On the Train 901/902 With SRT-FAN

on 22/10/08 (a wet day) I knew I had a craving for steam action on S.R.T. again so I lumbered to Thonburi Locomotive Depot (shop) for this.



Yes!!! 850 comes out for some fun on the mainline after many months of overhaul.



An Alsthom tried to look like an Alco



Have loco, will pull loads

 

on 23/10/08 I show up at Bangkok station for train 901/902 (Steam Excursion, Bangkok-Ayuttaya-Bangkok)



We train our future railfan young



passenger train snaked thru the coach yard



Yup, we used to build rolling stock ourself

 

please stand by

Please stand by for a new set of photos, I uploaded a wrong set.

 

I'm Back

people got the railfan bug



she's always the star of S.R.T.



GO 850 GO!!!



she's always photogenic

 

Nice day out isn't it

 

motorist get flummoxed by our presence







railfan abound

 

we grab more people at Sam Sen



another group of railfan





we did a stop at Bang Sue Jct.

 

I took a little nap and we blasted by Rang Sit



Train 9 (Special Express Diesel Railcar, Bangkok-Chiang Mai) raced by



We reached Bang Pa-in



local officials greeted us and promote some nearby tourist attractions.

 

Mechanized MOW gang get some visitors



Passenger special raced by



something curvy



Finally, we made it.

 

Train 75 (Diesel Railcar Express, Bangkok-Udon Thani) checks in a little late due to last minute reservation woes.



please check your belongings before disembarking



ALL ABOARD!!!!!



BREL Class 158 basks in sunshine

 

She take some nap before taking us back home



Old meets new



she got thirsty



Train 3 swings by

 

Black Express comes by



cement train comes by like a thunder



picking up the load

 

Smoking it up



easy does it



a lone loco flew by



please mind the train

 

As the day come to dusk trains still run

 

on 1725 we leave Ayuttaya for Bangkok and tour guides bid us a fond farewell



and the trip is about to conclude



we get shunted



Train 136 (Rapid, Ubon Ratchathani-Bangkok blasted by

 

MOW gang wrapped their work up



and I'd like to bring this trip to the end with this picture

 

Wonderful photos and story...thank you!

 

Thank you so much for your shots, SRT-FAN! I'm now in a hurry to come back to your nice country in 3 weeks! And beeing in Bangkok during the last november week-end, I' ll plan to do some railfanning!:tb-wink::thumbs_up:

Dom

 

Good stuff SRT Fan! Like DDEchamp71 I can't wait to get back to Thailand to shoot some more pics and video. How often do the steam engines come out? I should be over there late January/early February will there be any steam running do you know?