Traction Vapeur / Steam Traction
J'aurais bien aimé que cette machine soit française... Mais il faut être beau joueur, malgré toutes les superbes locomotives à vapeur que la France a conçues et construites, le dernier mot est finalement revenu à l'Angleterre qui détient depuis le 3 juillet 1938 le record ultime de vitesse sur rails pour locomotive à vapeur, avec les 202,8 km/h atteints par cette splendide Class A4 du LNER (London & North Eastern Railway), la fameuse n° 4468 "Mallard" conçue par Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley.
Malgré une saine compétition, le monde ferroviaire restant une grande famille, cette machine a bien entendu sa place sur mon réseau!
I wish that this machine is French ... But we have to be good looser, despite all the great steam locomotives that France has designed and built, the last word is finally returned to England, which hold since July 3, 1938 the ultimate speed record on rails for steam traction, with 126 mph reached by this splendid Class A4 belonging to LNER (London & North Eastern Railway), the famous No. 4468 "Mallard" designed by Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley.
Since, despite clean competition, the railway remains a large family, this machine has of course found a place on my layout!
C'est une Pacific de la série G qui partage avec Jean Gabin la vedette du film "La bête humaine" en 1938.
This steam engine belongs to the legend... No doubt this machine is the most popular type of steam engine worldwide. "Pacific" is a generic name, typical of the 2-3-1 axles arrangement, and it has been built several models, including the K-type in the fifties, shown here hauling a train composed of OCEM passengers coaches. It is a Pacific of the G-type series "who" shares the limelight with Jean Gabin in the film "Judas was a woman in 1938.
Surnommée "la Divine"... Que dire de plus? Il n'y a qu'à la regarder, sa ligne parle d'elle-même...
Called “the Divine"… What else can we say? Look at it is enough... Its look speaks fot itself...
