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An Era of Steel and Steam

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From: nationalnewswire.blogspot.com

B. Thomas Cooper - Editor Sound and Recording - blogment - National News wire - The Infinite Echo It was an era of steel and steam. It was a time of great power and wealth. Soon the world would be forever changed by this new mechanical marvel, the steam locomotive, the driving force behind the industrial revolution. For centuries, man had understood the potential of steam as an energy source, but it took until 1803 before Samuel Homfray was able to successfully harness that energy with his invention of the steam engine. The first successful railway followed soon after, when on March 25th, 1807, ... Read Full Story

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Streamlined Duchess of Hamilton

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From: model-trains-today.blogspot.com

I visited the National Railway Museum at York at the weekend to see the new exhibit (actually the return of an old one) - Duchess of Hamilton which was paraded in the art deco streamlining that she last wore in 1947. I found the following information on her from Wikipedia "6229 was built in 1938 at Crewe as the tenth member of its class and the last in the second batch of five red streamliners (the original five 6220-4 having been given a unique Caledonian blue livery), complete with silver speed cheat stripes. In 1939 6229 swapped identities with the first of the class ... Read Full Story

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Class A1 60163 Tornado BR Apple Green from Bachmann

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A1 Class No. 60163 Tornado in lined BR apple green with BRITISH RAILWAYS in full on the tender. The A1 Class, which numbered 49 locomotives in total, has usually been accredited to A H Peppercorn of the LNER, but in reality their construction was authorised when Thompson was still the CME at Doncaster. The first 16 were authorised for construction at Doncaster, in October 1945, followed by an additional 23 in 1946, built at Darlington.The remainder of the Class was built at Doncaster in 1949. Tenders linked to Darlington engines had countersunk (flush) rivets, whilst Doncaster tenders had snap-head rivets clearly visible on their ... Read Full Story

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An Era of Steel and Steam

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From: nationalnewswire.blogspot.com

B. Thomas Cooper - Editor Sound and Recording - blogment - National News wire - The Infinite Echo It was an age of steel and steam. It was a time of great power and wealth. Soon the world would be forever changed by this new mechanical marvel, the steam locomotive, the driving force behind the industrial revolution. For centuries, man had understood the potential of steam as an energy source, but it took until 1803 before Samuel Homfray was able to successfully harness that energy with his invention of the steam engine. The first successful railway followed soon after, when on March 25th, 1807, ... Read Full Story

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Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

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Down in Antonito, Colorado is the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railway , which runs on narrow gauge track originally laid in 1880 by the Denver & Rio Grande . These days, it runs from Antonito to Chama, New Mexico, 65 miles to the south. Unfortunately, this railroad too was shut down for the winter. However, there was plenty of rolling stock in the yard and, as a bonus, the crew was maintaining one of the old steam locomotives in the yard: #484, a 2-8-2 bearing a plate stating that it was built by Baldwin in 1925. They had the front boiler plate open, offering ... Read Full Story

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Leaving the Yard

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