Category Archives: Old Trucks, Old Trains

Old Train Thursday. Some Weird, Some Not.

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Contributed by Phil.
Heisler gear driven steam locomotive built in 1917 for the Craig Mountain Lumber Co. logging railroad in Winchester, ID. Acquired by the Oregon Scenic Coast Railroad in 2016 and put back in service in 2022. Contributed by David S, From the Texas Bluzman.
Brennan Monorail. Electrical powered train was invented by Louis Brennan in the early 20th century. It had a single set of wheels and ran on a single track rendering it look like a motorcycle of train. Due to its inability to pull the other coaches and incur cost-effectiveness, the train could not commercialize.
Jean Bertin’s Aerotrain
This train came into existence as a replacement for the conventional trains. Funded by the French Government, the train was light, quiet and fast with a speed as lofty as 420 kilometers (260 mph). However, later, the government denied its introduction followed by the view of safeguarding the state-sponsored railway system.
Schienenzeppelin
The Schienenzeppelin was an assembly of the German machineries. This preliminary super fast train was powered by an engine connected to a huge propeller in the back. It never went past the prototype stage as a result of fears that its propellers could injure or even kill the people who stood close to the tracks at railway stations. The highest speed recorded for this train was 225 kilometers (140 mph).
Meigs Elevated Steam Monorail Railway, E Cambridge, Mass, 1186
American High Pressure Locomotive
German High Pressure Steam Turbine Locomotive.
Swiss High Pressure Steam Locomotive.
Steam Punk.
Portland Union Train Station. Phil and me know this one…

Old Train Thursday, Japanese Steam Engines

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JGR = Japanese Government Railways, JNR = Japanese National Railways

JNR Class C-55, 1935, 4-6-2
JNR Class C62, 4-6-2
JGR-150SL, 1872. Prototype imported from the Vulcan Foundry, 1871.
JNR-C61, 1947 4-6-4 (First to use the Hudson Wheel Arrangement.)
JNR C-56-160, 1935, 2-6-0
JGR C-8620, 1914 2-6-0
JNR B-20, 1944 0-4-0T
JNR D-61, 1960 2-8-4
JGR Class 860SL, 1893 2-4-2 (Only one built)
JNR C-53St, 1928 4-6-2
JNR D-60, 1951 2-8-4 (Berkshire Wheel Arraignment.)
JNR C-59, 1953 4-6-2
JGR Class 160SL, 1871 2-4-0T (Imported from UK.)
JGR Class 2120, 1890 B type 0-6-2 (Import from UK.)
JGR E-102a, 1948 2-10-4
JNR C515, 1919 4-6-2
JGR C-54St, 1931 4-6-2
JGR C-3380S, 1906 2-6-2T
JGR C-9600, 1913 2-8-0
JGR C-5540a, 1893 4-4-0
Ueno Train Station, Tokyo, Japan.