The Rail Enthusiast thread

[BrumJim]

Guess location. Country will do:

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Spain?

 

[robjh]

Guess location. Country will do:

China? It's not quite the same as this (below) but there are styling similarities.

 

[Speicher]

Italy?

 

[BrumJim]

China? It's not quite the same as this (below) but there are styling similarities.

Spot on. I think it is exactly the same design.

Location is Tangshan, about 100 miles east of Beijing.

 

[robjh]

in fact on looking more closely at the image I think I can make out an edited area where the Chinese logo should have been.

Fancy hiding a clue like that from us!

 

[Mr Celine]

Passing through Galashiels yesterday.

And for those who can't reel off engine numbers and names

 

[User19783]

We were very lucky today .As we got a tour around Banbury junction box
Its soon to be demolish, so they are doing tours till October.
All free, lasted about 90 minutes,

It's hard to believe it was still up and running, untill May 2016.

Here's just some photos of the day,

Edit: spelling

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Woodkirk Station site
Friday 2nd September

Roughly 3/4 mile from jct28/M62, on the Dewsbury/Batley side





As the text states, closed to passengers in 1939, & freight in 1964
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3773081

Further photos/maps about half-way down the page

http://lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/Batley Beeston.htm

 

[Velominati]

This is a great thread, I feel safe here, Is it okay to admit that I own two model railways, one is 00 Gauge British Rail Blue Period and an N Gauge S&D, I had to build the S&D because my Great Grandfather was an S&D Driver, I live alongside the old S&D route not far from EverCreech Junction. I have to say that the Class 37 is my favourite.

This is a picture of my Great Grandfather (Bowler Hat) on his loco. It looks to me like they had just finished dropping the ash.

 

[172traindriver]

Flying Scotsman going through Snow Hill this morning

 

[subaqua]

Missed chance to get a pic but just saw 66779 "'evening star " go through Woking . Not a huge diesel fan but that's a nice locomotive.

 

[Paulus]

Tornado at New Barnet last week.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Been sorting through my things and this is one of many things I have amongst all the other bits of..... Stuff.

A genuine set of Mainline Freight 'Rolling Wheel' logos' (the 'interim' livery/logo version applied to locos still carrying BR grey livery (Mainline employed an attractive blue and silver version of the livery as it's official identity, not this). This was one one of 3 freight companies* set up just after Privatisation in the mid/late '90s', before EWS came along) for one side of a class 37!:

* Mainline, Loadhaul and Transrail.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I also have these, some still in their wrappers:

Never opened, and dated May 1979: