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2Bangkok.com visits the Thonburi
locomotive shed
March 19, 2005
Thanks to the SRT steam engine workers and the Thai Rot Fai fanclub
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The Thonburi locomotive depot near Bangkok
Noi Station
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Two dogs guard engine 850
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Engines 850 and 824 parked nose to nose
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Engine 850 with smokebox open
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Left: Firebox door open
Right: Interior of the firebox
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Detail of firebox
For more info: Steam101:
parts of a locomotive
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Maintenance notes
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Detail of Engine 850
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The locomotives were made in Japan
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View from the cab of Engine 824
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Above: View from Engine 850's cab
Right: Engine 824 vents steam
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Makeshift dwelling in an old boxcar
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Maintenance board for the engines in the
Thonburi shed
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Homemade railroad benches |
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Above and below: Elevated tracks
for maintenance
Below left: Engine 4111 on the elevated tracks
Below right: Under the train
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Above: Signs above the football pitch
read "Playing sport has many advantages" and "Drugs harm
society."
Below: Homemade bleachers and football goal.
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Interior of Engine 824's cab
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Old steam engine tool display
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Workers' locker room area on top of a sleeping
room.
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Two interesting things near Thonburi
Station
Left: A cement model of the Thonburi Station tower
Right: A tree that has grown into a fence and pipe.
