Thursday, October 15, 2026
a night scene at Christchurch NZ station, 1960s
A b/w pic from a coffee-table book entitled New Zealand Railways at Night issued by the NZR&LS in 2024 that we've colorized. The boxcars are on the end of a passenger train from Christchurch to Dunedin.
the new Auckland station of Te Waihorotiu at night
Thousands of aluminum fins wrap three sides of the station's Wellesley St entrance building. (pic prior to opening by the City Rail Link consortium)
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4, #765
Nickel Plate Road's No. 765 is a restored fully operational 2-8-4 "Berkshire" built in 1944 by the Lima Locomotive Works. Famed for its high-speed freight performance on the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad (the Nickel Plate Road) during its service from 1944 to 1958, it is today owned, maintained, and operated by the non-profit Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society (FWRHS) out of Indiana.
Driving Wheel Diameter: 69 inches (1.75 neters).
Tractive Effort: 64,135 lbs. (285 kN)
Total Weight: 404 tons (locomotive and tender combined).
great old days of SNCF steam passenger trains
On La Crueize pont, St Sauveur de Peyre de Peyre en Aubrac -- top a 141R, see this page for a model of one in action
Monday, October 12, 2026
Nickel Plate Road 0-6-0 steam switcher
This is a NKP class B-11a built by Alco-Brooks in October 1916. The 9 members of the class featured 57-inch (1.45-meter) driving wheels and were specifically designed to navigate tight industrial curves ranging from 18 to 30 degrees. They had 21x28-inch cylinders and a boiler operating at 180 psi. All were retired by March 1953 and eventually scrapped.
(colorized)
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