#diesel trains

[goshyesvintageads]

Great Northern Railway, 1946

[the-sleepy-conductor]

Dumping train photos from the weekend

No seriously. There's a lot

I got to go to the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad this weekend and I was in HEAVEN. The last time I paid a visit to CVSR was 6 years ago for Steam In The Valley, and although no steam locomotives will be back until 2025, I was still very happy to get to see and ride these trains.

Before I get bashed for the photos where I stood on the tracks, I was walking on a little trail that required you to cross over the railroad even though the signs say not to. They only have one train running all day and I was stalking its schedule to see what station it would arrive at and what time so I knew it was safe for me and others to cross. This was the Indigo Lake station btw, and I held up my family for a solid 10 minutes just so I could get more pictures of the train when it arrived. I still do not support the idea of farting around on or near tracks or outright walking down the middle of them like they're sidewalks like I've seen a lot of people do.

Safety rant aside, I got to stop by the Buckeye Express on the way home which was AMAZING by the way. Not just in terms of the food, that was delicious, but also because the restaurant is in a literal railcar.

I was too absorbed in all the train stuff around me to take pictures of the interior.

And here's some Steam In The Valley 2018 stuff I never dropped here, just for those steam locomotive lovers like me. As a treat.

I am punching myself for not realizing I only have 1 picture of Nickel Plate Road 765 and everything else I have are videos. I tried several times to upload them here but Tumblr will Not Have It.

And finally, I got myself a new train shirt because my "Who Tooted?" shirt is really starting to wear down after having it a year and a half. I gotta get me a new one. I also got a few bonuses because why not.

That's all I got for now :3

[thesudrianchronicles]

Alright people! I have a question for you all.

What locomotive (Steam/Diesel/Electric/Whatever) do you love like it's a favourite of yours, or love so much that it could almost be call an obsession?

(That's NOT a bad thing btw)

For me it's the:

NBR H Class Atlantics

GWR 4000 Class

PRR T1

LNER A1/A3's

VR S Class

[tiger-moran]

Totally inconsequential thing that still annoys me no end: it being still stated and accepted as fact in certain places (even amongst some supposed Class 40 experts) that the train involved in the Coppenhall Junction crash in December 1962 was D326 when it was actually D215.

[locomotive-idiot]

“CITYCONNECTIONS” DB, Summer 1963

i fucking love the DB

[bookloversofbath]

Railway Adventure :: L. T. C. (Lionel Thomas Caswell) Rolt

[gorgynei]

feels like pornography / watching you try on jeans

[etchif]

Woahh animals👍👍

[konnosaurus]

and there are enough for a second (YES, A SECOND!!!!) compilation of the teeny tiny engines!!! another fun selection of colours- a little more variety this time as well! i'm so happy to be able to share these little guyswith you all- they really are just so fun to draw for me, and i'm so pleased you all seem to enjoy them so much!!

FIRST SET HERE!!!!

[dinahstissue]

anyone else at least once a day thinks about how they didn’t let them kiss?

[lastritesbish]

drew the greasedinah kiss they were too chicken to put into the stex revival 😞

[desktopmermaid]

Big Booooy (she/her)

[jekyll-doodles]

Revival Redesign, Main Engines || My Kofi & Commission Info || Do not edit, trace, or repost!

Rusty, Momma McCoy, Greaseball, and Electra.

I know the Non-Replica productions tend to be Different. And I do like some of the revival's designs. However, some of them missed the mark imo. So I'll be tinkering with the designs, trying to keep what I feel works, without the regular show's guidelines (mostly).

[tiger-moran]

I'm having a lot of feelings about the Fell locomotive again

(images from the Shell Historical Film Archive The Fell Locomotive film)

Did she have a long and successful operational life? No

Was she an experiment that was really worth spending money on? Probably not

Was she butt ugly? Yes

Was she really fucking noisy? Yes

Has she been called one of the worst trains ever? Also yes

But I love this stupid butt ugly noisy loco so much. And I do say butt ugly with the greatest affection - I actually genuinely love the sort of brutal industrial look of her. And it's also just... that people were experimenting with things, they were trying out new ideas, even if they didn't really work out at least people had optimism and excitement about these things (except the steam train enthusiasts I suppose). If I had loads of money this is the locomotive I would get recreated, or if I could go back in time and save one from being scrapped (as much as I also love D326) this is the one I would save.

I love her

[ricky-mortis]

She’s Pumping Iron

[bookloversofbath]

Layouts and Illustrations :: Peter Smith