750mm gauge TU2-179 has arrived at Haivoron from Rudnista while TU2-165 prepares to take just 1 carriage on the 0800 to Golovanesk, the only train of the day on this line. At the top of the pictur... (more)

47096 and a sister loco await the cutter`s torch at Booths scrap-yard in 1998.

333.348 and 333.338 head at freight, bound for Cartagena. Seen at Sucina in 2007.

Back in 2005, narrow gauge Henschel No 75005 is seen near Dagonovo with the 1227 Avramovo to Dobrinishte. The line had suffered serious flood damage on the middle section, so hence this short work... (more)

A Taurus loco climbs out of Braz with the 1246 Bregenz to Vienna in 2007. A class 1044 loco is pushing at the rear of the train on this steep climb.

5 feet 6 inch gauge WG class 2-8-2 No 10326 departs from Anklav, Gujarat in 1989. This loco was built in India in 1964.

A busy scene at Ernakulam in 1989. 5 feet 6 inch gauge ALCO clone, WDM2 17474 passes with a passenger train.

A goat comes inches from being dispatched by YDM4 6649 as it passes, at surprising speed, with a freight train. Since this 1989 view the track has been converted from metre gauge to 5 feet 6 inch,... (more)

A friendly wave from the crew of 2 feet 6 inch gauge, ZB 56, as it leaves Rajpardi with a train for Ankleshwar in 1989. This loco was built by Bagnalls of Stafford, UK, in 1928

The cabs of a recently scrapped class 47 share company with some London Underground cars awaiting a similar fate. Seen at Booths yard in Rotherham in 1998.

East German built BoBo electric loco 7370 is hard at work in the huge open-cast pit at Pingzhuang, in 2002.

Back in 1989, WP Pacific No 7641 arrives at Chinchpada with a train from Surat. The prototypes of these locos were built by Baldwin in 1947. This one was built in India in 1965.

A startled dog runs away up the runaway track as 2 feet 6 inch gauge, ZDM3 No 177 nears it`s terminus at Joginder Nagar after a 101 mile run from Pathankot. It has taken 9 hours and 10 minutes to ... (more)

Back in 1989, a track inspection trolley is seen near Navapur. I am fairly sure that these vehicles were unpowered, with crew members pushing on the uphill bits. Are they still in operation?

This train WILL depart on time. This is Japan. A futuristic looking Shinkansen waits to leave Tokyo station. JR staff are always immaculately turned out, with caps and white gloves.