(John Morris photo)
Friday, June 21, 2024
Thursday, June 20, 2024
OBB (Austrian Federal Railways) poster, 1950s
It looks like it's based on the line from Mittenwald on the German/Austrian border to Innsbruck. Probably a class 1100 Co-Co electric loco is depicted.
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Santa Fe 2900 Baldwin-built class 4-8-4 from 1944
Number 2928 is seen as a passenger train helper over Cajon Pass in October 1952.
From SteamLocomotive.com :-
These 30 engines were built to the #3765 design (Locobase 236), but because of wartime restrictions some of the parts were heavier to offset the lack of high-tensile alloys. As a result of the substitutions, these locomotives became the heaviest passenger locomotives ever built. Wartime exigencies required that they haul freight until the war ended; then they were assigned to the Scout and the Grand Canyon Limited.
AT&SF drawings show slightly different EHS (5319 sq ft), weight on drivers (295,000 lb) and total engine weight (510,000 lb).
25 were scrapped in 1959. Six--2903, 2912-2913, 2925-2926--were saved for display (five) or "future use" (2925). In the last year of the 20th Century, 2926 would begin a long-delayed second career after standing as a static display in Albuquerque, New Mexico's Coronado Park since 1956. The New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society, which had bought the 2926 in July 1999. began its restoration in 2000.
Over the next two decades and more, the NMSL&RS volunteers labored over the 2926, to expending more than 200,000 hours to restore the engine to operating condition. Hopes for 20-21 March 2020 "steam up and movement under power" collapsed as COVID 19-related restrictions shut down the effort for most of the year.
Read morean NSW 38 class at Aberdeen station with a passenger train in steam days
Likely to have originated in Newcastle NSW, taken from a nearby road bridge. Obviously a more important train is coming through at the platform. A new station, albeit a small one, has been built here recently. No other information.
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Monday, June 17, 2024
Canadian passenger and motor vehicle ferry 'Bluenose'
Sunday, June 16, 2024
Slovak Railways electric multiple unit Class 460 from the 1970s
Milwaukee Road Class EP-2 electrics
The Milwaukee Road’s Class EP-2 electric locomotives, commonly known as Bipolars, were one of the most interesting designs ever developed.
Arriving just a few years after the EP-1s, the Bipolars built exclusively for passenger service, were another collaboration from General Electric and the American Locomotive Company (Alco).
Not only was this design one of the most interesting ever built it was also one of the most complex, made up of no less than three articulated sections.
After about 40 years of service the EP-2s were pulled from daily use in the late 1950s, largely due to an overhaul issue. In spite of this, they were highly reliable locomotives that enjoyed several decades of service.
Saturday, June 15, 2024
British Railways 'Peppercorn' class A1 4-6-2
Friday, June 14, 2024
Sale of Estonian national rail freight operator gets underway
The public auction approved by the cabinet on June 6 will cover Operail’s entire business, including freight operations, rolling stock repairs, all contracts and the brand name.
It is being managed by LHV Group’s investment banking unit, with law firm Ellex Raidla providing legal advice.
trams in Customs Street, Auckland, circa 1908
SJ snow plough at Riksgrensen, Sweden, trading card
Probably from the 1960s. As the name suggests, Riksgrensen or Riksgransen is on the Sweden-Norway border, see earlier posts.
steam action at Leeds Central, England, circa 1959, art
Thursday, June 13, 2024
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
RMS 'Campania' (1893) graphic
This was 12,950 GRT, 622 ft (189.6 meters) long x 65 ft 3 in (19.9 meters) wide and had 12 double-ended Scotch boilers plus 102 furnaces powering to five-cylinder triple expansion engines producing 31000 shp direct to twin screws.
The ship lasted until being sunk in a collision with HMS Glorious on 5 November 1918. More
SBB Ae 6/6
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Southern Pacific steam passenger train art
The coast route is a reference to the line between San Diego and San Luis Obispo. This dates from the 1940s.