This is splitting off from another thread so thought I'd see if there's any other train enthusiasts and would be great to see locmotives from where you are.
Here's one I made earlier with some pictures and gifs of the British trains:
This is my favourite of them:
These locomotives were built in the 60's and in the 80's these locos were numerous at Inverness in the 80's to haul the majority of passenger services, they were tremendously flexible with a relatively low axle loading for their power allowing them to go onto more rural lines bigger engines could not, they could work in pairs and able to haul passenger or freight services. Nearly 60 years on there's still a good number of them in use on the mainline as many of the newer locomotives are heavier freight designs not suited to lighter work.
In the 90's the 'Sprinters' were brought to Inverness which were lightweight Diesel Multiple Units or DMU's which were effectively carriages with an engine underneath each carriage rather than a separate locomotive pulling several carriages. I despised these Sprinters for getting rid of my beloved 37's but it's difficult to argue with their performance, their lightweight design meant they offered fast acceleration, their mechanicals were simple, they were shorter since they didn't need an additional loco and they had a cab at either end so they didn't need shunters and locos swapping at terminal stations. This is mostly what Inverness looks like now:
It's just a shadow of its former self compared to the 50's when Inverness was a massive hub with many steam engines, freight and passenger services:
Here's one I made earlier with some pictures and gifs of the British trains:
This is my favourite of them:
These locomotives were built in the 60's and in the 80's these locos were numerous at Inverness in the 80's to haul the majority of passenger services, they were tremendously flexible with a relatively low axle loading for their power allowing them to go onto more rural lines bigger engines could not, they could work in pairs and able to haul passenger or freight services. Nearly 60 years on there's still a good number of them in use on the mainline as many of the newer locomotives are heavier freight designs not suited to lighter work.
In the 90's the 'Sprinters' were brought to Inverness which were lightweight Diesel Multiple Units or DMU's which were effectively carriages with an engine underneath each carriage rather than a separate locomotive pulling several carriages. I despised these Sprinters for getting rid of my beloved 37's but it's difficult to argue with their performance, their lightweight design meant they offered fast acceleration, their mechanicals were simple, they were shorter since they didn't need an additional loco and they had a cab at either end so they didn't need shunters and locos swapping at terminal stations. This is mostly what Inverness looks like now:
It's just a shadow of its former self compared to the 50's when Inverness was a massive hub with many steam engines, freight and passenger services:
