A superb exhibit showing the workings of a main line express locomotive
The blog of a retired marine engineer who is old enough to remember the steam era and the joys of holiday trips in trains hauled by steam engines. Please feel free to comment or contact me on teachertalk1234@yahoo.co.uk. The blog is updated daily so please look back or follow regularly so as not to miss information and pictures
Monday, 21 May 2012
Evening Star
A little thank you to my understanding wife and daughter
The footplate of Evening Star
The drivers controls on Evening Star
Monday, 14 May 2012
A4 Bittern
Bittern arrives at Pickering
A truely magnificent day. Many thanks North Yorks Moors Railway
Saturday, 12 May 2012
L&Y 957 in the Railway Children
In her green livery of the Railway children
Other scenes from the Railway children
I am most grateful to http://www.kwvr.co.uk/ do visit them or better still go along and see them.
Today at Keighley & Worth Valley
Having been prepared at Howarth, 80002 collects her train at Oxenhope
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Lancashire and Yorkshire class 25 No 957
The star of the Railway Children is of course an L&Y class 25 0-6-0 goods loco
Designed by Aspinal, they were known as 'Iron Clads' as they appeared a few years after the navy built their first iron clad battle ships. 957 was built at Beyer Peacocks in Manchester in 1887, though a number were also built at the Vulcan foundry in Newton le Willows. It lasted with some 25 others into BR days and was retired in 1959. Bought by private owner and is said to be the first so purchased. The engine came to Howarth as long ago as 1965 and was steamed for the first time in 1967.
Monday, 7 May 2012
City of Truro
At the National Railway Museum on an over cast bank holiday Monday
Incredible that this icon of railway steam speed records is still running at 100+ years.
City of Truro was timed at 8.8 seconds between two quarter-mile posts whilst hauling the "Ocean Mails" special from Plymouth to London Paddington on 9 May 1904. This timing was recorded from the train by Charles Rous-Marten, who wrote for The Railway Magazine and other journals. If exact (Rous-Marten's stopwatch read in multiples of 1/5 second), this time would correspond to a speed of 102.3 mph (164.6 km/h), while 9 seconds would correspond to exactly 100 mph.
My thanks to Wikepedia for the above note. The Video is mine ad was taken today as the rain just started
Saturday, 5 May 2012
The Railway Children Weekend
The Railway Children weekend at the Keighley Worth Valley
Lancashire and Yorkshire 0-6-0 which starred in the film here in steam
Visit them at http://www.kwvr.co.uk/
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