Recent uploads (Overseas)

Southern Pacific AC-6 cab Forward class 4-8-8-2 no. 4150 at Fresno yard CA on March 7th, 1956. [Photographer: Harold F. Stewart / Mike Morant collection]

Hohenzollern 2610/1910 0-4-0T no. 12 ARBED at Esch Belval steelworks near Esch-sur-Alzette in Luxembourg on 14/9/72. [Mike Morant collection]

JNR (Japanese National Railways) steam locomotive C57 82 was a 4-6-2 and was one of 215 examples of this design of pacific built between 1937 and 1953 according to Wikipedia. This shot was taken in 8/6/55 and depicts C57 82 reversing out of the Ueno Low Level terminus in Tokyo. [Mike Morant collection]

70 cm narrow gauge French industrial 0-4-0T no. 14 was built by Orenstein & Koppel in 1925 with works no. 1162 and was photographed on 21-10-67 on Les carrières de gypse des Ciments Lambert at Cormeilles in the Départment de Seine-et-Oise north-west of Paris. [Mike Morant collection]

Spanish industrial narrow gauge steam locomotive Salinera Española 750mm gauge Decauville 305/1899 0-4-2T SALAS (salt) at one of the two salt works on the island of Ibiza in 1957. [Mike Morant collection]

An unidentified New Zealand Government Railways Bb class 4-8-0 built in New Zealand by A & G Price between 1915 - 1918 and depicted here on 8/7/57 working the Wilton Collieries branch where the Bb class was the staple motive power in this period. [Derek Cross / Mike Morant collection]

New Zealand Government Railways Ja class 4-8-2 no. 1288 was built by NBL entering NZGR service 8/11/52 (my birthday!) and is depicted here with Blossom Festival Special headboard at Gisborne on 14/9/57. Withdrawal for 1288 came in September 1966. [Derek Cross / Mike Morant collection]

New Zealand Government Railways J class 4-8-2 no. 1238 was built by NBL entering NZGR service in March 1940 and is depicted here at Westshore on 17/4/57. Withdrawal for 1238 came in February 1967. [Derek Cross / Mike Morant collection]

New Zealand Government Railways J class 4-8-2 no. 1227 was built by NBL entering NZGR service in February 1940 and is depicted here at Gisborne on 5/8/56. Withdrawal for 1227 came in July 1969. [Derek Cross / Mike Morant collection]

New Zealand Government Railways J class 4-8-2 no. 1222 was built by NBL entering NZGR service in February 1940. Withdrawal for 1222 came in January 1965. There is no date or location given for this negative. [Mike Morant collection]

New Zealand Government Railways Ka class 4-8-4 no. 945 was built by NZR's Hutt workshops entering NZGR service in July 1939 and is depicted here at Taihair. Withdrawal for 945 came in December 1967 but is still with us today in the capable hands of Steam Incorporated. [Mike Morant collection]

New Zealand Government Railways Ka class 4-8-4 no. 931 was built by NZR's Hutt workshops entering NZGR service in May 1940 and is depicted here at Hatuma on 23/12/57. Withdrawal for 931 came in April 1966. [R. Hepburn / Mike Morant collection]

Spanish industrial narrow gauge steam locomotive Salinera Española 750mm gauge Decauville 305/1899 0-4-2T SALAS (salt) at one of the two salt works on the island of Ibiza in 1957. [Mike Morant collection]

New Zealand Government Railways A class 2-cylinder pacific no. 472 was built in New Zealand by A & G Price with works no. 36 entering NZGR service on 13/3/1911 and is depicted here passing through thew Utira Gorge 27/8/60. Withdrawal for 472 came in September 1966. [Derek Cross / Mike Morant collection]

New Zealand Government Railways J class 4-8-2 no. 1226 was built by NBL entering NZGR service in February 1940 and is depicted here at Gisborne in September 1956. Withdrawal for 1226 came in July 1969. [Derek Cross / Mike Morant collection]

New Zealand Government Railways Ka class 4-8-2 no. 939 was an indigenous product entering NZGR service in March 1944 and is depicted here between Opapa and Waidukaru on 13/12/57. Withdrawal of 939 came in January 1965. [R. Hepburn / Mike Morant collection]

New Zealand Government Railways Ab class pacific no. 701 on banking duties at Karanga Lake 20/8/55. No. 701 was an indigenous product built by A. & G. Price in December 1922 and would be retired in July 1968. [Derek Cross / Mike Morant collection]

New Zealand Government Railways Q class 4-6-2 no. 346 was built by Baldwin entering NZGR service in 1901 and is depicted here at Dipton 23/1/56. This class gave birth to the Whyte notation 'Pacific' for the 4-6-2 wheel arrangement as they were the first of their kind and had to cross the Pacific Ocean. All were built in 1901 and thy had all been withdrawn by the end of 1957. [Derek Cross / Mike Morant collection]

Turkish steam  - TCDD -  46001 class 4-8-0 no. 46020 in charge of an enthusiasts' special at Sakirpasa on 16/10/83. 46020 was a Krupp product of 1933 with works no. 1291. [Mike Morant collection]

Turkish steam  - TCDD -   an unidentified 45121 class 2-8-0 runnning light at Izmir. The entire class of 12 locos was built by Humboldt in 1912. [Mike Morant collection]

SBB - Swiss Federal Railways E 4/4 class 0-8-0T no. 8915 passes through the station at Chiasso in 1957. [Mike Morant collection]

Portugal metre gauge steam engine Subject: Mallet 2-4-6-0T no. E215 Builder: Henschel 19878/1923 Location: Kilometre 62 no the Douro Valley line Date: 8/69 [Mike Morant collection]