Incredibly cool photos of trains
Discussion
warch said:
Simpo Two said:
Interesting that the American train looks like a classic piece of art deco desgn, whilst the British train looks like an ordinary train with a metal case on...!
I was going to protest about that, but actually yes you're absolutely right. Evoluzione said:
A few evocative ones of Manningham train shed:
Always makes me smile to see how many are smoking away parked by the side of the extractor instead of under it
We get used these days to our steam trains being nicely painted and polished and forget how grubby they were in daily service.Always makes me smile to see how many are smoking away parked by the side of the extractor instead of under it
Steve
Kermit power said:
warch said:
Simpo Two said:
Interesting that the American train looks like a classic piece of art deco desgn, whilst the British train looks like an ordinary train with a metal case on...!
I was going to protest about that, but actually yes you're absolutely right. ianrb said:
dvs_dave said:
Is that a real pic or a photoshop? If the former, then what’s the story with it. Why would a CN Rail loco be towing a load of class 66’s?
Built in Canada, on their way to the docks for shipment to UK.Clarkson said:
How do they get so little horsepowers from such big engines?
Came cross this site yesterday:
https://www.prrt1steamlocomotivetrust.org/news.php
In the same vein as Tornado in this country, a group in the US are constructing a T1 class 4-4-4-4 duplex loco- a 300+ ton, 6500hp monster, styled in the same way (although not quite as attractive)as the photo in the OP.
https://www.prrt1steamlocomotivetrust.org/news.php
In the same vein as Tornado in this country, a group in the US are constructing a T1 class 4-4-4-4 duplex loco- a 300+ ton, 6500hp monster, styled in the same way (although not quite as attractive)as the photo in the OP.
lufbramatt said:
Came cross this site yesterday:
https://www.prrt1steamlocomotivetrust.org/news.php
In the same vein as Tornado in this country, a group in the US are constructing a T1 class 4-4-4-4 duplex loco- a 300+ ton, 6500hp monster, styled in the same way (although not quite as attractive)as the photo in the OP.
They want to beat mallards speed record with it too. Apparently unofficially they beat it back in 1948...https://www.prrt1steamlocomotivetrust.org/news.php
In the same vein as Tornado in this country, a group in the US are constructing a T1 class 4-4-4-4 duplex loco- a 300+ ton, 6500hp monster, styled in the same way (although not quite as attractive)as the photo in the OP.
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