SRT: Happy 110th Birthday!! (*56K hazard*)

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.

 

railfans aplenty.



crawling along in the coach yard



Those RRers got the railfan bug.

 

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:

 

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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.

 

We picked up some pax here



we're good to go



A cement MTY passed by

 

Railfan comes in many versions







Is there a train following us?

 

Train 75 races by us







Some tired old cars waiting for the torch.

 

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.

 

I am really enjoying this tour through Thailand, please keep them coming

 

Then my train comes up


Views from the tail end

 

A passenger train blows past



another cement MTY

 

Finally I made it to Bangkok and stepped off the train then snapped this



and this shot concludes my rail trip

 

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?

 

So cool!

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