Neilson & Co Works No 4444 please log in to view this image This locomotive was built by Neilson in 1892 and was used at the Beckton Gas Works which manufactured gas for most of London north of the Thames and was said to be the largest gas plant in the world. Beckton By-Products Plant was a chemical works situated next door to the gas works and this locomotive survived there until October 1968 when it was purchased by Alan Bloom and moved to the Bressingham Steam Museum In 2012 the locomotive left Bressingham and was put up for sale with an asking price of £40,000. As of December 2020 the locomotive was at Preston Services near Canterbury and still available at a price of £40,000. Preston Services are buyers and sellers of steam engines, spares and related items that was established 25 years ago to supply all types of steam engine, both full size and model steam. Stock includes traction engines, steam rollers, steam cars and steam boats, stationary steam engines, steam driven electrical generators, and much more. Parts and fittings include – boilers, whistles, boiler injectors and valves, plus engine parts and lubricators.
please log in to view this image LNER London and North Eastern Railway Steam Locomotive Class C1 4447 at York in Undated - Neville Stead Collection
please log in to view this image SP 4449, a restored steam locomotive built in 1941, pulls out of Grand Forks on Wednesday afternoon bound for Train Festival 2009 in Owosso, Michigan. A steam locomotive traveling from Oregon to Michigan churned into Grand Forks for a brief respite at the Amtrak depot Wednesday afternoon. "We stopped here just to grease things up, and then we'll be on our way down to Fargo," said Doyle McCormack, the train's chief mechanical officer and engineer. McCormack said the locomotive, which is hauling vintage coaches with passengers on board, has to make a service stop every 100 to 150 miles. Dressed in denim overalls and protective glasses, workers used a pneumatic grease gun to lubricate the engine's side rods -- levers that make wheels go. The locomotive can reach speeds of 100 mph, but has been cruising at about 60 mph during this trek. "There's no reason to run any faster than that," McCormack said. The locomotive, also known as the Southern Pacific 4449, is headed to Owosso, Mich., for Train Festival 2009, which starts July 23. Jim Walker and his three kids were among a couple dozen people who came to see the train as it idled and released at least one deafening blast of steam in Grand Forks. Walker held his 4-year-old daughter, Emily, as she covered her ears. "This so loud," she said. The Art Deco-era locomotive, with an orange streak across its flank, was built in 1941 and retired in 1958. It sat in a Portland park until 1974 when it was rehabilitated to pull the American Freedom Train that toured the U.S. to celebrate the nation's bicentennial. McCormack's organization, Friends of SP 4449, has kept the engine running since then. "We're an all volunteer organization. We make the money to keep this thing going by selling hats and T-shirts," he said. McCormack said the 110-foot-long, 10-foot-wide and 16-foot-tall locomotive can be a joy, but also a "real bear." "They're like women: You don't treat 'em right, they'll make you the sorriest guy on the face of the earth."
please log in to view this image CSX GP40-2 #4451 Description: Still wearing its original blue Conrail livery, this GP40-2 started as CR 3398. An unknown photographer caught the crew member climbing the steps to the loco.
please log in to view this image Union Pacific locomotive, engine number 4453 engine type 0-6-0 Creator - Perry, Otto, 1894-1970 Date 1931 Summary - Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Green River, Wyo., October 17, 1931.
Enjoy our coverage of the LGB Model Railroad Club of Chicago's annual picnic held at the Illinois Live Steamers. Many trains were in operation to provide rides to visiting LGB club members, including the eye catching Southern Pacific Daylight GS-4 #4454. A good time was had by all. Thank you for watching this video here on The Steam Channel.
please log in to view this image From the sublime to the ridiculous... as it was just in its declining years in government service, 4458 scored a not-quite-right coat of paint. It was then dispatched to work the yo-yo, possibly still the dirtiest train in NSW. please log in to view this image
Great Northern Railway large 'Atlantics' locomotive, Class C1 engine No. 4461. please log in to view this image
please log in to view this image Gresley class A4 4463 ‘Sparrow Hawk’ sweeps round the long curve at Ganwick in 1938 with a London bound express. The area is named after a local farm between the southern portal of Potters Bar tunnel and the northern portal of Hadley Wood tunnel. There are no buildings of any description in this location so loved by railway photographers down the years; in GNR and early LNER days there was a small signal box set into the bank on the up side but that was dismantled when the automatic colour light signalling was installed. This picture is the work of one of the great LNER photographers, Ernest Richard Wethersett (1893-1987), and it carries his hall-marks: big sky; train set in a scene; and pin sharp focus. His aim was always to get the buffer beam sharp and, if possible, get the whole train in the picture. His photography spans the period 1918-1960 - he was only interested in steam, modern traction held nothing for him at all.
