dear all ,
daveklepper dear all , I got these two stamps from my supplier in HK - a few days ago. They will go into my TRAIN collection. but, I need to definitely identify the 2 trains -first . Who can help me identify the two trains. On apparently ran in England, and one in Japan. bivracha Steve
The first stamp shows the first locomotive on a Japanese railway, No. 1, built in England in 1871 (I think by Robert Stephenson & Company), a 2-4-0, later JNR type 150.
The second stamp shows H.A. Ivatt's Atlantic type No 251, the first with a wide firebox, built at Doncaster Works of the Great Northern Railway in December 1902.
Peter
I have the same set of stamps in my collection. IIRC there are four stamps in this set, besides these two, one of them is a "PLM C220", another one is a German steam locomotive.
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The PLM engine is a 'coupe-vent', or 'locomotive a bec', an early attempt at streamlining -- it was said to have been an attempt to address chronic resistance from winds at certain times.
The fourth locomotive is a 4-4-0 from "Holland". I believe this is the Sharp, Stewart (British-built) 350 class, not one of the later ones, but I am far from an expert on Dutch steam power. The very last Dutch 4-4-0s were German, but they were roughly contemporaneous with PRR E6s and K4s, much more modern.
The British 4-4-2 appears to be wearing the post-grouping (1923-47) paint scheme of the London & North Eastern Ry. (LNER)
wjstix The British 4-4-2 appears to be wearing the post-grouping (1923-47) paint scheme of the London & North Eastern Ry. (LNER)
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