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Going through my digital 'archive' I came across some photos taken in 2014 of the Darjeeling B class No.778 (formerly No.19) when it was the star attraction at a South Tynedale Railway 'Indian Summer' event at Alston, Cumbria.
I've combined the photos here to make the most of the 2 photo limit, but if you wish to view the photos at a larger size, they are available on my Flikr feed. https://www.flickr.com/gp/peerjay56/bvrCcB There is also a better view of the cab on Flikr.

Sample views of the front of the loco and the rolling stock _
Three quarter views of the loco and train, and of the various makers/rebuild plates on the locomotive. _
Obviously the tender is not original Darjeeling practice - AIUI it was added to meet the need for air braking to enable it to run on British light railways. Likewise the air hose connections on the rolling stock are not as per original stock.

Lonsdaler wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 10:35 am

Andrew wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:14 pm More Ffestiniog fun from me, and another plug for their webcams: https://www.festrail.co.uk/webcams/

Andrew

Just to note, Ffesty webcams have now moved here http://insidemotion.co.uk/webcams/.
Maybe worth updating your post Andrew?

What a beautiful scene of a beautiful country.........

Thanks Phil for posting...

Unloading platform for the skip wagons ,in Glossen, see here:www.feldbahn-glossen.de

Great photo, Michael. What a fine mixture of gauges on show......

Rik

I agree, what a brilliant photo. Thank you Michael.

Some further fascinating photos on the website too - thank you!

Thanks for posting that here Michael, it will make it so much easier for people to find

I've just come across this Youtube video about the LMS & LNER Garretts. Obviously standard gauge but still interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG6r-YsMi4g

Fascinating stuff!

Aren't SG Garratts long and gangly looking? They make the WHR's 2 foot NGG16s look positively elegant...

Coincidentally, yesterday my sister-in-law sent me a copy of the 1951 "Eagle Book of Trains", which featured this illustration of the inner workings of a 3'6" gauge Garratt:


Sorry, you'll need very good eyesight to read what's what!

Andrew.

Andrew wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:08 pm Fascinating stuff!

Aren't SG Garratts long and gangly looking? They make the WHR's 2 foot NGG16s look positively elegant...

Coincidentally, yesterday my sister-in-law sent me a copy of the 1951 "Eagle Book of Trains", which featured this illustration of the inner workings of a 3'6" gauge Garratt:


Garratt.jpg


Sorry, you'll need very good eyesight to read what's what!

Andrew.

I don't need good eyesight, I think I still have a copy lying around here somewhere was a Christmas gift from my mum, all dog eared and beat up from years of handling by a small boy.
One picture I still remember is the track laying in the tunnel (Severn maybe??) with the navvie on his knees and the track suspended from the loco.

Video of "Germany" hauling the passenger train Australian Sigar cane Railway.
https://www.facebook.com/AustralianSuga ... 8377199102

Loco name: 'Germany'
Manufacturer: Orenstein & Koppel,
Berlin, Germany
Manufacturer Number & Year: 6805 of 1914
Configuration: 0-4-0WT
This loco spent Its working life hauling sugar cane and juice in the Bundaberg Region and was retired from service in 1963 and placed in a Bundaberg park by the Bundaberg East Rotary Club.
After more than 20 years plinthed in a Bundaberg park, ‘Germany’ was acquired by the Bundaberg Steam Tramway Preservation Society in 1987 and was fully restored and returned to operation in 1990.
It's second major restoration commenced in 2015 and took almost 6 full years to complete before resuming service in late June 2021..

A prototype for everything?
Something for those who probably need no excuses for creating "freelance" rolling stock .....

Rik

ge_rik wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 8:30 am A prototype for everything?
Something for those who probably need no excuses for creating "freelance" rolling stock .....
Rik

Could that be referring to me then?
Do I need one? .... No!
Do I want one?... Oh yes!!!

Peter Butler wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:33 pm
Do I need one? .... No!
Do I want one?... Oh yes!!!

I thought much the same, Peter. I think I could be tempted, just for fun!

I'm not sure I even know what it is?! A very home-made looking loco? Is that a boiler running across the middle? Brings a new meaning to "externally fired"...

Just spotted the chain drive underneath!

I can't decide if there were two of them or whether they modified the one loco over the years. The wheels are different in the two photos.

Rik

Could be different wheels on each side?

Apparently, it was a contractors loco used when building the Chingford Reservoir.
https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/File:Im19 ... gford2.jpg


Rik
PS The wheels in these photos are the same on each side

Sifting through 'reference photos' on my hard drive, I came across some I hadn't added here.
I first saw this (I think) as a photo on the wall at Barter Books in Alnwick, back in 2014 BC (Before Covid ). i took a photo of it, but there is a lot of reflection from the glass - this version is a download from a free website https://all-free-download.com/free-phot ... 17745.html A 'derailment' at Gare Montparnasse in Paris,1895.

Photographs from the Heatherslaw Light Railway from a visit in 2014. This is a relatively modern 15" gauge railway, built in the 1980's and running for just 3 miles on the Ford and Etal estate in Northumberland. The locomotive Bunty pulling into Etal station.