which have led to a lot of misconceptions and arguments. Many of these arguments are based on romantic ideas of the beauty of steam and the perceived characterlessness of diesel locomotives. However, in the end, railroads only want to purchase power which will ...
Every route’s the scenic route Before we took to the skies, we rode the rails. The steam locomotive connected the world like no technology that came before it, linking isolated communities to the big cities. The magic of train travel hasn’t diminished with time, yet most of us have for...
Only the Southern Region with its large electrified suburban network in south London operated a significant number of non-steam-powered trains. Rather than pursue other forms of motive power on a large scale, in 1951 a new range of BR standard steam locomotives was introduced, along with new...
TheSt Blazeyturntable has been refurbished for use by steam locomotives hauling rail tours in Cornwall. The project was managed by the MPower Kernow CIC social enterprise established to create a technical training centre, with support from Network Rail andDB Cargo UKand contractors Ground Control, ...
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Cross-tie (U.S): sleeper (UK): See Railroad tie. Cut off: A variable device on steam locomotives which closes the steam valve to the steam cylinder before the end of the piston stroke, thus conserving steam while allowing the steam in the cylinder to expand under its own energy. Also...
British Rail operated the majority of the UK's rail network between 1948 and 1997 under the ownership of the UK government. Originally British Rail was the merging of four separate companies. Known at the time as the "Big Four", these companies were: ...
The diesel-electric Class 68, initially built between 2013 and 2014 for Direct Rail Services, was derived from the Eurolight family of locomotives and known as the UKLight by manufacturer Vossloh.An order of 15 locomotives was placed by DRS in January 2012 for use on passenger and intermodal...
Great Western Railway 7 foot gauge 2-2-2 inside cylinder, outside frame tender locomotive, replica, built 1925, original built 1837 (now on display at Swindon Railway Museum, Wiltshire, UK) St.P&P, (GN) 4-4-0 William Crooks (Now on display at the Lake Superior Transportation Museum,...
A nice and free (stand alone) ‘add-on’ to start with, is theChristmas Flying Scotsmanof the British National Railway Museum, touring in North Wales (UK) in a snow white winter wonderland. Cons To keep up with state of the art, it would be most useful to have the possibility to un...