Train Pics

[Gnomey]

Excellent pics!

 

[Lucky13]

No pics, but a NEWLY built steamlocomotive...! First steam engine built in Britain for 50 years takes to the tracks | Mail Online.... Come on US, I want to see a Hiawatha, a Milwaukee Road F-7 Hudson, a NYC J-3 Hudson, A Niagara, a NYNH&H I-5 Hudson........8)

 

[Gnomey]

Again no pics but there is a video.

BBC NEWS | UK | Steam train making London visit

BBC NEWS | UK | Your video: the Tornado steam train

 

[evangilder]

There is an old UP Challenger (4-6-6-4!) still running in Wyoming. Could you imagine riding behind that big beast? This is the biggest steam locomotive still running.
Steam Locomotive Fans | The Place For Steam Locomotion!
UP: Challenger No. 3985

 

[Lucky13]

Bl**dy shame that they, the NS, retired the 2-6-64 Class A and 4-8-4 Class J!

 

[Lucky13]

Bl**dy shame that they, the NS, retired the 2-6-6-4 Class A #1218 and 4-8-4 Class J #611!

 

[syscom3]

Heres some nice pics.

 

[Lucky13]

Great pics Sys!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Here are some of the ones I could find. The 433 NW photos are somewhat crowded, I don't have a wide angle lens yet and it may be a while. Thank you for the invite.

 

[Lucky13]

Drrroooool! Norfolk Western, THE railroad that made me fall in love with US railroads from the start..! J's, A's and Y's.....

The one with the turntable, isn't that Clinchfields ex Dante yard, in that narrow valley? That railroad is a favorite of one of my best friends in Sweden, he's now also a DL&W/Erie/Erie-Lackawanna fanatic...!

Excellent pics, keep 'em coming!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

You know something Lucky, for living half a world away you know way too much about this area, WOW. Yes, that is the yard at Dante along with the previous photo. I will definitely be posting more. I'm glad you all like'em.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Here are a few more until I can get out and take some more.

 

[syscom3]

Excellent pics!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Thanks syscom, that's all I have for now. I'm trying to plan a trip to Roanoke, VA. to the Transportation Museum, hopefully withing the next month. Until then I'll keep running the roads catching them as I can.

 

[Lucky13]

Roanoke! That's one of my Mecca's! What it must have been like when N&W built their A's, J's and Y's there, IIRC, it was a massive complex wasn't it? That and Milwaukee Road's own shops, with some newbuilt class A 4-4-2 Atlantics and Hiawatha's OR the later F-7 4-6-4 Hudsons...!

Soooo, looking forward to the pics..!

Btw, running "Hammerhead" N&W/Southern style is the right way of doing it, especially with SD-45's! 8)

Almost forgot... Fantastic pics mate!

 

[sturmer]

this topic has some very nice pics and landscapes.
i just came across a film of Die Deutsche Wochenschau with the railgun Gustav or Dora.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1HF3Jr5w9w
i know its not really on topic but its related in a way

 

[fly boy]

anyone heard of the engine number 4449?

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Yes fly boy, here's a link if you need it.SP 4449. Lucky, I have a friend that we built a car for who works at the museum. I'm going to try to get up there Sunday but don't hold your breath. I almost forgot, Thank you!

 

[Lucky13]

Lucky, I have a friend that we built a car for who works at the museum. I'm going to try to get up there Sunday but don't hold your breath. I almost forgot, Thank you!

Oooh...! Sounds interesting mate! may I ask what kinda car?

 

[Bill G.]

From 1988 to 1984 I worked on a small tourist railroad called the Kalamazoo Lake Shore Chicago. It had 14 miles of "main line" from Paw Paw to Hartford, MI. At the high point we had tourist, dinner, and freight trains on this line.

KLS&C 85 was an ex-Santa Fe 2110 GP-7. This was the engine I learned engineering on.

Ex-Santa Fe 2066 2067 GP-7s were assigned to our first dinner train. It was fun running these engines.

KLS&C 95 was an ex-Chicago North Western E-8A. She was a real challenge to run. She was assigned to our second and best dinner train.

96A was an FP-7A. She replaced 95. She was a bit slippery on the rails, but would get the job done.

Huron and Eastern 104 was our last dinner train engine. That dinner train was a sad joke! But the engine ran well.

While this isn't the same as flying a P-51 Mustang, I still felt like a kid in a candy store with an American Express Card!

Bill G.