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Good Saturday evening. It is time for another edition of Steam Train Posts, #91-94 for Saturday April 29th. On this edition of Steam Train Posts, we take a trip from the London North Western Railway to the Bluebell Railway to see Aveling and Porter No. 9449 The Blue Circle before traveling to the British Railway to see their Standard Class 9F. Afterwards we head off to the East Somerset Railway to see their Shelton Iron & Steel Works No. 4101 crane locomotive before ending with a trip to the Pennsylvania Railroad to see their K4 class locomotives.  91. Aveling and Porter No. 9449 The Blue Circle Details Railroad/Basic: Aveling and Porter No. 9449 The Blue Circle/’TJ’ Engine: Railway Traction Engine Designer:  Aveling and Porter Builder: Leiston Works Built (Year): 1926 => 1 locomotive Withdrawn: 1962 (Retired year) 1 locomotive Number of Wheels: 4 wheels Configuration: 2-2-0GWT Disposition-Preservation 1 locomotive-The Blue Circle Aveling and Porter No. 9449 The Bl...

  Hi All,  Good Saturday afternoon everyone. It is time for another edition of Steam Train Posts, #87-90 for Saturday April 15th. On this edition of Steam Train Posts, we take a trip from Great Britain over the Atlantic Ocean to Canada to visit the Canadian Pacific Railway to see Canadian Pacific 1201 before returning to Great Britain to visit the London North Western Railway to see their Webb Coal Tank Engine,"Cauliflower" engine & Waterloo Class engine.  -Conductor Wolf ------------------------------------------------------ 87. Canadian Pacific 1201 Details Railroad/Basic: Canadian Pacific 1201 Engine: Tender Engine Designer:  Canadian Pacific Railway   Builder: Canadian Pacific Railway  Angus Shops Built (Year): June 1994 => 1 locomotive  Withdrawn: 1960,1966,1999 & 1973 (Retired years) Retired: 1960 & 1999 1960-Retired from revenue service  1999-Retired from excursion service Number of Wheels: 12 locomotives  Configura...

  Hi All,  Good Saturday afternoon everyone. It is time for another edition of Steam Train Posts, #83-86 for Saturday April 1st. On this edition of Steam Train Posts, before leaving the North Eastern Railway, we check out their No.66  Aerolite before traveling back to the London Midland and Scottish Railroad to see their Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2T locomotive. After the LMS we leave Great Britian and travel to Belgium to vist their National Railway Company to see their Class Type 12 locomotive and finally travel over to the United States to New York to see their New York Centeral Hudson J-3a locomotive.  -Conductor Wolf  83. North Eastern Railway No. 66 Aerolite Details Railroad/Basic: North Eastern Railway No. 66 Aerolite Engine: Tank Engine Designer: North Eastern Railway (Possible designer but unknown person)  Builder: Gateshead works  Built (Year): 1869 (Then Rebuilt in 1892 and then again in 1902) => 1 locomotive Withdrawn: 1933 (Retired year) Preserv...