A New Steam Engine Rides The Rails
For The First Time In 50 Years.
Quite frankly, I didn't know where to put this steam engine story.
I had planned to include some prototype information and train photos as time went on. This story accelerated my planning.
If you have an interest in railroad steam locomotives I think you'll find this video clip fascinating.
There are tourist railways and museums where engines have been lovingly restored by volunteers and operate over some trackage,
but I am not aware of any railroad museum in North America going this far as to actually build a new engine from scratch.
Talk about scratchbuilding!
A friend of mine forwarded me this link on September 17, 2008. The link will take you to BBC news.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7538348.stm
Copy and paste it into your browser. Enjoy.
You can also go to this link. There was a story picked up by CTV news from the BBC on February 2, 2009 that the steam locomotive, Tornado, was about to accept its first paying customers.
This link will take you to a story about the steam engine. Evidently, BBC2 is doing a documentary about it. Go to
Tornado story.
Here's a November, 2008 video from the BBC of the
Tornado in operation.
If you're interested in railroad snowblowers, links to two videos on YouTube are posted on railroad snowblowers in action.
One video was taken on the Union Pacific in 2006 and the other was shot in Germany.
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