The Rail Yard

I came across the rail yard quite unexpectedly one day. It offered an oppertunity to photograph many abandoned and decrpid machines, once the life of the nation's rail system, now rotting in decay. I could have spent the entire day there, but I had a truck to deliver to another city. Still, these pictures were very moving in some deep way. It was like, with only a little work and a spot of fuel, these mammoth machines would work again.

A nice image with much in view, from the old boxcar to the cow catcher and set of wheels.

The rail yard was quite extensive

A mobile crane and a water tanker with saddle mounted brake cabin

Heavy lift crane

Close upof crane cabin

Rail carridge, wheels and steel

Big steel - control cabin of a steam engine

Driver's seat

Detail of control cabin - left and right. Compare it to the desil further below

Coal wagon

Juggernaught - verticly mounted steam boiler

42101

The engine on 42101 was more than 4 metres long, had 24 cylinders and developed 2400 HP

Driver's view of a saddle back desil

Rail bus - mountedon rail wheels

It had seen better days

Controls - power and air brake on left, hand brake on right

Almost like a mobile hime on rails - sadly it has been home to birds

This was home to more than just deralict trains - the remains of a truck
Note the art sketch in the debris on left

Preserved rail wagon