I had a rather special experience today. I saw on the
Ian's blog that a steam train will be visiting Kings Cross today and we went out to see it.
The train is the "
Union of South Africa", a British Rail LNER Class A4 steam locomotive built in 1937. Here is the locomotive entering the train shed at Kings Cross:
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| Locomotive entering King's Cross Station |
I liked the colour scheme - gold on red with green paint:
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| Close up of the locomotive in motion |
This is me and I like the wordplay "Rudolph of South Africa". :)
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| Rudolph of South Africa |
The driver/engineer changing the headlamp.
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| Engineer changing the light |
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| Changing the headlight |
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| Front of the train |
This is the old Union of South Africa coat of arms that I grew up with. "Ex unitate vires".
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| Union of South Africa's coat of arms |
A shot of the driver's cabin of the locomotive:
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| Driver's cabin |
And of the wheels.
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| Wheels of the locomotive |
This is the old "flying springbok" used by the South African airways and railways. Also something you don't see anymore.
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| Flying Springbok |
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| Locomotive from the other side |
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| Blowing steam |
