On Shed April 2014

On Shed April 2014

    "Preserving the steam locomotive legacy...and more..on film"




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Itll soon be finished..and back to normal!    (C) Shirley Turner.
Welcome, and site news.
Steam Tube Photographic Highlights
Steam Tube Video Highlights 
Steam Tube Blogs
100 trains... so far     .....
NFSA Film Australia
Tornado- The Story So Far
New Build News.(Hengist, Unknown Warrior.. )
A-Z Great Railway Engineers (C)
Mainline Steam Schedule
On This Day in History.
Christian Wolmar...Newsletter
Around the World in 80 Railways. (No 45:Frontier Mail)
WATTRAIN , APHTRO
Stafford Railwayana Auctions News


Welcome, and site news
 
A warm welcome to all to this April 2014 edition of "On Shed", the monthly magazine of "Steam Tube - The Home of Steam On The Net!"


The usual features are here...and what an excellent selection of photographs and videos you, our valued and appreciated members, have favoured us with!


Interesting news on the new build front, especially from the "Hengist Project", who had an exciting announcement this past week.....


If you were to conduct a poll on the top railway engineer, who would top your list?
Well, we have reached "C" in our alphabetical list of pre-eminent railway engineers...
Would Kenneth Cantlie feature in your list?


Spring is now with us (officially!), so now we can get out and about to our local heritage sites, and give them our full support..
And Friday 4th April 2014 cannot come soon enough for those so badly affected by the Dawlish sea wall collapse. Hats off to Network Rails engineers......


Hopefully, happier times ahead.



Steam Tube Photographic Highlights(28,714 in Library)











Steam Tube Video Highlights  (5,799 in Library)
Pride of place to this video from Philibru Productions on the start of a French locomotive restoration... with a unique history, and a link with the "Entente Cordiale"...



Super Pacific 231 - 3.1280 (231.C.78), locomotive The Entente Cordiale to CMCF Oignies (France). 18/01/2014.
Report on the restoration by the CMCF Oignies Pacific locomotive 231 - 3.1280 (231.C.78) who pulled the royal train British Sovereigns during their trip to France as part of the Entente Cordiale between France and UK. (Watching of preference in HD and widescreen.)











Steam Tube Blogs


Trip Report - Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad (Steve Mitchell) 





Newcastle Flyer NSW Steam Express Trains In The 1960s.(John Gaydon) 





The Tornado Effect - The Story So Far.(Steam Tube) 





Undergoing maintenance at Barrow Hill Roundhouse. First scheduled run in 2014 is "The White Rose", Saturday 12th April, from London Kings Cross to York and return. (as at 1st March 2014)





100 trains... so far     .....

On Shed April 2014