 | A Mixed Bag
20 May 2012 - South Devon Railway Class 37 number 6737, which was built by Vulcan Foundry in 1962, arrives in the station loop at Totnes while British Rail Standard Class 2 Mogul number 78019, built in 1954, percolates while awaiting departure.
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 | The Queen's Jubilee
19 May 2012 - Westbound Voyager number 43186 wearing the Queen's Jubilee livery races into Totnes in Devon on the tail-end of a First Great Western Railway train pulled by Voyager number 43136.
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 | Fireman for a Day
18 May 2012 - In today's photo it's not all hard work for veteran driver Tony Hallworth who is acting as fireman for 25-year-old driver Graham Froud on British Railways standard class 4 (2-6-4T) number 80104 as the locomotive works a Swanage Railway "up train" to Corfe Castle.
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 | Corfe Castle Signal Box
17 May 2012 - The Minister of State for Transport, Theresa Villiers, officially opened the Swanage Railway's Corfe Castle Signal Box in a ceremony today. Shortly after this live news broadcast was transmitted. The red device to the right of the cameraman is a key token machine. A second machine lies in the distance past the point levers next to the BBC correspondent. When commuter service is initiated this Heritage Award winning signal box will control the entire railway between Swanage and Wareham Junction. Read article
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 | Battle of Britain
16 May 2012 - Ex-Southern Railway Battle of Britain class "Manston" which operates on the Swanage Railway is out of service due to a bent main rod. It was photographed resting at end-of-track in Swanage, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, prior to being shunted north to the locomotive shed.
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 | Sound Transit
15 May 2012 - Sound Transit operates this Light Rail Transit between downtown Seattle and SeaTac Airport. The train shown here has just exited the Mount Baker Tunnel and is approaching the Mount Baker station. A trip from Seattle to SeaTac takes 45 minutes and costs US$2.75 one way.
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 | BNSF Brandt Hi-Rail
14 May 2012 - A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Brandt Hi-Rail pulls off the track at a railway crossing in Stanwood, Washington, USA. Or tries to... traffic backed up as the operator tried to lift the flanged wheels. The problem was remedied within 5 minutes and the Brandt cleared the grade crossing.
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 | Temporary Daily
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