What`s it like inside the carriage? A well loaded train of devotees, en route to the Biswa Ijtema festival at Tongi, passes Karwan Bazar, in Dhaka.

John McEnroe stares out from an advertisement board at Raynes Park as a London Waterloo to Horsham service passes. 4722 was built in 1951 and was a 1936 design! These units were phased out in 1983... (more)

Rear view of ALCOs 3814 and 3801 climbing the 4% Bolan Pass in amazing scenery at Dozan. They are working the Sind Express from Karachi to Quetta. The diagonal line, which finishes near top right ... (more)

Back in 1994 DRGW 5404 heads a train climbing the Tennessee Pass as it nears Leadville.

ALCO 3815, with 3814 pushing, struggle up the 4% grade out of Mach with a train for Quetta. I had walked over a mile from Mach station in a temperature of 44c (111f).

A 3 car class 503 EMU arrives at West Kirby from Liverpool Central. This, being a saturday, finds several sister units stabled there. The 503s were built from 1938 and lasted until 1985.

Metre gauge 2023 is seen at Srimangal. The loco was built by General Motors in 1954. Note the cycle rickshaws waiting for business.

UP 4129 heads south from Caliente, NV, in 2000.

Women carry unburned coal from fires recently dropped from steam locos. They are seen passing withdrawn WG class locos at Baroda (now called Vadodara).

A very gladdening sight in 2010. A 1954 built GM A1A-A1A fresh from overhaul stands outside at chittagong works, it`s paint barely dry.

Kangra Valley Railway, 2 feet 6 inch gauge ZDM3 No 177 rearranges it`s train at Joginder Nagar, ready for the 101 miles return run to Pathankot.

3 East German LEW electric locos work in the huge open cast pit at Pingzhuang.

Only 2 broad gauge trains currently reach Kamlapur, the main station in Dhaka. Here ALCO clone 6412 nears Kamlapur with the Silk City Express, 0730 from Rajshahi.

ALCO 3807 passes a group of nomadic people (and their camels) camped out next to the line near Kolpur. The train is the Bolan Mail, 1530 Quetta to Karachi.

6 tunnel motors slog up the Tennessee Pass towards Leadville. The first 5 are still in Rio Grande Livery.