York SubSim Meet 2014

Oberon · 07-15-14, 01:59 PM

And now a general assortment of pics:

8am on a Sunday morning at Saxmundham station, the most life around was the local cat hunting in the trackside undergrowth.

The obstacle course to get off the train.

Traditional York Minster shot. Taken the day before the bigwigs met regarding women bishops.

China Railways 'Confederation class' or KF

City class 'City of Truro' alledgedly the first locomotive in the world to break 100mph, but sadly done without a dynamometer car so the record was not officially broken until Flying Scotsman took it in 1934, some thirty years later.

A proper 'Charlie', Bulleids Q1 freight locomotive, nicknamed 'Charlies' and 'Coffee pots' because of their unusual shape, they were designed to be cheap to build, light-weight (to run on most loading gauges), easy to maintain and powerful despite their weight.

An overview of the main hall at the National Railway Museum

Another shot of the main hall, showing the red streamlined 'Coronation' class 'Duchess of Hamilton'. The LMS's response to the LNERs streamlined A4s, they were more powerful but inferior in design, resulting in the streamlining being removed on all of the locomotives from 1946.

Another Stephensons Rocket replica, this one a fully working steaming version.

Beauty shot of the river Ouse.

07-15-14, 01:59 PM	#17
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	And now a general assortment of pics: 8am on a Sunday morning at Saxmundham station, the most life around was the local cat hunting in the trackside undergrowth. The obstacle course to get off the train. Traditional York Minster shot. Taken the day before the bigwigs met regarding women bishops. China Railways 'Confederation class' or KF City class 'City of Truro' alledgedly the first locomotive in the world to break 100mph, but sadly done without a dynamometer car so the record was not officially broken until Flying Scotsman took it in 1934, some thirty years later. A proper 'Charlie', Bulleids Q1 freight locomotive, nicknamed 'Charlies' and 'Coffee pots' because of their unusual shape, they were designed to be cheap to build, light-weight (to run on most loading gauges), easy to maintain and powerful despite their weight. *An overview of the main hall at the National Railway Museum* Another shot of the main hall, showing the red streamlined 'Coronation' class 'Duchess of Hamilton'. The LMS's response to the LNERs streamlined A4s, they were more powerful but inferior in design, resulting in the streamlining being removed on all of the locomotives from 1946. Another Stephensons Rocket replica, this one a fully working steaming version. Beauty shot of the river Ouse. Last edited by Oberon; 07-15-14 at 02:21 PM.