PhilH
Western Thunderer
This thread may turn out to be a very mixed collection of photos if it continues.
First some "light relief" in the form of a few images from the Far East, as at the moment I'm digitally scanning slides I took 45 years ago on a trip to Indonesia and Thailand.
A passenger train departs from Tanahabang Station in Djakarta behind a Henschel diesel loco. Riding on the outside of crowded trains was not uncommon in this part of the world but, although its not too clear in the photo, the loco cab is also full of passengers !
Passenger accommodation also extends to the loco cab on this mixed train headed by two cylinder compound 4‑4‑0 No.5105 built by Hanomag of Germany in 1900, a scaled down version of the Prussian Class P4 4‑4‑0
Rather less crowded, we were riding on a branch line train of two coaches and a van rather excessively powered by a large 2-6-6-0 Mallet. The friendly crew allowed two of us to ride in the cab for the whole journey but we got a better view of the scenery and less of the heat inside the cab by sitting on top of the tender oil tank.
A crowd of locals had gathered to watch the re-railing operation of a derailed branch line freight train but obviously found the group of visiting rail enthusiasts more interesting.
First some "light relief" in the form of a few images from the Far East, as at the moment I'm digitally scanning slides I took 45 years ago on a trip to Indonesia and Thailand.
A passenger train departs from Tanahabang Station in Djakarta behind a Henschel diesel loco. Riding on the outside of crowded trains was not uncommon in this part of the world but, although its not too clear in the photo, the loco cab is also full of passengers !
Passenger accommodation also extends to the loco cab on this mixed train headed by two cylinder compound 4‑4‑0 No.5105 built by Hanomag of Germany in 1900, a scaled down version of the Prussian Class P4 4‑4‑0
Rather less crowded, we were riding on a branch line train of two coaches and a van rather excessively powered by a large 2-6-6-0 Mallet. The friendly crew allowed two of us to ride in the cab for the whole journey but we got a better view of the scenery and less of the heat inside the cab by sitting on top of the tender oil tank.
A crowd of locals had gathered to watch the re-railing operation of a derailed branch line freight train but obviously found the group of visiting rail enthusiasts more interesting.
The Surabaya steam tram with locomotive built by Beyer Peacock of Manchester in 1884