Steam & Railway Image Library - The Alan Ledger Collection

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Picture of the Week: West Germany

This is a West German 012 oil burning 3 cylinder 4-6-2 Pacific, these things got thrashed, and they motored. There was no holds barred with these engines. You could here them coming from miles away, I would have loved to have driven one. It must have been full regulator from the very start if the sound was anything to go by. No worries about killing the fireman he just sat there and played with his controls, there was plenty of

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Picture of the week: 99-7244 East Germany

Thought you might like to see some photographs I have taken in the past of foreign steam. Seems a shame for them to hide away. So here’s the first, enjoy the scene, save them if you want. 99-7244 Leaving Wenigerode, (East Germany after unification) with the 15.30 to Benneckenstien. Wednesday 27th February 1991. Trabi’s (3) are still in evidence. Regards Ledg.

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