Ghost Train

[Florian]

Hi together

Actually a sad thing but impressive though:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsHHzCP09xs&feature=related]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsHHzCP09xs&feature=related[/ame]


And here two other impressive videos:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95adgcPoJXE&feature=related]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95adgcPoJXE&feature=related[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwqQN_sNX_8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwqQN_sNX_8[/ame]


Florian

 

[Paolo]

..really back into my childhood....
Thanks

 

[Stan]

By accident, I found that I could have all three of those videos playing simultaneously on one screen. Is that normal?

 

[Bogstandard]

Three times the enjoyment Stan, but I don't think it would work very well with dial up.

The first one really brings back memories, I come from a past major locomotive build town, Crewe in the UK.
There is a section of the old railway sidings that have been bought many years ago by a famous record producer, and turned into a railway workshop. They rebuild these old wrecks and turn them into fully operation iron horses again. His most famous rebuild was 'The Flying Scotsman', not from a wreck, but a refurbishment.
It is called 'The Railway Age', and as you enter, it has the UK's first HST that greets you on the way in.

http://www.therailwayage.co.uk/

John

 

[DickDastardly40]

Hopefully not off topic or a hijack:

Covered in the UK news and press last week was the first run under steam of Tornado, the first full size passenger mainline steam locomotive to built in the UK since the 1960s. Following the design of a 'Peppercorn A1' with modern signal and safety gear and minor tweaks to enable it to run on electrified rails, it has taken 18 years to build paid for by donations of 'equivalent of a pint of beer a week'.

The boiler was built in Germany as the UK doesn't have the requisite skill base any more to construct a full size loco boiler. Various modern manufacturing techniques
were used to ease it into the world.

The plan, I believe, is to have it hauling mainline passenger trains by next year, getting around lack of water stations by having a larger tender.

I can't wait to see it at maxi chat. Lots of good and interesting info on their site.

http://www.a1steam.com/

 

[Kludge]

And here two other impressive videos:

And people wonder why we love steam! (I still believe Diesel and electric are just passing fads )

Thanks for these videos, Florian. They do bring back wonderful memories.

Best regards,

Kludge

 

[ChooChooMike]

My heart skipped a few beats there thinking those were on their way to the scrapper. What's the scoop on those loco's ? and this history of that video ?