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Two for the price of one at Bedford - October 1977

Golant - June 1998 Morrisons Hill, New South Wales - April 2017

A few more taken at Hounslow on 7 May 1977........missed the RFs on the 202 and 237 by three weeks!

Part of an order for 51 Leyland Nationals originally destined for export to Venezuela (so I'm told), but ended up instead in Hounslow. LS11 is seen leaving Hounslow Bus Station/ Garage on Route 81 in May 1977, nine months after delivery.

Broad gauge (5'6") Western Railway of India BESA design 4-6-0 H24306 at Vadodra (Baroda) shed. Built by North British of Glasgow in 1922 for the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway and still in service on 22 October 1978.

A couple from the Morphett Vale Railway Incorporated (MV Rail) in the southern suburbs of Adelaide, taken in July 2007, including John Wakefield and his amazing 'model' of the South African 2-10-4 that never was.

The former South Australian Railways (later Australian National) had two main classes of shunting locomotive both with English Electric heritage. 10 of the 650hp 800 class (6 SRKT) were built at the English Electric works at Rocklea (Brisbane) in 1956/57. 807 was seen at Gillman Yard (Port Adelaide) in May 1987. 34 of the smaller 500hp 500 class (4 SRKT) were built at the SAR's own workshops from 1964-1969. 508 was seen at Mile End (Adelaide) on 31 January 1994.

Class 06 built by Andrew Barclay on Aberdeen (Ferryhill) depot on 13 August 1973.

Hither Green was my 'shed of choice' in the late 60s/ early 70s, however this was taken on a trip down memory lane in February 1989.

Time to sneak one more in before everyone wakes up..........Hadfield, May 1981 P.S. Nice to see the Clapham Jct pic provoke a bit of discussion

Clapham Junction - early evening, sometime in October 1983

Had it been discovered a decade earlier, Jha Jha in the Bihar State of eastern India would have been a mecca for steam enthusiasts. In 1979 most freight was diesel, but all but the most prestigious expresses were still steam hauled and required an engine change. Most southbound trains required banking over a low range of hills. Train 50 bound for Howrah (Calcutta) departs Jha Jha on the morning of 12 January 1979 with WP 7446 up front and WG 9276, built by Hitachi of Japan in 1955, banking at the rear. (Processed from an Agfa CT18 colour scan)

A couple to farewell the Thameslink 319s Honor Oak Park - 4 April 2012 Sutton - 6 March 2013

As a result of completion of the construction of the Alice Springs to Darwin Railway, the first revenue through (standard gauge) freight train from Adelaide to Darwin in The Northern Territory commenced its two day journey north on 15 January 2004. Photographed crossing 'Lake Knockout' on the approach to Port Augusta it was paralleled by a special train hauled by Pichi Richi Railway’s narrow gauge (3’6”) former Commonwealth Railways 4-8-0 NM25 as part of the celebrations. Next - Steam and diesel alongside each other (Not in a museum)

Melbourne - November 2015 Next - Wildcard

What a fantastic collection. Thanks for posting the pics. I'll have to make a point of visiting the next time I'm back in the country.

Quite a bit of a crop from the original - Queen's Park March 2013

On 8 December 1978, metre gauge Western Railway 4-6-4T, class D2 183 was on station pilot duties at Ajmer. D2 183 was built in 1928 by the Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway at their own workshops in Ajmer.

Steamranger Heritage Railway broad gauge (5'3") 4-6-2 621 'Duke of Edinburgh' on the turntable at Victor Harbor, South Australia, 13 August 2017

Steamranger Heritage Railway broad gauge (5'3") 4-6-2 621 'Duke of Edinburgh' with the 'Southern Encounter' - Hayborough Beach, South Australia, 13 August 2017

Steamranger Heritage Railway broad gauge (5'3") 4-6-2 621 'Duke of Edinburgh' - Hayborough Beach, South Australia, 13 August 2017

I like the Brighton Beach shot.

I would hazard a guess that on a peak summer weekend, there are more operating steam locomotives in the UK than the rest of the world combined.

Considerable metre gauge trackage of the former Jodphur Bikaner railway passed to Pakistan upon partition, leaving an isolated network of lines based on Mirpur Khas. On 18 November 1978, former J & B oil burning 4-6-0 Class P no.124, built in 1914 by Hanomag, Germany, was on shed at Mirpur Khas.

On a very gloomy 31 March 1988, RM 1185 is just getting under way from Jiamusi with eastbound Trn 515 to Qianjinzhen.