@MsDropbear42 there was a NSWGR locomotive class known as pigs: the 36 or 32 class I think. I reckon there was also a BR class that was called something similar. I'm guessing there were probably others, too.

So I'm saying #Steamlocomotives

How did I do?

What a terrific idea is the #AskMeAbout hashtag.

While by no means an expert, you can ask me about

1. #SteamLocomotives
2. #Nursing and #IntensiveCare
3. #HealthInformatics
4. #OrganDonation
5. #Australia

...and anything else that I have tooted about!

Another from my dad’s collection. #611 seen head on. I think this was 1983. #steamlocomotives #steamengines #engine611 #railfans #railroading

What a lovely sight!

A reminder of 20 years ago when two veteran Welsh locomotives met up across the border in Highley, Shropshire (at the Severn Valley Railway)!

Ex Port Talbot Railway & Docks Co (No. 26 but later renumbered by the GWR as no. 813) 0-6-0ST (built in1901), and:

ex-Taff Vale Railway No. 85 0-6-2T (built 2 years earlier in 1899). This loco had a long and interesting history!

Copyright: Martin Tester.

#Steamlocomotives #Railways
#Wales

Gute Nacht liebe Tröötis, schlaft gut😴

🚂 #steamlocomotives 🚂 #Dampfloks #FurkaSteamTrain

https://yewtu.be/IZafnxBo_qI?t=403

London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Coronation Class 6229 (British Railways number 46229) Duchess of Hamilton seen here in the workshop at the National Railway Museum York in November 2012. #Photography #LMS #RailwayLocomotive #CoronationClass #SteamLocomotives

LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard a 4-6-2 ("Pacific") steam locomotive built in 1938 for operation on the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works to a design of Nigel Gresley, seen here at the National Railway Museum, York, photographed in November 2012. Holder of the world speed record for steam locomotives. #Photography #SteamLocomotives #York #NationalRailwayMuseum

The biggest steam locomotives ever built, the 4-8-8-4 “Big Boys” of the Union Pacific;. This makes the “Back 5s” that used to come through my local (UK) station, look like miniatures! This example is in the National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin #Photography #SteamLocomotives #GreenBay #Wisconsin

The steam train between Cape Town and Elgin is back from 28 November 2021

See https://www.businessinsider.co.za/elgin-steam-train-trip-from-cape-town-resumes-2021-11

#capetown #southafrica #tourism #steamlocomotives #thingstodo