Contributions of the group Steam Engines and Steam Locomotives

Top of the spiral

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:25:23 +0000

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1927 built Bagnall 2-6-2 No.42 arrives at the top of the spiral just below the Wallah Gorge loading bunkers on the Burma Mines Railway.

Leaving Embsay

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:21:15 +0000

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Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway class 27 ('A' Class) locomotive 52322 with a permanent way train heads towards Bolton Abbey on the Yorkshire Dales Railway.

HFF Glenfinnan Scotland 12th September 2012

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 06:31:55 +0000

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LMS Black 5 4-6-0 45407 powers across Glenfinnan viaduct with the the 10.15 Jacobite from Fort William to Mallaig.

Harry Potter fans may recognise the location!

HFF to everyone. Have a great weekend.

Onto the viaduct

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:27:29 +0000

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A pair of QJs on an eastbound freight move onto the curved viaduct at Simingyi with an eastbound train on the Jinpeng section of the Jitong Railway.

46441

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:26:01 +0000

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Called at Haverthwaite whilst on the way to Barrow and found 46441 ready to depart with an early afternoon train to Lakeside. This line likes to paint its locos in maroon but I think that many of them looked better in black.

HBM Great Central Railway Ruddington England 30th May 2024

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 11:36:59 +0000

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Steamy LNER A3 4-6-2 60103 Flying Scotsman standing in the platform at Ruddington.

HBM (you have to look for it...) to everyone. Enjoy the start of the new week.

Statfold action

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 06:09:34 +0000

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Peckett 1632/1923 'Liassic' and Corpet 439/1884 at the 2025 Statfold Barn spring steam gale. The latter locomotive was used at a mine in Spain and is Statfold's oldest working narrow gauge locomotive.

UP 4005 "Big Boy" in Forney Museum, Denver, Colorado

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:26:55 +0000

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This Big Boy is displayed under cover at the museum, so is in excellent condition. The only problem we had was getting the entire locomotive in the camera frame.

Image processed with GIMP

(This is the only Big Boy to suffer an accident, and it was, sadly, fatal to the engineer and fireman.)

Jinpeng glint

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:21:02 +0000

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QJs 6882 and 6639 catch the glint as they bring their westbound train towards the summit of the Jinpeng section of the Jitong Railway.

Cathryn

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 06:37:58 +0000

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Hudswell Clarke 1884 was built in 1955 to a design used for the supply of locomotives to the Port of London Authority. It went to the National Coal Board and worked at Newmarket Colliery, Near Wakefield. Here it carried the number S102 and worked alongside S103 (Hudswell Clarke Work Number 1864) which was built to the same design.

It worked at the Colliery until 1969 and then following repairs at the central workshops (NCB Allerton Bywater). From there it moved to St Johns Colliery in Wakefield and worked there and at Park Hill Colliery in Wakefield. It was taken out of service in March 1977.

It is now based on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway where it is was restored to service in 2021. As of July 2023 the locomotive was at Peak Rail where it was photographed in the shed. It was due to stay at Peak Rail for two years.

Back to Hailar

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:47:27 +0000

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A member of the team is watching the road from on top of the tender as JS 5741 heads back to Hailar having deposited wagons at a nearby industrial premises. The locomotive was one of two station pilots that day. The shunter appears to be sitting on the front buffer beam.

Under the bunkers

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 05:44:03 +0000

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SY 0746 is under the loading bunkers at Donghaikuang Colliery at the end of a branch of the Jixi coal railways.

Mallet

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 05:49:37 +0000

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Mallet 442-55 shunts at Nefasit on the Eritrea Railway.

Desert snow

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:52:41 +0000

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It is gently snowing across the desert between Daba and Guyaozi as QJ 7205 nears Guyaozi with a long train of empty coal wagons.

HFF Harbin Manchuria China 20th October 1983

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:53:19 +0000

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Steam on the Chinese main lines was still commonplace way back in autumn 1983 & I spent 3 weeks on a Railway Transport & Photography tour savouring it.

These China Railways QJ 2-10-2 locomotives add their contributions to the general early morning fug hanging over Harbin engine shed as they are prepared for the road.

HFF to everyone. Have a cracking weekend!

Afternoon on the Cob

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:25:31 +0000

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In an afternoon heat haze Double Fairlie ‘Merddin Emrys’ heads a Blaenau Ffestiniog train across the Cob from Porthmadog.

Cab of Union Pacific Steam Locomotive #4023 (Big Boy) H.A.N.W.E.

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:07:46 +0000

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Well, we finally saw all of the Big Boy's that are displayed in static. (Of course, we have shared photos of the operating locomotive 4014).

This unit is located on a hill in Omaha, Nebraska, overlooking the river and interstate. Quite a climb to get up to the viewing area.

The day we visited is was raining on and off, but there was a bit of blue and clouds reflected in the cab window.

Image processed with GIMP.

swansongrp.com/P/p/rail_narrative/x4023_static

Union Pacific Big Boy #4023 (H.A.N.W.E.)

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:58:51 +0000

Robert Swanson has posted:

Well, we finally saw all of the Big Boy's that are displayed in static. (Of course, we have shared photos of the operating locomotive 4014).

This unit is located on a hill in Omaha, Nebraska, overlooking the river and interstate. Quite a climb to get up to the viewing area.

The day we visited is was raining on and off, but there was just a sliver of blue sky to be seen.

Image processed with GIMP.

swansongrp.com/P/p/rail_narrative/x4023_static

Union Pacific Big Boy Steam Locomotive #4023 (H.A.N.W.E.)

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:37:51 +0000

Robert Swanson has posted:

Well, we finally saw all of the Big Boy's that are displayed in static. (Of course, we have shared photos of the operating locomotive 4014).

This unit is located on a hill in Omaha, Nebraska, overlooking the river and interstate. Quite a climb to get up to the viewing area.

The day we visited is was raining on and off, so this photo looked better in monochrome.

Image processed with GIMP.

swansongrp.com/P/p/rail_narrative/x4023_static

New Year steam

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:53:18 +0000

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New Year sunshine as Neilson 2937 leaves Brownhills West station on the Chasewater Railway. The locomotive was built in 1882 and delivered to William Baird & Co at Bedlay Colliery near Glenboig, where it was given the No 11. It returned to service at Chasewater in 2025 after extensive restoration.