[Leica] US Steam Locomotives : was Steam Freaks

[DouglasMSharp at netscape.net (Douglas M. Sharp)]

Terry, Richard K. and co. and all the other steam fans.

Now , purely by chance of course ;-) 
Here a couple of shots of a nicely preserved and restored  US Class S160 
2-8-0 from WWII.

http://www.leica-gallery.net/dm-sharp/image-67086.html
http://www.leica-gallery.net/dm-sharp/image-67087.html

One of 168 of this type allocated to the London and North Eastern 
Railway (LNER) sheds at Neville Hill in Leeds, UK.
I don't know whether any more of this class are under steam and still 
running in the UK, this one is
at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR), and was shot just after 
receiving the certificates to pull passenger and goods
traffic. Tomorrow I'll be posting a couple of nice UK locos, a couple of 
Gresley Streamlined "Streaks", the "Nunney Castle"
and the "Blue Peter" (well known to all UK kids in the 60's and 70's).
Douglas

Terry Roberts schrieb:

>>They
>>built nearly all of their own locomotives, generally
>>considered the Rolls-Royce of steam.
>>Richard K.
>>    
>>
>
>You mean the Rolls-Royce of American steam locomotive manufacturers :) The
>Rolls-Royce of steam is probably wherever Chapelon had his built.
>
>Some British railways imported American steam locos about 1908. They wore
>out rather quick. The next batch were 0-6-0 side tanks which came over in
>WW2 and stayed till the 1960's. We also had some American 2-10-0s I think
>(of the type which ended up in China). Main problem is the bar frames, which
>are very light. British practice was to keep the boiler and frames together
>during overhaul- a practice which was inefficient and may have contributed
>to the poor reception of the American-type 4-4-0. on the Midland Railway.
>
>Terry
>
>
>  
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