Interesting RR photos George Stephenson is generally credited with the invention of the first usable steam locomotive. His locomotive āBlucherā (shown in sketch) was completed and tested on the Collingwood Railway on July 25, 1814. The track was an uphill trek of four hundred and fifty feet. Stephenson’s engine hauled eight loaded coal wagons weighing …
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Kevin’s comments for April 19, 2024
Prototypes that I love but should really never model!
Kevin’s Komments 03/12/2024
I did a study on streamlined locos a few years ago.Ā But a series of colorized photos has caught my eye recently.Ā Soā¦Hereās a review of streamlinersāmost photos are in color or colorized!Ā
Kevin’s Komments 01/17/2024
19th Century Locomotive Builder Renditions & Ads With the ongoing research into the Cincinnati Northern locomotive roster, Iāve checked builder photos and renditions for a number of locos. With these checks, some of the pic collection websites have decided one of my preferences is of builder photos and renditions (imagine that!). Soā¦I finally decided to …
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Kevin’s Komments 11/01/2023
When talking about railroad crossings, two types come to mind:
Kevin’s Komments 04/28/23
Climaxes A little over a year ago, we took a look at geared steam locomotives, specifically the Shays. I promised that we would return to the topic. (Itās been over a year(??)!) While I have a soft spot for all geared steamers and have a few nice operable HO Shays and Heislers, I have a …
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Kevin’s Komments 11/17/2022
Three Cylinder Steam Locomotives Okay ā So I found something new (for me) – three cylinder steam locomotives! At first when I saw this topic, I thought of the 3 piston Shays built by Lima. But, the locomotives shown here are built by ALCO and are rod locos rather than geared. New Haven had a …
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Kevin’s Komments 10/25/2022
I’ve been itching to do another trackwork study. I popped up this first pic, and trackwork drifted into abandoned trackwork! The caption on this pic talks about a century old RR trestle being found in Colorado. The bridge was ālostā after it was buried by an embankment. Those of us with a little understanding of …
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Kevin’s Komments 06/10/2022
I had been doing some more research on towns along the Cincinnati Northern, but got distracted by a series of pics on the Pennsylvania and PRR shops. This first pic got me started. PRR #2644, a class H 2-8-0, along with the shop crew, pose for a photograph on the turntable at the Renovo shops, …
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Kevin’s Komments 04/22/2022
Iām between research projects, but have picked up a lot of interesting photos the last few weeks. I couldnāt find info on most of these photos, but thereās still some pics with a story or two between the purely visual photos.
Kevin’s Komments 04/11/2022
Streamlined Steam & Lehigh Valley Locomotives The first pic got me researching the Illinois Central Green Diamond ā which was initially pulled by a stylish Pullman diesel electric (first set of pics). But I detoured early on into Lehigh steam. When I went back to the streamlined locos, I stuck to mostly steam. ā¦So it …
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Kevin’s Komments 12/07/21
Logisticsā¦Weāre going into the holiday season this year, and the news tells us products are short in inventory, and slow in arriving. Being busy the last few weeks, and being between model RR projects, Iāve had trouble coming up with good research topics ā untilā¦I tried to order some Christmas gifts online. Logisticsā¦When itās going …
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Kevin’s Komments 07/31/2021
Yard Switchers One topic that interests me but I havenāt covered yet is the small industrial steam switchers. Weāve looked at gas switchers like the Plymouths (Dupps #1). And weāve occasionally shown some shop switchers, and a few yard switchers. But, what about the small industrial switchers?ā¦ One thing I found in this search is …
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