The Rail Enthusiast thread

[Mad Doug Biker]

'Tis rocky times though!!:

http://www.thewolsztynexperience.org/news_events.php


This what I did:

http://www.thewolsztynexperience.org/footplating.php

They run/ran the courses as a way of funding Polish State Railways (PKP) to keep running the steam locos on normal every day services.

Seriously, people commute to work most days behind a steam loco and do not even think to give them a second glance!!

 

[the_mikey]

I am no railway enthusiast really, but someone posted this on a friend's FB page and I thought it was a bit special:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNw_F5KRQWc&feature=youtu.be

There's a Polish engine at the Avon Valley Railway:

From Wikipedia:
Number & NameDescriptionCurrent Status Livery
No. 4015 "Karel"TKh49 0-6-0TUndergoing overhaul at The Flour Mill, LydneyPolish State Railways Green

 

[User16390]

I have seen this beauty at Brno station whilst waiting for the train to Prague (Praha), a truly magnificent steam engine.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5JfY-Y-fKQ


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuvBLD5PoPQ

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Pure German Intercity Porn from 1:00 onwards featuring DB's then flagship locos, the legendary Class 103s'* on the 'Express Ludwig Van Beethoven' (hence the music) (Except for the bit in the middle between 4:53 and 6:49, including a woman dressed up as a Gherkin, and that blonde gent (also seen earlier) who would have made a great Aryan of course )!!

Just sheer class dating from 1982, and as for the runpasts with the '111s and the TEE from 7.41 onwards, all I can say is OOOFFT!!!!

And NO, it isn't a steering wheel!! :


View: http://youtu.be/HyVmPY2k3rc

* - Such a distinguished class with many now in preservation (Its ok being the flagship, but they were thrashed at high speed up and down the country for nigh on 30 years, so of course, it all took it's toll on them). Do you know that when going at full bore, the class 103's power peaked at 16,000 Horse Power?? I kid you not!!

 

[vernon]

A double take in Hungary...

Travelling from Vienna to Budapest by train last week, I passed a locomotive depot near Hegyashalom with a black electric locomotive that looked suspiciously like a class 86. I didn't have time to find my camera phone never mind take a picture of it and I didn't give it a second thought until tonight when I looked up the class 86 locomotives on Google.

Yep. It was a class 86. I didn't realise that class 86 and 87 locomotive had been exported to Hungary and Bulgaria respectively.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Is this a train or a boat??

That's....... Ummm..... Yeah.....:


View: http://youtu.be/g11qWro1LzQ

I wonder if they replaced before or after the inevitable derailment!!

The FRA inspector will see you now....(Federal Railway Administration)
Might be old Rock Island Track. If so, that's quite normal.

 

[BrumJim]

It seems that happened to the sleeper carriages as well. I saw them brand new outside the Alsthom works, once the Met. Cammell works at Washford heath. They never ran in service either. I believe they were sold to Canada as well.

Correct.

 

[classic33]

"Oliver Cromwell" is due through the Calder Valley later this month.

 

[BrumJim]

[QUOTE 3240948, member: 45"]Oy! You're not allowed in here! You don't like our lovely steam engines messing up your mainline network![/QUOTE]
What, you mean kettles on wheels?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

A double take in Hungary...

Travelling from Vienna to Budapest by train last week, I passed a locomotive depot near Hegyashalom with a black electric locomotive that looked suspiciously like a class 86. I didn't have time to find my camera phone never mind take a picture of it and I didn't give it a second thought until tonight when I looked up the class 86 locomotives on Google.

Yep. It was a class 86. I didn't realise that class 86 and 87 locomotive had been exported to Hungary and Bulgaria respectively.

Erm..... I posted these quite a long time ago on here....

Oh aye, and there's these too!:


View: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=elnuPV22t4A&feature=related

And then, of course, there is Bulgaria where there are these.... strangely familiar looking machines.... I can't think where I've ever seen them before....


View: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj7FstYv6KQ&feature=related


View: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dVdSPPtAQwc&feature=related


View: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3hugaLU058U&feature=relmfu

And THEN, at the end, you commented on the EU06 video that was posted at the same time, therefore you would have seen the '86 and '87 videos at the time too!!

Comment seen below.....

A nice video with a huge cast of trucks and a loco in the supporting role....

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

A double take in Hungary...

Travelling from Vienna to Budapest by train last week, I passed a locomotive depot near Hegyashalom with a black electric locomotive that looked suspiciously like a class 86. I didn't have time to find my camera phone never mind take a picture of it and I didn't give it a second thought until tonight when I looked up the class 86 locomotives on Google.

Yep. It was a class 86. I didn't realise that class 86 and 87 locomotive had been exported to Hungary and Bulgaria respectively.

They do look pretty good though, it had to be said!!

 

[vernon]

Erm..... I posted these quite a long time ago on here....





And THEN, at the end, you commented on the EU06 video that was posted at the same time, therefore you would have seen the '86 and '87 videos at the time too!!

Comment seen below.....

You don't think that I hang on every word and watch every video that you post do you?

I only have a passing interest in locomotives and trains now. My interest has crossed the threshold from obsessive to average.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

You don't think that I hang on every word and watch every video that you post do you?

I only have a passing interest in locomotives and trains now. My interest has crossed the threshold from obsessive to average.

...... Not good enough!!

 

[BrumJim]

They do look pretty good though, it had to be said!!

If you like black bricks.

 

[classic33]