Trains, trains, trains.

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  1. iceni60

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    i travelled on a double-decker train like this one, i think, when i was in Italy
     

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    Hmm ... I'd like to see this converted for passanger travel. Now that's Fast. ;)

    http://www.usafmtia.org/images/ExperimentalAircraftFiles/RocketSled.jpg

    dog - *puppy*
     
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    The " Pioneer Zepher ",

    When the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad set out to revolutionize passenger rail service, they wanted a train the likes of which no one had ever seen before. The result - the first diesel-electric streamlined train in passenger service - sparked more than just speedy and lucrative travel. The shape and design of the Zephyr influenced everything from transportation to toasters.

    Instead of painting the train, the Zephyr's designers, Holabird and Root and Paul Phillipe Cret, allowed the corrugated stainless steel exterior to shine through, emphasizing the machine as art. Inside, the passenger compartments were clean and simple--as efficient and functional as the train's performance was on the rails. As much as the Zephyr was a technological innovation, its appearance set the stage for an entire new era of streamlined design.

    Early promo pic.

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    Courtesy : Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago / 48kb screen-capture that would be even smaller as a gif.

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    Old British Steam.
     

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    Very nice topic, guys!

    And though I've never been a real 'train-man', let me share with you some pics of a very characteristic train, that has been part of the landscape in the Netherlands for decades. They were designed in a couple of series between 1956 and 1962; with the last one coming out of factory in may 1980. In the sixties they belong to the most heavy trains of Europe (appr. 450.000 pounds); slow-starters as they were because of this, when put into Intercity duty they could reach a topspeed of 140 km/hr.
    They retired in the mid-nineties.
    In Dutch it is/was called "Hondekop", and if you look sharp you see what the english translation for that is.......it's *puppy* "Dogs' Head" :D (No joke!)
    The only "Hondekop" still capable of training is being preserved by the "Mat'54 Foundation", a group of volunteers/trainlovers. In 2000 they re-painted the loc '766' in its original (sixties-) color grass-green again and since then they make several (promotional) trips with it -or should I say 'her' ;)- every year through the whole country. You can look at some more pics at their website here.

    (Hope you don't mind, it isn't a steamtrain...I'll post an oldie as well)

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    *puppy* "Hondekop" *puppy*, side by side with a...TGV(!) at my hometown railwaystation Groningen (NL).
     

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    And here's the golden-oldie *puppy* dog's head *puppy* , the "766"-retired from service- but now for rent and pampered by the "Mat '54-foundation. It's the only original 'Hondekop' still kept running at the tracks. She's cute isn't she? :D
     

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    Cut-away of Baldwin Locomotive Works, Eddystone, PA, 0-6-0 Switcher.

    Steamtown's sectioned steam locomotive displays locomotive construction and technology. This steam locomotive, built in 1923, is typical of thousands built between 1850 and 1950. Though details changed, the basic design remained the same.

    Courtesy : National Park Service

    http://img51.exs.cx/img51/7498/060switcher.jpg

    Though steam locomotives today have a dated and old-fashioned look, they are very well thought-out and effective machines. From the firebox - which maximizes heat transfer from the fire to the water - to the smokebox - which uses the exhausting steam to pull smoke out of the tubes and pull more air into the firebox - the care and thought put into these machines is obvious.

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    Eventually, every railroad faces the same problem: how to move trains over mountains? Small logging and mining railroads purchased geared locomotives -- Heislers, Climaxes and Shays -- which could pull trains at low speed up steep hills. Medium railroads, like the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, bought lots of medium-sized engines -- 4-6-2s, 4-8-2s and 4-8-4s -- and put as many as ten engines on one train. Large railroads like the Union Pacific Railroad, stretching from Kansas City, Missouri, to Omaha Nebraska in the east to Seattle, Washington in the northwest and Los Angeles, California in the southwest, preferred a different solution. The Union Pacific ordered larger, more powerful engines such as the 4-12-2 Union Pacific type and the 4-6-6-4 Challengers. The trend toward size and power culminated in the 1.2 million pound, 6,200 horsepower 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy".

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    The American Locomotive Co. built Union Pacific #4012, known as the "Big Boy", is the largest steam locomotive ever built and one of the most powerful.
    It is on display at Steamtown (photo : kganz).

    Statistics link at Steam Locomotive.

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    By the time I get finished with that link, it will be certain! :D

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    There were also cab foward models built so the crew did not have to suffer while going through tunnels in the west.
     

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    The original "little train that could", the Mount Washington Cog Railway has been climbing to the summit of Mt. Washington, New Hampshire since July 3, 1869. The track runs along a steep, 3.1 mile long trestle whose maximum gradient is over 37%, making it the second steepest mountain climbing train in the world, second only to the Pilatus Bahn in Switzerland. The only railroad on Earth whose entire run is built on a trestle, the Mount Washington Cog Railway takes visitors on a timeless adventure to the summit of the 6288' mountain, "home of the world's worst weather".

    "Original Boarding Pass"

    http://img16.exs.cx/img16/2572/Capture8-30-2004-103002PM.jpg

    I have been here.....many, many times. A most unusual place, and a long way to the Top!

    http://img16.exs.cx/img16/5993/mtwashcog.jpg

    Visit it's unique history here.​

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    The best looking diesel locomotive ever designed. The Alco PA-7.
     

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