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Post by reichsbahn24 on Feb 9, 2015 19:07:00 GMT 1
Hi All
This afternoon I have been looking at pictures and films of the GWR 32xx and I thought I would share a film of my favourite loco. This is the Prussian P8 which after the First World war was re-classified as the Class 38. This loco was the worlds most produced loco and after war reparations could be seen in nearly all European networks. This loco was built in 1919 by the Linke Hofman Werke in Breslau (now Wroclaw in Poland). The loco started life as class Posen No. 2455 but was re-numbered as 38 4460 in the nationalisation of Germany's railways in 1921. This loco is one of the most famous Museum Loco's in Germany and runs on many excursions. The Class 38 was introduced on the Prussian State Railways (KPEV) in 1906 and the last loco was withdrawn by the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) in 1975. Germany went through a gradual change from steam to Diesel and Electric motive power and fortunately did not have a Beeching Report.
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Post by chabanais on Feb 9, 2015 22:27:06 GMT 1
It's a beauty Dieter, didn't understand the commentary though. Also great new thread, hope others will post their favourites here. I want to upload my Garratt, but have not had time to find out how to upload a video yet  so here's a still to keep you interested.  This from Wikipedia: The London and North Eastern Railway Class U1 was a solitary 2-8-0+0-8-2 Beyer-Garratt locomotive designed for banking coal trains over the Worsborough Bank, a steeply graded line in South Yorkshire and part of the Woodhead Route. It was both the longest and the most powerful steam locomotive ever to run in Britain. It was built in 1925 with the motion at each end being based on an existing 2-8-0 design. The original number was 2395, and it was renumbered 9999 in March 1946, and then 69999 after nationalisation in 1948, although it retained its cab-side plate bearing its original number throughout its life. The locomotive ran for some time as an oil burner, and was tried out on the Lickey Incline in 1949–1950 and again, after the electrification of its home line, in 1955. These trials were unsuccessful, and so the locomotive was withdrawn in 1955 and scrapped. There is lots more about it at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_U1 |
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Post by reichsbahn24 on Feb 10, 2015 20:19:22 GMT 1
Hi All
I am off again here is another of my favourite loco's this time a Bavarian S3/6.
This loco S3/6 No 3673 was built by Krauss-Maffei in Munich in 1918 for the Royal Bavarian Railways. The engine is now owned and operated by the Bavarian Railway Museum at Nordlingen and carries out regular excursions.
The excursion filme here ran on 3 Mar 2012 from Ulm down to Lindau on the Bodensee.
Cheers
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so here's a still to keep you interested.