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Can anyone identify this loco? 25/02/2016 at 12:56 #80858
clive
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Picture sent to me from a friend who captured it while watching a film on TV.


The film is set in Canada, but this might have been shot elsewhere or it might belong to a preservation railway that imported it.

That headlight arrangement looks like it should be easy to identify, but I've had no luck.

Last edited: 25/02/2016 at 14:34 by clive
Reason: I forgot to include the image!

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Can anyone identify this loco? 25/02/2016 at 13:00 #80859
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Did you intend on attaching some kind of picture to the post?
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Can anyone identify this loco? 27/02/2016 at 20:42 #80906
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It looks like Austrian Zillertalbahn No. 3 Tirol to me. I can't find a reference to anything similar in Canada.

Peter

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Can anyone identify this loco? 27/02/2016 at 21:09 #80907
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It looks like Austrian Zillertalbahn No. 3 Tirol to me. I can't find a reference to anything similar in Canada.

Peter
Good spot, Peter. I think you've got the right railway. However, I've found some photos online on another Forum and think it looks more like No. 5 (in the shots I've seen of No. 3 there is no maker's plate on the side of the tank). Have a look at the posting for 02/08/2012 here

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Can anyone identify this loco? 27/02/2016 at 23:14 #80911
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It looks like Austrian Zillertalbahn No. 3 Tirol to me. I can't find a reference to anything similar in Canada.
Thanks! That looks right; even the scenery matches that in my friend's photo.

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Good spot, Peter. I think you've got the right railway. However, I've found some photos online on another Forum and think it looks more like No. 5 (in the shots I've seen of No. 3 there is no maker's plate on the side of the tank). Have a look at the posting for 02/08/2012 here
I don't know why he says number 5; the second photo fairly clearly has number 3 on the side. And looking at the railway's own pictures, number 5 has a different motion and no oval plate on the tanks. It's also got two domes!

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Can anyone identify this loco? 27/02/2016 at 23:40 #80913
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It looks like Austrian Zillertalbahn No. 3 Tirol to me. I can't find a reference to anything similar in Canada.
Thanks! That looks right; even the scenery matches that in my friend's photo.

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Good spot, Peter. I think you've got the right railway. However, I've found some photos online on another Forum and think it looks more like No. 5 (in the shots I've seen of No. 3 there is no maker's plate on the side of the tank). Have a look at the posting for 02/08/2012 here
I don't know why he says number 5; the second photo fairly clearly has number 3 on the side. And looking at the railway's own pictures, number 5 has a different motion and no oval plate on the tanks. It's also got two domes!
Oops! Failed the smart-arse award yet again

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Can anyone identify this loco? 28/02/2016 at 08:43 #80917
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Here is No3 at Fügen-Hart in Austria

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Can anyone identify this loco? 28/02/2016 at 16:48 #80920
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It looks like Austrian Zillertalbahn No. 3 Tirol to me. I can't find a reference to anything similar in Canada.
My friend sends his thanks and wonders how you identified it.

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Can anyone identify this loco? 28/02/2016 at 21:06 #80925
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It looks like Austrian Zillertalbahn No. 3 Tirol to me. I can't find a reference to anything similar in Canada.
My friend sends his thanks and wonders how you identified it.
I like Austrian narrow gauge steam so I recognised the type of loco straight away. The Zillertalbahn was my second stop after discounting Sir Drefaldwyn on the Welshpool & Llanfair Railway.

Peter.

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