When O.S. Nock visited Miyazaki depot he had the good fortune to find this C57 Pacific bedecked with two Japanese flags and a golden chrysanthemum after working the Imperial train. Within hours it... (more)
Another of the O.S. Nock 6 x 6cm negatives bought at auction. This view is of C61 20, one of 33 Baltics built in 1947-49 utilising boilers taken from D51 class 2-8-2s. At the time Japan had more h... (more)
Many years ago I purchased a number of negatives at auction that had been taken by the late O.S. Nock, the famed British railway author and signal engineer at Westinghouse Brake & Signal Co. Among... (more)