Incredibly cool photos of trains
Discussion
Yertis said:
Am I right to guess that we now build more steam locomotives in this backwards-evolving country than we do diesel or electric locomotives? (I include multiple-units in that)
Please tell me I'm wrong.
Hitachi, Newton Aycliffe makes/assembles trains/multiple units for British railways. I'm not sure how much is manufacturing and how much as assembling, or indeed where you draw the line between the two?Please tell me I'm wrong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi_Newton_Aycli...
Maxym said:
Ooh, that takes me back. It's still widely called Victoria Terminus. I used to walk past most mornings on my way to work and often bought the Times of India from the charming disabled lady who had a pavement pitch outside the station.
I only had that job for 9 months but grew to love India with all my heart.
Rail travel there is... an experience. I took the sleeper train to Hyderabad once.
Just once.
Error_404_Username_not_found said:
That was money in those days
I only looked at one website but the answer given was "£33,500 in 1960 is worth £951,423.91 today" and that seems cheap to me... Especially as elsewhere I read that "a diesel-electric locomotive can cost between $1.5 and $5 million..." RichB said:
Error_404_Username_not_found said:
That was money in those days
I only looked at one website but the answer given was "£33,500 in 1960 is worth £951,423.91 today" and that seems cheap to me... Especially as elsewhere I read that "a diesel-electric locomotive can cost between $1.5 and $5 million..." Interestingly I think Tornado cost about £3.000.000, which compares quite well against a modern diesel even now.
velocemitch said:
RichB said:
Error_404_Username_not_found said:
That was money in those days
I only looked at one website but the answer given was "£33,500 in 1960 is worth £951,423.91 today" and that seems cheap to me... Especially as elsewhere I read that "a diesel-electric locomotive can cost between $1.5 and $5 million..." Interestingly I think Tornado cost about £3.000.000, which compares quite well against a modern diesel even now.
PhyllisOphical said:
velocemitch said:
RichB said:
Error_404_Username_not_found said:
That was money in those days
I only looked at one website but the answer given was "£33,500 in 1960 is worth £951,423.91 today" and that seems cheap to me... Especially as elsewhere I read that "a diesel-electric locomotive can cost between $1.5 and $5 million..." Interestingly I think Tornado cost about £3.000.000, which compares quite well against a modern diesel even now.
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