RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted March 1, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 1, 2018 Under the wires Class 40 Northbound, Whitley Crossing, Wigan Regards Ian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal.n Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 The Horseshoe curve at Upper Tyndrum 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted March 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2018 (edited) Refusing to start V with a Voyager, here is an older diesel V - Valorus on a stretch of the Bristol and Exeter a couple of miles up the line from our home in the 60's Edited March 2, 2018 by phil_sutters 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 V is for ... give us a clue then: Shildon open day 1983. Quite late not to be displaying a TOPS code in the data panel. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 OK I will get the Voyager out of the way, amid Various liveries at Glasgow Central Jim 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted March 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2018 V is for Vulcain - French test coach on HS1 seen at Singlewell 27Apr03 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2018 Walschaerts Valvegear on a B1 Caprotti Valvegear on a Standard 5 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Perhaps it was inevitable that Vulcan, the Roman god of fire, should have been associated with the fiery furnaces where steam locomotives were forged. To us in the UK, the name is best known from the Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows. Over six thousand steam locomotives were built there, in the works that started life as Charles Tayleur & Co. The works went on to built diesel and electric locomotives. Many of its products were for export. Here is one of its last steam locomotives - a 2-6-2 for the North Borneo Railway (now Sabah). Another Vulcan was to be found at Stettin in Germany (Pomerania), constructing just over four thousand locomotives before being taken over by Borsig in 1929. Stettin, as Szczecin, was to become part of Poland after WWII. The firm constructed many locomotives for the Royal Prussian State Railways (KPEV), included this T18 (DRG class 78) from 1922. (DDM Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg). The least known Vulcan was A/S Vulcan of Maribo in Denmark, building just eighteen steam locomotives. Here is their sixth locomotive, an 0-4-0T from 1901, which became DSB Hs 415. It took part in the Danish 150th anniversary celebrations at Odense in 2000, where it is pictured here. Last, but not least, comes Vulcan Ironworks (VIW) of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. They might be best known for the USATC tank locomotives, and indeed were noted for building large numbers of small "dinkies" and "critters", but there were plenty of big engines among over four thousand steam locomotives built - including this iconic "Skyliner" 2-10-0 for the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) in 1948. After switching to diesel production, the firm went bust in the 1950s. Finally, and staying in the USA, a different Vulcan. Here's an industrial diesel NW2 12511 belonging to Vulcan Materials, at Alexandria, Virgina. Live long and prosper! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted March 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 2, 2018 V for Vossloh built 68008 "Avenger" Cheers, Mick 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted March 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2018 (edited) V for Volker Edited March 2, 2018 by phil_sutters 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted March 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 2, 2018 Signals on the line to Halong City - Vietnam. May 2011 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted March 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 2, 2018 Victoria Banker Man Vic, 1981 Regards Ian 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted March 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2018 (edited) Vauxhall which the Russian's copied as their word for station - allegedly Edited March 2, 2018 by phil_sutters 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted March 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 3, 2018 W for West Palm Beach in Florida. The newly opened Brightline station. Cheers, Mick 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted March 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 3, 2018 D1015 Western Champion at Eastleigh 100. 66722 Sir Edward Watkin at Eastleigh, 2015. 34007 Wadebridge on the Watercress Line at Alton, 2009. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnEntropyBubble Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 The CAN/US Border crossing at Waneta BC, 1990ish. Andrew 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal.n Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 W for Wilpshire, my favourite photography/videoing spot 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium QWILPEN Posted March 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 3, 2018 Typical Railway Wasteland & Wires, this time in Dusseldorf 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted March 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 3, 2018 D93E97AC-FB62-4F0D-8701-84EFE3FDCBDE.png W for Wilpshire, my favourite photography/videoing spot Shouldn't that be under L for Langho......? Unless it's W for Wilpshire bank....? Cheers, Mick 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 (edited) Vauxhall which the Russian's copied as their word for station - allegedly Вокзал, or transliterated, vokzal. The etymology is complicated, but also related to the Vauxhall pleasure gardens in Kennington... try the google translations of the Russian wikipedia pages at https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Воксал for the pleasure gardens and https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Вокзал for the station I've nearly got my head round it, but the term wasn't used by the original railway engineers - instead it was a popular usage that came into common use, e..g this slightly dodgy google translation. In the dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron it is pointed out that the word "station" became in Russian a common name following the example of the station in Pavlovsk (the imperial residence near St. Petersburg), which at one time served as a railway station and a fun place... ... In all technical documents of the railways there is the term "passenger building" [пассажирское здание], however, the word "station" [вокзал] became common. And people think we have problems with train station and railway station! Edited March 3, 2018 by eastwestdivide 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Do cable cars count? They're described as a type of Bahn in German: 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 3, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2018 Wokingham 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Das Warship... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesg Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Welsh Guardsman on the Gwili Railway, near Carmarthen. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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