Everyone here loves a good Steam Locomotive, so post an image of a Steamer.
Prototypical or a model is fine.
I’ll start.
Saint Louis Park Minnesota, Summer 2019.
Post that Steamer
TF
Grand Trunk Western USRA 2-8-2 no. 4070 at RD junction, on the B&O, Cleveland, Ohio in 1976:
4070_RD_w-RW by Edmund, on Flickr
Post that Steamer!
Ed
Post that steamer!
OK, how about a couple of them?
Sheldon
Something a little bit smaller:
I’ve never seen a steamer I didn’t like. They’re all looking good here and the yellow rocket sure is interesting Brent.
Posted many times before because She is my favorite. Not only a functional steam engine at one time but a work of art.
Post that Steamer.
TF
OK
This is my Kitbashed Southern Pacific AC-9 3805.
And this is the real thing.
When I was a teen back in 1951 our next door neighbor was the SP Yard Superintendent and my birthday present from him was a ride in the cab of a Cab Forward 4284 from El Paso TX to Alamogordo NM then in the cab of AC-9 3805 from Alamogordo back to El Paso. A moment never forgotten.
Mel
Here’s a sneak peek at my new layout:
And here’s an ex-CN 2-8-0 now owned and operated by the Kamloops Heritage Railway Society:
A closer shot in the vesitbule nearest the engine:
Mel. You sure did a great job on that kitbashed Southern Pacific[Y] and I’ve seen that bridge of yours before, magnificent! that’s why I remember it.
Your story of your birthday present from the SP yard superintendent sure did go well with your pictures. I could almost imagine the joy you must still feel from you’re fond memory while I read it.
Selector. Great looking layout picture. Not only the steamer but the bridge it’s on and its surroundings. Great job!
I love the look through the door at 2141. You certainly topped my only look through the door that was similar but a much later date.
Post that Steamer
TF
I bought 2861 because she ran Vancouver to Revelstoke.
2861 on the turntable.
2861 on the turntable.
The Mighty, and impressive, B&O EM-1:
B-O_Chardon_EM1_edited-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
These hulking monsters used to run on the Lake Branch of the B&O right in my old back yard, sadly, before my time.
Thankfully, Bachmann, in one of their better moves, provided a decent model in HO at a reasonable price [Y]
B-andEM1_2000-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
Here are a few…
Steamtown…
Hamburg, NY…
East Broad Top…
Dundas, Ontario…
Near Niagara Fall, Ontario…
The view from the baggage car, at 79mph…
Wayne
NYC J1e Hudson by Lionel in American OO gauge. From the late pre WWII period of Lionel’s long history. Cheers Mike the Aspie
A small one, with a funny back story.
See, these were on an excursion run, and when the local VFD (Volunteer Fire Department) came to refill it, they accidentally used the foam side… Water had to be dumped and redone, and the VFD truck ran out before the locomotives we’re back to full, so the excursion, which should have taken about 2 hours, turned into 4… With a fun little story and picture to go with it.
A Pacific Fast Mail HO model of a Boston and Maine B15 Mogul. It came to me as a gift, in bad shape. Large parts were coming loose, the motor ran hot. I had to go to E-bay to acquire a big 150 Watt soldering iron to solder it back together. I fixed the motor by replacing the ancient Alnico magnet with neodynium super magets. The cars are all 48 foot open platform, wood, truss rod plastic Model Power. My father used to commute to work in Boston on a very simular train. Except that the proto type cars were 60 foot instead of 48 foot. One of these days I will build the three Ambroid kits I have for 60 foot coaches.
Garratt, anyone?
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Your order, please!
Ricky,
That is hilarious! I hope no damage was done, although the egos of the members of the VFD were probably a little bruised!
Dave
I can’t resist posting this picture of my favourite steam locomotive. It is a work in progress that has been on the back burner for years now. I wanted to backdate the model to resemble a Grand Trunk 10 wheeler. One of the defining features of the GT 4-6-0 was the rather large gap between the boiler and the frame. I love the ‘see through’ effect. To accomplish that I moved the drive axle from the front to the middle.
Here is is locomotive as it sits:
Here is the prototype:
Don’t ask me why I have let the project languish for so long. I haven’t a clue!
Dave
Some great locomotives, ffolkes.
WW Stewart G by Bear, on Flickr
A slight larger example than Ulrich’s offering. NZR G class, 4-6-2 + 2-6-4. Painting by the late W.W. Stewart.
My favourite, NZR Ja 1267, currently in storage. Pencil drawing by the Bear.
Cheers, the Bear.[:)]