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Post by julio1fer on Jul 21, 2010 19:43:14 GMT -5
Stumbled into an old steam locomotive, carefully restored as a tourist attraction. Maybe you can tell if this is genuinely old or tourist trap material. It is being used for short day-trips on weekends.   FP4+, Exa Ib, Raynette 23mm and CZJ Tessar 50 mm lenses. |
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Post by daveh on Jul 22, 2010 2:55:53 GMT -5
Beyer Peacock were certainly a well know name in locomotive manufacture from the late 1800s. I would assume it is genuine: their locos went worldwide. I bet PeterW knows for sure.
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Post by Randy on Jul 22, 2010 12:02:24 GMT -5
My money's on Rachel, she's the locomotive expert.
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Post by daveh on Jul 22, 2010 12:45:54 GMT -5
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Post by photax on Jul 22, 2010 12:48:39 GMT -5
Hi Julio,
A good looking steam engine and a good picture ! Where is this train running ?
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Post by Rachel on Jul 22, 2010 13:49:10 GMT -5
My money's on Rachel, she's the locomotive expert. Sorry Randy but I don't know any more about this loco than anybody else. Looks to be typical though of the locos built for export by such companies. It has that British look. I guess that there are quite few examples dotted around the globe. |
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Post by julio1fer on Jul 22, 2010 14:49:16 GMT -5
Thanks for the link - this one seems to be #120 (formerly 119), featured in the restoration process described there.
The train runs from Montevideo to Santa Lucía and back. It departs at about 12:30 PM on some Saturdays, and carries two passenger wagons, which look like first class.
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Post by John Parry on Jul 22, 2010 15:36:36 GMT -5
Oh yeah - BP get everywhere...
Regards - John
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Post by PeterW on Jul 22, 2010 17:25:39 GMT -5
Dave:
Thanks for the compliment, Dave, but although I live in an ex-railways works town my knowledge of railway companies and works outside the south-east UK, the ones which eventually became Southern Railways, is very sketchy, most of it acquired by reading model railway magazines for years.
All I know about Beyer & Peacock is that their factory was in Gorton, part of Manchester and, incidentally, the area in which Manchester City Football Club was founded.
Beyer & Peacock was founded about the middle 1800s, and I believe the works was originally called Gorton Foundry. I seem to have read or heard that about half the locomotives they built were exported with South America being a major customer, so I don't see any reason why this loco isn't genuine.
Beyer & Peacock folded some time in the 1960s and I understand that the Manchester Museum of Science and Technology has all the company documents including order books, so if anyone's in the Manchester area they could probably check.
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Post by daveh on Jul 22, 2010 18:05:28 GMT -5
John, don't tell that nice Mr. Obama that BP are in Uruguay otherwise he'll be down there in a flash.
Peter, I have always had a passing interest in railways. Some friends from school (two of whom I am in between in the photo of our junior school photo club elsewhere on this forum) would probably have a good idea on things. I have picked up useful (?) bits of information like standard gauge, 4' 81/2" and broad gauge 7' 1/4". I did, years ago learn all the wheel configurations (well it might just be useful sometime) but I have forgotten most now. The loco above looks to be 2-6-0, which I think makes it a mogul.
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