I remember these locos very clearly, small commuter trains from York stopping at every station on their journey, perfect for there intended purpose. Never went anywhere in a hurry but always reliable.
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I remember these locos very clearly, small commuter trains from York stopping at every station on their journey, perfect for there intended purpose. Never went anywhere in a hurry but always reliable.
I have an odd memory that makes me think they had a manual gearbox. The train used to set off, the revs built, there would be a long and silent pause of perhaps 2-4 seconds, the train would then pick up speed again.
Meant for children but perhaps they could be persuaded otherwise.
Vacumatic:
...I would have 'loved' this bed as a child!
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Vacumatic:
...I would have 'loved' this bed as a child! View attachment 1957819
"Early to bed and early to rise makes a [person] healthy, wealthy and wise". Benjamin Franklin
I don't know if it was home made or store bought but I can imagine the huge pride of making this beautifully crafted piece of work.
The bath in the boat would be just as good.
..."Ahoy there"!
"Come about midships!"
Took a bit of patience but I was able to catch three forms of transportation in one shot here. There is a CP rail line that runs just west of O'hare in Chicago and has a road that parallels it. It helped that the train was sitting still.
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Here are some scans from slides of German locomotives I made more than thirty years ago. I'd forgotten what I have in my collection:
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I was just a small boy when steam engines were commonplace on the UK rail network. You will appreciate that a problem with steam engines is that the driver needs to be facing the direction of travel and so if the engine needs to go back from where it came then it needs to be turned around.
I used to go into the engine shed near York Station where they had a turntable of enough diameter to take an engine and tender and turn it through 180 degrees, it was a magnificent place to be with light coming through the steam and smoke, the smells and the atmosphere were very special. Today the Health and Safety people would have a fit about an 11 year old boy crossing tracks being close to a smoking belching loco but these were different days
I used to go into the engine shed near York Station where they had a turntable of enough diameter to take an engine and tender and turn it through 180 degrees, it was a magnificent place to be with light coming through the steam and smoke, the smells and the atmosphere were very special. Today the Health and Safety people would have a fit about an 11 year old boy crossing tracks being close to a smoking belching loco but these were different days
The fireman lifted me up onto the footplate of the King George V at Birmingham Snow Hill in the 1950s. One of the highlights of my childhood.
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While scanning my slides, I came across these pictures of British electric locomotives, also made approximately 35 years ago. The locomotives are from the classes 86 and 87, which have since been withdrawn in Britain. Most were scrapped, a few were exported to Bulgaria and Hungary, where they have the same current system as in Britain (25 kV, 50 Hz):
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In the afternoon of New Year's Eve I went to Tübingen main station to photograph this train. The livery differs from the yellow/white/grey of the local rail company. I found an explanation in the Internet: this series was manufactured for the Austrian State Railway (their trains are red/white), nut they refused to take delivery. For the time being, they are running in Germany.
For comparison, I am including a picture of a train with the meanwhile standard livery.
For comparison, I am including a picture of a train with the meanwhile standard livery.
2025 will see the 200th anniversary of the first passenger train.
If you had said to the travellers being pulled by the Rocket that your descendants will be travelling on trains such as this in Qatar imagine their disbelief
If you had said to the travellers being pulled by the Rocket that your descendants will be travelling on trains such as this in Qatar imagine their disbelief
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Today, I once again took a train ride from Tübingen to Hechingen to go to the hairdresser. Since I'm retired, every day has become an adventure - even if only a small one. Here are some railway impressions:
We were in Ipswich in April last year and had occasion to go to London and I took a few pics on the station:
I took these pictures a few years ago. There was a functioning children's railway here. It has been abandoned for a long time and does not work.
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I've seen pictures of some of those railways when they were still functioning. Here, they are referred to as railways of the young pioneers. I believe that they also had them in the former German Democratic Republic.
The Washington Park & Zoo Railway's Zooliner
Runs on 2'6" narrow gauge track. The route has been shortened from about 2 miles of track through the park to a half mile loop within the zoo. There are two other engines. One is an actual steam engine.
Wikipedia photo by Steve Morgan
Runs on 2'6" narrow gauge track. The route has been shortened from about 2 miles of track through the park to a half mile loop within the zoo. There are two other engines. One is an actual steam engine.
Wikipedia photo by Steve Morgan
More Steve Morgan photography:
Engine #1, the Oregon, steam powered
No. 5, the Oregon Express diesel. I have never seen this one operating.
Engine #1, the Oregon, steam powered
No. 5, the Oregon Express diesel. I have never seen this one operating.
