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London 2014
In earlier times the steam engine was used for opening and closing of the bridges of Tower Bridge.
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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.
Nene Valley Railway - the shiny bits that go!! Thought I ought to re-dress the balance, it's not all rusty! www.nvr.org.uk/
(Isn't it amazing where grass will grow!)
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.
The Hornsby Chain-Track Tractor is the ancestor of all "caterpillars". After some petroleum-powered prototypes, in 1909 a steam-powered unit was sold for work in the Yukon Territories, where oil was scare but coal and water abundant. The steam engine (Boiler and machine aggregate) was delivered by William Foster, of Lincoln. The track system and steering was created by David Roberts at Hornsby Co.
The Roberts patent rights were sold to the Holt Co in early 1914, which was in 1925 absorbed into the Caterpillar Co.
Today, only the chain tracks of the Hornsby Steam Crawler have survived.
There is a breathtaking live steam model of this tractor at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hvzBofFfzA which helped me a lot in figuring out the right proportions.
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
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.
on the reverse:
Grand Trunk 559
Niagra Falls, Ontario 7/16/20
Raymond from Oldtimetrain website added this information:
"My research indicates it is S-1-f class 2-8-2 559 built MLW 53929 1913. Re#3464. Retired 1961."
611 Fireman Cheri George waves to a friend of mine after the train finally crested the hill on the Sunday morning passenger train out of Manassas, Virginia.
The 611 was put to a big test with wet rails, frequently spinning the drivers, but conquered the hill.
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 'right' BR livery, class A1 no. 60163 'Tornado' powers past Waitby on the climb up to Ais Gill. Having left Carlisle late and then dropped a few more minutes, the loco was by now clawing back time, and was going significantly more quickly than 'British India Line' which had preceded it - maybe a by-now-dry rail helped. It was very noticeable how different the two three-cylinder machines sound.
Settle and Carlisle railway.
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
Doug Debs commented on Train Orders:
McCormick short pilot (replaced the original wooden pilot), large "ashcan" headlight (quite different than the cast-aluminum-body Pyle-National headlight it later got), cutouts on the pilot deck riser (later filled in), two-bolt pattern on smokestack (where snowshed exhaiust splitter once was mounted), 12,000 gallon Vanderbilt tender with top walkway extension (originally delivered with a 4-10-2, I believe), no blowdown mufflers yet.... probably 1930s.
Thanks Doug.
Photo from Ken Shattock.
NER Q6 Class - 0-8-0 No. 2238 was introduced by Wilson Worsdell the first T class 0-8-0 on the North Eastern Railway in 1901, but Vincent Raven carried on the development of the T1 when he designed the superheated outside cylinder class T2 0-8-0s for handling the heavy goods trains of the North Eastern Railway. A total of 120 engines were built at the NER’s Darlington Works between 1913 and 1918. An engine was produced that could be driven all out - full regulator and full forward gear – for indefinite periods at anything up to mineral train speeds. In 1915 examples of the class had undergone dynamometer trials on 700 ton trains between Newport and Shildon, putting up some impressive performances and comparing very favourably with the then newly introduced electric locomotives working that line.
Soo Line 1003 rests underneath the signal bridge in downtown Chicago, IL for a Metra Family Day photo op while an outbound commuter rushes past.
The first train to Saline arrived on July 4, 1870, and the engine likely looked like this.
On June 29, 2019 Saline will celebrate the 4th of July at the Depot Museum
BR 'Standard' class 5 (note the 34E shedplate - it was once a Neaden engine) drifts through Rothley station on the Sunday luncheon train. The 'signalman's agent' holds up the single line staff for the Rothley-Leicester North section and James, the 'third man'/trainee fireman, is leaning out of the cab ready to receive it.
Great Central Railway.
A mechanical lubricator. I guess it worked OK despite the grime - a combination of fine coal dust and oil.
Seen on an 'SY' class 2-8-2 of the Baiyin Nonferrous Metal Company, Baiyin, Gansu province, China.
It has stopped snowing and we are back on shed. Anthony has raked the fire and partially filled the boiler, and is about to empty the ashpan - with a long rake after thoroughly wetting the contents; it's a lousy job - no hopper ashpan on this one. I am about to empty the smokebox: the barrow is ready at the side and I, on my way back to the engine with a bucket, have paused to take a quick pic - because, even though this freight loco is a bit of a rough old girl, she looks pretty nice standing there under the shed lights.
'8F' no. 48305, Great Central Railway, Loughborough.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II met EF 16-35 f/2.8L II USM
20mm, f/2.8, 1 sec op 100 ISO
Single RAW shot en Adobe Photoshop CS6
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