Hastings Miniature Railway - No. 3007 'Firefly' - Sep 1950 by Frederick McLean Via Flickr: An old photograph dated 02 Sep 1950, of the 10 1/4" (260mm) gauge Hastings Miniature Railway engine No. 3007 'Firefly'. This is in a rail enthusiast old photo album, on the photo reverse is annotated "0-6-0 No. 3007 at Hastings, 2/9/50, unfortunately there is no photographer name. 'Firefly' history from Wikipedia:- "Firefly, built H.C.S. Bullock, in 1936 (as GWR 0-6-0PT No 3007); rebuilt 1945 by RHDR engineers as 0-6-0 tender locomotive. This engine is perhaps the one most closely associated with the Hastings Miniature Railway, having operated there from the opening of the line in 1948 until 1984, when it was sold to the Kerr's Miniature Railway in Scotland. Having been the principal engine at Hastings, it has retained that role (and the original number, 3007) in Scotland." 🚂 NOTE - Apparently Kerr's railway closed indefinitely on 11 October 2020. The owner said “Nothing’s being sold, the collection is going to stay with the family and it’s going to stay together.” The Hastings Miniature Railway Wikipedia page:- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_Miniature_Railway If there are any errors in the above description please let me know. Thanks. 📷 Any photograph I post on Flickr is an original in my possession, nothing is ever copied/downloaded from another location. 📷 -------------------------------------------------

"The Flying Scotsman in Australia". 4472 and 3801 storm Thorton Bank on a tour to Paterson. Main North, Hunter Valley, NSW, 4th March, 1989. by Dennis Rittson Via Flickr: The Flying Scotsman (LNER Class A3 4472) has already been adopted as a hood ornament for 3801, a position she kept for many of her trips around the country. Here both locos are in good form as they storm the short grade out of Thorton Railway Station. They will stop at Maitland for servicing, then continue on to Paterson. Main North, Hunter Valley, NSW, 4th March, 1989.

This is Steam Loco. He likes trains.

Goßdorf-Kohlmühle

A rare treat, and not something often seen in the wild, steam locomotive 3237 in good voice cooling her heels at Dubbo platform after a sightseeing round trip from Dubbo to Binnaway, NSW.

Pity the poor fireman shovelling a minimum of 1 tonne of coal an hour for about eight hours with the weather up to 35 degrees C!

Built by Beyer, Peacock & Co, she entered service on 26 February 1893, and retired from full-time service in November 1973, she now does the occasional sight seeing tour with the Lachlan Valley Railway.

A grand old lady of the rails, who with continued TLC still has good years ahead of her. Hope I'm still as game at 130!

LVR's website, where you can learn find upcoming tours, and more details on their amazing fleet of vintage rolling stock is here:

Current Mood:

Engine spotlight: 98 307

“Der Glaskasten” which translates to Glass box is a little oddball amongst its fellow steam engines. Built for the Bavarian state railway this loco was designed to be driven by one person. To ensure good all around vision it has a lot of windows which resulted in its nickname. Those who watch Sam’s trains on YouTube saw an H0 scale model of this class. I was surprised to see this lil guy in the DDM.

Bonus:

Due to the shitty lighting situation I used automatic control on my camera which resulted in the lense having to be open longer, but I was moving so it gives this wobbly effect. It does give it a different charm.

MY MUTUAL SAW SIR NIGEL GRESLEY AND IM SO FUCKING JEALOUS 😭😭

British Railways (ex LMS) loco No. 40026 @ St. Albans City Stn. by Frederick McLean Via Flickr: An old photograph of tank locomotive No. 40026 at St. Albans City station. No photographer name or date. This was an H. Fowler designed class 3P, 2-6-2T engine, built at the Derby Works and new to the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) in Feb 1931, carrying No. 15525, renumbered as 26 in May 1934. In 1948 the railways were nationalised, becoming British Railways (BR), engine No. 26 becoming No. 40026 in Oct 1948. The locomotive was withdrawn from service in Dec 1962, then scrapped in Apr of the following year (location unknown). If there are any errors in the above description please let me know. Thanks. 📷 Any photograph I post on Flickr is an original in my possession, nothing is ever copied/downloaded from another location. 📷 -------------------------------------------------

Four Marks by Treflyn Lloyd-Roberts Via Flickr: S15 506 rolls into Medstead and Four Marks having worked up the bank from Ropley. Locomotive: London and South Western Railway Urie Class S15 4-6-0 506. Location: Medstead and Four Marks station on the Mid-Hants Railway.

Sonderfahrt zum Bahnhofsfest in Lohsdorf im 125. Jahr der Eröffnung der Schmalspurbahn Kohlmühle - Hohnstein. 1951 stillgelegt und abgebaut. Der Verein Schwarzbachbahn e.V. hat nun schon ein Stück wieder aufgebaut.

bananas

Do you like trains

I'm sorry I didn't see this yesterday

YES I LOVE TRAINS

I would love to visit a railway museum or even get a job at a freight yard.

In case you're wondering (I doubt it but) my favourite engine specifically is the EMD SW1500 but BR Class 03 is a close second.

Diesel engines are the best and hold a special place in my heart. I love them.

So, I'm just cleaning up my art folder now... I hope you like seeing the old stuff I pull from there lol. I think this is one of the first animations I tried? Or at least one where I tried a more simple scheme. It worked cause it's shit simple but I do think it's cute. Also the file is literally called "super cool bee-eater" so it has that going for it.