Here is my Ho scale YP class 4-6-2 locomotive with synchronized smoke, DCC & sound. These were operated all over the country on the meter gauge network.
An oddity a steam engine with electric power; more information @: http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/swisselec/swisselc.htm
SGS class 0-6-0 pulling out of Bombay station with a night time local passenger train during night.
There is a great site featuring UNUSUAL LOCOMOTIVES of past years. I intend to post some links and pictures from this site as I find the site fascinating. My hats off to the genius behind the site.
Here is a German BR-10 locomotive with dynamic steam (steam from the smoke stack as well as cylinders) operating on my Indian Railway layout. The locomotive has a hauntingly unique whistle.
N class 2-10-0 with smoke deflectors. The largest non-articulated locomotive on Indian Railways. used to haul goods trains over the western Ghats.
A drivers perspective when pulling out of the Bombay yard with a 4-4-0 steam locomotive.
My WP (id: 7016) with a 4 boogie (car) crossing a small village and entering the Bombay station.
I went to school at Scindia School in Gwalior, the Maharaja of Gwalior (built around a 1909) had built an unusual 2Ft gauge railway in the state of Gwalior and I rode it a few times. Here is a rare picture of a steam engine on the Gwalior railway
Here a bullet nosed Pacific (4-6-2) uses the turntable at Bombay yard to reverse direction
AWD 2-8-2 goods locomotive. These were supplied by US War Department" locomotives," after the 2nd world war. Used mainly for goods (freight) trains they could be seen hauling passenger trains. Mine has synchronized smoke; DCC with sound.
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AuthorI am of Indian descent and moved to the USA in Mid 1970's. Model Railroads and Model Remote Controlled Aircraft are my two hobbies both of which I have been pursuing since my childhood in India. Archives
January 2021
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