More Steamtrains!
J and I went back to the Bluebell Railway at the weekend, it was a lovely sunny day although the light was really harsh so I didn’t actually get many shots to speak of. I quite like the colours and shape of this one, I’ve called it steam pipe but I’m pretty sure it actually carries oil or something – it looks too thin for steam.
And lastly – the obligatory telecoms related picture – This is a “loudaphone” from the driving cab of an electric train of some description (I should have made a note really)
As far as I can tell, this is for the driver to communicate with the brake van, although I can’t really find much information about these on google.
Well, here’s a manufacturer’s name for you http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Loudaphone_on_Queen_Mary.jpg – started in 1929, they’re still going http://www.cliffordandsnell.com/aboutus.htm and would perhaps be able to tell you more. These http://www.flickr.com/photos/angobansaor/3314365250/ look even more like your cup of tea.
If you are interested in steam trains at the minute then there is a place not far from Bungay, somewhere near Diss I think that has a steam museum.