GWR LNER fan 4472 Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Yes, the Great Bear was just wrong. But, they learned from their experiment and converted it to a 4-6-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 But when it turned itself into a Castle it still had that weird tender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wobblinwheel Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 The Norfolk and Western J Class 4-8-4./media/tinymce_upload/69cc5d434cf04e9e0bac3f4c478f9985.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buz Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Hi allWell except for the commonly noted uglies and odd balls.The only answer is D all of the above 🤐As for open topped steamers read the history booksregards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ73 Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 The Norfolk and Western J Class 4-8-4./media/tinymce_upload/69cc5d434cf04e9e0bac3f4c478f9985.jpgWhere was that photo taken??? It doesn't look like an English Steam loco - in the U.S. Maybe ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 It would knock all the bridges down if they tried to use that loco in the UK. It's American. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wobblinwheel Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 This was taken just outside Lynchburg, Virginia, which is about sixty miles from my home. I was on that train. It is a HUGE loco! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Johnny Cash sings about the line at Lynchburg, Virginia in the Wreck of the Old 97. Must say it's a stunning loco in the photo. The tender is bigger than many of our locos. Nice one WW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VESPA Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 By the way, I have a super car the new Jaguar XE R Sport in dark blue.Hi Vespa Vanguard, or Oxford Die-cast (lol) 😆 I had you in mind for the Britannia. To me, although I really like the Duchess, it's not really a beauty - it's too bulky for that. It's a bruiser!!!I thought I would buy the full size version with all the gizmos. Sadly machine guns weren't in the options. At present there are no full size Brits for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 The Norfolk and Western J Class 4-8-4.Where was that photo taken??? It doesn't look like an English Steam loco - in the U.S. Maybe ???How many 4-8-4s do we have on the UK loco register? Obviously a Yank tank and very nice too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 It's bigger than most of our stations isn't it RAF. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 It's bigger than most of our stations isn't it RAF. 😀Bigger than most of our RAF stations never mind our railway stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Ha ha very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 The locos built under Mr Wainwright of the South Eastern & Chatham Railway scores a lot for looks with me. The original ornate liveries are also brilliant an fit the locos like a glove! 😎 The cutest "P" Class 0-6-0T (323 "BLUEBELL" on the Bluebell Railway in that railways "Bluebell Blue is lovely...) 😀 PLEASE can someone make a RTR version? ("Can I have a "P" please Bob?") I have a soft spot for the "C" Class 0-6-0 Tender loco...(and have 2 GBL versions in works!). The Bluebelll's 592 was the first steam loco I rode on the footplate ! 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrumDave Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 To me Kings and Castles were beautiful, as for the Norfolk & Western J Class it is a magnificent loco but in motion always looked a wee bit ungainly as though it was trying hard but getting nowhere which of course is not the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz48 Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 The most beautiful loco in my opinion, is the Flying Scotsman, in it's A3 form, in LNER livery, and with the smoke deflectors fitted, it looks really great, another beauty is the A4 Union of South Africa in its BR livery with the Springbok motif mounted on the boiler, and of course there's the T9 Greyhound, 4-4-0, in it's original LSWR green livery, a real beaut!Yes the Green Arrow is also a favourite, as is the MR compound 4-4-0 in it's Crimson livery, from about 1902, another stunning engine.In Fact I could go on for ever , all Steam locos are BEAUTIFUL!!! ( except perhaps one loco, that is the Bulleid Q1 , sorry but I don't like this design at all, however it was useful and built as an "Austerity" engine.)Regards, Barry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10 Class Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Not into Steam myself, but I do rather fancy the USA Steam Streamliners.......something like this for example.The loco in the pic, is an Australian Victorian S Class. (3 cylinder) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wobblinwheel Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Johnny Cash sings about the line at Lynchburg, Virginia in the Wreck of the Old 97. Must say it's a stunning loco in the photo. The tender is bigger than many of our locos. Nice one WW. The 611 has a special place for me because my uncle was a machinist in the Roanoke shops where she was built. Designed and built by the Norfolk and Western Railway, not "farmed out" to a manufacturer, and is considered to be the most powerful 4-8-4 steam locomotive built in the US. At over 110' long, 16' tall, and over 80,000 lbs tractive effort, she is a brute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrumDave Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I think the Norfolk Western Y Class is up there with the best, IMO the Norfolk Western Railroad built some of the best steam locos ever built in the USA, the Y Class 2-8-8-2 Mallett locos were more powerful than the UP Big Boys with a tractive effort of 166,000lbf, they must have looked awesome with two engines on the point and one pushing.Heres hoping the Canadian Pacific's attempt to buy Norfolk Southern fails, the NS is one of my favorite railroads after the Penn Central. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wobblinwheel Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I think the Norfolk Western Y Class is up there with the best, IMO the Norfolk Western Railroad built some of the best steam locos ever built in the USA, the Y Class 2-8-8-2 Mallett locos were more powerful than the UP Big Boys with a tractive effort of 166,000lbf, they must have looked awesome with two engines on the point and one pushing.Heres hoping the Canadian Pacific's attempt to buy Norfolk Southern fails, the NS is one of my favorite railroads after the Penn Central.I have a WHOLE lot of friends who work for NS, and they don't seem happy with the prospects. Hopefully it won't happen. I never got into the Penn Central as it was after dieselization. Now the PENNSYLVANIA is a different story, with their magnificent steamers. Their T1 was something to behold! I have BLI models of the T1, K4, I1, and H10. Quite impressive locos. Not as impressive as N&W.,... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrumDave Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 The Pennsylvania K4 always brings a smile to my face as it was the worlds first 4-6-2 Pacific and what a mighty engine it was, also a contender for the most beautiful loco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Worlds first Pacific? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrumDave Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Worlds first Pacific? Pleased you brought that up Polis, I have read many PRR books one of which claimed the K4 was the worlds first Pacific locomotive, after doing a seach of Pacific locos on the www it is obvious that the claim is false, it seems the first real Pacific was built by Baldwin in Pennsylvania for the New Zealand Railways, thanks for questioning what I had written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fazy Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Would that be the American view of the world. Has in America is the world! 1914 built k4 pannsylvania Pacific. A posed to say the 1901 Q class pacific of new Zealand. Which is the First for the rest of the world. Sorry you beat me to it Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 They also invented the first computer.....................? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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