The Countdown - or rather the count UP.

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Locomotive Monument L-4386, Murmansk

 

Kerr, Stuart Works No 4388

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Built 1926 Foxfield Railway
This locomotive was built by Kerr, Stuart & Company in 1926.
The design is an unusual one, with outside valve gear, no front footplate and a very small saddletank. It was built for the British Gas Light Company’s gas works at Etruria in Stoke-on-Trent to shunt coal wagons from the mainline at Etruria yard, this work having previously been carried out by horses.
In 1949/50 two new small Fowler diesel mechanical locomotives arrived and the Kerr Stuart locomotive was sold on to the Brookfield Foundry & Engineering Company Ltd. This foundry was appropriately located in the former Kerr Stuart works where 4388 had been built twenty four years earlier.
The foundry gradually became inactive and rail traffic ceased in about 1962 and 4388 was stored in a corner of the works for the next twenty years. Eventually when the foundry went into liquidation in late 1982 the locomotive was sold to the Foxfield Railway where it arrived in February 1983.
It was then restored to steam on the Foxfield Railway and ran until 1999.
The locomotive was then stored on the Foxfield Railway whilst it awaited an overhaul.
In June 2020 the ownership of the locomotive passed to Jack Dibnah.
As the new owner has boiler work experience he is planning to overhaul it and have it back in operation at the end of 2020.

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4388 at Brookfield Foundry, California Works, Stoke-on-Trent

 

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all Number OP-16036
Title SP train, engine number 4390, engine type 4-8-2
Credit Denver Public Library Special Collections
Alternate Title Southern Pacific train, engine number 4390, engine type 4-8-2
Creator Perry, Otto, 1894-1970
Date 1938
Summary Train #3, Golden State Ltd.; 13 cars. Photographed: Tucumcari, N.M., September 3, 1938.

 

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The EMD G22 Locomotive Series made their debut in 1967 after the rise in popularity of the export EMD G12.
Designed to meet most First World, Second World and Third World countries, the G22 Series were now equipped with a naturally aspirated EMD 645 Series engine as well as four axle Flexicoil Type-B trucks which carry a low per-axle weight.
Based on customer input, the G22 Series would be defined by various designations that suit the customer's railway operations.

The standard suffixes applied after the G22 designation were if the customer purchased locomotives with specific traction motors to fit Narrow Gauge (U) or Broad Gauge (W) rails.
As the years progressed, the customers began to have more options available for their locomotives such as EMD Dash 2 Electronics, Alternators instead of Generators, A-1-A running gear and/or steam generators, etc.

The G22 designation can freely apply to the designs of any EMD export model or a licensee of EMD as long as the electrical and mechanical gear were left unaltered.

 

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Asics Gel Attract 2 T3f0n-4395 Trainer

 

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If you can't beat 'em - join 'em

 

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The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4400 Class was a class of 2-6-2T side tanksteam locomotive.
They were introduced in 1904 for work on small branch lines.
The 4500 class was a later development with larger driving wheels.
The 4400s were particularly used in hilly districts, notably the Princetown and Much Wenlock Branches.
All were withdrawn and scrapped between 1949 and 1955.

 

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Bose 4401
Solid State Four Channel Preamplifier (1975)

 

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