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tenniV11

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Swiss Express Lokomotive - 170 tons of Steel - a real BEAST
« on: July 29, 2021, 12:20:26 pm »
Today one very impressive Steam Lokomotive drove trough my City. It was a German Loko made by Henschel, Kassel in the 1940 and came to Switzerland 40 Years ago. Last Year they had to rebuild
the Boiler at the cost of 600000 $. Max Speed today 120 km per hour as a Museum train. After use
4 Men make a two days cleaning ;D The sound is amazing and you can feel the power and heat.
Have some pictures with the cylinder, the main bearing/wheel, the water pump etc.
Enjoy, Arnold ;D




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Re: Swiss Express Lokomotive - 170 tons of Steel - a real BEAST
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2021, 02:03:03 pm »
Hello Arnold,

always a pleasure to see you. As a child I could watch the old steam locomotives as they passed our house. The last train ran in 1964. The tracks have long since been dismantled. The line has been closed down. Not far from my hometown, in Siegen, there is an association of old railwaymen who have made it their business to save old steam locomotives and put them back into service. From time to time, nostalgic trips are made with the old steam locomotives and the wagons that go with them in keeping with the times. Always an experience.

Thank you for the video and the pictures.
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Jürgen
Dealing with steam is one way of having fun in life.
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