First from this maker in the database. The only two in I.R. service since 1994 from Matisa in Switzerland (www.matisa.ch). Seems like 941 got a new coat of paint recently.
Notice another double-deck train in the background.
The strongest loco in Israel, 3,300hp, one of a kind. A rare visitor to Haifa. Usually found hauling phosphate cargo in the Negev desert.
Israel has the largest number of IC3 arrays outside their homeland: Denmark. Array number 09 is wearing a 350 sq. meters ad for Hyundai motors...
Only in Lod you can wait for your train while tanning on the grass. Lod served as a major rail junction in the Middle East since the days of the Ottoman Empire.
The southbound train from Haifa Merkaz to Ben-Gurion Airport. The weight of this loco, as seen in the small white lettered inscription, is 89,500kg.
Locomotive 763 pushed Double deck train to Benyamina and Push-Pull train arriving from Haifa.
This steam crane, used for lifting derailed trains, is from the days of the British Mandate (1917-1948) in this corner of the world. Notice the two "Palestine Rail" railroad cars in the background... (more)
Entering Tel-Aviv's central station from the North
Constructing A second rail between Ashdod and Ashkelon
This Northbound service to Nahariya is passing under the Israel Railways Museum bridge. Notice the spray on the windshield, the engineer turned on the wiper just as he passed by.
A double-decker making its way South with downtown Haifa in the background and the "Rocket" building towering above.
The works of the Tel aviv- Jerusalem Rail line in Jerusalem Mountains.