🌊 Old Railway Water Troughs – UK Steam Heritage 🚂 Welcome to the page dedicated to one of the most ingenious and uniquely British feats of steam-era engineering — railway water troughs. From the 19th century through to the end of steam, these remarkable installations allowed express trains to scoop up water at speed without ever stopping. At 60mph, a steam locomotive could lower its scoop, send a fountain of water blasting into the tender, and keep charging across the country without losing pr

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🚂 78019 AND 41313 APPROACH ESK VALLEY 🚂 78019 and 41313 pass the engine sheds at Grosmont Station and approach Esk Valley on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. The steam locomotives were double-heading a service from Grosmont to Pickering during the railway's annual Steam Gala. 78019, shown at the front, is a British Railways Standard 2MT loco that was built at Darlington and completed in 1954. It represents BR's efforts to modernise loco design following the Second World War, closely mirrorin