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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

LMS Class 4P 2-Cylinder 2-6-4T was a class of 206 steam locomotives, built in Derby, between 1935 and 1943.


 

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Tuesday, August 23, 2022

The Class 68 is a type of mainline mixed traffic diesel-electric locomotive manufactured by Stadler Rail for Direct Rail Services in the United Kingdom. The design is derived from the Stadler Eurolight, and Stadler's product name for this variant is the UKLight.


 

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Amtrak's Acela, which reached 150 mph (240 km/h) over 34 mi (55 km) of track, is the US's only high-speed rail service. Acela trains will reach top speeds of 165 mph (265 km/h) when new trains enter service, and 186 mph (300 km/h) in coming years.


 

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Peppercorn A1 Pacific No. 60159, built in 1949 and scapped in 1963.


 

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London underground trains lined up during the current rail strike!



 

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Saturday, August 20, 2022

On this day 2002, shiny new 57301 Scott Tracey & 390010 Commonwealth Games 2002 put on a display at Manchester Piccadilly by Virgin trains.

 



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The Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 was a class of streamlined electric locomotives built for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), in the northeastern United States. The class was known for its striking art deco shell, its ability to pull trains at up to 100 mph, and its long operating career of more than 50 years.


 

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'Deltic' at work on the preserved Great Central line.


 

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Wisconsin & Southern freight on the Duplainville diamond 1997.


 

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Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 this month.


 

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The British Rail Class 730, No. 012, Aventra is a type of electric multiple-unit passenger train designed by Bombardier Transportation and built by Alstom for West Midlands Trains.


 

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The Rhaetische Bahn No. 414, of the Swiss railway, waiting for its next deployment at the Depot Landquart.


 

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West coast railways 47826 passing TFW Rail 197101.


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Saturday, August 13, 2022

Midland pullman arrives at Eastleigh then heads into Eastleigh works for stabling.




 

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Two LNER Azumas in Kings Cross;


 

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A New Haven EP-5. These Were the Last Electric Locomotives the New Haven bought new. Penn Central ex New Haven Railroad GE EP-5 motor # 379 leads an eastbound passenger train that is departing the station at Stamford, Connecticut, 1969.


 

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The British Rail Class 700 Desiro City is an electric multiple-unit passenger train capable of operating on 25 kV 50 Hz AC from overhead wires or 750 V DC from third rail. 115 trainsets were built between 2014 and 2018, for use on the Thameslink network, as part of the Thameslink Programme in the United Kingdom.


 

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37409 "Lord Hinton" at the rear of a Great Yarmouth to Norwich service as it departs from Brundall.


 

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Sunday, August 7, 2022

Platform I at Euston on the 13th of January 1964. "Britannia" Class 70024 "Vulcan".


 

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Amtrak Surfliner California.


 

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GB railfreight 50049 in York Platform 5 on a railtour heading north while cross country train 235 051 arrives.


 

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The British Rail Class 374, also referred to as the Eurostar e320, is a type of electric multiple unit passenger train used on Eurostar services through the Channel Tunnel to serve destinations beyond the core routes to Paris and Brussels.


 

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Class 445 Germany, Bombardier Twindexx.


 

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Gare do Oriente train station, Lisbon, Portugal

 


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Wednesday, August 3, 2022

The first General Motors lightweight Aerotrain demonstrator crosses the Pennsylvania Railroad's famed Rockville Bridge in Maryville, PA en route to Pittsburgh. Leased by the PRR from February 1956 to June 1957, its poor ride quality and lack of power failed to generate any sales.


 

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Monday, August 1, 2022

London & North Eastern Railway Pacifics. Here A3 No 60056 "Centenary" is in the York (North) Locomotive Yard on 11 April 1960.


 

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Class 88 No.0006 in charge of a Tesco train.


 

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The Ivy City Engine Terminal, Washington, DC. The units are C&O E8A 4026, RF&P E8A 1001, SCL E7A 529, and Southern FP7A 6149. 1970.


 

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National Railway Museum, York, UK workshops.


 

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Atlantic Railway Network, which consists of a 246 kilometre railway corridor that runs from the coal mining region of El Cesar to Santa Marta on the coast, Columbia.


 

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Great Western Class 165.


 
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CT Rail, EMD GP40-3H, No. 6699 in Stamford Station. Connecticut.

 

  • Class 55 Deltic 55013 'The Black Watch' Hull Paragon station 1981.
     
  • Transport for Wales, BR DMU Class 197.
     
  • Shinkansen train, nicknamed Doctor Yellow. Currently, there are only two active Doctor Yellow trains--one owned by Central Japan Railway Co. 9022, better known as JR Tokai, and the other by West Japan Railway Co. 9021, or JR West.

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