Ever wondered what all those numbers mean? Why is it a 4-6-0? Why did its number change and what is a Pacific? Here’s a simple guide to steam locomotive designations.
Month: December 2022
J27 Locomotive 65894
TrainsThe J27 (NER Class P3*) was part of a family of 0-6-0 goods locomotives designed by a family of engineers and designers.
Fiat G.46
Aircraft HistoriesThe Fiat G.46 trainer bears a family resemblance to the wartime G.50 and G.55 fighters which were also designed by Giuseppe Gabrielli.
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
Aircraft HistoriesThe de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk was the first aircraft designed by the de Havilland Aircraft Company of Canada.
Supermarine Spitfire History
Aircraft HistoriesWhen the aircraft banks and the sun glints off the elliptical wings everyone in the 21st century airshow crowd looks up. Small boys point just as their counterparts did over seventy years ago and shout, “Spitfire”.
Messerschmitt Bf109E-3
Aircraft HistoriesMesserschmitt Bf109E-3 Wk No 1190 displayed at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford.
Catania Fish Market Sicily
Food and Markets, People and PlacesIn Sicily Catania’s wonderfully manic fish market takes over the streets behind the Piazza Del Duomo every weekday.
B12 Steam Loco 8572
TrainsThis locomotive was built in 1928 by Beyer Peacock for the LNER (London and North Eastern Railway) and numbered 8572. The original design, although modified by 1928, dated back to the GER (Great Eastern Railway) in 1908.
9F Heavy Goods Loco Black Prince
TrainsWeighing nearly 140 tons this clanking, steaming, smoking 9F heavy goods loco, now named Black Prince, spent its short working life hauling 1500 ton iron ore trains on Merseyside. Now it easily pulls a few coaches (about 160 tons) from Sheringham to Holt and back on the North Norfolk Railway.
Aircraft Photography Portfolio
Aircraft PhotographyAlthough I am an experienced professional photographer, aircraft photography is one of my hobbies. The pictures in this portfolio were taken at smaller local air shows, Old Warden and Duxford.
Links at the bottom of the page will take you to collections of photographs and articles on specific aircraft and museums.