Originally posted on Chasewaterstuff's Railway & Canal Blog:
Steam Locomotives of a Leisurely Era 1939 3-Cylinder 4-6-0 Great Southern Railway No.801 as running in 1948. Three engines built in 1939 for working the heaviest expresses over the main line between Dublin and Cork. They were named after the Queens of Ireland, No.800 ‘Maeve’, 801…
A great look at the Jacobite, this trip is very high up on my bucketlist and is something I am planning to do in a couple of years 🙂
Originally posted on Wychminster:
On shed, 2743, 4365 and 4510
Originally posted on fcflrailway:
Graffiti is an essential element to realistic railcar models. There are graffiti decals available on the market, but using a commercial product to represent something so individual and organic doesn’t sit well with me. So, I paint my own using acrylics. The water-based paint allows me to blend colors and recreate the…
Originally posted on Life's a Trip:
TIDNISH BRIDGE, N.S. — Meet Henry George Clopper Ketchum, a guy with a dream. While this 1800s railway man laid track and made a name for himself as far away as Brazil, his heart was in the Maritimes and the problems specific to transportation in this part of…
Today marks the 100th anniversary since the outbreak of the First World War. To commemorate this historic date the NRM have done a brilliant piece looking at recreating a First World War ambulance carriage.
Originally posted on Locksands Life:
St Agnes Railway Station On our stay in Cornwall, earlier this month I failed to take a correct turn at one point and a bit later on we stopped in a layby to look at our map (no satnav for us. Satnav is great for getting to destinations but doesn’t…
Originally posted on Penlowry:
The crew of the Thunderbolt await the inspector at Mallingford (Bristol Temple Meads) For those of you with a pedigree of railways and railway films, the quote above will be all too familiar. The Titfield Thunderbolt’s inspection run crewed by the dog collar brigade, grey shirt at the controls, purple shirt…
Originally posted on Locksands Life:
In those pre-electricity days, many a public building or public space used gas lamps and some still do. This is Sheffield park Railway Station, back in 2001. The lamplighter is at work, handily by the footbridge which enabled me to get a close up shot from the same height. I…
A very interesting post! Check it out
Loco Yard 