Italian 1950s/1960s steam

[NHY 581]

Morning all. 

 

Can anyone point me in the general direction of a source of images of 1950s, 1960s Italian steam locos and Italian railways in general. 

My interest is mainly in small locos, goods working and industrial lines in general. 

 

I've had a look but have so far struggled to find much and any pointers would be appreciated. 

 

Rob. 

[Fat Controller]

18 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

Morning all. 

 

Can anyone point me in the general direction of a source of images of 1950s, 1960s Italian steam locos and Italian railways in general. 

My interest is mainly in small locos, goods working and industrial lines in general. 

 

I've had a look but have so far struggled to find much and any pointers would be appreciated. 

 

Rob. 

One possibility is any book or article by someone called P Kalla Bishop.

[5944]

Online, Facebook is probably the best source, but there's so many groups that it's difficult to keep track. Flickr is another place in to look.

 

http://www.photorail.it/forum/index.php?action=gallery

 

http://www.stagniweb.it/

 

https://www.ilportaledeitreni.it/

 

Three more good links. 

 

For printed media, you can't go wrong with Duegi Editrice.

 

https://www.duegieditricestore.it/44-libri-ferroviari/

[Gordonwis]

On 21/07/2023 at 10:00, NHY 581 said:

Morning all. 

 

Can anyone point me in the general direction of a source of images of 1950s, 1960s Italian steam locos and Italian railways in general. 

My interest is mainly in small locos, goods working and industrial lines in general. 

 

I've had a look but have so far struggled to find much and any pointers would be appreciated. 

 

Rob. 

 

Contact the Italian Railways Society

[NHY 581]

Morning all, 

 

Thanks for the suggestions. I've since found  a few images which fit the bill. 

 

I shall continue to do the research. It's a long term side project in any event to produce a very basic, though readily identified as Italian, Cameo layout for a couple of small 0.6.0Ts to run about on. 

 

Rob

 

 

[BR traction instructor]

The Railway Roundabout series of DVDs for the 1950/60s is of good quality and includes European discs. These will certainly have some Italian railway content...alas a brief narrow gauge section.

 

BeRTIe

 

Edited July 27, 2023 by BR traction instructor

[5944]

https://www.duegieditricestore.it/libri-ferroviari/2450-anni-50-e-60-locomotive-in-primo-piano.html

 

This is a good book and is still available from the publishers, but postage can be excessive. Tecnomodel in Livorno appear to be able to post it for €12 though, so not too bad.

 

https://www.duegieditricestore.it/libri-ferroviari/1503-viaggio-nelle-ferrovie-italiane-anni-50-e-60.html

 

https://www.duegieditricestore.it/libri-ferroviari/1810-viaggio-nelle-ferrovie-italiane-secondarie-e-concesse-anni-70.html

 

These two are superb, but have been sold out for a while so pretty difficult to track down sadly.

[Northroader]

I haven’t seen this one, so can’t make any recommendations, but it seems to fit the bill:

 

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&cm_sp=SearchF-_-home-_-Results&tn=Dampf in Italien&an=Rohrer

[5944]

On 29/08/2023 at 15:36, Northroader said:

I haven’t seen this one, so can’t make any recommendations, but it seems to fit the bill:

 

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&cm_sp=SearchF-_-home-_-Results&tn=Dampf in Italien&an=Rohrer

I've got that one in the shed somewhere. Pretty good from what I remember. I'll dig it out next week and have a flick through.

[Northroader]

https://www.flickr.com/groups/2793515@N20/

http://www.stagniweb.it/index.htm

 

 

Edited September 4, 2023 by Northroader

[rogerzilla]

Watch Von Ryan's Express (1965)?  Not just because it's a ripping yarn or because Frank Sinatra stars: it's a train enthusiast's dream.

 

From Wikipedia:

 

"The Ferrovie dello Stato/Italian State Railway closely cooperated on the production, as reflected in the film's closing acknowledgment credit, providing a complete train headed by the specially-bulled up FS Class 735.236. The train which the Nazis commandeer to pursue the escaping POWs is headed by a Franco-Crosti boiler-fitted Class 743."

 

The Crosti-boilered SS train seems to run really well, unlike a Crosti 9F.