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RockOne
25th of January 2005 (Tue), 04:28
G'Day All
A couple of photos of steam trains 3801 and 3830, which were ex-NSWGR locomotives, built in the 1940's and now restored and operated privately, running tourist trips. I'll bet they were never that well polished during their former working life :-)
jgbeam
25th of January 2005 (Tue), 05:08
Nice shots. :) Give me a good old steam locomotive over a bullet train anyday. :D

Jim
RJSorensen
25th of January 2005 (Tue), 08:01
LOL, I love trains . . . keep these coming please!
stoneylonesome
25th of January 2005 (Tue), 18:20
Beautiful. I bet your right they never looked this good in there hayday :lol: :lol: Wonderful to see them restored.
RockOne
25th of January 2005 (Tue), 18:55
Thanks for the comments. I'll look through my collection and find a few more. :-)
mjordan
25th of January 2005 (Tue), 20:26
Nice shots and very nice steam engines. It's funny how they look different than those made here in the states during that same time period. :D

Mike
geecee
25th of January 2005 (Tue), 23:47
These were taken at the Puffing Billy Railway. A 2 ft 6 inch gauge steam railway operated as a tourist attraction near Melbourne Australia.

http://ubeauty.fastmail.com.au/pbr1.jpg

http://ubeauty.fastmail.com.au/pbr2.jpg

http://ubeauty.fastmail.com.au/pbr3.jpg

BTW, the locos were designed by the Baldwyn Loco Works in USA over 100 yers ago. These examples were built in Melbourne between about 1900 and 1918.
G2Jim
26th of January 2005 (Wed), 00:05
Great shots of those old trains - good color, contrast, lighting and focus!
mjordan
26th of January 2005 (Wed), 00:13
Here is one I took before Christmas of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle #700 engine. It was made around 1935.

http://www.sitnprettyphoto.com/display/trainpano4115small.jpgIt's a 3 image panorama which is why there is barrel distortion in front.

Mike
RockOne
26th of January 2005 (Wed), 04:29
It's funny how they look different than those made here in the states

Yeah. They do look different - these ones were built here in Australia, and I would assume followed an English style.

Nice shots of Puffing Billy. Must get to Victoria one day to have a look at it. Interesting looking bridge too.

Thanks G2Jim

I like that panoramic photo.It makes that engine look really long, but I am assuming it is fairly large to begin with ? I also like the B@W - gives it the 1930's look.