Main Line Thurnby

Great Shots

GREAT SHOTS.
This page will be updated from time to time, and I invite anybody with an interesting photograph of their Garden Railway to send it as an attachment to me here, and hopefully be included on this page shortly. A brief description would be appreciated. It is understood that your railway location will be treated with complete confidentiality unless you offer a clear invitation for other enthusiasts to contact you by email.
This picture was not 'stage managed', the sun was shining and 'The Super Chief' had just pulled in to my main line station and my camera was nearby. Like all railroaders I thought, wow, that looks pretty good, let's take it!
The poor guy with the suitcases has been standing there holding them for two months now (I think he was blown over once) A couple of interesting things that always come light when you look at pictures retrospectively. The small bottle, that looks big, which has inadvertently been left at the end of the platform is an eyedrop bottle for smoke fluid.
These bottles have now been replaced with syringes which eliminate the usual spillage around the smoke stack.
Secondly the perspective of height difference between the Aristo' FA-1/FB-1/FA-1, and the Streamlined Passenger Cars is exaggerated by the angle of the camera. However there is a difference, and I have friends who have lowered their carriages to bring them in line. Unfortunately this means removing parts of the under carriage infrastructure to prevent track fouling, so you can improve one aspect but spoil another. I understand the manufacturers have modifications in hand to deal with this. The freight cars on the far side are the Aristo' 40' steel reefer cars of the West India Fruit & Steamship Co. (via. the Florida-Havana Rail car Ferries)...I wish!

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