Steam Train Blog

  Author Note: This steam train post is about an entire set of steam locomotives not just one single engine  As we continue on the history train journey, we arrived at our 1 3 th stop. With this train trip, we leave Australia and travel over New Zealand from New South Wales , Australia to see their New Zealand's rail network where their Class B of 1899 set of locomotives had run. Interesting facts The Class B set of locomotives were 4-8-0 locomotives. Despite early difficulties, they were among NZR's most influential designs. New Zealand B Class 1899 locomotives Details Railroad/Basic: New Zealand National Rail network/ B Class of 1899 locomotives Engine: Tender Engine Designer: New Zealand Builder: New Zealand Addington Workshops 4 locomotives Sharp, Stewart & Co. 6 locomotives Total 10 locomotives Built (Year): 1899, 1901-1903 -> 10 locomotives 1899 => 5 locomotives 1901 => 1 locomotives 1902 => 2 locomotives 1903 => 2 locomotives Total: 1...

  As we continue on  the history train journey, we arrived at our 12th stop. With this train trip, we stay in Australia and travel up to New South Wales, Australia from Victoria, Australia to  see their New South Wales (NSW) Z18 Class steam locomotives. They were used for operations by the New South Wales Government.  Interesting facts  Operated by the NSW Government Thomas Middleton altered wheel specification to Mr. Scott's order (while Mr. Scott was absents in England for official business) New South Wales's Government Z18 class locomotive  Details  1. Railroad/Basic: Z18 Class locomotives  2. Engine: Steam locomotives  3. Designer: Acting Locomotive Engineer, Mr. Scott & Thomas Middleton-Locomotive Engineer 4. Builders:  Vulcan Foundry  => 6 locomotives Total : 6 locomotives 5.  Built (Year): 1882 6 locomotives 6. Withdrawn:  1963-1972 => 2 locomotives 7. Number of Wheels: 6 Wheels  8. Configuration: 0-...

  As we continue on  the history train journey, we arrived at our 11th stop. With this train, we once again leave Great Britain and "fly" over to Victoria, Australia to their Victorian Railways to see their C Class 2-8-0 steam locomotives. They were used for frieght trains that save on costs in operating.  Here some interesting parts prior to reading the details: The Consolidation Type was a highly successful steam locomotive design (based on design to replace 4-4-0 design) Ran passenger services duri ng WWII due to shortage of suitable power  C class 2-8-0 locomotive  Details  1. Railroad/Basic: Victorian Railways C Class  2. Engine: Consolidation Steam locomotives  3. Designer: W. M. Shannon 4. Builders:  Newport Workshop  => 26 locomotives Total : 26 locomotives 5.  Built (Year): 1918-1926 29 locomotives 6. Withdrawn:  1962 => 25 locomotives 7. Number of Wheels: 6 Wheels  8. Configuration: 2-8-0 9. Top Speed: 6...

  As we continued on the history train journey, we arrived at our tenth stop of our journey. Our tenth stop is at the London Midland & Scottish  with their Fowler Class 3F or for short "Jinty" engines.  Couple of interesting points to be made about this engine from research found 1) represent the ultimate development of the Midland Railway 's six-coupled tank engines and 2) based on rebuilt by Henry Fowler of the Midland Railway 2441 class locomotive . LMS Fowler Class 3F locomotive  Details  1. Railroad/Basic: LMS Fowler Class 3F 2. Engine: Fowler Class 3F steam engine  3. Designer: Henry Fowler  4. Builders:  W.G. Bagnall => 32 locomotives Wm Beardmore & Co. => 90 locomotives Hunslet Engine Co. => 90 locomotives LMS Horwich Works => 15 locomotives North British Locomotives Co. => 75 locomotives Vulcan Foundry => 120 locomotives  Total : 422 locomotives 5.  Built (Year): 1924-1931 422 locomotives 6. Withdra...

  As we continue on with our history train journey, we arrived at our ninth stop of our journey. Our ninth stop is at the Southern Railroad with their Bulleid Q1 Class locomotive or for short Q1 Class engine. The two interesting points about the Q1 class locomotive are 1) is their nicknames and 2) the construction of the Bulleid Q1 class locomotives. The reason is that these trains were built during WWII war time frames with cheaper materials. The reason why they used cheaper material to build is that to keep heavier material for the military purposes. The reason that they earned their nickname "Ugly Ducklin" is based on the shape and style of the engine.  Bulleid Q1 Class locomotive  Details  1. Railroad/Basic: SR Q1 class 2. Engine: Austerity Steam  3. Designer: Oliver Bulleid  4. Builders:  SR Brighton Works => 20 locomotives SR Ashford Works => 20 locomotives Total : 40 locomotives 5.  Built (Year): 1942 40 locomotives 6. Withdrawn: 1...

  As we  continue  traveling on the history rail train, we come to our eighth stop. For our eighth stop we travel along the history train from the GWR (Great Western Railway) to the GNR (Great Northern Railroad) with their GNR  Class N2 tank engine. The Great Northern Railroad N2's models had the Stephen valve gear that powered their superheaters and the piston drives.  Great Northern Railroad N2/1 Class Railroad/Basic: Great Northern Railroad N2/1 class Engine: Side Tank Engine  Designer: Sir Nigel Gresley        4. Builders:  Doncaster Works => 10 locomotives North British Locomotive Company => 50 locomotives        5. Built (Year): 1920-1921 60 locomotives       6. Withdrawn: 1955 & 1957-1962 1955-1956 => 2 locomotives 1957-1962 => 105 locomotives       7. Number of Wheels: 8 Wheels    ...

  As we  continue  traveling on the history rail train, we come to our seventh  stop. For our seventh stop we stay at the Great Western Railroad to be with their GWR 1400 Class tank engine also known as Auto tank engine. The GWR 1400 class  engine has unique fact. The fact is that the 1400 class are known as Auto tank engine meaning that they can be control from the 2nd passenger car to be able to drive the train back down the line leaving only the firemen in the cab of the tank engine while the engineer is in the back of the train in the auto coach.  GWR 1400 class “Auto Tank” Engine Details  Railroad/Basic: Great Western Railroad 1400 class Engine: Auto Tank Engine Designer: Charles Collett Builders:  GWR  Swindon Works  Built (Year): 1932-1936 75 locomotives Withdrawn: 1956-1965 71 locomotives Number of Wheels: 6 Wheels  Configuration: 0-4-2T Top Speed: 75 mph/121 kph Preserved:   Real Life: 4 locomotives Fictional: O...