom of the hillside. The aptly named Rio de las Animas Perdidas (River of the Lost Souls) flows through town with a bit of a greenish tint, perhaps indicating the strong presence of minerals excavated over the past century.
Railways of Great Britain
This start of another one of my collections, although I have posted a few in the past.
I have taken quite a few images over the years of Old Steam, Diesel and Electric engines and after sorting out probably 3,000 plus, I’ve now got it down to a more manageable number.
I’m starting with English Engines. Some of these images could be 25 years old. Many were transferred from negatives via a scanner so the quality will not be as good I would like. I have put them all through Photoshop to get rid of the most glaring issues
Apologies to those enthusiasts if I don’t get the right engine with the right Railway, they were taken a long time ago, some of them have moved on and my memory is not as good as it was.
Happy viewing.
Gauge 1 Lego model of 1813 locomotive. The loco has been redesigned several times during its long work life from 1813 to 1862. The model shows the last form, which is on display in the London Science Museum, and of which there is a detailed, working replica from 1906 in the Deutsches Museum, Munich.
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
PDC 3 is leading the Prairie Dog Central's 11 AM departure as it starts to leave the station at Inkster Junction. PDC 3 was built in Glasgow by Dübs & Company for the Canadian Pacific Railway, its first number was CP 22.
Raymond Loewy was the designer of several industrial icons that have now become the accepted familiar shape of objects.
That's what this little engine hopes to do.
This small steam locomotive, #19, which was used in "Emperor of the North", is traveling on UP train MNPCH (Manifest - North Platte, NE to BRC Clearing Yard in Chicago) on its way from Oregon to the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, OH. I had to chase it from mp 102 to this crossing west of Franklin Grove, IL to get a shot, but I'm glad I did it.
45305 at Carlisle during its repositioning manouvres, 8th August 2011, preparing to head south on the return Mersey Moorlander
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 !