Monday, April 25, 2022

Not so weak & weary

It's not the most artistic framing for a train picture, but sometimes a wedgie still makes for a good photo.  

Monday, April 11, 2022

Lord Nelson

Does anyone else find those vinyl safety stickers as unnerving as I do?  


According to my 1943 edition of 'British Locomotive Types' this superheated 4-6-0 has a tender capacity of 5 tons of coal, 500 gallons of water and produces a tractive effort of 33,500 lbs at 85% boiler pressure.  

Here's the diagram and full statistics