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Steam Locos

Pedrocut said:
Locomotive testing station 1948...

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A record of Warwickshires railways from 1838 to 1968 - BR LMS GWR LNER LNWR MR SMJ GC all portrayed through many thousands of photographs
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Pedro, that is a super video! I always wondered if anything like that was done. That equipment must have been massive and extremely rugged to handle large locomotives such as the one shown.
Thank you for sharing!
 
Radiorails said:
Of course I was curious about minor lines, seen on vacations, such as the Weston, Clevedon & Portishead, Southwold, Wisbech & Upwell and most lovable of all the Kelvedon & Tollesbury Light.
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Hi,

There are still plans to revive as much as possible of the Southwold Railway, but I would be surprised
to see that happen in my lifetime.
Having been born in Southwold, I have walked the track from Southwold to Walberswick many times,
I think the track was mainly scrapped after closure in 1929 (or was it for the war effort?), and during the
late 40's and 50s' you just occasionally came across an odd piece of rail in the gorse along side. I believe
the remains of the old station lasted until the Police station was built later on.

Kind regards
Dave
 
There is something about a steam locomotive.

In the modern world there will no doubt be a problem as coal supplies dwindle.

Before BR ended steam working such were the scenes on freight and passengers trains. Atmosphere was more important than a sharply focused shot sometimes

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Heartland said:
There is something about a steam locomotive.

In the modern world there will no doubt be a problem as coal supplies dwindle.

Before BR ended steam working such were the scenes on freight and passengers trains. Atmosphere was less important than a sharply focused shot sometimes

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View attachment 154575Heartland, you are so right there is something about a steam locomotive large and small, or even a steam engine. I think however it will be a VERY long time before we run out of coal, that is unless we stop mining it will probably be the case unless some new technology allows it to burn more cleanly.
 
I doubt that the specialized steam trains used in Britain from the 30's could run on logs, even if they could it would be more polluting than coal, anthracite, may be an option but good British coal was the the preferred best, for these beasts. Paul
 
paul stacey said:
I doubt that the specialized steam trains used in Britain from the 30's could run on logs, even if they could it would be more polluting than coal, anthracite, may be an option but good British coal was the the preferred best, for these beasts. Paul
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some did burn anthracite, we walked the tracks collecting it for our homefire in 1950s. it burned hotter,but took a lot of starting
 
Several years ago i travelled to London Paddington behind an ex GWR 'King' class locomotive
on a charter working.

When we had arrived at our destination a good many folks went to have a closer look at the engine
as you do.

An american couple who were waiting for a train to Oxford came up to me and asked if it was a real
steamer. Yes i said it is, and the gentleman replied gee so that's a real fire in there not a mock up
or anything.

AnnS..
 
A couple of years ago, my son and I travelled to Altoona PA, to watch a baseball game. I didn't know at the time that Altoona was home to the famous Horseshoe Curve, which we visited. Altoona was also where many steam locos were built. I was thrilled to bits to check out the museum that yielded much info about the steam years and wartime activities. It's an amazing sight to see those long trains navigate the Curve.
Dave A
 
adap2it said:
A couple of years ago, my son and I travelled to Altoona PA, to watch a baseball game. I didn't know at the time that Altoona was home to the famous Horseshoe Curve, which we visited. Altoona was also where many steam locos were built. I was thrilled to bits to check out the museum that yielded much info about the steam years and wartime activities. It's an amazing sight to see those long trains navigate the Curve.
Dave A
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Dave, I worked with a fellow for about 20 years whose son loved trains from a very young age. I watched him grow up and get his BSc Mech then go work in Altoona for the "railroad" which was not very glamorous in those days. He has a few years to retire but still loves it!
 
Richarddye said:
Dave, I worked with a fellow for about 20 years whose son loved trains from a very young age. I watched him grow up and get his BSc Mech then go work in Altoona for the "railroad" which was not very glamorous in those days. He has a few years to retire but still loves it!
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It's still not "glamorous"....I never took much interest in US steam, thought they were ugly boilers on wheels. However, visiting Altoona changed that. There were some pretty decent looking locomotives built there.
Dave A
 

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Bob Davis said:
Google GWR La France or President for details on the three 4-4-0 French Atlantics, 102 La France, 103 President and 104 Alliance they were bought by Churchward to study the De Glenn compound system.
Bob
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Bob, thank you! So VERY interesting reading when you do that.
Quite amazed at the level of cooperation (in a very good way). As a retired engineer I doubt we would see anything like that today.

Thank you again!
 
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