Showing posts with label Prototype Pictures - Railway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prototype Pictures - Railway. Show all posts
Saturday, September 26, 2026

Saturday Film Club: Class 14: Why Britain Scrapped These New Locomotives After Just 5 Years

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The Class 14 "Teddy Bear" has, to my eyes, always been an attractive loco. Sadly, it was a bit of a failure - the traffic it was d...
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Saturday, September 19, 2026

Saturday Film Club: Was this the Midland Railway's Most Beautiful Locomotive?

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Maybe. But it's no Sea Lion is it? 
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Warehouse Wednesday: Swiss coal transhipment

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An interesting view from a couple of years ago in Switzerland. Approaching Thun on the boat, we passed by this gantry for moving coal from s...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2026

It IS quicker by train

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  Spotted on Quorn station. Even if it's not quicker, at least you can have a snooze, or read a book...
Saturday, February 21, 2026

Saturday Film Club: Toton Yard Hump-shunting 1950

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An interesting film, made up of a lot of clips I think, showing Toton hump shunting yard in operation. A really fascinating thing to watch. 
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Warehouse Wednesday: Bourn Brook

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I was in Bournville, so of course I took the route from show to station, through the Cadbury factory. And yes, I did go in the shop, and no,...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Warehouse Wednesday: 7 1/4 tunnel

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Tidying up on my computer, I found this photo of a tunnel mouth on the Heath Park Miniature Railways and Tramway in Cardiff, operated by the...
Sunday, January 18, 2026

The Valley Railway Adventure

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  Last Saturday, I nipped over to Evesham Country Park, to buy some unfashionable shoes. While I was there, I couldn't resist watching t...
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Saturday, January 17, 2026

Saturday Film Club: Toton Yard Hump-shunting 1950

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Ahhh, the happy days when everyone thought railways had a real future moving freight. When you needed a super shunting yard to make things e...
Sunday, January 11, 2026

Saturday at Kidderminster

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Between Christmas and New Year, I like to take a train ride to Kidderminster. It's nice to watch a few trains, browse the big book sale ...
Wednesday, January 07, 2026

Defunct battery charger

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  Spotted beside Platform 4 at Leamington station, this (presumably) defunct DMU battery charger.  I'm sure someone can give chapter and...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

By diesel to Port Erin

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  Looking for some photos for a magazine article, I found these from 2014. I'm not sure what is rarer, Isle of Man Railways diesel No.21...
Saturday, November 15, 2025

Saturday Film Club: New York Central's Mercury: An Art Deco Masterpiece

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A quick look at some stunning American locomotives. I could get into collecting models of these - they are beautiful! 
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Wednesday, November 05, 2025

Warehouse Wednesday - Coaling cranes

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How do you get the coal in a great big Harz Railway steam engine? Not with some sort of Carnforth-style coaling stage, but using one of a pa...
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Friday, October 17, 2025

Harzer Schmalspurbahnen GmbH (HSB)

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Time for one of the big events of my trip - a visit to the Harz Mountains railway.  Home to several honking great big 2-10-2 tank engines, t...
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Thursday, October 16, 2025

Veinenburg railway museum

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Perceived wisdom is that British trains are always late, while those in Europe run to time. This isn't true, as I found out when travell...
Monday, October 13, 2025

Germany 2025

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While you've been enjoying my posts, and possibly wondering why they were a little more random than usual, I've been on my travels. ...
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Wednesday, October 01, 2025

Warehouse Wednesday: Whitley Bay station, and a K4!

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  Thanks to Duncan for his photos taken around Whitley Bay station. The building is impressive, and interesting to see the addition of the M...
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Saturday, September 27, 2025

Saturday Fim Club: Snow Hill Tunnel secrets

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I was one of those who walked through the tunnel in 1987. I still have the certificate somewhere!
Friday, September 05, 2025

Marston, Thompson & Evershed Ltd

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Just over a week ago, I enjoyed a day out on the Foxfield Railway - part of this involved a ride up and down the line on this Hawthorne Les...