A night time picture of an East German 3 cylinder oil fired 2-10-0 class 44. Here is 44-0233 standing at Saalfeld late at night with its burners roaring away getting steam up ready for the long climb out to the steel works at Unterwellanbourn on the line to Gera with a heavy freight of casting sand. There will be a banker at the rear for the long haul ahead. Tuesday 21st April 1981.
46233 Duchess of Sutherland pulling into New Street today going to Euston Via Soho and Aston. Also at Berkswell, not a great shot here, my usual position has been sterilized by palisade fencing! There will be another picture later this week, thought I was going on holiday on Monday, memory loss. Regards Ledg.
Day late this week, been to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway for a few days. In the gloom of Vienna Nord depot shafts of sunlight stream down from the roof onto the shed floor. 77-22 an Austrian 4-6-2 tank is ready for the rush hour service out into the suburbs from Vienna Pratterstern station. Another engine behind of the same class, 77-17 is lit up by the rays of sun and is also being pre paired for the evening service
An 1898 (rebuild for the Isle of White) Adams 02 0-4-4 Tank comes off Ryde Pier silhouetted by a glorious sun set in the west along with a reflection in the water. It was also sunset for steam on the Isle of White, the London Underground stock would soon arrive and replace them. The last remaining run down steam engines carried on valiantly whilst the third rail was installed on the last line to be in use to Shanklin. It
An 1898 (rebuild for the Isle of White) Adams 02 0-4-4 Tank comes off Ryde Pier silhouetted by a glorious sun set in the west along with a reflection in the water. It was also sunset for steam on the Isle of White, the London Underground stock would soon arrive and replace them. The last remaining run down steam engines carried on valiantly whilst the third rail was installed on the last line to be in use to Shanklin. It
China Rail class QJ 205 2-10-2 one of the first batch ever built of which they were to finally number in their thousands, we saw QJ 66xx at Datong works and they were still being built. Seen getting underway from the main freight yard at Shenyang north east China with a long train of tanks for Harbin. This was a very busy place with trains departing or arriving about every 10 minutes or so going to and from the far
What a fantastic 3/4 rear view of Gresley A3 Pacific 2582 “Sir Hugo” looking absolutely immaculate still right hand drive as well. It must have been one of the first through Doncaster works after the Second World War. It has Just come off the shed at Grantham to work north in August 1946. The fireman and driver are aware of the photographer at work as they look down from the cab. The old boy must be in his sixties and
West German 2 cylinder 4-6-2 Pacific 001-202 sweeps down from the Schife Ebene incline into Neaunmarkt Wirsberg station with the 15.52 from Hof to Stuttgart and Tubingen. Up ahead is the east junction and signal box, left to Hof and right to Beyreuth. Up above the signal box on the bridge is a VW Beatle, I wonder how many of these are left now? they were everywhere at the time. The tender of the engine is piled high, there will
Big country big engine. Two pictures of South African Railways condensing class 25-3506 4-8-4. All of the class were mechanical stokers. Heading north at the isolated station of Biesiesport with a Beaufort West to De Aar freight probably returning empty coal wagons on the single track main line up from Cape Town. Five huge fans were on the tender top to cool the exhaust steam back into water and then returned it back into the tender tank. A fan drew
Some of you may never have seen one of these but at least one would be standing around on Reading South Southern shed when paying a visit along with Maunsell U 2-6-0’s and even a School 4-4-0 if you were lucky. It’s a Bullied Q1 0-6-0 33005. They were never clean except when in ex works condition. Forty were built during the second world war and were the most powerful 0-6-0’s in Britain. Nothing elegant about them but always unmistakable
Shirley wanted to go to the Bicester Village today so left her to it as by coincidence West Country 4-6-2 34046 Braunton was passing by! although unable to finding anything remotely scenic today. 6116. Here it is north of Bicester with the 10.45 Paddington to Stratford On Avon. 6119. Again now north of Banbury at Cropredy, Great Bourton Crossing. 6129, 6130. At Leamington catching the late evening sun as it returns with the 18.35 from Stratford to Paddington. Enjoy. Regards
For those from Derbyshire here is Thompson B1 4-6-0 61033 “Dibatag” from York 50A (can anyone tell me what sort of creature a Dibatag is!? I’ll have to Google it) looking a bit worse for wear but steaming well. The only clean thing is the headlamp on the top bracket. Here it is heading south to Nottingham along the Great Central loop around Chesterfield in 1961 before closure, probably June the Lupins are in flower behind the engine . The