Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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"The Most Famous Steam Locomotive In The World" is a title that is thrown about quite a lot, especially where standard gauge locomotives are concerned. But what would be the most famous narrow gauge locomotive in the world? Through appearances in Thomas The Tank Engine, a German excursion and even replicas exported to Japan, today we will take a look at the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway's No.10 'Northern Rock'!



SOURCES & CREDIT


Artist's depiction of 'Stephenson's Rocket' - Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=216014

'Jock The New Engine' cover - Thomas The Tank Engine wiki, ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Jock

Photograph of Dresdner Parkeisenbahn (Dresden Park Railway) No.1 'Lisa' - Sebastian Bengsch - Own work (Original text: Eigene Aufnahme), Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14186267

Photograph of Niji-no-sato's British main street - Batholith - Own work, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22540368

Photograph of Niji-no-sato's entrance - Batholith - Own work, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22539999

Photograph of Niji-no-sato's New Romney station - Batholith - Own work, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22540534

Photograph of Niji-no-sato's New Romney station area - Batholith - Own work, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22540482

Photograph of Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Carriages - Peter Trimming from Croydon, England - Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76296031

Photograph of Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway No.3 'River Irt' at Ravenglass station - Peter Trimming from Croydon, England - Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76220210

Photograph of Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway No.10 'Northern Rock' coming into Dalegarth station - Peter Trimming from Croydon, England - 'Northern Rock', CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76254665

Photograph of Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway No.10 'Northern Rock' (frontal) - Peter Trimming from Croydon, England - 'Northern Rock', CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76227366

Photograph of Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway No.10 'Northern Rock' (from behind) - Peter Trimming from Croydon, England - 'Northern Rock', CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76227886

Photograph of Shuzenji Romney Railway's No.2 'Cumbria' - Batholith - Own work, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22720477

Photograph of Union Pacific Railroad's 'Big Boy' No.4000 - Association of American Railroads (railroad trade association)/photo by Union Pacific Railroad. - eBay itemphoto frontphoto back, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22862801

All footage or images, unless said otherwise, were captured by me.



Website sources:


bbc.co.uk/dna/mbarchers/html/A23148650

japaneserailwaysociety.com/jrs/members/naito/rnbc/niji.htm

lococarriage.org.uk/ravenglass.html

nijinosato.com/wp/wp-content/themes/nijinosato/_lib/pdf/english.pdf

ravenglassrailwaymuseum.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/RVNRC-Collection-19.1.2018.pdf

rhdrsa.org/no-12-j-b-snell

steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=18759

steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?display=18760



Literary sources:

'Minimum Gauge Railways' by Arthur Heywood - gutenberg.org/cache/epub/44341/pg44341-images.html



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Outro music: Kevin MacLeod - Fiddles McGinty


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Thumbnail art by:
- twitter.com/RoseAffogato


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