Post That Steamer

[Track fiddler]

That's a great picture selector, it shows how Mammoth those things really are.

I'll see your business end of things and raise you one

 

If you zoom in you can see me looking out the cab window of the DMIR Yellowstone.

 

 

TF

[gmpullman]

Track fiddler

And now for some colorful, cheerful stuff.

Colorful and cheerful, yes!

General_CUT-62a by Edmund, on Flickr

I was six-years old when The General visited Cleveland in 1962. These are (fuzzy)  screen captures from an 8mm film my dad shot.

General_CUT-62c by Edmund, on Flickr

Thank you, Ed

[BATMAN]

[Billwiz]

475 At the Strasburg Railroad

[Track fiddler]

Oh Man!   A man after my own my own heart, you posted the General Ed!

And colorful She is, what a great picture. 

I don't care what anyone says about you.  You are just as good or better than your goat

 

Thanks Ed!   The General 4-4-0 is one of my all-time favorites

 

 

TF

 

P.S.  I saw that Canadian Pacific model on the driver arm stabilizer or whatever that is it was sitting on Brent

[gmpullman]

Track fiddler

You are just as good or better than your goat

I'm told the goat smells better and has more manners  

4070_Quigley Road by Edmund, on Flickr

Cheers, Ed

[Track fiddler]

Yep, ... I remember that one!  Last time it was more whiskers 

In this case, ... again,  I'll take the goat

 

 

TF

 

P.S.  

This works after all that!   I needed a break from laughing too hard

 

 

TF

[middleman]

Brent,cool that they even got the rods in the same position!

This is the latest addition to the roster:

With my son in front of #8444 -Denver's Union Station,spring 1988:

Neat thread,T.F.! (although I'd bet there's a thread on some fetish forum with the same title...)

Mike

[xboxtravis7992]

My steamers of 2019:

I was going to break in my new DSLR on NN 40 again this year, but that trip got canceled for obvious reasons. 

[NDG]

 

Not my Photos, but, wish they were.

 

Two Engines, One Boiler.

 

https://heritagerail.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/s21.jpg

 

From here.

 

https://heritagerail.org/2019/11/finishing-skookum-the-saga-continues/

 

In dry weather a steam Duplex Pump atop the Tender would dampen the track behind against sparks from brake shoes on train thru a perforated Spray Bar behind rear truck. Common on Logging Roads.

 

https://heritagerail.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/s22.jpg

 

Thank You.

[Track fiddler]

Looks like another nice string of steamer photos here.  A couple more Generals in the mix, Nice  It looks like you brushed paths with 4014 as well Travis.  What part of the Country was that?

The day Judy and I went to see 4014 in St Paul.  When we got as close to it as we could the Enormous Beast was so long it would not fit into the picture.

It was a memorable day.

 

 

TF

[selector]

Track Fiddler, I hope you won't mind me saying it out loud, but I appreciate both the thread and your managing it.  Thank-you for taking the time to be a good host.

Here is a small steamer, still going after all these years, running two or three times each week up to the White Pass and a bit beyond where it goes around a turning loop.  The wife and I road on this depicted excursion from Skagway in June of 2016.  It was a fabulouse trip hosted by the BC Heritage Railway Society, and a recently retired VIA conductor.

 

[Track fiddler]

selector

Track Fiddler, I hope you won't mind me saying it out loud, but I appreciate both the thread and your managing it.  Thank-you for taking the time to be a good host.

 

Not at all Selector, thanks for the compliment

Loved the small steamer pulling the passenger train through the White Pass.  It's always nice to see some steamers still operating.

Some rocky terrain there.  It always fascinated me how way back in the day before modern hydraulic equipment.  Sure, they had Dynamite back then but getting all the grade level for the track was done mostly by manual labor.  It must have been some agonizing work.

I'm sure the worker guys back then knew they put in a day by the end of it.

 

P.S.  I almost forgot to mention, that must have been quite a fun experience you and your better half had going through the White pass

 

 

TF

 

 

[Mheetu]

 

JNR D51 from Japan

[gmpullman]

She's up to her knees in water!

B&M_20_3635 by Edmund, on Flickr

#20 was the Alouette from Boston to Montreal. This is the big New England flood of '36. Along the Pemigewasset River, Plymouth, New Hampshire. Photos by my dad's brother-in-law Stanley Mackenzie.

Barre_0002 by Edmund, on Flickr

Careful sleuthing has pinpointed the spot to be here:

Plymoth_NH-1 by Edmund, on Flickr

 

Cheers, Ed

[Marc_Magnus]

Another Belgian locomotive.

This one was build in Canada and was an order of 43 machines, done just after WW2.

These locomotives have run until 1966 on the Belgian rail network.

One is still under steam for tourist run.

[Track fiddler]

I've been a bad host but the site was down

I did notice this one this morning when I rushed out of the house after the site started freezing up

Mheetu,  Nice Steemer!  I noticed that extreme steep ravine behind the Station lined with stacked concrete slabs, the lush growth on them and the screen diverters keeping it from falling or blowing out to the boarding platform outside the station.  Interesting,  please elaborate if you would.

Ed,   I enjoyed the flood photos from your Uncle.  I love old photographs.  It's like the Steamer was frozen in time for a while and then resurfaced many years later.  And the fact that you traced the location where the pictures came from I think is really cool  I didn't reply last night because I thought that was a perfect picture to let the thread drift to the second page as the river was drifting too back then

Marc,  Another beautiful Belgian, and I enjoyed the first two unique ones.  I swear these Made-in-Canada locomotives have the same color green as The Flying Scotsman which I have not seen here yet.  That's why I like that one.  I would have posted The Flying Scotsman but the pictures I found have copyrights on them and I'm a little leery

 

Good Lord I love steamers, ... Thank you everyone for participating in this thread

 

 

TF

["JaBear"]

I’m enjoying this thread, different locomotives; I must say that Belgian green and red paint scheme also looks smart.

 

My steam locomotive photo collection is not that big, but I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised that most of the photos are of the NZR Ja Class 4-8-2.

 

The bullet nose of CN 6060 in Wayne’s offering reminded me of a couple of photos given to me depicting one of the forty NZR J Class of 4-8-2 streamlined locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Works and were introduced into service 1939-40. Due to the extra work required to remove the streamlining for maintenance, it was gradually removed.

As I don’t have any photos of any of the three restored Js, I’ve taken the liberty of inserting a video of J 1211 in full streamlining as she would have looked in 1939. (probably no where near as polished though.)

 

 

In this photo, circa 1941-3, J 1218 still retains its bullet nose but has lost its “skyline casing” and is shunting at the Te Awamutu yard.

North British Locomotive Works, J class, blt 1939, stiil retains "bullet nose" by Bear, on Flickr

 

This second photo (post war??) shows J 1218 in passenger service, streamlining completely removed at the Te Awamutu Station. J 1218 was written off in 1967.

North British, J Class, built 1939 by Bear, on Flickr

 

Knowing my fascination with the Ja Class, these photos were given to me by the late J.A.T Terry, a noted photographer, and occasional author of all things NZR. Trev was one of Natures Gentlemen, modest, and generous with his time and his photos if, like myself, you showed an interest.  His credited photos are still often used in various railway related publications. I feel privileged to have known him.

Cheers, the Bear.

[gmpullman]

Narrow gauge, West U.S.

Service_0017 by Edmund, on Flickr

Narrow gauge, East U.S.

East Broad Top, March 1971 by Edmund, on Flickr

I hope I can be around for the resurrection of the East Broad Top. Hopefully the new investors will be able to make a go of it. Fortunately, and amazingly, there is much of the right-of-way still intact. That is encouraging.

Cheers, Ed

[ricktrains4824]

Some very nice photo's indeed.

I haven't caught many steamers, just a few that are operational, and then a couple "museum" queens.

My next offering, is again of 765, but a pretty dramtic shot I believe, as well as another small steamy.

765 Carson Hill Vert by Richard W, on Flickr" alt="765 Carson Hill" width="541" height="800" />

 

This was taken as 765 was attacking and conquering, without assistance, Carson Hill just outside of Ashtabula Ohio. The grade slowed her down, but she WON!

 

Steamer Framed by Richard W, on Flickr" alt="Viscose Framed" width="533" height="800" />

 

And this one, of Viscose #6, being framed by the Jamestown NY station sign.

For those curious, yes, Viscose #6 was indeed the other locomotive in my foaming loco shot, as the other locomotive on that excursion, on OC&T rails, outside of Titusville, PA.

Keep those nice shots coming!

[Motley]

Here is my only one steam locomotive. Still trying to get all new equipment.

GN S2 4-8-4

 

The real one

[Track fiddler]

I liked the old photographs and the video Bear.

Great shot out of the roundhouse of the turntable Ed.

Perfect timing of #6 framed in the Jamestown sign Rick.

The Great Northern you posted is one of my favorites too Michael.

 

Again I would like to thank everyone who participated in this thread.  I thought it was a lot of fun!

 

 

TF

[Lakeshore Sub]

Thought I would add picture of Soo Line 2-8-2 1003 as it pulled the Santa Train out of Plymouth WI a few years ago.

Scott Sonntag

[railandsail]

C&O H7, HO scale,  in modern plastic

Have there ever been any manufacturers that have considered making the 'massive' C&O H7 in plastic rather than  just brass?...HO scale

I had a fellow who at one time was going to kit-bash one of my Proto 2-8-8-2 into an H7 lookalike, But it fell thru. And I wanted mine to utilize a vandy tender

Just found this Youtube video of an O scale one,....what a sound !, What a brute !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9DdHckE42I

[railandsail]

The Orient Express

Another of my favorites,..

https://youtu.be/levapQC0eDA