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Sir Hayden at the Talyllyn Railway TR No. 3 Sir Hayden Details Railroad/Basic: Talyllyn Railway/Falcon Class Engine: Saddle Tank Engine Designer: Henry Hughes  Builder: Hughes’s Locomotive & Tramway Engine Works Built (Year): 1878 => 1 locomotive Withdrawn: Still In Service  Number of Wheels: 4 wheels formerly (6 wheels actually)   Configuration: 0-4-0ST formerly (0-4-2ST actually) Top Speed: 30 mph/48 kph Preserved:  Real Life Locomotive: 1 Fictional Locomotive: 2 (Sir Handel “Falcon” & Proteus from Thomas & Friends) Model Locomotive: 1 (Albert made by Reverend Wilbert Awdry)   Thomas & Friends CGI: Sir Handel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Thomas on the Talyllan Railway TR No. 4 Edward Thomas Details Railroad/Basic: Talyllyn Railway/Kert Stuart Tattoo Engine: Saddle Tank Engine Designer: California Works  Builder: Kerr, Stuart, ...

  Dolgoch from Talyllyn Railway TR No. 2 Dolgoch Details Railroad/Basic: Talyllyn Railway/Fletcher Jennings Class Bb Engine: Well Tank Engine Designer: Henry A. Fletcher Builder: Fletcher, Jennings & Co. Built (Year): 1866 => 1 locomotive Withdrawn: Still In Service  Number of Wheels: 4 wheels Configuration: 0-4-0WT  Top Speed: 35 mph/56 kph Preserved:  Real Life Locomotive: 1 Fictional Locomotive: 2 (Rheneas & Smudger  from Thomas & Friends) CGI Rheneas from Thomas & Friends  Classical Series Smudger from Thomas & Friends

Talyllyn Engine at Talyllan Railway (TR)   TR No. 1 Talyllyn Details Railroad/Basic: Talyllyn Railway/Fletcher Jennings Class C Engine: Saddle Tank Engine Designer: Henry A. Fletcher Builder: Fletcher, Jennings & Co. Built (Year): 1864 => 1 locomotive Withdrawn: Still In Service  Number of Wheels: 6 wheels (Used to have 4 wheels) Configuration: 0-4-2T (Used to be 0-4-0T configuration) Top Speed: 35 mph/56 kph Preserved:  Real Life Locomotive: 1 Fictional Locomotive: 1 (Skarloey & Rusty's Ghost Engine from Thomas & Friends)

    WELCOME TO MY NEW SECTION called "Narrow Gauge Roundhouse" This is the other catalog that is similar to the standard gauge railroad engines that I discuss in my blogs but will be housing my new category of Narrow Gauge engines. This section will be a seasonal project. Further details can be found below. Important Details 1. Time Frame This section will run between late June (6/19) - late July (7/31) as this will only be for the summer season. 2. How many posts for this limited series? For this limited series, will only have 12 narrow gauge posts as this runs between June 19th-July 31st 3. Which countries will be doing for Narrow Gauge? I will mainly be focusing on the United Kingdom for this series with close ties to Mattel's TV show Thomas & Friends.

Brand New Section: Opinion & Answer  Welcome Readers, Welcome to one of my new Sub-page sections titled "Opinion & Answer".  From Readers: Why do they have an Opinion & Answer (O&A) instead of Question & answer (Q&A) Section?"  My Answer: Wanted to make my blog look unique from other blogs out on the web. My O&A is pretty interesting where I get to make mini posts for different topics relating to Steam Trains.  Please take a look at them and read them as I make a new Opinion & Answer when I can.  Below is an example of what the list looks like: 1.  O&A Part I:  Conductor Wolf's Note (#1) Description:   Explaining my favorite train & my own train list. Also brief reasoning behind this blog. (#2) #1: Is the O&A title part (Please note that the Part will be in Roman numbers like I,II,etc...) #2 Below the O&A title is the description for that O&A section To view the main page of my Opinion & Answ...

  As we continue on  the history train journey, we arrived at our 16th stop. With this train trip, we leave the Furness Railway up in the Furness area of Lancashire, North West England and head over to Great Eastern Railway to see their steam tram engines.  Interesting Fact Originated belong to the Great Eastern Railway before being passed to the London North Eastern Railway after grouping where they transition from being GER Class 53 to LNER Class J70 before the remaining 11 trams being giving to the British railway in 1948.  Steam Tram Engines  details Railroad/Basic: Great Eastern Railway (GER) & London North Eastern Railway (LNER) /Class C53 (GER) & Class J70 (LNER) Engine: Steam Tram Engine   Designer: James Holden Builder:  Stratford Works => 12 locomotives Total 12 locomotives Built (Year): 1903-1921 => 12 locomotives  1903-1921 =>  12  locomotives Total: 12 locomotives Withdrawn:  1942 & Between 1949-1...

  As we continue on  the history train journey, we arrived at our 15th stop. With this train trip, we leave Bagnall Port of Par, England and returned to the Furness Railway up in the Furness area of Lancashire, North West England to see their old E1/new J1 locomotives.  Furness Railway J1/E1 locomotives details Railroad/Basic: Furness Railway/ J1 Locomotives  Engine: Tank Engine   Designer: Richard Mason  Builder:  Sharp, Stewart & Company  => 7 locomotives Total 2 locomotives Built (Year): sometime in 1891 rebuilt => 7 locomotives  Sometime in 1891 =>  7  locomotives Total: 7 locomotives Withdrawn: Between 1919-1924 Number of Wheels: 8 wheels Configuration: 2-4-2T Top Speed: Unconfirm even by research  Preserved: 0 real locomotives & 0 fictional locomotive Furness Railway E1 locomotives [FORMERLY] Railroad/Basic: Furness Railway/ E1 Locomotives  Engine: Tender Engine   Designer: Richard Mason...

  As we continue on  the history train journey, we arrived at our 14th stop. With this train trip, we leave New Zealand and travel back to England to Cornwall,England's Bagnall Port of Par to see their two special locomotives known as Bagnall 0-4-0STs saddle tank engines.   Bagnall 0-4-0STs Details  Railroad/Basic: Bodmin and Wenford Railway/Bagnall 0-4-0ST Engine: Saddle Tank  Engine   Designer: W.G Bagnall Ltd.  Builder:  Castle Engine Works => 2 locomotives Total 2 locomotives Built (Year): 1937 & 1953 => 2 locomotives  1937 =>  1  locomotives 1953 => 1 locomotives Total: 2 locomotives Withdrawn: From active service to historical service (meaning moved to heritage & Museum operation services) Number of Wheels: 4 wheels Configuration: 0-4-0 Top Speed: 15-35 mph/ 24.1402-56 kilometer per hour (Estimated but unconfirm even by research) Preserved: 2 real locomotives & 2 fictional locomotives Please note...