The "Trinidads Lost Railways" series continues here with Part 3 about railway preservation up to the present day (2014).
I made this video for a very important reason; to save the railway heritage of Trinidad and Tobago. Today Trinidad has 8 preserved locomotives and another who's future hangs in the balance. In addition to remaining engines in Trinidad, there is one preserved steam locomotive, No18 PICTON, which was privately purchased in 2002 and shipped back to its place of birth at Leeds in England.
This video provides a review of the Trinidad locomotives which survive today, in order of antiquity, and relates the plight of D11, an engine unique to Trinidad, still in danger of being lost.
Trinidad's national collection of surviving locomotives spans a period of 56 years (1907 to 1963) and constitutes a very respectable cross section of locomotive development through the railway period of the island. The last locomotive on the list is still at risk of being lost and efforts must be made to save her before it is too late. This video briefly explains it all and I hope will serve to underline the importance of saving these remnants of our past. The video combines contemporary and vintage footage of railway operations in Trinidad.
11 сен 2024
