Former British Railways class EM2 Co-Co electric loco No 1504 departs from Hook of Holland with the 'Rheingold' express for Germany and Switzerland while NS 1300 class No 1312 waits with the 'Holl... (more)

The 'Nordfriesland' Intercity train from Frankfurt to Westerland (Sylt) rolls into Hamburg Hauptbahnhof 30 minutes late. The train is being propelled by a Class 101 electric loco which will be tak... (more)

Even by this date it was rare to find an SNCF electric loco still in its original livery. No BB-25121 approaches the Niederrheinthal tunnel beside the Marne-Rhein Canal at Stambach with a northbou... (more)

A pair of DB Class 185 Bo-Bo electric locos head a southbound freight over the middle Reuss bridge at Wassen on the Gotthard line. The line can be seen at three levels in this photo, half way down... (more)

One of the SBB ICN tilting trains crosses the Charstellenbach bridge at Amsteg while descending the Gotthard north ramp as the 14.10 Lugano to Zurich service.

Restored to orginal condition, Prussian P8 design 4-6-0 No 38 3199 and DR Reko Class 50 2-10-0 No 50 3501 pass the closed station at Hattingen (Baden) as they come off the line from Stuttgart and ... (more)

An Ok22 class 4-6-0 on shed at Choszczno depot. These Polish built engines had the same frames, motion and tender as an Ok1 (Prussian P8) but had a larger, higher pitched boiler.

Just 21 minutes before my previous posting, the 12.01 Interlaken Ost to Berlin Hbf ICE approaches Liestal, south of Basle in Switzerland. The track in the foreground is the 750mm gauge Waldenburg ... (more)

Star of yesterdays preview run from Brussels (Belgium) to London St.Pancras in 1hr 43 min and of the high speed run from Paris on 4th Sept (see photo id 200074), SNCF Eurostar set No 373 224/223 l... (more)

Sixty-four year old 2-6-0T No E112 climbs away from Tua with the 14.45 train to Braganca on the metre gauge. The broad gauge line to Porto runs below.

History was made to-day when this Eurostar travelled the 306 miles (492kms) from Paris to London St.Pancras in 2hrs 3min and 39secs using the new line due to open on 14/11/07. It has just passed K... (more)

SNCF BB-15000 electric loco No BB-15019 'Montigny-les-Metz', still in original livery, leaves the Niederheintal tunnel at Stambach with the 08.01 Paris Est to Strasbourg train. This was in the day... (more)

A St.Moritz to Chur express emerges from a vertical rock face onto the Landwasser Viaduct. Unfortunately modern trains do not allow passengers to lean out of the windows as they are in the first c... (more)

Former Deutsche Reichsbahn express electric I-Do-1 No E17 13 built in 1928 stands in Nuremberg Hbf with a couple of early Reichsbahn D-Zug carriages next to it. Photographed from a train entering ... (more)

Three-cylinder 2-10-0 No 44 1226 is working hard over Altenbeken viaduct on the climb from Paderborn with a northbound freight train that includes some military hardware. This viaduct, with its 24... (more)