Credited to 'Williston Forge' whoever that may be. Apart from the orange(?) headlight, loco details seem OK. Available commercially as a print.
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Berwyn Station, Wales, in steam days art
Thursday, May 16, 2024
A General Electric Co-Co type C36-7i with a tanker train in Estonia
In 2003, all but two (19) of the merged Missouri Pacific / Union Pacific's C36-7s were exported to Estonia and regauged for Russian 5 ft track gauge. Power output: 3,600 hp (2,680 kW).
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Orient Line cruise to Norway poster, early 20th century
A guinea was worth 21 shillings, and as there were 20 shillings in a pound, it would be £1.05 in decimal terms, and this price was thus £21. In today's terms probably this would be about £2000.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2024
a Tatra articulated tram negotiates a tight curve in Prague
Although they were used around Eastern Europe in the Communist era, the Tatra trams were almost an icon of Prague.
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
an NZR A class 4-6-2 heads an express to Auckland into a tunnel near Taihape, circa 1920
The tunnel will have been daylighted or bypassed in the electrification deviation works of the early 1980s. For lots more, see our books.
NZR Ab 4-6-2 with a short train at Belfast north of Christchurch, 1965
Ab 826 shunting at Belfast in February 1965; a photo by the late by Bill Pierre. The railway still passes through here but the station has gone.
For lots more, see our books, especially New Zealand 1950s Steam in Colour.
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-0
ULUTH, Minn. - It was a scene right out of the early 1950s: a Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range steam locomotive pulling a string of ore cars and a caboose on the line between Two Harbors, Minn., and Duluth. But the date wasn't 1952, but May 12, 2024, as the Lake Superior Railroad Museum's DM&IR 2-8-0 pulled eight ore cars donated to the museum by Canadian National to storage along the museum's North Shore Scenic Railroad.
EMD SW1500 switcher
808 of these Bo-Bo type were built from June 1966 to January 1974 and Southern Pacific took 204 of them. They were powered by a V12 2-stroke prime mover rated at 1500 hp.
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Southern Pacific 4-10-2 built by Alco in 1926
from Wikipedia:-
Southern Pacific donated No. 5021 to the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society on March 8, 1956. In 1961, it was fired up and used for operation on the museum's spur line. However, the Southern Pacific did not like this, so they were forced to pull the tracks in 1963. Following this, No. 5021 was stored in the roundhouse of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. While it was stored, a possible excursion career for the No. 5021 was being arranged by the Santa Fe, but the plans were dropped.
5021 sat in Southern Pacific's San Bernardino yard until 1975, when it was moved to the Southern Pacific Taylor Yard in Glendale, CA. Shortly after, it was moved back to the RailGiants Train Museum, when Southern Pacific 4449 was on display with the American Freedom Train in the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds. As of 2023, No. 5021 is on permanent display at the Fairplex railway exhibit in Pomona, California.
Monday, May 13, 2024
NZR's 'Kingston Flyer' on its way north in the 1970s
The location is not specified, but possibly near Parawa on the section of the Lumsden-Kingston branch that was removed in the 1980s. For lots more, see earlier posts, and of course, our books.
1:76 scale British Coca-Cola-emblazoned model train set
It's unlikely there was any prototype basis for this, although wagons (boxcars) probably ran in Europe with the Atlanta, Georgia based company's famous logo and colors.
Saturday, May 11, 2024
1940 Chevrolet Panel Van
As can be seen, this was used in Argentina; now in the World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Georgia.
Friday, May 10, 2024
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
IcelandAir 757 in Northern Lights theme
Icelandair launched its Northern Lights-themed livery in 2015 as part of a campaign to encourage travelers to take a stopover in Iceland. Unsurprisingly, the design has proved popular. Now part of the fleet, the Hekla Aurora Boeing 757 wears the blue and green swirls of the aurora borealis across its body, while a LED mood lighting system on board recreates the effect in the main cabin. (via Icelandair FB)
Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4. number 759 from 1944
from Wikipedia
Nickel Plate Road 759 is a class "S-2" 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type steam locomotive built in 1944 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio as a member of the S-2 class for the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, commonly referred to as the "Nickel Plate Road". Built as a fast freight locomotive, No. 759 served the Nickel Plate until being retired in 1959 and placed into storage. In 1965, No. 759 was purchased by F. Nelson Blount for display in his Steamtown, U.S.A. collection in North Walpole, New Hampshire. The locomotive was restored to operating condition in 1967 by New York commodity broker Ross Rowland for use in hauling his Golden Spike Centennial Limited, a special commemorative train that celebrated the 100th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1969. Afterwards, No. 759 pulled numerous excursions for Ross Rowland and Steamtown until being retired once more and placed back on display in 1977. As of 2023, the locomotive remains on static display at the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and sibling engine No. 765 continues to operate in mainline excursion service.
Monday, May 6, 2024
Wellington NZ station and Bunny Street in tram days
3 trams can be seen in Bunny Street, From the look of the cars, this dates from the early 1950s. For lots more, see our books, particularly Wellington: a Capital century.
Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis 4-8-4
Built in August 1942 by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Schenectady, New York, for the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway (NC&StL) as a member of the J3 class, the Nashville Steam Preservation society is restoring steam locomotive No. 576 to full operation to once again ride the rails of Middle Tennessee.
"No. 576 operated from Nashville to Atlanta, Georgia for nearly a decade. After retirement, the engine was donated to the City of Nashville and placed on display in Centennial Park in 1953. After nearly 66 years of being exposed to the elements, Nashville Steam relocated No. 576 to the Tennessee Central Railway Museum in March 2019 for a complete mechanical rebuild for special events and excursion service. The restoration is estimated to cost approximately $2.5 million and take 3 to 4 years to complete. The restoration of NC&StL No. 576 is made possible through collaborative partnerships with Nashville Metro Parks and our friends at TCRM."
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