1008 and 1009 are on their way to the summit, pictured between San Mateo and Rio Blanco, where the line crosses the valley and the road over this steel bridge.

1001 is close to the summit now at about 4710 m a.s.l.

Ok, this was one of the weirder days. So we met this railfan in Romania, and hunted a few Malaxa railcars in the morning. At some point he made a few phone calls, and got excited, because apparent... (more)

A freight train takes the by-pass from Dnipropetrovsk south to Nizhnedneprovsk, which crosses the Dnieper river over this impressive viaduct.

The Salgesch - Sierre section of the Rhone valley line from Brig to Lausanne is one of the most scenic locations of that line. The train is a Brig - Geneva Interregio service, which run every half... (more)

This elektrichka is taking the tour around the harbor of Sevastopol, the home of the ukrainian and russian (!) Black Sea fleets.

If you want to see all the details, Railroad: Ukrzaliznytsya (Ukrainian Railways)
Locomotive: ER1
Location: Sevastopol, Ukraine
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 02, 2013

Ce 6/8 II 14253 is a rare sight on swiss rails. On this saturday it made a few trips from Erstfeld to Airolo and back.

A bunch of reefers are humming along quietly while a Siemens DTZ (second generation S-Bahn Zürich trainset) is slowly approaching a red signal. In the background you can see Zurichs new skyline b... (more)

An empty gravel train takes the freight by-pass from Oerlikon to Zürich Altstätten, while a DPZ (first generation S-Bahn Zürich trainset) is waiting for it to clear the track. And, if you look ... (more)

A northbound VL11 is hauling a rake of coal hoppers towards Zaporizhzhya.

A D1M (modernized D1) from Ocnița is arriving at Chișinău.

The locomotive-hauled Rheintal Express is soon to be history, as the Stadler KISS EMUs are going take over in a few months. Reason enough to take some pictures, when the occasion arrives - such as... (more)

An Re 4/4 II hauls the Voralpenexpress towards St. Gallen, and is just crossing the Sitter viaduct, Switzerlands highest railway bridge (99 meters over ground). Due to increased passenger volume d... (more)

Two BDhe 4/8 units are descending from the Jungfraujoch (3454 m) down to Kleine Scheidegg (2061 m, visible in the background).

Two worlds, a dull one underneath the fog and a bright one above - that's pretty much standard in Switzerland during winter. Too bad I'm usually stuck in the dull one... not that day, however.