carlwebus Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Can anybody help me re the two photos attached? The first photo (which I have marked "1") is plainly a rack and pinion railway. Is that France also? If not, where? The second is plainly Normandy, France as it says "Direction Des Andelys". Andelys is Normandy, France. The loco number is plainly 30-312. Looks like an 0-6-0T. But what actually is the loco? All I can find would suggest that it is a Crampton - but I doubt that as that loco was built in 1857! Don't know when the photo was taken but think it is pre-WW2. Its a Jerome Ltd photo postcard stamped 10 - 27. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 (edited) it looks very steep by the 4 little platforms on the right the rack looks to be the Locher system which could suggest it is the Pilatus railway and looking at photos it would fit the station at the bottom from the view of being on a carriage in the right hand track looking up the left hand. in some photos it still has the little stone steps on the left https://www.gettyimages.dk/detail/news-photo/starting-point-of-the-pilatus-railway-alpnachstad-news-photo/1144561323 i just found all this out in about 10 minutes Edited December 1, 2020 by sir douglas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlwebus Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 Thank you Sir Douglas! Certainly fits your assessment. Now I know what to look for its is definitely the Locher system with a box-like structure where the engines gear wheels cut into the sides of the rack. Also note that the Pilatus Railway was privately fianced by Eduard Locher. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted December 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2020 Les Andelys is an attractive town at a crossing point of the Seine. If you don't want to use the new motorways, it is quite a good route back towards Calais. I have passed through several times and stayed there once. Above the town stands an impressive mediaeval castle which is (IIRC) where Richard I (Lionheart) died. I would have to look up where the junction station was that this 030T was photographed. The loco would date from the 1880s/1890s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlwebus Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 Hi Joseph Many thanks for the info. Any idea what class of loco this is? I have s e arched 30-312 but get nothing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted December 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2020 21 minutes ago, carlwebus said: Hi Joseph Many thanks for the info. Any idea what class of loco this is? I have s e arched 30-312 but get nothing. Others here better qualified than me on French locos of this origin and what they became under SNCF numbering. I certainly don't have any books that cover these I will make a quick internet search. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Joseph_Pestell said: Above the town stands an impressive mediaeval castle which is (IIRC) where Richard I (Lionheart) died. He can't have died - I'm sure he was on telly only the other day with Robin Hood! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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