please log in to view this image #4424, Steam Locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive works 1878 Signage at the site in Carcross, Yukon territory reads... "The little engine known as the DUCHESS was once part of a matched set. She and her partner, the DUKE, were built in September 1878 for the Dunsmuir and Diggle Company. For a time the two little locos hauled coal for the Wellington Colliery Railway. The DUCHESS also burned coal at that time, although she was converted later to wood and later still to oil. White Pass bought the little engine in 1899 and put her to work on the Taku Tramway the following year. Appropriately enough the Taku Tram was a miniature version of a railway, only two miles long, which connected Tagish Lake with Atlin Lake. Tourist excursions operated from Carcross to the town of Atlin, British Columbia, and the tram was a necessary link between the two rail systems. Tourists could travel south from Carcross on a sternwheeler as far as Taku City, where they would disembark and board the small car pulled by the DUCHESS. They would then be taken across the two-mile track east to Scotia Bay and board another steamer for the trip to Atlin, on the far side of Atlin Lake. ‘Taken’ may not be the most precise word, since passengers often had to get off and push. And since there was no turntable at the eastern end, the return trip was made going backwards. The DUCHESS was taken out of service in 1919 and replaced with another engine."
please log in to view this image Southern Pacific LIMA built GS-3 Golden State / General Service class oil burning 4-8-4 steam locomotive # 4426, along with its passenger train, is seen at platform # 3 in Los Angeles Union Station, ca early 1940's Southern Pacific LIMA built GS-3 class Golden State / General Service oil burning 4-8-4 steam locomotive # 4426, along with its passenger train, is seen at platform # 3 in Los Angeles Union Station, ca early 1940's. These steam locomotives were considered to be semi-streamlined with their extra sheet metal coverings and skyline casing. The locomotive is lettered for the "Daylight," a top train that operated between San Francisco and Los Angeles. These steam locomotive could easily handle the typical twelve car trains at speed on the rolling terrain found between the two named major California cities, This train appears to be almost ready for its departure. Notice how the platforms and track areas are all paved at the same level which makes it very easy to move baggage and maintenance equipment between the tracks and trains. You may observe the locomotive engineer is seen leaning out of the cab window. By observing the clothing being worn by individuals in the scene, the weather conditions may have been on the cooler side. Notice the oil can sitting on the front foot board step, which is perhaps used by a cab crew member to lubricate the valve gear and side rods, etc. Isn't it amazing how clean the railroad kept this locomotive prior to departing on an assignment. It was interesting that this class and other classes of the GS series steam locomotives had both a steam whistle and an air horn used for a warning or signals.
please log in to view this image Kerr Stuart / Hunslet 0-4-0DM No. K4428 Redland In 1929 Kerr Stuart built two standard-gauge diesel shunting locomotives with mechanical transmissions. One was an 0-6-0, the other an 0-4-0. The six-coupled locomotive was successful and sold in the normal way. However, there were problems with the other machine, and it remained in the works for further development. It was still there when the firm was taken over by Hunslet in 1930. In that year it was transferred to the Hunslet works at Leeds where work was completed. It thus became the first standard-gauge diesel loco sold by Hunslet; but the works number was prefixed 'K' to denote its Kerr Stuart origin. No. K4428 was sent to the Air Ministry at Cranwell in February 1932, but after only a month it was returned to the factory. Later that year, or possibly in early 1933, it was sold to Eastwoods' Brickworks of Kempston Hardwicke, Bedford. During 1946 the original McLaren-Benz engine was replaced by a Ruston 5VPH five-cylinder diesel engine, similar to that used in Ruston Bucyrus excavators and this unit remains in use today. The engine was started by air from a reservoir mounted vertically in the cab. Air for this case from a small Ruston petrol-compressor unit which has to be started by hand. Eastwoods later became part of the Redland Group, and it was Redland who donated the loco to the Society. Delivered to Quainton on 15 April 1969, it was the first Society-owned engine to arrive. No. K4428 was named Redland and painted in the company's livery to acknowledge their generosity. It is however now on static display, awaiting a heavy overhaul.
please log in to view this image CR 4431 Description: TV-24 glides by Morris Tower and proceedes toward the delaware River and New Jersey.
please log in to view this image NSW loco 4433 at the head of the Up North Mail readies to depart for Sydney at Tenterfield, NSW, 1984
