Steam Train Blog

  As we continued on  the history train journey, we arrived at our 31st & 32nd stops. With this train trip, we leave the London, Midland & Scotland Railway and head to the Great Western Railway. On the Great Western Railway, we get to see GWR King & "The Duke" 3252 Class GWR King Class (6000 class) Railroad/Basic: Great Western Railway/ Standard Class 4  Engine: Tender Engine Designer: Charles Collet  Builder: Great Western Railway Swindon Works  Built (Year): 1927-1930 GWR Swindon Works  => 31 locomotives  1927-1928 => 20 locomotives 1930 => 10 locomotives 1931 => 1 locomotive  Total: 31 were built  Withdrawn: 1936 & 1962 1936 => 1 locomotive scrapped  1962 => 30 locomotives scrapped Number of Wheels: 16 wheels Configuration: 4-6-0 Top Speed: 90 mph/145 kph Preserved:  Real Life: 3 locomotives ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

  As we continued on  the history train journey, we arrived at our 29 & 30th stop. With this train trip, we leave the later part of British Railroad and travel back in time to the pre British Railway Big 4 to travel to the London, Midland & Scotland Railway. On the London, Midland & Scotland, we get to see LMS Princess Royal Class & Coronation Class. LMS Princess Royal Class Railroad/Basic: London, Midland & Scotland Railway/ Princess Royal Class Engine: Tender Engine Designer: William Staniner Builder: Crewe Works Built (Year): 1933-1935 Crewe Works  => 12 locomotives  Total: 12 were built  Withdrawn: 1961-1962 12 locomotive Number of Wheels: 18 wheels Configuration: 4-6-2 Top Speed: 75 mph/121 kph Preserved:                          a. Real Life: 2 locomotives --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Welcome Welcome back to another limited series. This series will be for the next two Sundays (9/18/22 & 9/26/22). If you missed the post that I did last night (Mon 9/12/22) then click here => Weekend News & Special Update Blog Post .  On that post I mention that due to Queen Elizabeth II passing, I wanted to continue my tribute to her by doing two very special Train Posts for this Sunday (9/18/22) and next Sunday (9/25/22). Below are the list for the next two sundays with a return to regularly schedule on the first Sunday of October.  Please Enjoy! All Aboard! Conductor Wolf  Sunday (9/18/22) => London Midland & Scotland Royal Class Theme London, Midland & Scotland Princess Royal Class London Midland & Scotland Coronation Class Sunday (9/25/22) => Great Western Railway Royal Class Theme GWR 3252 Class “The Dukes” King Class (6000 class)  

  Conductor Wolf Announcement  Welcome to my Status page on my blog. As you'll see on my gallery website, I've posted on the homepage a little chart call "Current Status of Blog". This is to help you identified the current status of my blog in terms of posting.  The list is as follow: This is the status list for posting blog.  Orange Doing well with updates Yellow Slowing down on updates Blue Barley any updates Red No updates         Current Status of Blog Currently status of the blog is as follows: Yellow            Due to the fact of personal matters of mine, I've slowed down on posting here on the blog to only two days of the week. Its only for between September through the beginning of December. 

Good Day to All,  As we start the week off today Monday 9/12/22, I have a couple of news to share along with a special update to start off the week. Before I shared the news, I wanted to make a quick point on my Weekend News.  Weekend News for me: Is News between Fridays-Sunday. Friday September 9th, 2022 News (Loss of Queen Elizabeth II) As we all know Queen Elizabeth II had passed away at 96 years old on Thursday September 8th, 2022 with news being released today. As of Thursday, the United Kingdom is morning her death which will last for the next 10 days. In her honor, I did a special train post relating to the royal class steam train and dedicated it to her.  I will say this about the queen, she had the courage & wisdom that helped her lead the United Kingdom.                                                        ...

  80137 at Neasden MPD in March 1957   As we continued on  the history train journey, we arrived at our 28th stop. With this train trip, we leave the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) in Africa and return to the United Kingdom to see British Railroad Standard Class 4 2-6-4T Tank Engine. 28. BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T  Railroad/Basic: British Railway/ Standard Class 4  Engine: Tank Engine Designer: R.A Riddles  Builder: Brighton,Derby & Doncaster Works  Built (Year): July 1951-November 1956 Brighton Works  => 130 locomotives  Derby Works => 15 locomotives Doncaster Works => 10 locomotives Total: 155 were built  Withdrawn: July 1962- July 1967 Guessing 115 were scrapped Number of Wheels: 12 wheels Configuration: 2-6-4T Top Speed: 80 mph/129 kph Preserved:  Real Life: 15 locomotives  Fictional 1 locomotive (Belle who is modified) Note: Belle belongs to Thomas and Friends TV Show & is owned by Mattel Belle is a modifie...

  As we continued on  the history train journey, we arrived at our 27th stop. With this train trip, we leave The Haydock Collieries in Merseyside, England and travel over to Africa to visit the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) to see their ED1 gauge 2-6-2T tank engine. #27 KUR ED1 class Railroad/Basic: Kenya Uganda Railway/ ED1 class Engine: Tank Engine Designer: Kenya Uganda Railway Builder: Vulcan Foundry Built (Year): 1926-1930 Vulcan Foundry => 27 locomotives  Total: 27 were built  Withdrawn: 1945-1948 Guessing 26 were scrapped * Number of Wheels: 10 wheels Configuration: 2-6-2T Top Speed: 50 mph/81 kph Preserved:  Real Life: 1 locomotive   Fictional 1 locomotive Notes Note: Nia belongs to Thomas and friends TV Show owned by Matte *denote: the fact this is an estimation due to researching pointed in this direction} Other Interesting Facts: Later (after 1929) they ran under the Kenya-Uganda Railway's Successor, the East African Railways (EAR) ...

  Haydock Foundry Well Tank Engine  As we continued on  the history train journey, we arrived at our 26th stop. With this train trip, we leave the Southampton Docks on the Southern Railroad and travel over to the Haydock Collieries to see their Well tank engine. 26. Haydock Collieries/Foundry Well Tank Railroad/Basic: Haydock Foundry Well Tank  Engine: Tank Engine Designer: Josiah Evans  Builder: Haydock Foundry Built (Year): 1868-1869,1886-1887 & 1874 Haydock Foundry => 6 locomotives  Total: 6 were built  Withdrawn: 1954-55 1954 => 2 locomotives were scrapped 1955 => 2 locomotives were scrapped Number of Wheels: 6 wheels Configuration: 0-6-0WT Top Speed: 65 mph/105 kph Preserved:  Real Life: 1 locomotive  (Bellerophon preserved) Fictional 1 locomotive  Note: Sonny belongs to Thomas and friends TV Show owned by Mattel Thomas and Friends Sonny