P pccitgo New member Oct 1, 2011 #1 Scored a short ride in the cab of a oil fired loco today during an open day run by Mainline Steam in Auckland. Lots of fun. Run by enthusiasts who were very friendly and answered all my questions patiently. Awesome. Peter
Scored a short ride in the cab of a oil fired loco today during an open day run by Mainline Steam in Auckland. Lots of fun. Run by enthusiasts who were very friendly and answered all my questions patiently. Awesome. Peter
K Kiwi_Rail Formerly Rugrat Oct 3, 2011 #3 A shame the first reply was spam... 1275? gotta love those North-British Ja's William
J JCitron Trainzing since 12-2003 Oct 4, 2011 #4 Do you have any pictures? It would be nice to see the mainline steam. Our local mainline doesn't like enthusiasts or steam up here in New England. I actually think they don't like railroads either, but that's for another thread. John
Do you have any pictures? It would be nice to see the mainline steam. Our local mainline doesn't like enthusiasts or steam up here in New England. I actually think they don't like railroads either, but that's for another thread. John
S sdpnz New member Oct 4, 2011 #5 JCitron said: Do you have any pictures? It would be nice to see the mainline steam. Our local mainline doesn't like enthusiasts or steam up here in New England. I actually think they don't like railroads either, but that's for another thread. John Click to expand... Have a look at www.steaminc.org.nz Thay have Ja1271 that does main line trips and the last one they did this loco pulled 10 cariages. And all of them were full. kind regards. sdpnz.
JCitron said: Do you have any pictures? It would be nice to see the mainline steam. Our local mainline doesn't like enthusiasts or steam up here in New England. I actually think they don't like railroads either, but that's for another thread. John Click to expand... Have a look at www.steaminc.org.nz Thay have Ja1271 that does main line trips and the last one they did this loco pulled 10 cariages. And all of them were full. kind regards. sdpnz.
J JCitron Trainzing since 12-2003 Oct 5, 2011 #6 sdpnz said: Have a look at www.steaminc.org.nz Thay have Ja1271 that does main line trips and the last one they did this loco pulled 10 cariages. And all of them were full. kind regards. sdpnz. Click to expand... Thanks! This locomotive is awesome. They all look very North American -- like Baldwins or Alcos of their day. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...E4492A5F7E30D7781F1850003A65C5FBCBEE9&first=0 http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...FCE2D98CA003FBD6B41C25CCF&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR John
sdpnz said: Have a look at www.steaminc.org.nz Thay have Ja1271 that does main line trips and the last one they did this loco pulled 10 cariages. And all of them were full. kind regards. sdpnz. Click to expand... Thanks! This locomotive is awesome. They all look very North American -- like Baldwins or Alcos of their day. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...E4492A5F7E30D7781F1850003A65C5FBCBEE9&first=0 http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...FCE2D98CA003FBD6B41C25CCF&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR John