Streamliners

Another of those great ol' James Coffey songs, this time illustrated mostly with views from my postcard collection.. Enjoy.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• passenger_trains
• railfan
• railroad
• railway
• trains

[TheCitycruser]

lyrics ? :DD



[gothpapa]

@TheCitycruser I agree, some of the lyrics are a little goofy (:-]).

[Harry244ful]

Where do the Americans keep our preserved A4 pacific?

[gothpapa]

@Harry244ful Beats me, I didn't even know we had one. Hope someone here will be able to answer this.

[matanuialive2010]

@gothpapa because its named after some american war general called D'weight d' Eisenhower

[gothpapa]

@matanuialive2010 Well, in that case maybe it is in Kansas.

[TFN5459]

and 4-12-2s, 2-8-8-2s even one 2-10-10-2. Yeah the WP shared the California Zephyr the most talked about train with DRGW and CB&Q from 1949-1970.

[sitp2]

@matanuialive2010 Nope, we have SP AC-12 Cab Forwards 4-8-8-2 , UP 4000's 4-8-8-4's and NW Y Class 2-8-8-2. When it comes to power, there's no match.

[matanuialive2010]

@sitp2 ok how is a 220 PSI 2-8-2 passenger loco built to haul express trains on the aberdeen to Edinburgh main line... in Scotland which is hilly... VERY HILLY, NOT POWERFUL

but on a side not just in case you think I'm prejudice, i have two american locos out of ten locos in model railway collection

also does america have a 2-8-0-0-8-2 garret

[sitp2]

@matanuialive2010 The way I see it, British locomotives are built for speed and not power. The reason is the difference of terrain. There is a vast difference between the Settle and Carlisle LNER Line and the SP Overland over Donner Pass, even the Fresno line that runs up and down the San Joaquin Valley.. I would wager to say that a SP built MT Class could out pull a BR 9F. I won't even bring big boys into the equation because a certain term called Overkill comes to mind.