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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.
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
After running a day of excursions during the 2017 Fourth of July weekend, the world's most famous 10-wheeler, Sierra Railway #3, makes her lonely trek back the Jamestown roundhouse, where she'll be put to bed for the night. In the background is the Jamestown water tank, made famous during the filming of the TV series Petticoat Junction, especially the scene in the opening credits, in which the beautiful Bradley sisters are seen poking their heads above the rim, apparently skinny dipping in the tank. Today, the tank has a roof over it, and that type of structure was prototypical for the Sierra Railway.
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 !
Early steam locomotive with support tender. Boiler rests on tender frame, and cannot be decoupled. Large spark arrestor because fired with wood. Original colours unknown, but dark blue looks just right.
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.
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.
CN 7470 is backing onto the Valley Train at North Conway before heading south to Conway. At left is CSRX 252, an ex-Maine Central GP38
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.
London 2014
In earlier times the steam engine was used for opening and closing of the bridges of Tower Bridge.
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21st Century Grange No. 6880 'Betton Grange' is seen at Shackerstone Station during a 30742 Charters event at The Battlefield Line, January 2025.
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Union Pacific's 4014 steam engine returned to Ogden for the 150th Anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike. 4014's last visit to Ogden was five years prior when it was being returned from a California Museum for refurbishment in Cheyenne. It was sandwiched between two UP diesels and was not under power. The photo show 4014 traveling through Uintas UT about three miles from Ogden on May 14, 2019.
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.
In the Steam Expo Parade of Canadian and U.S. steam locomotives at the 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communication (Expo 86), a World's Fair held in Vancouver, BC, Canada. This is one of 17 photos.
A Roger Puta Photograph
No.221A is a 2-8-2 freight locomotive supplied to the Queensland Government Railways during World War 2 as one of 20 'AC16 class' locomotives. It was built in 1943 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, USA (builder's number 69456) to a standard US wartime design and made available under 'lend-lease' finance. These wartime locomotive were known as 'MacArthurs' and identical engines were supplied to metre and 1067mm-gauge lines in India, Greece, Malaya and Thailand as part of the war effort, where some remained at work until the late 1980's.
This spectacular stretch of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad was originally completed in 1884, considered an engineering marvel for its time. The thriving mining towns of Georgetown and Silver Plume lie 2 miles (3.2 km) apart in the steep, narrow canyon of Clear Creek in the Rocky Mountains west of Denver. Engineers designed a corkscrew route that traveled nearly twice that distance to connect them, slowly gaining about 640 feet in elevation.
In 1973, the Colorado Historical Society began restoring the railroad using track and ties donated by the Union Pacific. This tourist train now operates between Silver Plume and the new Devil's Gate Station, which is 3/4 mile west of Georgetown.
Heavy Metal. Nickel Plate Road 763 was constructed in August of 1944 by the Lima Locomotive Works of Lima, OH as a high-horsepower, high-speed freight hauler. With a 2-8-4 wheel arrangement this is known as a Berkshire Engine.
Taken at the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, OH.
This is my biggest steam eingine! Never built a locomotive with two L-motors. but it's working fine. I connected both motors with one output, so that they run simultanesly. A 2,4 GHz remote control from BlueBrixx with 7 speeds similar to the LEGO Power Functions Infrared system controls the speed of this big engine. A lot of details and very robust. I wish, LEGO would release such models...
The QJ (Chinese: 前进; pinyin: Qián Jìn; lit.: 'To go forward' or 'to advance') was a type of heavy freight steam locomotive used by China Railway. The class became the primary mainline freight locomotive on the Chinese rail network by the 1980s, and were then displaced by diesel locomotives in 2005. [Wikipedia]
steamlocomotive.com says:
"The Southern Pacific Railroad only had one Camelback locomotive. It was number 2282 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1900 for is Sonora subsidiary in Mexico. This 4-6-0 was built specifically to burn inferior Arizona coal."
Photo from Ken Shattock.
LNER Class A1 Peppercorn 60163 Tornado
Tornado, 14 December 2008
Power type
Steam
Designer
Arthur Peppercorn (original designer)
Builder
A1 Steam Locomotive Trust
Build date
1994–2008
Configuration
4-6-2
Leading wheel
diameter
3 ft 2 in (0.97 m)
Driver diameter
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Trailing wheel
diameter
3 ft 8 in (1.12 m)
Length
72 ft 11.75 in (22.24 m)
Width
9 ft 2.875 in (2.82 m)
Height
13 ft (3.96 m)
Axle load
22.1 long tons (22.5 t)
Weight on drivers
66.55 long tons (67.62 t)
Locomotive weight
105.2 long tons (106.9 t)[1]
Tender weight
60.9 long tons (61.9 t)
Locomotive & tender
combined weight
166.1 long tons (168.8 t)
Fuel type
Coal
Fuel capacity
7.5 long tons (7.6 t))
Water capacity
6,000 imp gal (27,000 L))
Boiler
Diagram 118
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) diameter
29 ft 2 in (8.89 m) length
Boiler pressure
250 psi (1,700 kPa)
Firegrate area
50.0 sq ft (4.65 m2)
Heating surface:
Tubes
1,211.6 sq ft (112.56 m2)
Heating surface:
Flues
1,004.5 sq ft (93.32 m2)
Heating surface:
Firebox
245.3 sq ft (22.79 m2)
Heating surface:
Total
2,461.4 sq ft (228.67 m2)
Superheater area
697.7 sq ft (64.82 m2)
Cylinder size
19 in × 26 in (480 mm × 660 mm)
Top speed
100 mph (160 km/h) design[2]
75 mph (121 km/h) certified
Tractive effort
2,700 metric horsepower (2,000 kW)
Number
60163 (display)
98863 (TOPS)
Official name
Tornado
Axle load class
Route availability 9
First run
29 July 2008
Disposition
Operational. Approved for 75 mph (121 km/h) running on the Network Rail main line.
60163 Tornado is a main-line steam locomotive built in Darlington, England. Completed in 2008, Tornado was the first such locomotive built in the United Kingdom since Evening Star, the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, in 1960. Designed to meet modern safety and certification standards, Tornado runs on the UK rail network and on mainline-connected heritage railways. The locomotive is named after the Panavia Tornado military jet.