Unofficial Train, Plane, and Tram thread #14

Thought some of you might appreciate some old film era pictures of British military aircraft. Not the best quality pictures but some nice memories.


Blackburn/Hawker Siddeley Bucaneer S2




5 Squadron English Electric Lightning F6 taxis at RAF Binbrook





Lightning Training Flight English Electric Lightning maybe at St Athan, I think.




617 Squadron (the Dambusters) Avro Vulcan B2 before low viz roundels lost the white.




Crew standing on 101 Squadron Vulcan in the static display watching a 44 Squadron Vulcan displaying at an airshow. Not a composite!




Central Flying School Jet Provost T3 with T5 behind on the flight line at RAF Leeming in the very early eighties.

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these are utterly and stunningly, beautiful photos. i once in a while run into some awesome photos that i call them "near perfection" and these photos are in that category. all of the elements have come together in these shots. i don't know what it is but when i see blue sky and green open land - and then a spot of red, that spot of red mesmerizes my eyes ;-) thanks for posting.

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Government run railway on the Isle of Man. Tith timetabled steam haulage it serves the south west of the island including the International airport.


Preserved Royal Scot on the Keighly and Worth Valley Railway


Preserved 9F freight locomotive on preserved section of the Great Central Railway near Loughborough.

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Thank you.Im glad you enjoyed them. We Brits love a bit of sunshine and blue skies because we want what is uncommon!

For perfection the top one needs to be an hour later (but the only later train at the time I was there is a dining special that stops at that spot for the passengers to look at the sea so there is no exhaust) so the sun lights the side of the train more. Oh well it's an excuse to go back and try again.

Thanks to Suzatlarge for resurrecting this thread! It's great to see everyone's pictures again

Here are some relatively recent shots from England:


BR Class 455 suburban EMU 455861 passes an unidentified Class 458 'Juniper' EMU at Richmond


This was the main event - a BR Class 50 50007 working 1Z52 1537 Exeter St Davids to London Victoria passes Richmond. 50007 'Hercules' is one of the few Class 50's still running on the mainline.


BR Class 455 suburban EMU 455870 at Richmond

With the exception of the Juniper, these are all trains I travelled on as a child. The BR Class 455 was introduced between 1982-1984, and the BR Class 50 (my favourite locomotive) was introduced between 1967-68. I'm glad there are still some Class 50's around

Disclosure: Unusually for me I have touched up areas of all of these shots to remove graffiti tags from the bridge.

Hello martianphoto,

Like your trio. Looked up class 99 and could not find it in a book about world steam. The answer is that Class 99 in Germany comprised narrow gauge locos and my book was restricted to standard gauge and the broader gauges in Russia and Iberia.

We learn something new every day; although at 81 can I retain it? The 1950s DMU passing Ambergate brought back memories of wallabies running alongside Peak District tracks during the 1950s. It seems the very hard winter of 1962/3 may have killed them.

The shot of a train passing Silverton bears resemblance to photos of the Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway here in North Staffordshire with its Indian-looking locos and passenger stock and the hilly countryside.

Legend has it that on the opening day one of the construction staff predicted that it would never be an economic success because "It starts nowhere and goes to the same place". How right he was,.

But a delight for walkers, Alistair.

Lan said:

Thanks to Suzatlarge for resurrecting this thread! It's great to see everyone's pictures again

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Thanks for the kind words. I started this thread and then TBH I've barely revisited it since then. I've come back here to find an amazing amount of activity, and some terrific images to enjoy. As I said, I know almost nothing about the specifics of trains and railways, and I'm enjoying the expertise you're all sharing along with your images. So thank YOU and everyone else who's contributing.

Hello Alastair

Thanks for commenting. Glad you liked the photos. You are right about the HSB locos - I've never got my head around the European numbering conventions.

As for learning something new every day - I really did not know about the wallaby population in the Peak District. I had certainly not come across that information before.

I'd heard of the Leek & Manifold but know little of it.

The Durango to Silverton line is about 45miles through the mountains of Colorado generally served by two trains a day, generally packed with tourists. Despite having been there a number of times I have yet to take the train trip. Nonetheless it is very much on my 'bucket list' for the future.

Hello again Martianphoto,

Watching the trains and visiting (if permitted) the engine shed and repair shops can easily overwhelm the desire for a ride!

ES Cox was, like AW Bruce, high up in the design staff. His "WORLD STEAM in the twentieth century" Ian Allan, London 1969 surveys the main "Schools" of design; US, UK, France, Germany, Central Europe...

The Czechs devised a numbering system that was even more informative than Germany's. From the number one could deduce how many powered axles the engine had, what the maximum permitted speed was, the maximum axle load...

Not much danger of choosing a quite unsuitable substitute when, inevitably, a rostered engine had to be replaced at the last minute by something from the shed!

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Hello to everyone.

I am a long-time DPR forum member who likes train photography. I didn't know that this series of threads existed so am excited to see some other rail fans posting photos!

I photograph trains in my home state (NSW in Australia) whenever I get the opportunity.

Here are a few recent photos of former NSW government railways steam locomotive 3801 out on a day tour south of Sydney.


3801 with heritage train arriving at Moss Vale


3801 running light engine at Moss Vale


3801 at Moss Vale railway station

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CPH Rail Motor three car set in Rylstone, NSW.

The CPH rail motor is a 42-foot light weight rail car built during the 1920s. They have a driver's cabin at each end so can operate as a single car but can also operate as multiple units.

A number of these rail motors are in preservation and operated for tours around the state of NSW.


CPH rail motor in Rylstone, NSW

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This is a Pacific National empty grain heading south-west through Stockinbingal in southern NSW. Taken during the middle of a hot summer's day.

Locomotives: 8225, 8250 and 8133.


Empty grain heading south west at Stockinbingal NSW.

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That image rocks. Well-composed and nicely executed. Thanks for sharing it.

Suzatlarge said:

That image rocks. Well-composed and nicely executed. Thanks for sharing it.

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Thanks Suz!

SCT Intermodal train number 4MB9 is heading north through the locality of Frampton in NSW with locomotives SCT013 and SCT008 at the front.



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Amtrak's California Zephyr (known as #5 westbound and #6 eastbound) runs between Chicago and San Francisco (technically Emeryville, a SF suburb), through Colorado. The Zephyr's only Colorado stop east of Denver, is the town of Fort Morgan, on the Eastern Plains.

A guy named Mike is out almost every morning to see - and shoot video of - #5 arriving in FMG. It's scheduled for shortly after 5 AM although often late. He knows the crews by now. His YT channel is Mike Jensen 80701 where he posts videos of #5 and sometimes other trains that come through. (Another Fort Morgan resident often videos #6 which comes through at night, and. posts those videos on his YT channel.)

A couple of times recently, when the Amtrak tracking map shows that #5 is running sufficiently late, I've driven out to Fort Morgan to chat with Mike and see the train myself. I took the a6600 with the Tamron 18-300mm lens, of course. The surroundings of the tiny station aren't pretty, and the day I took this shot the skies were pretty flat too. And of course, the train is backlit. Sigh.

Having come home from road trips with dead bugs all over the front of my car, I shouldn't have been surprised by the abundant bug splatter on the lead engine. So, faced with an accurate but boring photo of #5 arriving in FMG on April 29? I cropped off the clutter, removed the bug dots from the main part of the engine, and applied a watercolor effect. Gimmicky, sure, and I don't think this file has the metadata left, after processing the special effects. But I like it and I hope it's not too artsy to share here.


Amtrak #5 California Zephyr, EB in Fort Morgan CO, April 29, 2022. Sony a6600, Tamron 18-300mm lens.

Suzatlarge said:

Having come home from road trips with dead bugs all over the front of my car, I shouldn't have been surprised by the abundant bug splatter on the lead engine. So, faced with an accurate but boring photo of #5 arriving in FMG on April 29? I cropped off the clutter, removed the bug dots from the main part of the engine, and applied a watercolor effect. Gimmicky, sure, and I don't think this file has the metadata left, after processing the special effects. But I like it and I hope it's not too artsy to share here.

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I really like it. The texture looks like patterned card. Very nice!

Pete_W said:

Suzatlarge said:

Having come home from road trips with dead bugs all over the front of my car, I shouldn't have been surprised by the abundant bug splatter on the lead engine. So, faced with an accurate but boring photo of #5 arriving in FMG on April 29? I cropped off the clutter, removed the bug dots from the main part of the engine, and applied a watercolor effect. Gimmicky, sure, and I don't think this file has the metadata left, after processing the special effects. But I like it and I hope it's not too artsy to share here.

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I really like it. The texture looks like patterned card. Very nice!

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Thanks. However, I goofed in the caption. It should read "WB" and not "EB." Sigh.

This is the Melbourne to Sydney XPT, train number ST24, departing Cootamundra in southern NSW.

There are two trips each way between the two cities every day. It's an 11 hour journey through mostly rural landscape. While the speed can get up to about 120 kph on the straight sections, the track is windy so it's not a fast ride.

The evening trips have sleeper cars for passengers who don't want to sit up, and there is a buffet car for snacks and meals.

These XPT sets are about 40 years old and due to be retired in the next 12-18 months when replacements arrive.



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