Steam Gallery

George Stephensons Rocket - the pre-1923 replica

George Stephenson's Rocket - the pre-1923 replica. George Stephenson's Rocket Locomotive was built in 1829. Built for the Rainhill Trials held by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. The earliest full-size replica of Rocket is the one seen on this photograph. Date: circa 1920

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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Australian heritage Garratt steam locomotive at Central tation Sydney

New South Wales Government Railways operated 42 of the powerful "Beyer-Garratt" articulated double locomotives (4-8-4 + 4-8-4) in the 1950s and 60s. DC++ designates this is a dual control unit with enlarged cylinders. 6029 is privately owned and housed at NSW Rail Museum, Thirlmere NSW

© Wes Eggins

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GWR tank number 34 pictured with four men on the St Ives branch. Around 1905

The image shows GWR number 34 pictured with two unnamed men, Charlie Gould the fireman standing on the running plate and the driver Nickie Curnow standing with his feeder (oil can) on the St Ives branch line. The engine itself has a 0-4-4 tank, built as a 0-4-2 saddle tank, along with number 35 at Swindon in 1890 as Lot Number 81. The locomotive was altered to the 0-4-4 side tank in 1895. It weighed 40 tons and had a 800 gallon water capacity. Number 34 was sold in 1908 and eventually made her way to the Longmoor Military Railway where she carried the name Longmoor'. She was sadly cut up in 1922

© From the collection of the RIC