Thought you fellas may be intrested in these photographs of the newlt re-streamlines Coronation Class at York Museum in the UK. The US link is that the locomotive was sent to the New York Worlds Fair and got stuck there for a a deal of the war.
Is this a 3 cylinder locomotive? What railway does it represent? When was it built?
It is a great looking engine, nice colour, and probably fast, BUT. . . no headlight ! must be great at night standing in a field
beside the tracks and have this rocket by you, time to go home and see about new underwear.
THis is the same engine I have seen photos of at New Haven terminal, and as now, she was beautiful then. I also wondered about the headlight-or lack of-and thought that perhaps a small car with a bonfire was spotted just ahead of this beauty… Ayuppp…
Rich
This loco was lit by the shining beacon of Progress !! 
That livery looks a little Pennsylvania Railroad-ish… very nice.
It’s funny you say that. From the front it kinda looks like a GG1.
Actually, It appears to have ditch lights above the buffers.
And I agree, that screams PRR Tuscan.
Yep, it has ditch lights on top of the buffers, and I do agree that is does have a major resemblance to PRR Tuscan/GG1
I really love some of the British streamlined locos. The Mallard is another one of my favorites. That paint job is niiiiicceee!
Yes, there are lights - just right above the buffers. European locos never had big headlights like US locos. They did vary in size from country to country, with Britain having the smallest (to my knowledge) and Poland the biggest.
If you do some historical research, you might find that British trains did not run at night in the days when this engine was built, so there was no need for a headlight.
With regard to the “headlight” issue, in addition to little or no night operation back in the day, railway right of ways in England are all fenced, every mile, station tracks and interlockings are lighted, there are no grade crossings-all highway crossings are bridges/tunnels, so there is no need for long distance lighting. Hence only the addition of the ditch lights when night operation became common.
Take a look at Thomas the tank engine, him and his friends only have “buffer” lights, no head lights.
I’m sure someone with more British knowledge than myself can tell us even more.
Sheldon
I Googled Coronation Class locomotive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_Princess_Coronation_Class
The designs pictured is not the same. This picture eludes speed where the pictures on wikipedia say power.
IMO…
The drivers are the same. It’s a 4-6-2. The one in this thread is sreamlined, your isn’t. It’s the difference of a Hiawatha Atlantic vs. a PRR E-6
Night operation was common in Britain for a long time - but as you say, all of the right of way is fenced in (and it is worked by block signalling - there would be signal boxes every few miles, so the chances of obstructions not being seen were reduced), so there weren’t the same risks attached All of the crossings were manned (they did - and do - have grade crossings, known as level crossings). The lamps used in the steam era were paraffin lamps - they aren’t exceptionally bright, but they were sufficient.