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NWR D3/BR D7101 A green (originally blue) mixed-traffic diesel engine who works on the main line. Originally numbered "D7101", he first came to Sodor in 1967. 7101 suffered from a leaking brake ejector and was helped by Henry along with 199. 7101 was nicknamed "Bear" due to the "growling" sound his engine makes. He was given a new number, D3 ...
Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway (1992–2017, 2022–), later rebranded as Thomas & Friends Wood (2017–2021), is a wooden railway system designed and created by Learning Curve. It is one of two Wooden Railway lines that feature the characters from Thomas & Friends. The other is BRIO.
Bigjigs Rail is the wooden railway system from Bigjigs Toys Ltd. [43] There are over 130 different items in the Bigjigs Rail Range, compatible with all other wooden railway systems. Sio is a Dutch toy factory which produced wooden toys and trains. [44] [45] [circular reference] Kids-Wood, had a wooden toy train line including a road system. It ...
The Thomas used at the Oigawa Railway is a modified and repainted version of the railway's existing JNR Class C11 227 locomotive. In addition to Thomas, two other locomotives at the railway were rethemed: The JNR Class 9600 49616 became a Hiro replica and was put on display at the station yard of Senzu Station while the Class DB1 No. DB9 became ...
The railway track or permanent way is the elements of railway lines: generally the pairs of rails typically laid on the sleepers or ties embedded in ballast, intended to carry the ordinary trains of a railway. It is described as a permanent way because, in the earlier days of railway construction, contractors often laid a temporary track to ...
There is a range of terminology related to the timber railways - they have been known as logging railways, timber trams, and other names.The dominant feature is the mobility or ease of moving the lines from one area of forest to another - and in the early years the relatively primitive state of the lines.
A tender or coal-car (US only) is a special rail vehicle hauled by a steam locomotive containing its fuel (wood, coal, oil or torrefied biomass) and water.Steam locomotives consume large quantities of water compared to the quantity of fuel, so their tenders are necessary to keep them running over long distances.
Flat wagons for carrying timber: the Class Snps 719 (front) and the Class Roos-t 642 (behind). Flat wagons (sometimes flat beds, flats or rail flats, US: flatcars), as classified by the International Union of Railways (UIC), are railway goods wagons that have a flat, usually full-length, deck (or 2 decks on car transporters) and little or no superstructure.