Sunday, November 6, 2022

Vermont '209' and Amtrak.


 

A 42-wagon freight train hauled by Garratt locomotive No 47972, at Lickey Incline near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, March 1950. The Incline, over two miles long with a gradient of 1:37.7 is the steepest continuous section of track on any of Britain's main lines. The Garratt locomotive had been built for the London, Midland & Scottish Railway is assisted by another Garratt which had once served the London & North Eastern Railway. Along the Incline, the engines stalled and had to be rescued by a 0-10-0 banking engine, nicknamed 'Big Bertha'.


 

A Chicago South Shore Line commuter train races a Chicago South Shore Line Freight 2009, an EMD GP38-2 engine.


 

A3 class Pacific 60092 'Fairway', Newcastle station.


 

SCNF Class 26 in Gare Du Nord Depot.


 

Class 37 no 37716.