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"The TKh49 also known as T3A or Ferrum 47 is a class of Polish steam industrial tank locomotive. It was built by Fablok. ==History== The locomotive is based on a draft from the years 1927-1929; six locomotives of the factory designation T1A and T2A were built by Fablok. The technical documentation survived until after World War II and it was decided to develop it into a new class of locomotive, factory name Ferrum 47. 477 examples were delivered in the years 1948 - 1961 including to China, Romania and Hungary. The later designation were referred to as Ferrum 724. In China the locomotives were designated as XK 13 and several examples of the class were reported to be working in 1993, with at least three preserved thereafter. These locomotives worked exclusively in industry and were usually designated with TKh prefix, meaning 0-6-0T freight locomotives in PKP designation system, merged with factory numbers. Only in 1996 one locomotive was acquired by the Polish State Railways for its museum depot in Chabówka, and was formally designated as TKh49 PKP class, namely TKh49-1.Paweł Terczyński: Najmłodszy parowóz PKP [The youngest PKP steam locomotive], "Świat Kolei" Nr. 2/1997, p.6 (in Polish) ==Preservation== A locomotive is preserved at the Museum of Vehicles and Railway Technology in Chabówka, whilst three more are in other museums. Several locomotives have been exported to the United Kingdom for use on heritage railways as detailed below. { style="clear:right;" ! Number ! Name ! Railway ! Livery ! Status ! Notes - 2871 "" Churnet Valley Railway Green Awaiting Restoration Owned by "TKh Support Group". Arrived April 2014 from the Spa Valley Railway, after purchase by Members of the CVR MPD. Funds being acquired for eventual restoration. - 2944 Hotspur Churnet Valley Railway Green Operational Owned by "TKh Support Group". Entered service June 2014 after 12-month restoration by members of MPD following purchase by Members of the MPD. Already done ~1500 miles since restoration! - 3135 Spartan Swindon & Cricklade Railway Red Operational Bought by the S&CR; in December 2014 from the Spa Valley Railway. - 3138 Hutnik Appleby Frodingham Railway Red Awaiting Overhaul Purchased by the AFRPS in 1993, and brought back to Scunthorpe shortly afterwards. It was used for over 17 years on passenger trains, but in 2009 was found to be in need of boiler repairs. - 4015 Karel Avon Valley Railway PKP Green Operational Imported to UK and moved to the Avon Valley Railway. Withdrawn in 2013, and sent to the Flour Mill in the Forest of Dean for overhaul. Returned to traffic September 2016. - 5374 Vanguard Plym Valley Railway Black Under Restoration Arrived in UK in 1992, and entered service on Northampton & Lamport Railway. Sold in November 2016 to a new owner. Boiler requires overhaul with the aim of being back in steam by 2017. - } ==References== Category:0-6-0 locomotives Category:Fablok locomotives Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1948 "
"The Winchester Hoard (Iron Age) may have been a diplomatic gift. A diplomatic gift is a gift given by a :diplomat, politician or leader when visiting a foreign country. Usually the gift is reciprocated by the host. The use of diplomatic gifts dates back to the ancient world and givers have competed to outdo each other in the lavishness of their gifts. Examples include silks given to the West by the Byzantines in the early Middle Ages,"Silken diplomacy" by Anna Muthesius in Shepard J. & Franklin, Simon. (Eds.) (1992) Byzantine Diplomacy: Papers from the Twenty-fourth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Cambridge, March 1990. Aldershot: Variorum, pp. 236–248. the luxury book,"The luxury book as diplomatic gift" by John Lowden in Shepard J. & Franklin, Simon. (Eds.) (1992) Byzantine Diplomacy: Papers from the Twenty-fourth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Cambridge, March 1990. Aldershot: Variorum, pp. 249–260. and panda diplomacy by the Chinese in the twentieth century. ==The Middle Ages== In 757 Byzantine emperor Constantine V gave Pippin III of Francia a mechanical organ intended to indicate the superiority of Byzantine technology.Wickham, Chris. (2010) The inheritance of Rome: A history of Europe from 400 to 1000. London: Penguin Books, p. 228. ==Nineteenth century== After the Congress of Vienna (1814–15), Rundell, Bridge, and Rundell, goldsmiths to the British royal family and government, prepared 22 snuff-boxes to a value of 1000 guineas each to be given as diplomatic gifts.Marcia Pointon, "Surrounded with brilliants: Miniature portraits in eighteenth century England", The Art Bulletin, Vol. 83, No. 1, (March 2001), pp. 48–71. In the mid 19th century, the Chinese diplomat Qiying gifted intimate portraits of himself to representatives from Italy, Great Britain, the United States, and France as part of treaty negotiations with the West over control of land and trade in China after the First Opium War. ==Twentieth century== When he was the US Secretary of State, James Baker accepted a shotgun from the Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union, Eduard Shevardnadze.James A. Baker III, The Politics of Diplomacy: Revolution, War and Peace, 1989–1992 (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1993) ==Missteps== Diplomatic gifts have the potential to seal international friendships, but also to be rebuffed, to seem mismatched, or to accidentally send the wrong message. Taiwan rejected the People's Republic of China's offer of a Panda.We're not wild about your pandas, China told by Richard Spencer, The Daily Telegraph, 24 March 2006. Retrieved 17 February 2014. A 2012 gift of a "British" table tennis table to President Obama seemed ideal until it was revealed that it was designed in Britain but made in China, evoking worries about the decline of British manufacturing industry.David Cameron's table tennis table gift to Barack Obama made in China by James Orr, The Telegraph, 18 March 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2014. == Gallery == Diplomatic gifts take diverse forms: File:Robinson casket VandA IS.41-1980.jpgCasket with Sinhalese and Christian imagery. A gift from the King of Kotte to the King of Portugal, c. 1557. File:Isabella van Spanje, landvoogdes der Nederlanden.jpgThe Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia, Archduchess of Austria, pictured together with her dwarf by Frans Pourbus the younger. A gift to James VI of Scotland, 1603. File:Three cohiba cigars.jpgCohiba cigars were often used as diplomatic gifts by Fidel Castro's Cuba. File:US Navy 070521-N-0613S-074 Minister of Defense Boro Vucinic and USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) Commanding Officer, Capt. Jeffrey M. Hughes, exchange gifts during a reception on board the Emory S. Land to celebrate Montenegro^rsquo,s.jpgThe Montenegro Minister of Defense and a U.S. Navy officer exchange gifts in 2007 during a reception to mark the first year of Montenegro's independence. ==ReferencesFurther reading== *Jacoby, D. "Silk economics and cross- cultural artistic interaction: Byzantium, the Muslim World, and the Christian West", Dumbarton Oaks Papers 58 (2004:197–240). ==External links== * Category:Diplomacy Category:Giving "
"Mowtowr-e Gol Mohammad () may refer to various places in Iran: * Mowtowr-e Gol Mohammad, Khash * Mowtowr-e Gol Mohammad (1), Cheshmeh Ziyarat, Zahedan Province * Mowtowr-e Gol Mohammad (2), Cheshmeh Ziyarat, Zahedan Province * Mowtowr-e Gol Mohammad (3), Cheshmeh Ziyarat, Zahedan Province * Mowtowr-e Gol Mohammad (29°11′ N 60°32′ E), Kurin, Zahedan Province * Mowtowr-e Gol Mohammad (2), Kurin, Zahedan Province * Mowtowr-e Gol Mohammad (3), Kurin, Zahedan Province * Mowtowr-e Gol Mohammad, Nosratabad, Zahedan Province * Mowtowr-e Gol Mohammad, Shuru, Zahedan Province "