🌊 Old Railway Water Troughs – UK Steam Heritage 🚂 Welcome to the page dedicated to one of the most ingenious and uniquely British feats of steam-era engineering — railway water troughs. From the 19th century through to the end of steam, these remarkable installations allowed express trains to scoop up water at speed without ever stopping. At 60mph, a steam locomotive could lower its scoop, send a fountain of water blasting into the tender, and keep charging across the country without losing pr

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1.2K views · 110 reactions | No.73156 was one of 172 Standard Class 5 steam locomotives built by British Railways Workshops between 1951 and 1956. The Class was designed for mixed traffic duties throughout the Regions of British Railways.This locomotive was one of the nine examples built at Doncaster. #trains #steamlocomotive #britishrailways #railway #railways #trainspotting #heritagerailway | Adrian Watson | Facebook

🚂 The British Rail Class 17 “Clayton” — A Diesel That Tried, But Never Quite Triumphed 🚂 Introduced in the early 1960s, the Class 17 was an ambitious attempt by British Rail to replace ageing steam shunters and mixed-traffic engines with a new generation of centre-cab diesel locomotives. Built by the Clayton Equipment Company and Beyer Peacock between 1962 and 1965, these distinctive machines were instantly recognisable by their low profile and central cab — designed to improve visibility for

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