On 26/03/2007 SRT celebrated the 110th anniversary of railroading in Thailand. I took a ride on Train 901 then caught train 234 back to bangkok, Enjoy the show. CM22-7i waits for a room to go Our great grandad got pre-departure checks. Another CM22-7i gets going 824's runninig gear
Alsthom AD2400i gets onto the point of a passenger train. There're some formalities to be completed before departure. And we also got some press coverages Go,go,go.
cleared to derpart Bangkok yard The railfan bug got this engineer. Artsy shot at a train stopped for the room at the "inn" Watch yer head or you'll be decapitated. I will post more photos tomorrow, now I'm sleepy
Sophon, that looks like a wonderful celebration. Did they run the steamers back-to-back because they couldn't be turned in Bangkok, or for another reason? Looking forward to more photos of your trip....thanks!
Very interesting! I know you have posted many other photos of the SRT, but can you tell us what the track gauge is? Also I would like to know more about the steamers. What size driving wheels? How old are they? Thanks. :teeth:
Hank, we don't have any turntable left in Bangkok to turn a loco or cars. If you want it turned you have to lace them up and send them to the Yommarat wye and that clogs up the eastern route and most of the station don't have a turntable except some of terminals and loco house to turn a loco with 1 bad cab. Fitz, The SRT use meter gauge. SRT no. 824 is a Pacific (4-6-2) and the 953 is a Mikado (2-8-2) both were built in Japan. I'll ask soeone who knows more for some info. And now, we're back on with the show Motorist gets some surprises Ahh, my kind of place. If you live here don't whine like a CF6-80 about the horns.
another commuter flies past. Train 9 races by and the engineer throttled down a few notches to let us take a photo of his steed before resuming track speed of 120Km/h It all started here 110 years ago Some more railfans After this shot I disembarked and have some lunch before buying a ticket for train 234 to get back to Bangkok. Stay tuned fore sme more photos.
Finally I made it to Bangkok and stepped off the train then snapped this and this shot concludes my rail trip
STEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very cool! Check the 7-11 in one of those shots.. I need to check this forum more often!
Sophon, thank you for sharing your celebration. It was fun being able to join you through your photos.
Concrete structures? Sophon, first, I really enjoy your photos, but I am wondering about the concrete supports shown in several photos with nothing on top of them. They look like they are to support an elevated rail line. Are these part of the Bangkok rapid transit line construction that was stopped because it was getting too expensive? I really like the architecture of that building you show as "It all started here 110 years ago." Is that a station?